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Practical solutions to practical problems. That's what Adobe strives to provide professional photographers. From new Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 to Photoshop Lightroom™ software, Adobe digital imaging software removes obstacles and frees you to spend more time behind the camera.

Toolbox

Photoshop labs

Introducing Photoshop CS3

What makes new Photoshop CS3 a must-have tool for professional photographers? See a list of top features to learn more.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Manage, adjust, and present large volumes of digital photos with the new toolbox for professional photographers.

How Lightroom works with Photoshop

Use Lightroom to manage, adjust, and present large volumes of digital photos, and use Photoshop to more thoroughly refine individual images.

Digital Negative (DNG)

Archive your raw images with confidence. Learn about the Digital Negative (DNG) — a publicly available raw file format. Download the free Adobe DNG Converter and convert your images today.


Tours and testimonials

"How I Took Creative License with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom"

Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), in association with the Rangefinder and AfterCapture publications, spoke with several influential photographers in late March 2007. Listen to these leading photographers discuss how they implement their own creative license — and bring to life their vision using the infinite options, styles, and genres available to them.

 

Photoshop CS3 feature tour

Photoshop CS3 feature tour

Listen and watch as we walk you through the key new features of Photoshop CS3.

Take the tour


Photoshop Lightroom feature tour

Photoshop Lightroom feature tour

Listen and watch as we walk you through the key features of Photoshop Lightroom.

Take the tour


Multimedia features

To develop Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe worked directly with professional photographers. View this short video to hear what photographers have to say about their new application.

Watch the video (SWF, 2:50 min)


Community

Blogs

Photoshop News

Read the latest news and information about Photoshop.

Lightroom News

Read the latest news and information about Photoshop Lightroom.

John Nack

Get an insider's view on Adobe's digital imaging products in a blog by John Nack, product manger for Photoshop.

Podcasts

George Jardine

Find out what George Jardine, senior photography evangelist for Adobe, has to say about Lightroom and digital photography by listening to his podcasts.

Russell Brown

Check out hot new tips from the one and only Dr. Brown.


Resources

Learning centers

NAPP's Lightroom Resource Center

This online resource includes tips, tricks, and training developed by the folks at NAPP.

O'Reilly Media

Learn how to quickly master Adobe Photoshop Lightroom with the help of downloadable tutorials, podcasts, and blogs. Soon you'll find that you're focusing more on taking pictures rather than endlessly wrangling with them on your computer.

Luminous Landscape

Check out the web's most comprehensive site devoted to the art of landscape, nature, and documentary photography using digital as well as traditional image processing techniques.

PHOTOWORKSHOP.COM

PHOTOWORKSHOP.COM is an interactive community, open free to the public. We bring together various learning centers made possible by the biggest names in photography and digital imaging. We are committed to providing an education in photography, where the quest for knowledge is fueled by inspiration.

Books

The Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers

by Scott Kelby

Photoshop CS3 for Nature Photographers

by Ellen Anon and Tim Grey

White papers

Rendering the Print: the Art of Photography New

Gain a clearer understanding of how your digital photographs are mapped from raw data to an "output-referred" space, and why there is no single "correct" way to render the print.

Read the white paper
(PDF, 1.7M)

Adobe Camera Raw 3.x New

Bruce Fraser takes you through Adobe Camera Raw 3.x from end to end in this essential overview.

(PDF, 7.0M)

Digital photography workflow New

Noted photographer and educator Jeff Schewe explains the ins and outs of the digital imaging workflow.

(PDF, 5.7M)

Understanding digital raw capture

Find out how working with raw files can give you more creative control over your images.

(PDF, 1000k)

Raw capture, linear gamma, and exposure

Bruce Fraser explains why precise exposure is now even more critical when shooting digital raw.

(PDF, 235k)

Introducing the Digital Negative specification

What is DNG, and why is it such an important new format? Read this comprehensive guide.

(PDF, 78k)

Find more papers and primers


For photographic educators

Photographic education associations

SPE

Photo Imaging Education Association

Events

SPE National Conference 2007

Project Photoshop Lightroom tour image

Project Photoshop Lightroom tour

Adobe brought the Lightroom beta to 25 schools across the U.S. See the work that resulted from the tour.