Over the years, we’ve put together a large collection of free Adobe books that we share with our readers here… This extensive set of helpful, no-cost books has now grown to over 30 different titles that you can legally download and use royalty-free, forever.
These books cover many different Adobe products – but up until now, we haven’t been able to offer a solid book on doing photography together with Adobe’s top creative tools… That has all changed with the excellent (and did we mention free?) new guidebook entitled, Another Photography Book, using Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw and Lightroom Classic.
In this volume, courtesy of author Professor Thomas Payne, you will learn the ins-and-outs and top tips to using your camera effectively, as well as how to use the most important features of Camera Raw and/or Lightroom in order to bring out the best in your digital photos.
Here is the overview description of this substantial 314-page book:
Another Photography Book is a text that can be used to learn Photography over a semester of university instruction or through self-instruction. This step-by-step book includes the basics of photography, along with integrated guides to Adobe Camera Raw (ACR in Photoshop) and Adobe Lightroom Classic – you can use either one.
Covering everything from the history of photography to what to shoot, to how to read histograms and apply different types of adjustments, using masks and transformations, and of course red-eye removal and other important retouching techniques, this guidebook goes over everything you’ll need to know to feel competent in your craft.
Both medium resolution and high resolution versions of the book are available for free download. In other words, this title comes in two versions with small (48 MB) and large (96 MB) file sizes. The content is the same, but the large file size version will allow for enlarging of the illustrations.
And here’s a sample page:
You can download this guidebook in PDF format via the link below, absolutely free of charge:
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And the Table of Contents:
You’ll need either Photoshop or Lightroom Classic to complete everything as outlined. If you don’t have the software yet, just download a free working trial for any new CC 2024 product for Windows or Mac (or try the complete Creative Cloud) – then install and start right away.
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If you wish to continue after your free trial expires, then the Creative Cloud Photography Plan is available for just US$9.99/month – which includes the latest versions of Photoshop plus Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, bundled together with other related apps and services.
If you prefer video training instead (or in addition), then check out all the free sessions and training from the recent MAX conference on many different tools and topics here: Over 200 New Courses and Tutorials from MAX.
Please let us know below what you think of the new book!
And to continue learning, don’t miss dozens more free books for many Adobe products, covering recent versions of all major applications… This large collection includes the official Adobe user manuals, which are comprehensive in size and scope!
See Also
- What are the differences between Adobe CC vs. CS6?
- The 10 most common myths about Creative Cloud
- How to save 60% with the Student & Teacher Editions
- Free Adobe Stock! Download 1,000,000+ top images
- Don’t need full Cloud? Get PS + LR for $9.99/month
- How to join Adobe’s Creative Cloud for free
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Thank you for this book, it is awesome !
I shall be a privileged proud user of one of the finest creative softwares available till late and shall be ever grateful to Adobe.
Really fabulous book, cheers !
Awesome book, thank you very much.
I cannot download the books as when I click on the download, it takes me to a page with a 404 error.
Sorry, not sure; we just tested the download link and it works fine… Nobody else has reported any issues, either.
Did you try with a different web browser – or using another computer or device? That’s really the first thing to check.
Also, are you restricting or filtering anything with your browser(s) – like cookies, downloads, or any sites or URLs? Adobe recommends turning those things off…
Are you running any other utilities that might limit your web surfing? (like AdBlock, Ghostery, or similar) Or possibly your firewall, antivirus program (esp. Kaspersky), or other third-party security software?
It could be because of over-aggressive software or utilities like these. Again, for downloads, Adobe suggests temporarily turning off anything that might be interfering.
Just some ideas, hope that helps… But plenty of visitors download this book every day with no problem.