I use LR for about 2 years now and I only discovered the filter about 2 months ago [A] but for me LR is a package that serves me fully for 99% of my shots...


About books...I never had one for LR. If you know how to adjust basic things and you like to have trial and error, you'll be fine without a book. However I must say that I think I don't use LR to it's maximum potential and perhaps I could do without CS5 if I learned a bit more about LR [:P] But for the general edits and library use, it's an easy program. The online help section is also good and there are so many LR users here that there's an answer to pretty much each question I think [A]