Colleen Wheeler

Biography

Colleen Wheeler is an editor in the Digital Media group at O'Reilly. Her recent projects include Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography, The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers by Peter Krogh, Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few, and Mikkel Aaland's book on the multimedia, intercontinental experience known as the Photoshop Lightroom Adventure.

Colleen is currently trying to become a late-blooming Adobe InDesign expert, which is having the side-effect of making her a discerning consumer of software instructional material and a better, more compassionate editor. She is a regular contributor to the O'Reilly Digital Media and Inside Lightroom blogs. She considers herself lucky to work with smart, creative, geeky people all day, then go home to her son who shows definite signs of being all of the above

Articles

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Basic Tonal Control in Lightroom 1.1
Publish Date: Aug. 29, 2007Using Lightroom's Develop module, you can do a lot to bring out the best tonal qualities of your images. Lightroom has easy-to-use sliders that allow you to react to the Exposure, Highlight/Shadow, and Brightness/Contrast needs of your images. In this excerpt from Chapter 5 of Photoshop Lightroom Adventure, Mikkel gives you a lushly illustrated overview of how to use the sliders in the Lightroom Develop module to quickly, easily, and satisfyingly make a variety of technical and aesthetic improvements to your photos. The Lightroom 1.1 Develop Module Revealed
Publish Date: Jul. 26, 2007In Lightroom's 1.1 Develop module, you'll find sophisticated yet easy to use tone and color developing controls. Other tools in the Develop module provide basic retouching ability, plus cropping, straightening and more. Our excerpt from Mikkel Aaland's Photoshop Lightroom Adventure provides a guided tour of Lightroom 1.1's shining glory. The Lightroom 1.1 Library Revealed
Publish Date: Jul. 3, 2007In Lightroom's 1.1 Library module, you can edit, rate and sort images, add keywords and perform basic image processing on one or multiple images at the same time. Join us for a quick tour of its key elements, including an explanation of the new "catalogs" (formerly known as libraries) concept. Creating Identity Plates in Lightroom
Publish Date: Mar. 14, 2007You can personalize the Lightroom environment by creating Identity Plates that appear throughout the application for a nice aesthetic touch. They also have very practical purposes as they can be used to identify slideshows, web galleries, and prints. Here’s how to set up an Identity Plate of your own. Organizing the Lightroom Workspace
Publish Date: Feb. 22, 2007The Lightroom workspace is extremely malleable. You can easily enlarge or shrink the various windows to suit your viewing and working preferences, whether you are on a laptop in the field or your cinema display in the studio. In this downloadable PDF excerpt from Photoshop Lightroom Aventure - Mastering Adobe's next-generation tool for digital photographers, Mikkel Aaland takes you on a short Lightroom tour of the workspace. Lightroom Revealed: The Modules
Publish Date: Jan. 30, 2007Lightroom is designed to streamline the process of importing, processing, and sharing your digital images. Although much can be discovered by simply experimenting on your own, there is a lot to the application that doesn't immediately meet the eye. In this first in a series of downloadable PDF excerpts from his book "Photoshop Lightroom Adventure - Mastering Adobe's next-generation tool for digital photographers," Mikkel Aaland gives you a quick overview of each of the modules available in Lightroom 1.0 (Library, Develop, Slideshow, Print, and Web).

Blog

Adobe Announces CS4 Preview

September 16 2008

Want to know what's in store for the next version of Photoshop (or your other Creative Suite favorites)? Without a having a public beta this go around, we've been having to glean clues about what might be in store for Photoshop "Next" from a variety of sources. Next week on… read more

Photoshop World Vegas on the Horizon (and Free Expo Pass)

August 25 2008

Photoshop World returns to Las Vegas September 4-6. O'Reillians will be well represented. read more

Anchoring Comments for Editors Working in InDesign

August 18 2008

Over at Deke.com, I've written about how we use anchored notes to communicate between the team members who work on our bestselling One-on-One series. As much as I like having graphically oriented authors work directly with the layout, it certainly brings up issues when it comes to editing passes. Although… read more

Get a Video "Preview" of Tim Grey's Hot New Book

July 28 2008

For years, scads of readers have been receiving digital imaging guru Tim Grey's (almost) daily email newsletter Q&A called DDQ: Digital Darkroom Questions. Each email takes on a single user-submitted question to which Tim provides one of his salient, to-the-point, trying-to-un-confuse-you answers. We've collected the best of these and published… read more

The Making of the dekePod video: 101 tips

June 24 2008

DekePod is back with an insane vengeance. Here's a behind the scenes look. read more

Leaving the House without a Memory Card: So Glad It's Not Just Me

June 19 2008

In my day job, I get to read a lot of great stuff about how to establish solid work systems that will keep you photographically prepared. So why do I show up for the final baseball game of the season without a memory card? Because apparently, it happens to the… read more

The Camera You Have With You

June 03 2008

The metadata table in Derrick's book proves it's not about the camera you have, but the one you have with you. (And knowing what to do with the one you have with you.) read more

Coming Soon: The Return of DekePod

May 04 2008

Why is this man jumping off the wall? The return of DekePod. I shot this on the set of Deke's soon-to-be-released next installment of DekePod, a podcast from our own Deke McClelland that made its first irreverent appearance a while back to great acclaim. The latest round will feature plenty… read more

Photography Webinar: Five Ways to Impact Your Photos for the Better

April 09 2008

O'Reilly Evangelist Derrick Story brings his popular teaching style to a webcast, where you'll learn five great ways to make your photos stand out. read more

Lightroom Beta Feeback Loop Begins at Photoshop World

April 07 2008

The feedback starts flying, from Orlando, Tasmania, and virtual points in between, as Adobe invites users to download the public beta of Lightroom 2.0. read more

Digital Photography Companion: It's Still a Pocket Guide at Heart

March 12 2008

Derrick's new book is still full of friendly, useful, and fun photography information, and it still comes in a portable package. read more

Using Bridge to View iDisk Contents

March 12 2008

I was pleased to actually find out I could get image previews of the contents of my iDisk folder via Adobe Bridge. read more

Deke Helps Discover New InDesign Secrets

January 15 2008

Deke McClelland joins the InDesign Secrets podcast, and the hosts help untangle some of the knots Deke encountered when creating his latest book in (and about) InDesign. read more

O'Reilly Authors plus Special Guest Rick Smolan at Macworld Event

January 14 2008

O'Reilly authors Mikkel Aaland, Harold Davis, Derrick Story and special guest Rick Smolan will have a panel discussion on digital photography at the SF Apple Store, Wednesday at 4:30. read more

Viewing Subfolder Contents in Adobe Bridge

January 08 2008

Adobe Bridge's Flatten View feature allows you to see all the contents of your subfolders in one window. Here's where to find that handy, if obscure, button in the Filter panel. read more