Photoshop Lightroom provides one easy application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs so you can spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens.

I purchased Lightroom and it has speeded up my workflow when shooting hundreds of images at a time and I get
better results too. Lightroom 2.0 update has many new tools and refinements that make it an excellent choice as a raw converter and cataloging application.

• Import images into the Library and add keywords that make sense to you as you are importing the images
• Search your Library by keywords to quickly locate images
• Create Collections in the Library to organize your images
• Quickly go through your images and flag them for deletion or flag them as picks. Then you can delete the rejects.
• Develop your images quickly with easy-to-use controls
• Check sharpness, noise, or small details with nearly instant 100% zooming
• Convert color images to black-and-white with precision
• Brush on exposure, tints, gradients and other effects precisely
• Fast, high-quality printing
• Easily create HTML or Flash Web galleries with live preview in the program
• Use the simple controls in Lightroom to create and play elegant slide shows, and include background music
• Lightroom is the perfect complement to Adobe Photoshop. Use Lightroom to import, manage, adjust, and present large volumes of digital photographs, and use Photoshop to more thoroughly refine individual images.

I have assembled a collection of Lightroom learning resources including video and other tutorials, tips, support information and news. I also listed a couple of excellent books for learning Lightroom. The top section is specifically for Lightroom 2.