This Months Highlights:
- IN DEPTH ON DEPTH: COLLEEN MINIUK
- FOCUS ON: GREG EFNER
- YOUR IPHONE AS A CREATIVE TOOL: RAD DREW
- GET MOVING: SILVANA DELLA CAMERA
- DECEMBER WINNING IMAGES
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Portrait Retouching in Lightroom, Part 1
I started a new column in Photoshop User magazine a few months back on how to retouch portraits using only Lightroom, and with all the new masking tools and greatly improved “healing brush,” I think…
I Have a Totally Kick-Butt Photoshop Tip Today
We added three new segments to our live weekly photography talk show, “The Grid” (Wednesdays at 1 PM ET), and we do one each time we return from break. We do a Photoshop tip, a…
How to change hair color in Lightroom with masks. Ombre hair effect and advanced masks.
Combine Lightoom Masks to create Ombre and mermaid hair color effects This tutorial shows you how to use Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw (they share the same editing tools) to change the color of hair.…
Adaptive Presets in Lightroom Classic: Part 1
The updates to Masking in the latest round of updates from Adobe have made making AI-based selections easier and more powerful than ever. You’ll definitely want to check out previous articles that get you up…
How To Get Rid Of Those Thin White Glows Around The Edges of Things
We get asked about this pretty often (including recently here in the comments), especially during our Blind Photo Critiques episodes during ‘The Grid’ when we do our monthly “Blind Photo Critiques episodes where we see…
See How Adobe’s Own Terry White Edits Your Photos Today at 11:00 AM ET
Terry’s back with his Adobe live weekly Photography Masterclass, and this is always one of my favorites; where he asks his viewers to submit images, and he shows you how he’d edit them using Lightroom…
Why You Usually Can’t Apply More Than One Preset
First, a quick heads up: I’m super psyched to be teaching four sessions in person up in New York City next month at B&H Photo’s awesome “Depth of Field Conference” (the Pro Portrait, Wedding, and Event Photography…
The Lightroom Community Has Lost A Legend. Martin Evening (1959-2022)
Photo by Jeff Schewe My heart sank when I heard the news that Martin Evening, one of the legends of our industry, one of its most talented and prolific authors, a gifted instructor, an award-winning…
The January 2023 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The January 2023 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and the KelbyOne app for iOS and Android. In this issue, when dodging and burning is done right in Photoshop, it can open a galaxy of possibilities in…
Use Library Filters to Look Back at Last Year
For many of us, January is a time to look forward, make resolutions, set goals, and make plans for the new year. I think it is also a fun time to look back at the…
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5 ways to fix selection edges in Photoshop
Making clean selection edges in Photoshop If you want to remove the background, or combine images in Photoshop (called compositing), you will need to use selections. When you make selections and cutouts in Photoshops and…
I Have a Totally Kick-Butt Photoshop Tip Today
We added three new segments to our live weekly photography talk show, “The Grid” (Wednesdays at 1 PM ET), and we do one each time we return from break. We do a Photoshop tip, a…
How to change hair color in Lightroom with masks. Ombre hair effect and advanced masks.
Combine Lightoom Masks to create Ombre and mermaid hair color effects This tutorial shows you how to use Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw (they share the same editing tools) to change the color of hair.…
See How Adobe’s Own Terry White Edits Your Photos Today at 11:00 AM ET
Terry’s back with his Adobe live weekly Photography Masterclass, and this is always one of my favorites; where he asks his viewers to submit images, and he shows you how he’d edit them using Lightroom…
New HDR Features in Photoshop 2023
New HDR Features in Camera Raw in Photoshop Adobe has added some unreleased new features in Photoshop. These new features enable you to output a true HDR image for viewing on HDR enabled screens like…
The January 2023 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The January 2023 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and the KelbyOne app for iOS and Android. In this issue, when dodging and burning is done right in Photoshop, it can open a galaxy of possibilities in…
How to rapidly grow your Photoshop skills, 5 tips
How to get better at Photoshop, fast Happy New year! If learning and growing your Photoshop skills is on your list of resolutions, this article will be perfect for you! The tips for rapidly improving…
How to stack & Layer Lightroom Presets & Camera Raw Presets
How to stack presets in Lightroom and Camera RAW There is something really important to understand about creating presets that changes their behavior. If you watch the short video, I demonstrate exactly how this works.…
How to make re-usable graffiti in Photoshop tutorial
How to make a realistic graffiti effect in Photoshop I originally wrote this graffiti tutorial a decade ago. While the style still looks good, the usability sucks. Total update time, let’s make the graffiti on…
Best way to make displacement maps in Photoshop, wrap anything around any surface
How to make a displacement map in photoshop Here I have a flag and some text on a different layer, We will warp the text to the flag with the displacement map, In the…
