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Today’s Lightroom Update, with its New Masking Feature, is an Absolute Game Changer!
Adobe just announced updates to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Adobe Camera Raw. This brings Lightroom Classic up to version 11.0, Lightroom up to version 5.0, and Adobe Camera Raw to 14.0. There’s an exciting new…
Adding Edge Effects To Your Image in Lightroom Classic
HEADS UP: Tomorrow is the kickoff of Adobe’s annual Max Conference, and historically Adobe releases big updates to Lightroom during their opening keynote. Now, if that were to happen, and it was something really big, I would…
Tips For Better Black & White in Lightroom
I did a short tutorial (below) that includes a bunch of little tips for making better black and white conversions, and you’ll see my workflow for taking a color image through to the black and…
Virtual Copies and Snapshots and History, oh my!
Lightroom Classic (LrC) has three important tools to help you explore different editing looks, create different versions of your photos, to go back in time, and to compare where you are now to where you…
Lightroom Room Q&A
Today I thought I’d run the Lightroom Q&A column (from the Lightroom Queen herself, Victoria Bampton) from the October 2021 issue of Photoshop User magazine. Here ya go: Q. Lightroom is asking to upgrade my…
A Color Grading Feature Only in Lightroom Classic
For the most part, when it comes to editing in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Camera Raw, we can find almost all of the same features and tools. However, every now and then you’ll come across…
Cool Little Tip For Lightroom’s Radial Filter
This is one of those tips you might not use everyday, but when you need it, it’s really quick and handy. Get the Radial filter; hold the Command key on Mac (Ctrl-key on PC), and…
The October 2021 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The October 2021 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. It’s October, which means it’s time for our annual tradition of giving you 100 of the hottest Photoshop & Lightroom…
Get a Link
Have you ever just needed to send a photo to someone, but not only didn’t want to deal with attaching it, but might also want to get comments back from them at the same time?…
Such a Great Little Tips For Getting Your Lightroom Spot Healing Brush The Right Side Every Time!
When you’re removing spots or lines or whatever using the Spot Removal Tool (or the Healing Brush in the cloud version – they’re the same tool with different names), the goal is to make your brush…
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Photoshop 2022 Learning Center. New Features in Photoshop 2022
What’s new in Photoshop 2022 Photoshop v23 Here is a list of the new features in Photoshop 2022 along with tutorials in how to use them. Watch the top feature video and then I’ll be…
Adding Edge Effects To Your Image in Lightroom Classic
HEADS UP: Tomorrow is the kickoff of Adobe’s annual Max Conference, and historically Adobe releases big updates to Lightroom during their opening keynote. Now, if that were to happen, and it was something really big, I would…
How to Customize the appearance of Photoshop, 20 Tips
A lot of people don’t realize just how flexible Photoshop is. Let’s do a whole ton of tips really fast on customizing the interface, tools and much more. Here is the time stamp for the…
How to getting fur + hair cut outs in Photoshop by making a small change.
Everyone dreads cutting out hair and fur inside of Photoshop. There’s a slight adjustment that you can make to the way you do it’s going to give you much better results. Let’s have a look…
LFL#76 Creative Composite in Photoshop
Creative Composite in Photoshop This week we walk through the entire process of making this composite. Its fun because the CAFE Crew are helping guide this and making creative suggestions as we go. (click for…
The October 2021 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The October 2021 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. It’s October, which means it’s time for our annual tradition of giving you 100 of the hottest Photoshop & Lightroom…
SECRET Photoshop Photographic Toning. Instantly color grade photos.
Photographic toning is hidden in Photoshop, but a powerful color grading tool for high end color grades and overlays. Make your photos look pro instantly. Colin Smith shows you how to find these hidden presets…
Hidden Photographic toning presets in Photoshop, Color grade Photoshop with Gradient Maps
The Hidden Presets in Photoshop There is an easy way to get high end color grading in photoshop with Gradient Maps. There are lots of bonus presets that ship with Photoshop, including a Photographic toning…
Six easy ways to select colors in Photoshop
3, 2, 1… Photoshop! Learn Photoshop tips and tricks from longtime Adobe evangelist Julieanne Kost. In this episode, discover how to select color in Photoshop using the eyedropper tool, foreground, background and heads-up-display color picker.…
How to colorize photos in Photoshop
In this episode, Adobe Evangelist Paul Trani breaks down how to instantly colorize photos in Photoshop using new Neural Filters, from landscapes to your old family photos. • Don’t have Photoshop yet? Download a free…
