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This Months Highlights:
- THE POWER OF BLACK AND WHITE, SILVANA DELLA CAMERA
- PERSPECTIVE AND PERCEPTION: THE MYTH OF STYLE, LEWIS KATZ
- FOCUS ON: CLAUDIA JAKUBOWSKI
- COLD WEATHER AND WINTER PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS, LAURENCE NOAH
- JANUARY'S WINNING IMAGES
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Photoshop For Lightroom Users – Part 4: The Healing Brush vs. The Clone Stamp Tool
Last week we talked about one of the big reasons I jump over to Photoshop from Lightroom: to remove unwanted “stuff” in my photo, and we went over Photoshop’s very awesome Clone Stamp tool. The…
Free Super-Fast Culling of Your Images Before Importing Into Lightroom
If LIghtroom has an Achilles Heel, it’s the speed in which not only thumbnails appear after importing a shoot, but more importantly how long you have to wait to see a large size preview. That’s…
Here’s Why Lightroom’s Collection Sets Rock!
Here’s a quick video I did for Lightroom beginners where I explain the whole concept of organizing using Collection Sets (they’re called folders in LR ‘cloud), and why they are so incredibly helpful when organizing…
The February 2022 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The February 2022 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. Did you know that the Creative Cloud Photography Plan comes with much more than Photoshop and Lightroom? Plus, exploring which…
Renaming Folders in Lightroom Classic
Renaming folders is one of those tedious tasks that is often a source of self-inflicted injury to many Lightroom Classic (LrC) users. The process is simple in LrC, and yes, there is a way to…
Photoshop For Lightroom Users – Part 3: The Clone Stamp Tool
Last Tuesday, (in Part 2), we talked about one of the biggest reasons that I jump over to Photoshop from Lightroom in the first place, which is to remove unwanted “stuff” in my photo, and…
Don’t Make This Lightroom Keywording Mistake
If you’re a Lightroom Classic user like me, here’s a heads-up on something you’re likely to run into if you’re also using Lightroom on your iPad or phone, etc. If you add keywords to a…
I’m Surprised at How Much Lightroom ‘Cloud’ Is Still Missing After All This Time
So, I’m working on a course for KelbyOne, which would be a special version of my ‘SLIM’ system (my Simplified Lightroom Image Management system) just for folks using the ‘cloud’ version of Lightroom. And while…
Photoshop For Lightroom Users: Part 2. The Healing Brushes
Welcome to my new column, which debuted here last Tuesday, where we talked about how to move an image from Lightroom over to Photoshop, and then how to get it back (it’s a pretty smooth…
UPDATED: Automatically Apply a Lens Correction To Your Imported Images
Here’s how to set up Lightroom so it will automatically, by default, apply a lens profile correction and chromatic aberration fixes to your Raw photos when you use a particular camera and lens. STEP ONE:…
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How to resize and prepare pictures for posting on Instagram in Photoshop 2022
Best Instagram settings for pictures in 2022 This tutorial will show you the best settings for preparing photos for Instagram. Learn the ideal size and shape, as well as how to resize images, how to…
Photoshop For Lightroom Users – Part 4: The Healing Brush vs. The Clone Stamp Tool
Last week we talked about one of the big reasons I jump over to Photoshop from Lightroom: to remove unwanted “stuff” in my photo, and we went over Photoshop’s very awesome Clone Stamp tool. The…
The February 2022 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The February 2022 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. Did you know that the Creative Cloud Photography Plan comes with much more than Photoshop and Lightroom? Plus, exploring which…
Secret setting in Harmonization, to match colors between photos in Photoshop
Match Color has long been the best way to match the color and tone of different layers in Photoshop, for believable compositing. However, the AI powered, Harmonization Neural filter, looks set to dethrone this older…
photoshop view 2 windows at same time
Dual View in Photoshop A lot of people don’t realize you can view your image at different sizes at the same time in Photoshop. This short tutorial shows how to open multiple windows and view…
Photoshop For Lightroom Users: Part 2. The Healing Brushes
Welcome to my new column, which debuted here last Tuesday, where we talked about how to move an image from Lightroom over to Photoshop, and then how to get it back (it’s a pretty smooth…
How to Photoshop a person into a photo, complete, easy, free Photoshop tutorial
In this Photoshop tutorial we will put a person into a photo. This is a simple tutorial, but it will touch on everything you need to know to convincingly put a person into a photo.…
Photoshop For Lightroom Users, Part 1
I’m kicking off a new column here on Tuesdays for the next three months or so – it’s from my column in Photoshop User magazine of the same name, and it’s aimed at photographers who have…
Photoshop refine Mask Tricks in 2022
Making a selection in Photoshop with Color Range This is the starting image, of course, you will be using the images you are working on. If you already have a selection, skip to the…
The January 2022 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
Happy New Year, everyone! The January 2022 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. In this issue, learn how to streamline the process of opening images in Photoshop from Lightroom…
