This Months Highlights:
- COLE THOMPSON: WHY BLACK & WHITE
- FOCUS ON: NEIL SHAPIRO
- OUR VIRTUAL SEASON
- WHAT TO DO WHEN THE WEATHER DOESN'T COOPERATE?
- LIVING AND LEARNING: OUT OF CHICAGO 2020
- OCTOBER DIGITAL COMPETITION WINNERS
- SPS BACK TO SCHOOL
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My New Book: “The Lightroom Seven-Point System” Is Here!
Just Released: Scott Kelby’s Lightroom 7-Point System We actually launched the book last night with a live “Book Chat” (now kind of a tradition) where I talked about the book, how it works, and revealed…
Tip Number 15 for People New to Lightroom Classic
OK, back with one last tip I would tell someone new to Lightroom Classic, and that is … Tip #15: Use Export Presets One of the main reasons we bring photos into Lightroom Classic is…
Why I Don’t Use Lightroom’s Saturation Slider To Boost Color
This is another one of those questions I get a lot, and the answer is more straightforward than you might think. First, here’s the difference between the two (which helps answer the question): Saturation: Dragging…
Tip Number 14 for People New to Lightroom Classic
It just didn’t feel right leaving off with just 13 tips, so while I’m off backpacking in New Mexico I wanted to top off the tips to 15 in total, which feels like a better…
Quick Tip For Resizing Lightroom’s Spot Removal (Healing Brush) Brush
This a quickie, but a really handy one because it lets you drag out the brush to the exact size you want (I usually make the brush just a little larger than the spot, spec…
Thinking of Buying an Expensive f/2.8 lens? Lightroom Can Help
Well, it can help you with making your buying decision, anyway, and when it comes to lenses, I don’t think they’ve ever been more expensive than they are today. About the only thing more expensive…
My Workflow for Two Week Backpacking Trip
This Saturday I head off with an awesome crew of Boy Scouts for a 12 day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch, which is a high adventure base operated by the Boy Scouts of America. The…
How to Shoot and Post-Process The Fireworks This Weekend
If you’re here in the US, on Sunday, we celebrate our independence from Dave Williams, Glyn Dewis, Dave Clayton, Peter Treadway, and the rest of England, and we do this by making hot dogs and…
The July 2021 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The July 2021 issue of Photoshop User, the Magazine for Lightroom & Photoshop Users, is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. In this issue, we’ll show you how to create a complex gallery print…
Exploring and Learning from the New Premium Presets
The latest update to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Camera Raw contained several groups of what are being called Premium Presets. The name simply means that these presets are only available to people with a…
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Hidden button to instantly fix color of photo in photoshop
I’m going to show you a button that most people don’t even know exists, and this will fix the color in just about any photo in one click. Let me show you on a couple…
4 Photoshop Preferences to fix Save as, save a copy and other annoying changes
Over the years, Adobe makes changes in Photoshop, some of these we like and some of them we hate. Several have been really loathed and Adobe’s actually made a fix that you might not be…
How to Shoot and Post-Process The Fireworks This Weekend
If you’re here in the US, on Sunday, we celebrate our independence from Dave Williams, Glyn Dewis, Dave Clayton, Peter Treadway, and the rest of England, and we do this by making hot dogs and…
The July 2021 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The July 2021 issue of Photoshop User, the Magazine for Lightroom & Photoshop Users, is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. In this issue, we’ll show you how to create a complex gallery print…
How to remove color tints from photos in Photoshop, gel removal.
This tutorial shows you how to fix the color of a photo when all the original color is lost, it works well on an extreme case like our example. If you are just dealing…
10 Free Acrylic Brush Strokes
A beautiful sample of 10 handmade acrylic and digital brush strokes, from the stunning collection of 800 Paint Brush Strokes. The delicate, sparkling and colorful look of these brush strokes make them ideal to be…
Photoshop amazing new features June 2021, auto colorize, DOF effects and more
Photoshop version 22.4.2 is the June 2021 update and it contains some powerful new features. The neural filters have some additions. Depth Blur is new and colorize has been completely reimagined. Colorize First of all,…
Shampoo Free Font
Shampoo is a new font created by Alex Banks. Shampoo is an unusual typeface with its looping elements, multiple bars and arrow-like end caps. With it’s being such a different approach and direction I felt a lowercase…
The June 2021 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!
The June 2021 issue of Photoshop User, the Magazine for Lightroom & Photoshop Users, is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. In this issue, don’t let your images go off the rails when it…
Chinese Bookstore creates an immersive Escher-Style experience with mirrors and reflective surfaces.
X+Living is known for its deceptively designed Zhongshuge bookstores that mimic M.C. Escher woodcuts and trippy infinite spaces. The latest iteration is this dreamy location in Chengdu featuring bold archways, a reflective tile floor that…
