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Three Helpful Preference Settings

I find that the “out of the box” (so to speak) settings in Lightroom Classic’s preferences are a good place to start, but there are a few settings I find helpful to tweak. To access…

How to blend Layers in Photoshop and select faces with masks

Blending layers with faces in Photoshop This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to combine images together to make a composite. I will show you a tip that helps automatically isolate faces to make posters…

Sky Replacement in Photoshop- fixing edges with Sky Brush

Sky replacement, better edges I have created a few tutorials on Sky replacement in Photoshop already. I’ll add a list at the bottom of this tutorial. One thing you may have noticed, the edges sometimes…

Five Lightroom ‘Smart Collection’ Ideas

I always think of Lightroom Classic’s Smart Collections feature as an assistant that works tirelessly behind the scenes to gather and sort photos for you based on your suggestions. Kind of like an intern without…

Here’s a Lightroom Finishing Move I Do To Nearly All My Images

It’s really simple, but it makes a big difference. Give it a try, and see what you think. Over on my other blog today: (1) We launched a new conference (our last one for this…

iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review. Pro Raw is worth it

A photographer tests the camera on the new iPhone 14 pro and compares it to the 13 pro. See the comparison and sample photos iPhone 14 Pro, the Pro Raw is real! Ok, I hate…

Best of Both Worlds for Masking Skies

The new AI powered Select Sky function for finding and selecting all of a sky in Lightroom Classic (LrC), Lightroom, and Camera Raw (ACR) is an incredibly powerful and welcome tool. However, there are some…

How to Dock Lightroom’s Masks Panel (and some news)

I get asked this question a lot since in all my tutorials my Mask panel appears near the top of my right side panels rather than at its default location floating over the top right…