5 Hidden Gems in Photoshop – Feels Like Cheating!
Photoshop is LITTERED with hidden gems. Play around enough in there, and you'll find two notebooks full and a day's work! Ask a handful of Ps educators what their 5 hidden gems are, and I can almost guarantee you'll hear mixed results. So how do you narrow it down to...
CURVES inside MASKS!?! What’s New in Adobe Camera Raw 15
WOW! the potential here in Adobe Camera Raw 15 is INCREDIBLE!!! this new update to ACR will knock your socks off! Such a simple thing, like a curve inside a mask, seems minuscule, but this is HUGE! Watch this video to learn about some of the new features in ACR 15...
Untold SECRETS of the HSL Range Tool
So you think you know everything about the HSL Adjustment Layer in Photoshop? Well, I have a doozy of a tutorial for you today! I will uncover the HSL Range tool and show you how powerful this feature is that you are more than likely glancing over. I get it, those two...
LINEAR PROFILES • What’s So Special About Them?
Linear Profiles... if you spend a great deal of time editing RAW files, you have more than likely heard of Linear Profiles. By design, Linear profiles are made from a DNG copy of your camera-specific RAW file. They are brought into Adobe's DNG editor, and the tone...
5 Color SECRETS you should know…
Color is everywhere, and we use it to process our color digital images. It's probably one of the most important things for you to master in your raw workflow. That's why I am going to share 5 Color Theory secrets with you today that will help you better understand the...
Recover Deleted Photos
HELP! I DELETED EVERYTHING!!!! We've all done it, and if you haven't yet... you will! I promise! Sometimes it's an innocent accident. Occasionally, a memory card may get corrupt or wiped. What do you do when you delete your photos? Cry... yes, that's usually the...
HUGE Adobe Camera Raw 14.4 – Masking Update!
Our mid-year update to Adobe Camera Raw is HUGE! While the features they included are seemingly small, their implementation in your workflow is incredible.Last year we received masking in Adobe Camera Raw, which turned our local adjustment tools into...
Is Photoshop Ruining Photography?
How often have I heard the worst things about Photoshop and its implications that it's ruining Photography? I guess being an educator in this space, I am subject to the microscope, and therefore I see a lot and maybe even sometimes get attacked a bit for what I do. I...
*PERFECT* Color Saturation EVERY time – Vibrance in Photoshop CC
In today's lesson, I will teach you how to detect and avoid over saturation in your color images. Saturation is like salt, it's necessary for colors to pop, but too much of it or used in the wrong place and you can ruin your images rather quickly. We are going to talk...
One SIMPLE trick for AMAZING Highlights – Diffusion in Photoshop
Ever wonder how they get those awesome dreamy/creamy highlights in movies and TV shows? It's a little magic trick called diffusion and it usually requires a special and expensive filter (or set of filters) for your lenses. However, there is an incredibly fast and...