Photoshop How To

Adobe just unloaded a boatful of innovative updates across their entire Lightroom and Photoshop ecosystem, and we'll be bringing you all the details one at a time. But there's one impressive capability, known as Variance, that seems to be flying under the radar and that's what you'll use learn how to use today so you don't miss it later on.

Lightroom is so full of powerful tools and capabilities that it's understandable when inexperienced users overlook some very powerful features that not only provide more effective  results but can streamline their post-processing workflow. Today's Lightroom Classic tutorial from instructor Brian Matiash falls into the latter category and it's all about what you can accomplish in Lightroom's Versions panel.

Experienced Photoshop and Lightroom users understand the difference between enhancing images in a realistic way and ruining an otherwise nice shot by creating an "overcooked" effect. This quick tutorial from the Yorkshire Photo Walks YouTube channel explains where to draw the line.

Bright sun-filled days are great for a trips to the beach but when it comes to outdoor photography, well, not so much. These high-contrast situations make it very difficult to capture impressive images, whether you're shooting nature scenes, landscapes, sports photos, or even environmental portraits without supplemental light.

It's not often that a helpful post-processing trick slips by Adobe impresario Matt Kloskowksi, and there's a good chance that you may have missed it too. This technique isn't exactly new but it's quick, easy, very effective, and it's takes barely five minutes to learn.

It's a dead giveaway that you're new to post-processing if the images you edit are oversaturated because you took a heavy-handed approach with one of Lightroom's most overused tools. By doing so you just spoiled an otherwise great shot because it no longer appears realistic.

Let's say you capture a nice image, and you want to bring out a bit more detail during the editing process. It doesn't matter whether the photo is a portrait, macro shot, a landscape scene, or something else. What's your strategy?