Lately we've been featuring tutorials that highlight the versatility of older post-processing tools that have fallen by the wayside as Adobe continues to add new headline-grabbing features to Photoshop, Lightroom, and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). We're doing this again today in the following video that describes why you should take another look at the efficient High Pass filter sharpening tool.
In this eye-opening tutorial from a highly respected Adobe expert you'll learn how easy it is to enhance images using the Contextual Task Bar in conjunction with Photoshop's improved Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer controls. Instructor Julieanne Kost is an adept photographer, prolific author, and a self-described "digital-imaging evangelist."
Abobe has provided photographers with exciting new features for removing distractions as Photoshop continues to evolve, and we've covered most of them in the past. But as all of us become enamored with these innovative capabilities we tend to ignored older tools that can still be very helpful.
There's a common goal among all Photoshop users, whether they're just getting started or a post-processing expert; namely, making the most of all the appropriate tools so your enhancements look great and are accomplished quickly with a minimum of complexity.
Nighttime photography can be a lot of fun because it provides numerous opportunities to capture compelling images in the field or on the street. Familiar scenes that may appear boring during the day are transformed into magical tableaus once the sun drops below the horizon.
Is image cropping just a technical fix, or a creative tool that can completely transform your photography? According to pro Ejaz Khan, the latter is the correct answer, and he demonstrates why and how in the 10 minute tutorial below.
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.
Here's a common scenario that many of us have faced on occasion: You travel to a distant location that you'll likely never visit again and get totally skunked by the weather despite the numerous opportunities that abound. We not talking about rain or storms, but rather boring blue skies every single day.
Don't be fooled by the brevity of this tutorial from instructor Steve Arnold because he insists that his handful of editing tips are essential for every landscape photographer to understand. He says he was unaware of all five techniques when first getting started with post processing, and the quality of his work suffered as a result.
Experienced Lightroom users understand why using local adjustments to control white balance can be one of the best ways to enhance colors in an image while maintaining a realistic look. And today's tutorial from pro Austin James Jackson provides a quick-and-effective method for getting the job done to perfection.
The task of accurately setting the white and black points during post processing refers to adjusting the brightest and darkest tonal values of a photograph to achieve a full range of tones from pure white to pure black. This tutorial from the Photo Masters YouTube channel explains how to get the job done for perfectly balanced images.
Photoshop's Object Selection tool has been significantly improved and now includes a powerful AI People Making feature that will quickly and effectively improve your workflow when editing images that include people within the frame. The tutorial below from one of our favorite post-processing instructors explains exactly how it works.
Adobe has updated Lightroom to version 14.3 and there's lot to unpack as you'll see in our upcoming tutorials. Today's episode is devoted his one "huge" new feature landscape photographers have been awaiting that's been available in other post-processing software for some time.
Are you interested in making b&w photos with maximum impact? If so, pay close attention to the follow video from the Focus Photo School YouTube channel that reveals a "revolutionary" Lightroom workflow that delivers mind-blowing yet realistic results.
Today's eye-opening post-processing lesson differs from many others we post and reveals what instructor Andy Hutchinson insists is a game-changing approach to photo editing that completely transformed his photography. As he says, "While most tutorials show you WHAT buttons to press, very few explain WHY you should make certain adjustments."