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Here’s How to Shoot Festive Candlelit Portraits and Add a Snow Effect in Photoshop (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Dec 07, 2017  | 

The holidays are upon us, and in this tutorial you’ll learn how to shoot festive candlelit portraits and add an “instant snow effect” in Photoshop. You may even want to use this technique to create personalized Christmas cards for family and friends.

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Here’s How to Shoot Spooky Halloween Portraits and Get Six FREE Smoke Texture Backgrounds (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Oct 26, 2017  | 

Halloween is right around the corner, and what better way to have some fun than by shooting spooky portraits with a simple home setup? Best yet, after watching the tutorial below, you can download six free smoke textures to make your Halloween portraits even creepier.

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Here’s How to Simulate a Time-Lapse “Miniature Effect” with Photoshop or Lightroom (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jan 31, 2017  | 

Have you ever wanted to create a time-lapse video with the popular “miniature” tiny world effect that is so popular these days? If so, watch this video tutorial from Rob and Jonas’ Filmmaking Tips that shows you how to do just that using Photoshop, Lightroom, or just about any image-editing program.

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Here’s How to Turn Daylight Photos into Night Scenes with a Few Simple Steps in Photoshop (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Aug 10, 2017  | 

“Day for Night” is a cinematic technique popularized in Francois Truffaut's classic 1973 film by the same name. The idea is to shoot during the day to create imagery that looks like it was captured after dark. In the Photoshop tutorial below you’ll learn how to do the same thing with still photos.

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Here’s How to Use Lightroom to Create Fun and Colorful “Lomo Effects” (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 23, 2017  | 

There are a number of interesting film-era camera effects that are popular among today’s digital photographers, one of which is the so-called “Lomo Effect” named after an old Russian film camera. The inexpensive Lomo LC-A was known for creating images with blurry edges, a sharp center, weirdly saturated colors, and plenty of vignetting.

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Here’s How to Use Lightroom to Create Soft-Focus Effects & Get Some Cool FREE Presets (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jul 19, 2017  | 

Back in the “old days” of film photography, soft-focus portraits were either achieved using lenses that were not nearly as sharp as those we have today, or with more invasive measures like scratching the front element of a lens. 

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Here’s How to Use Lightroom to Eliminate Ugly Fringing Effects in Landscape Photos (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Mar 09, 2017  | 

Most photographers prefer to spend more time behind the camera and less time sitting at their computer, and it’s easy for all of us to get a bit lazy while editing our images. You can avoid this dilemma by watching the following tutorial that demonstrates how to quickly eliminate color fringing in landscape photos.

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Here’s How to Use Photoshop to Composite and Blend Photographs like a Boss (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Mar 14, 2017  | 

Nathaniel Dodson is one of our favorite sources of in-depth Photoshop tutorials that can dramatically enhance your images while retaining a natural look. In the video below, Dodson shows you everything you need to know about compositing and blending images like a pro.

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Here’s How to Use Photoshop’s Handy Sponge Tool to Make Your Images Pop with Natural Color (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 20, 2017  | 

Many photographers are unfamiliar with Photoshop’s powerful Sponge Tool, and that’s a shame because it’s a great way to punch up colors in an image while retaining a natural look. In the three-minute tutorial below you’ll learn how to make the Sponge Tool your friend.

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Here’s How to Use Photoshop’s New Fast & Powerful One-Click “Select Subject” Tool (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jan 24, 2018  | 

Yesterday we told you about Adobe’s new update to Photoshop CC, version 19.1, which includes a host of enhancements. One of the most interesting and time saving new capabilities is the Select Subject feature, that will automatically select one or more prominent objects in an image with a simple click of the mouse.

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Here’s How to Use Photoshop’s Powerful Pen Tool for the Most Precise Selections Possible (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jan 26, 2018  | 

A couple days ago we featured a tutorial on using Photoshop’s new “Select Subject” tool that provides one-click selections for prominent objects in a photo. While this unique tool is a real timesaver, it doesn’t always deliver perfect results.

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Here’s How to Use the New Luminance and Masking Features of Lightroom Classic CC (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 02, 2017  | 

Adobe recently updated Lightroom CC, their older non-cloud version of the popular desktop app, now called Lightroom Classic CC. Apart from speed improvements, the latest version offers a number of new capabilities. In the video below, you’ll learn how to save time by using the powerful new masking features, 

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Here’s How to “Cure” Sunburn with a 5-Minute Dose of Photoshop (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 30, 2017  | 

Now that we’re officially in the throes of summer, there’s a good chance you may confront the challenge of making a decent photograph of someone with a serious case of sunburn. You can take the sting out of this task by watching the simple Photoshop tutorial below.

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Here’s Some Fantastic Free Software That Will Make Your Photos Super Sharp (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Sep 11, 2017  | 

All photographers strive for sharp images, and we often employ a variety of methods to rehabilitate shots that are slightly soft due to camera shake, slow shutter speeds, or when we didn’t nail focus precisely. While there are ae a variety of ways to get the job done, Google’s free Sharpener Pro 3 is one of the best as you’ll see in the tutorial below.

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Here’s the BEST Way to Auto-Color B&W Photos & the Software is FREE!
Ron Leach  |  May 12, 2021  | 

We’ve had numerous discussions about making b&w conversions from color photographs. But what about converting b&w images to color? There are ways to get the job done using Photoshop or a free third-party artificial-intelligence (AI) platform that one image-editing expert says provides “jaw-dropping results.”

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