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How to do Color Correction Using the Photoshop Curves Tool
One of the most powerful Photoshop tools at your disposal is Curves. Though it’s often only used to tweak contrast, the curves tool is also hugely effective in correcting color. What’s more, learning...
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Adobe RGB Versus sRGB Color Space – Which Should You Choose?
When you set up your camera, at some point you will have to reach a decision on which color space to use. Take a look at your camera’s menu and you will see an item labeled Color Space. The two options...
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3 Ways Luminar May Cure Some of Your Post-Processing Headaches
Lately, I’ve been playing around with Luminar by Macphun. I’ve found that this program reduces the number of my editing headaches. I’ll share a bit of my experience with it, and you can see if it can...
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Don’t Fear Photo Post-Processing – Shooting is Only the First Part of the...
You have just bought your new bright shiny camera and you are sure that it is just the thing that will help you create better images. You’re shooting JPG with the camera’s automatic program modes, but...
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Using Lightroom Alongside Photoshop: Working with Smart Objects
What software do you use to process your digital images? As of the writing of this article, Adobe Lightroom sports over 1.4 million Likes on their official Facebook page. And Photoshop? That Facebook...
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Enter to Win Corel PaintShop Pro 2018 Ultimate
Win a $500 gift card and a Corel software package – PaintShop Pro 2018 Ultimate, AfterShot Pro 3, VideoStudio Ultimate X10 and ParticleShop. Boom! Enter the Corel “Colors of Fall” photography contest...
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Review of Macphun’s Aurora HDR 2018
HDR, or High Dynamic Range, photography is a technique that has been around for decades but really started making waves in the modern digital imaging scene around 2005. It involves combining multiple...
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My 5 Favorite Lightroom Sliders
Lightroom is a mature, fully featured photo-processing app. It has tools bursting out at the seams, from lens corrections to color corrections and even camera styles and mode emulations. That doesn’t...
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How to Make a Joiner Collage for a Retro-Style Panorama Image
Almost every camera can do a panoramic shot. A lot of apps and software can create a “little planet” image. So how can you capture that beautiful view and still stay creative? Try going vintage! In...
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A Guide to Creating Stunning HDR Images
The simple contrast between light and shadow can have a powerful effect on a photographic image. In fact, quite often you may find that contrast is what inspires you to photograph a particular scene or...
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How to Speed Up Your Photo Editing with the Right Lightroom Workflow
Processing photos is fun for me. But as much as I like doing it, I like being out in the field making new photos even more. That’s why I’ve developed a Lightroom workflow that helps me get the job done...
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5 Reasons for Lightroom Photographers to Use the Edit In Photoshop Feature
Since its Version 1.0 release in 2006, Adobe Lightroom has gone from strength to strength, firmly establishing itself as the go-to software for photographers around the globe. With each new update,...
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Review of the Latest Version of PaintShop Pro 2018
In this article, I will review the latest version of PaintShop Pro 2018. I have a unique perspective, having used it over 17 years ago for the first time. Let’s see how it fairs now. Please note: this...
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Speed up Your Workflow with the Accent AI Filter in Luminar and Batch Processing
It’s not uncommon for me to sit down at my computer with a memory card full of images and stare blankly at my ever-growing Lightroom catalog while my mind reels at the thought of editing each and every...
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3 Powerful Tips for the Perfect Vignette in Lightroom
The vignette is one of the most powerful ways to boost your photos. It reduces your photo’s brightness at corners and sides compared to the image center. It’s mainly used to highlight elements in the...
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How to Make a Little Planet Quickly and Easily in Photoshop
Do you find your panoramas a bit flat? Would you like to create a whole little planet out of a single street or square? Do you want to make fun, eye-catching images in just a few minutes without any...
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How to Use Puppet Warp in Photoshop
One of the most powerful distortion tools in Photoshop is the Puppet Warp command. First Introduced in Photoshop CS5, Puppet Warp is a handy command that allows you to easily bend and shape parts of...
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Video Tutorial: How to Make Realistic Images Faster with Aurora HDR 2018
As a landscape photographer who relies heavily on HDR to pull off much of my work, I’m always keen to learn about better ways of doing what I do. Most of the time my art tends to run towards natural...
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How to Use Soft Light Blend Mode in Photoshop to Improve Exposure and Contrast
Do you have an overexposed sunny side and an underexposed shadow on the other side of your image? Or maybe a well-exposed photo that needs more vibrancy? There’s a tool so versatile that can help you...
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How to do Pixel Stretching in Photoshop
As photographers, we’re all too aware of the abundance of ways to edit a photograph in post-production. And as technology progresses, so will the potential for image making. Pixel stretching is one way...
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