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Announcing the Winners of the Corel “Colors of Fall” Contest
A huge thank you to everyone who entered our recent contest to win a $500 Amazon™ Gift Card and a Corel Software Package. The second-place winner wins a full Corel software package and the third-place...
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How to Super-Charge the Spot Healing Brush Tool in Photoshop
The Spot Healing Brush Tool is often used in portrait photography to remove blemishes, wrinkles, and other distracting elements. By default, this tool works great, but sometimes you will need to add an...
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How to use Macphun’s Luminar for Beginners
If you haven’t used it before, your first question might be what exactly is Luminar? Simply put, it’s photo editing software designed by Macphun (available soon for Windows – download the beta version...
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How to Create a Beautiful Online Gallery with Lightroom Classic CC and Adobe...
One of the common questions I hear from photographers is regarding a way to link Lightroom to a photography portfolio website. It usually comes from photographers who don’t like the design options in...
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How to use Filter Masks in Luminar for Powerful Local Adjustments
Luminar is a powerful, full-featured photo editor, with a massive array of features and editing tools. A great deal of its workflow is built around the fairly simple concept of applying filters. It’s...
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New Lightroom CC or Lightroom Classic: Which Version is Right for You?
You may have heard that Adobe recently unveiled some pretty significant changes to Lightroom. When you consider using Lightroom, you will now have two different versions to choose from; both are aimed...
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Two Ways to Create a Snowstorm Using Photoshop
The holidays are upon us and you want to have the perfect photo but it’s just too cold, slippery, or you missed the snow all together? There are times that regardless of your will, the weather won’t...
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Luminar – The New Powerhouse for Fine Art Black and White Conversions
I recently embarked on a project of creating black and white images for an upcoming exhibit at an art gallery. The images have been shot, now the only question that remains is how will I handle the...
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How to Stylize Your Images Using Complementary Colors in Lightroom
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you a process that uses complementary colors to stylize your images and create a consistent theme in your collections. I recently embarked on an 1,800-mile road trip...
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ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate: Efficient RAW Workflow for Professionals
A good workflow is such a powerful, time-saving and inspiring thing. There is even a certain romance to it – a routine of steps melting into the background that lead to a finished photograph. This...
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How to Understand Pixels, Resolution, and Resize Your in Photoshop Correctly
Size, resolution, and formats… What do pixels have to do with it? Do you buy your camera based on its number of megapixels? Are you having problems sharing your photos online? Does your print look low...
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How to Process Real Estate or Architectural Photos with Aurora HDR 2018
If you’ve ever tried your hand at real estate or architecture photography, you know that these are two of the most complicated forms of photography out there. The challenge is due mostly to having to...
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Why Lightroom Keywords and Star Ratings are Important for Your Photography...
Lightroom has long been the “go-to” program for organizing images and has come into its own as an editing powerhouse as well. If you haven’t been using Lightroom for organizing your images, you are...
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How to Blur the Background of a Portrait Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool in...
Have you ever taken a portrait and wished that the background were just a little bit more blurry? You can address background blur in-camera by changing either your aperture or the distance of your...
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How to Apply Creativity to Your Images with Texture Overlays Using Luminar
Layers of fun One advantage that Luminar has over the average Raw processor is the ability to work with Layers. “What is a layer?” I hear you ask. Well, your basic image is a single layer, like a...
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Lightroom Mobile – The Secret to Shooting and Editing on Your Smartphone
Why use Lightroom Mobile Many people don’t realize the benefits of using Lightroom Mobile with your Adobe Lightroom Subscription. When you subscribe to Adobe’s Photographer’s plan, not only will you...
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How to Create a Minimal Desktop Background Using Photoshop
Ever seen those flowy, innocuous desktop backgrounds that to show up on default computer screens? That’s the exact image I thought of when I messing around with Photoshop for this tutorial. Though they...
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How to Make Food Photos Look Tastier with Luminar
When it comes to food photography, photo editing is at least half of the battle. Sure, there’s an art to styling and shooting food so that it looks yummy right out of the camera. But more often than...
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How to Enhance Colors Using Photoshop’s Color Range Tool
Luminosity Masks have become a go-to technique for many photographers wanting to make selective adjustments on their images. While it’s a great way to create precise masks, it’s a mask solely based on...
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How to Clone Yourself – Step by Step Tutorial
You have probably seen photos on the internet where the same person appears in multiple spots in a single photo. At first sight, you might not have believed it, and later you must have gone berserk...
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