Perhaps you’ve heard the term, but are unsure what Actions are or how to use them in Photoshop. So, let’s go back to some bare-bones basics and look at using Actions and how they can speed up your workflow and make life easier. What are Actions? Actions are a set
This morning, Adobe announced the release of Photoshop Elements 2023 and Premiere Elements 2023. This year’s releases offer faster, easier photo and video editing. Along with faster editing, there are easy-to-use AI-powered features, enhanced animation features for photo editing, new artistic effects for videos, 100 new audio tracks and faster
Apply the Color Expression control to easily change the fill color of multiple layers. For example, apply the Color Control effect to a shape layer. Set an expression for its fill property and then pickwhip to the Color Control. When you change the color in the effect control panel, the
I market myself as a lens-based artist because all of my source material comes through the lens of my camera. After that, all bets are off. I blend, add depth and dimension, color shift and so much more. Photoshop extractions play a part. Photoshop extractions Solid art pieces start with
This morning, Adobe released the latest data and insights on the Creator Economy from its “Future of Creativity” study. This study found that the Creator Economy has grown by more than 165 million creators over the past two years, to reach 303 million creators globally. The study also found that
Lightroom Classic comes with the ability to sort your photos into collections. In fact, there’s an entire section on the left dedicated to organizing your photos in either Collection Sets, Collections or Smart Collections. But there is also a separate collection located under the Catalog drop-down, and that is the
It’s super easy to get your photos into SlickPic Organizer from Lightroom Classic so you can showcase them in Photo Galleries, deliver them to clients and use them on your Portfolio Website. Once installed, it takes all of about three clicks to get them from your desktop catalog to your
Last week, Adobe released a comprehensive 138-page guide to Premiere Pro. While this guide is filled with best practices and workflows aimed at film and TV editors, I think it will be useful for anyone that uses the software because it covers numerous essential topics. It’s well thought out and
A few months ago — it might have been March, it might have been February — Lightroom Mobile received an update. Among all the other shiny new features (which, I swear, I have no problem with: I’m a real fan of Lightroom Mobile, generally, I swear), there was one change
What are some software post-processing apps that can help you now? I’ll list a few of the ones I find the most useful. Hopefully they can help you too! Perspective Efex DxO’s Perspective Efex is part of the fantastic Nik Collection. The collection includes very useful items like Detail, Super
Creating your own presets in Lightroom is a great way to speed up your mobile editing and achieve a consistent look to your mobile phone photos that will set your social media feed apart. Knowing how to create and use presets is an essential skill that will dramatically speed up
Fireworks displays are glorious, and also a common occurrence in the U.S. over Independence day. If you’re lucky, you’ll find yourself in a great location with your camera on a tripod. But sometimes you just want to enjoy the show, or the conditions are not ideal to photograph the event.
