Adobe announces its 2018 Rising Stars of Photography
Bryan Esler
For the second straight year, Adobe has announced its list of Rising Stars of Photography. A diverse lineup of photographers from across the globe, the
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How to censor your photos for social media, non-destructively in Photoshop
Jason Hahn
On many social media sites, for various reasons, we are seeing a high degree of censorship and banning for anything consider “Mature”. Regardless of your personal feelings on the matter, for those of us producing fine art nude or boudoir photography it’s becoming increasingly difficult to share our uncensored work over the internet. Here is a quick tip on how to create a frosted glass effect that nondestructively blurs only the parts of your image you choose, to satisfy the interweb censors and people parts police.
Adobe brings powerful new features to Lightroom CC and Classic
Bryan Esler
This morning, Adobe announced updates to its desktop versions of Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC. While both programs have added a few new enhancements and
Quick Tip: Visualize Sensor Spots in Lightroom
Bryan Esler
Sensor dust is bound to impact our photographs at some time. But there’s a quick and easy way to visualize these spots — and get rid
Using Photoshop Selections for Color and Tone Adjustments
Rich Harrington
Great image color and tone adjustments start with a great selection. Â Learn how to do this quickly and easily. Follow along with these photos (provided
Quick Tip: Open Almost Any Image in Adobe Camera Raw
Rich Harrington
Want to open almost any image in Camera Raw? It turns out that you can! You can, in fact, open TIFF and JPEG files using
How to Enhance Your Photos With Textures – Part 2: Blending
Jason Hahn
When using textures to enhance your photos in Photoshop, blending is how you reveal your image below the texture layer or tell the texture layer
At Photoshop World? Come See Us
Photofocus Team
Are you in Orlando this week for Photoshop World? The Photofocus team is here and would love to chat or have a drink. Â You can
Diving into Lightroom’s New Profile System
Bryan Esler
With Lightroom’s latest 7.3 update, it introduced a new way to handle profiles. This combined the typical camera calibration tools that we were used to,
Quick Tip: What happened to “Camera Calibration” in Lightroom Classic Creative Cloud?
Steve Eilenberg
I develop images in Adobe Lightroom Creative Cloud (LR CC) using a top-down approach, starting with “Basic”. The one rule breaker was “Camera Calibration”, the
Searching for a Lightroom Alternative: Is it Time to Switch?
Bryan Esler
Since Adobe changed some of its Creative Cloud pricing on Monday (4/16/18; note the Photography plans were not impacted), there’s been a lot of discussion surrounding
How to Enhance Your Photos With Textures – Part 1: Adding Textures
Jason Hahn
In photography a texture image or “texturing” is used to enhance or accent some part of the image in your digital darkroom. Â Although they can help you create eye-catching works of art, textures also can be very easy to overdo. In this article I’ll explain my process for adding textures to my photography, using Adobe Stock and Photoshop, Â to create more impact, transform the mood of the image, or improve on the composition.
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