Seascape Start to Finish Edit in Lightroom
Hey everyone! This week I have a full start to finish edit for you of a seascape photo I took a while back. It all starts in Lightroom Classic, and most of the work is done there. But I do jump to Photoshop at the end for a quick adjustment too. Enjoy!...
Amazing Eye Technique for Wildlife Photos in Lightroom and Photoshop
In today's tutorial we're going to take a look at one of my favorite techniques for enhancing the eyes in a wildlife photo using Lightroom, Photoshop Camera Raw or even ON1 (video below the Adobe video). I think you'll see that just a little adjustment with one of the...
Why I Use a Pressure Sensitive Tablet for Editing Photos
A popular question I hear all the time is whether or not I use a tablet. And it's always followed up by why? I think the answer is usually a surprise to people, because I have a very specific reason for using a tablet - so I figured I'd talk a little about it in this...
Lightroom’s Hidden Color Adjustment
In this video we'll take a look at one of my favorite (and semi-hidden) color adjustments in Lightroom. We'll even dive in to the nuts and bolts of how it differs from other color adjustments so you can really see where it's best used. https://youtu.be/yNbkZHoF-9U
Move Things in Photos with Content Aware
In this latest tutorial we're going to take a look at a little known (but super powerful) tool in Photoshop called the Content Aware Move tool. It's one of those features that requires a certain photo to work with, but once you know the formula, it can actually come...
Printing is Like Playing Monopoly
If you saw the headline for the article you're probably thinking "Wow! Matt has really lost it these days". But bear with me and if you make it to the end, I have a very rewarding assignment for you. I recently released a course called "The Perfect Print" and it's all...
ON1 360 Desktop Mobile Overview
Hi all. ON1 just released their latest update (which is free for all current ON1 2020 owners). This latest updated includes the brand new ON1 360. Basically, 360 is the "cloud" technology that allows you to sync photos from the desktop version of ON1 to your phone or...
What’s New in Photoshop (June 2020 Update)
Adobe just released an update to Photoshop 2020. And while there aren't a ton of new features, if you're in to making selections of people/hair, you're going to be amazed at the Select Subject improvements that were made in the latest version. In addition, Adobe gave...
What’s New in Lightroom Classic (June 2020 Update)
It's that time again. Every few months Adobe does what they call a "dot" update to many of their products and Lightroom is usually one of them. These aren't the BIG updates that come every fall, but they usually sneak a cool feature or two in to them and this release...
10 Photoshop Tips You Need to Know
Photoshop is such a powerful program. But along with that power comes some complexity, and that really holds true when you find out all of the little tips and tricks we have available in such a big program. In today's video, I'm sharing 10 Photoshop Tips and Tricks...
Do You Really Need the Histogram?
In just about every live class I do, I'll get asked why I don't use the Histogram to edit with in Lightroom. It's not that I don't feel the information in the histogram is useful. Some (not all) of it is. But it's more about the fact that the information that is...
Join the Texture Blending Challenge
Hi everyone. To help celebrate my new course on Texture Blending, I'm opening up a texture blending challenge this week. This is a FREE photo challenge where you can enter as many images as you'd like. In fact, I'll be doing videos throughout the week where I review...