5 Things Every Lightroom Classic User Should Know
Test your skills... do you know the 5 things that every Lightroom Classic user should know? While answering a bunch of emails lately, I've noticed some common questions about features that even seasoned Lightroom users didn't know. Some of these are tips, and...
The Best Lightroom Workflow Order
If you’ve noticed a new icon showing up in Lightroom Classic lately — a little circle / star in the top right corner above the word BASIC — you’re not alone. That’s the new AI Edit Status icon, and in this video, I’ll explain exactly what it means, what triggers it,...
New Way to Batch Process in Lightroom Classic
Earlier this month (June 2025), Adobe released an update to Lightroom Classic (Lightroom and Camera Raw too), that allows us to non-destructively use the DeNoise feature. That means, we no longer are forced to have DeNoise create a duplicate DNG file of our raw file...
What’s New in Photoshop (June 2025 Update)
Adobe just updated Photoshop with some new selection features as well as Camera Raw's distraction and noise reduction features. In this video we'll take a look at what's new. Enjoy! If you're interested in the mini course and presets I mention in the video, just click...
What’s New in Lightroom (June 2025 Update)
Adobe just released an update to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom and Photoshop. Now we have some improved distraction removal tools as well as more seamless noise reduction. In this video we'll take a look at what's new. Enjoy! If you're interested in the mini course and...
Target Collections – The Hidden Organizing Feature
When I use Lightroom Classic, and I'm organizing photos for a project of some sort, I always go to Target Collections. And every time I use them I realize what a great little feature it is when you need to gather photos from across different folders in your Lightroom...
What I Learned at the Biggest Week in Birding
Last month I had the pleasure to attend and lead some small workshops at the Biggest Week in American Birding festival in Ohio. I was there on behalf of Sony, but now that I know this event exists, I'd likely go back even if I wasn't asked to teach. If you've never...
What’s New in Topaz Photo AI 4
Hi everyone! I know many of you use Topaz Photo AI and I wanted to let you know they've updated to version 4. A few things to know before we get started... Whenever they do update to a new version, they typically run a sale. Best thing to do, since there are no coupon...
Why You Shouldn’t Use the Adjust Colors Panel in Photoshop
With so many color adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop, it can be confusing which one to use. In this week's video we'll talk about a newly updated color adjustment in Photoshop (that's still based on an old feature) and why I don't think that's where your color...
Giant FAQ on the New Landscape Mask Feature in Lightroom and Photoshop
The new masking feature I covered this week in Lightroom and Photoshop (click here for a video) has been really well received. But I have gotten a lot of questions so I thought I'd go through some of the common ones in case you have them too. Don't forget I also...
Landscape Masking is NOT Just for Landscapes
Today I thought I'd share a video that shows how the new Landscape masks in Lightroom and Camera Raw can be used in various genres of photography. You'll see how everything from portrait to wildlife photos can take advantage of these masks and why you need to...
Photoshop Selections and Masking Updates (April 2025 Release)
The latest update to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom and Photoshop (Camera Raw) just made some already amazing masking tools, even better. As I started using these new tools, I realized that even though Adobe calls them "Landscape" masks, they work great for anything...