by Matt Kloskowski | Jun 30, 2026 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Recently (mid June 2026) Adobe announced that it intends to acquire Topaz Labs. Assuming the deal gets regulatory approval, Topaz will become part Adobe in the latter half of 2026. Here’s a link to the incredibly boring and legal-marketing-speak announcement if you...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jun 25, 2026 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Adobe added a few new features to Camera Raw (version 18.4) recently. Among them is a masking feature that people have been asking for since Linear Gradients first came out. It’s called a Bidirectional Gradient, or you can think of it as a Two-sided or Double...
by Matt Kloskowski | May 29, 2026 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Today we’re going to cover a feature that I think all of you who use masking tools will love. It’s been one of the most requested features I’ve seen and I’m glad it’s finally here. Unfortunately, it’s not in Lightroom yet but...
by Matt Kloskowski | May 8, 2026 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Hi everyone! Adobe snuck a new masking feature in to Camera Raw recently. It’s based on the Depth Range feature that’s been around for a while but chances are that you’ve never seen anyone talk about it because it wasn’t available for most of...
by Matt Kloskowski | Apr 30, 2026 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Hi everyone! Adobe recently released some new Photoshop features this week. One of the bigger features is a new way of finding and removing distractions which is always one of the main reasons we even go in to Photoshop in the first place (as a photographer). In...
by Matt Kloskowski | Apr 17, 2026 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
I wanted to cover a question I get often when people see me edit in Photoshop. It has to do with Layers and the idea that we’ve been taught that we always need to duplicate a layer as soon as we start working in Photoshop. Hopefully this helps clear things up....
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.