by Matt | Apr 28, 2023 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Hi all. I’ve gotten a lot of questions on whether or not you can use the masking tools in Lightroom and Camera Raw with the new AI Noise Reduction. While there is a Noise adjustment in the masking tools, it doesn’t work the way you think, so we’ll...
by Matt | Apr 27, 2023 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
I’ve gotten a lot of questions this last week about Adobe’s new Noise Reduction feature (referred to the rest of this article as NR) in Lightroom and Camera Raw. Pretty much too many to answer, so if I didn’t answer you, hopefully this takes care of...
by Matt | Apr 19, 2023 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
In this video we’ll take a deeper look at just the Noise Reduction that has been added to Lightroom Classic in the April 2023 update. Click Here to Watch My Full “What’s New in Lightroom (April 2023 Update) video Click Here to Find Out More about my...
by Matt | Apr 19, 2023 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Adobe just released a pretty substantial “dot” update to Lightroom Classic bringing it to version 12.3. And the same updates are also included in Adobe Camera Raw. In this video we’ll take a look at what’s new including brand new (and really...
by Matt | Apr 14, 2023 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Hi all. It’s been a while since Topaz’s “all in one” Image Quality app came out. Since I primarily use Topaz for noise reduction, I thought I’d do a comparison to see if Topaz’s older app for noise reduction holds up to the newer...
by Matt | Apr 6, 2023 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
On the surface, the Select Subject and Select Background tools seem to do the same thing (just in reverse of each other) in Lightroom and Photoshop. But after digging around a little, they sometimes work a little different when used together. We’ll take a deeper...
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