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’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...
Lightroom Just Got WAY Smarter (April 2025 Update)
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...
One Click to Better Selections
This week we'll cover one of my favorite little masking tips in Lightroom and/or Photoshop. Too often the selection edges aren't perfect with some of the AI selection tools and we think we have to manually adjust them. But with this tip, you'll see you can get...
Real Time Bird Photo Shoot
I'm going to share something a little different this time around. You'll get to see a live wildlife shoot and what it looks like through my lens. Settings, jumping AF points, and all. Then we'll take a look through some of the photos and do a quick edit. Let me know...
Editing Color in Lightroom and Photoshop with Masks
While color can be one of the important edits we do to a photo, it does get confusing where to do it. There are so many color adjustments in so many places, that sometimes we forget one of the most important things and that is selecting the right colors and areas of...