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Luminosity Masks – What the Heck Are They?
This week I'm tackling a topic that I've been asked about more times than I can count - Luminosity Masking. In fact, I've been asked so many times that I finally decided to create a course dedicated to it, and how I use these masks in my workflow. The course will...
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How to Remove Tan Lines in Photoshop
Many times, before the wedding, the bride will get some sun and inevitably end up with tan lines. Or if you're on vacation, you can find that your friends or family members get them as well. Here are a few quick techniques to help get rid of them or even them out a...
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Do Your Photos Look “Funky” in Lightroom
This past week I got the same question from a few people about their photos looking a little weird, and funky in Lightroom. It's actually a thing called "banding" and you'll mostly find it in your sky. But here's the thing. You won't see it everywhere in Lightroom....
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Creating the Landscape Soft Glow Look (The Orton Effect)
Here's a really popular technique I see a lot in landscape photos so I figured I'd share my take on it. Below is the Lightroom/Photoshop version of it, but right below that is the ON1 Version as well. Enjoy! The Orton Effect in Lightroom and Photoshop...
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What’s New in Lightroom 7.5 – The August 2018 Update
Adobe just released another update to Lightroom Classic CC - version 7.5. If you haven't checked your Creative Cloud updater, now's a good time to open and install the latest updates. In this version they released some new book styles as well as a paper type....
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Lightroom and Photoshop Brush Tips You Probably Didn’t Know
The brush tool is such an essential part of my raw editing that I wanted to dedicate a video to some key tips and tricks for using it. I originally released this video as just Brush Tips and Tricks. But within the first day of the video being out, I had a ton of...
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Relighting Your Photos in Lightroom, Photoshop and ON1 Photo
The idea behind this technique is that sometimes our scenery doesn't cooperate. Most of us don't have unlimited time and budgets to keep reshooting the same place when the light is perfect. So we get what we get when it comes to light. But who's to say we can't...
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5 Tips to Speed Up Lightroom
Hey everyone! I hope you're having a great week. This time around, I wanted to share a few tips I have for speeding up Lightroom. I hear a lot of questions on the topic, so I figured I'd give you some best practices to help squeeze as much juice out as you can....
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My Top 5 Landscape Filters in ON1 Effects
A while back I did a video on my top 5 filters in ON1 Effects for landscape photos. But I realized that over time my taste and workflow have changed, so I thought it was time to revise. As you can imagine, technology changes and new filters are added. But also,...
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Luminosity Masking in Color with Photoshop
You've probably heard of Luminosity Masks or even Color Masks in Photoshop before. If you haven't, or you're not sure what they are, here's a quick explanation. A luminosity mask is basically a mask (or selection) of the luminance values in a photo (the...
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