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...
I Regret This Sky Replacement Tutorial
A while back I did a Photoshop tutorial on replacing the sky in some wildlife photos. After the tutorial I started to see some really bad examples of the technique, so hopefully we can help that out today. Enjoy! PS: I asked this in my email that brought you to this...
Which Lightroom and Photoshop Sky Selection Tool is Best?
I've always felt that the sky is one of the most important parts of most photos. That's why we need accurate ways to select it, so that we can target it, and work on the tones and colors to get them just right. So this week, I'm sharing 3 of my favorite tools...
What’s New in Photoshop (Feb 2025 Update)
Adobe added a new feature to Camera Raw this past week and I thought I'd take a few minutes to show you how to use it. Keep in mind this feature isn't yet in Lightroom, but if Adobe follows what they typically do, it will eventually make it there. Also, if you'd like...
Adaptive Profiles and What’s New in Lightroom (Feb 2025 Update)
Adobe released a new update to Lightroom (both Lightroom and Lightroom Classic) this week and I wanted to go over the features. The first part of the video covers Lightroom Classic and the second part covers Lightroom so feel free to skip to that part (7:10 timecode)...
Why Content-Aware is Still a Must-Know Photoshop Tool
Hi everyone. While I was editing a photo this week I used a tool that used to be one of my favorites. I actually still use it all of the time, but it hit me that we don't talk about it a lot anymore so I thought I'd show you the edit that I did and WHY I used this...