5 Must Have Lightroom Preset Tips
This week we'll take a look at 5 tips for Lightroom Presets that'll make your preset life a little bit easier. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/0xWHJ8tu_WU
What’s New in Lightroom 11.4 (Big! June 2022 Update)
Adobe just packed a bunch of useful features in to the latest (June 2022) update to Lightroom (and Adobe Camera Raw). A couple of those updates center around the Masking tools and some much needed features that everyone wanted. Plus there is a great new feature when...
Start to Finish – Forest Glow
This week we're going to do another start to finish Photo Makeover using a great forest scene with some water running through it. Also, you can find out more about my No Light? No Problem! course over at mattk.com/light (just click here) Enjoy!...
Gear, Settings and the Edit (Eagle Photography)
This week I thought I'd do something a little different from just an editing tutorial. I thought it would be fun to share the gear I used, the settings I used, the sequence of photos and the one I picked, all the way to the editing process on one of my wildlife...
Make Photoshop Simple (or at least… simpler)
Here's a quick exercise that should be interesting. There are over 70 tools in the toolbox in Photoshop. But take a moment to think about how many of them you actually use? For me, it's about 10. How about you? (Find out more about The Photoshop System) Why is this...
Better Edge Lighting for Sky Replacement
Adobe recently added a new feature in the Sky Replacement window called "Edge Lighting". It helps blend the transition from sky to foreground and for certain sky replacements can really help out. In this week's tutorial we'll take a closer look. Matt's No Sky?...
Select Sky or Graduated Filter… Which one?
This week we're going to take a look at two ways to adjust the sky. One, which is something we've used for a long time... the Graduated Filter seems to have fallen out of favor and the newer "Select Sky" feature has taken over. But is Select Sky always better? We'll...
Adding Light to a Scene
In this tutorial we're going to use some creative techniques to re-light a very flat scene. I also wanted to thank Marcia Colucci for submitting this photo. It will be part of my upcoming No Light? No Problem (Volume 3) course coming out on Thursday April 7th. Enjoy!...
Creative Long(er) Shutter Speed Bird Photography
One morning when I was out shooting, there wasn't much happening. Not wanting to go home empty handed, I decided to take some really tight shots of a Snowy Egret. As I watched its feathers blow in the high winds I had an idea to experiment with some longer shutter...
7 Must Have Photoshop Layer Tips
Layers are such an important part of Photoshop that I don't think you can ever learn enough tips and tricks around working with them. This week I've put together 7 of my favorite layer-related tips. Enjoy! For more about my Photoshop System course click here....
Photo Makeover (Boat Docks)
It's time for another start to finish tutorial (Photo Makeover). This is where I start from scratch with a raw photo and show you my editing process and thoughts along the way. It's less of a in-depth tutorial teaching you features, and more about the overall thought...
What Does Lightroom’s Masking Intersect Feature Do?
Once you experiment with Lightroom's (semi) new masking features, I think it's mostly straightforward to get the hang of the new tools. But there's one little area I keep getting questions on so I thought I'd dedicate a video to a few uses of the Intersect feature....