I can tell you this with confidence. When editing a photo in either Adobe Lightroom or Camera Raw, I’ve never not used at least one of the primary brightness or darkness sliders in the Basic panel. The sliders I’m referring to are Highlights, Shadows, Whites and Blacks. I’m not sure how many times I’ve used […]
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Building Sequential Virtual Copies For Easier Edits in Adobe Lightroom
I was doing some work in Adobe Lightroom last week when I stumbled upon an idea for a post. The project I was working on called for a certain black and white look for a photograph. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted, but I was definitely sure that I didn’t want to create one […]
How To Use Multiple Graduated Filters in Adobe Camera Raw
A few days ago, I found a photo that looked like it had some great content in it, but also looked like it was rather dull. Whenever I see things like this, I wonder if I could make them appear better by working on them in Adobe Camera Raw. Since I’m fairly confident in my […]
How to Customize the Taskbar in Windows 10
I consider the taskbar in Windows 10 sort of like a home base. Everything is down there. I have the Start button, Cortana, shortcut icons for many of the more popular applications I use on a daily basis, audio volume settings, time and date and access to notifications. Without a doubt, the task bar is […]
How to Set the Time & Date in Your Canon Rebel T3i
There are many reasons you may want your Canon Rebel T3i to have an accurate date and time set. First, every single photo you take with your camera will have the date and time attached to its meta data. If you like looking back in time at old photos, this becomes very important. It’s really […]
How to Synchronize Settings Across Photos in Adobe Camera Raw
Quite honestly, things change as you become a better and better post-processing editor. At first, you’ll be enamoured at what Adobe products can do. You’ll open a photo in Camera Raw, Lightroom or Photoshop and play around for a while. This will be followed by all sorts of oohs and aahs. You’ll tell your friends […]
Using the Spot Removal Tool in Adobe Lightroom
If you’re an Adobe Lightroom user, the Spot Removal tool is one of your primary “go-to” tools. It may even be more than that. Perhaps it’s your number one “go-to” tool. Whatever the case, you surely need to know how to use it. Remove a speck here or a blemish there – it’s definitely a […]
Independently Editing Multiple Images in Adobe Camera Raw
In a previous post, I talked about how we can launch multiple photos into Adobe Camera Raw and edit them all simultaneously. As you can imagine, this is a huge time saver. Doing these types of things one by one can become monotonous, especially if the photos were taken of similar objects or subjects under […]
Lighting Effects Filters in Adobe Photoshop
This is pretty cool. I’ve always loved playing with the lighting effects filters in Adobe Photoshop. Adobe has added a lot to this area in the past few years and the changes are worth looking at. In today’s post, I’ll be exploring the Lighting Effects area of the Filters menu in Adobe Photoshop. This is […]
Nondestructively Auto-Correcting Tone in Adobe Photoshop
I remember back, years ago, when I used to color correct photos for one of my blogs. I used auto-correct as if it was going out of style. Throughout my editing, I learned that I only did so many corrections and over time, I concluded that auto-correct was the way to go. I’d use auto-tone, […]