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Take your photos to the next level with these innovative, step-by-step editing guides for Photoshop, Lightroom and many other post-processing photography tools.

How to Create a Luminosity Mask in Photoshop

How to Create a Luminosity Mask in Photoshop

In this article, let’s look at HOW you can actually create your first luminosity mask for yourself… You can run through these steps on your own shot, try to pick a shot that’s kinda similar for the purpose of this demo – i.e. a bright sky with a dark foreground. First step, open up the […]

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Simple Tips to Make Photo Editing Less Stressful

Simple Tips to Make Photo Editing Less Stressful

We know a lot of photographers get scared when it comes to editing photos. The workflow is complex and adjustments can seem myriad. But the photo-editing process does not have to be complicated at all. If you’re worried about making the right moves in post-processing, we have the right video for you today. Professional photographer […]

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Saving Time in Photo Editing: A Look at Mask AI

Saving Time in Photo Editing: A Look at Mask AI

Relevant note: only a little while left for the Luminar Neo Easter Sale Now that photographers have access to Luminar Neo, we’ve been getting a better look at some of the new tools in it’s arsenal. Today we are looking at it’s AI-based masking tool. Instead of spending hours manually masking or refining details, you […]

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Sky Swapping Tips in Photoshop

Sky Swapping Tips in Photoshop

Have you ever tried replacing a sky in Photoshop? It’s great practice for honing your skills, learning how to edit and adjust light and color in your landscapes. It’s also a great way to transform dull and boring shots into something much nicer to look at, as long as you don’t mind being a little […]

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Photo Editing Seamlessly Across Lightroom and Photoshop

Photo Editing Seamlessly Across Lightroom and Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop are undoubtedly the most popular software among photographers today. While many use Lightroom to make basic adjustments and to catalog their images, Photoshop is widely used to make advanced edits. Thus, there can be circumstances when you want to take your images from Lightroom to Photoshop, and back. The good news […]

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Milky Way Photography & Photo Editing Tips

Milky Way Photography & Photo Editing Tips

Milky way season is in full-effect so I thought I’d share a few pointers that I’ve learned about shooting and processing it. “But Steve, what the heck is milky way season?” Good question. It’s the time of year when the galactic core is visible and it runs from Feb/March til around Oct/Nov. Us southern-hemispherites are […]

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Landscape Photo Editing Masterclass

Landscape Photo Editing Masterclass

For those of you working on landscape photo editing, you may want to check this out. This is professional landscape photographer Steve Arnold’s largest, most comprehensive individual course on how to work with landscape photos. And we were able to arrange an exclusive 80% discount for our readers today. Deal ending soon: The Landscape Editing […]

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Some Helpful Overlooked Photo Editing Tools in Lightroom

Some Helpful Overlooked Photo Editing Tools in Lightroom

It’s natural to feel excited when you start learning something new. But once you’ve learned the basics, do you feel content and stop expanding your knowledge base? It’s always better to learn something new. Professional tools such as Adobe Lightroom have many powerful secrets to be discovered. So if you’re itching to learn some new […]

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Split Toning Lightroom Photo Editing Tutorial

Split Toning Lightroom Photo Editing Tutorial

Split toning is the method of adding different tones to the highlights and the shadows during post-processing. Landscape photographer Mark Denney feels that this is one of the most underutilized features of Lightroom. If you’re consistent with it, you can even develop your own signature style: To demonstrate how split toning works, Denney simply uses […]

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Fixing Backlighting in the Photo Editing Stage

Fixing Backlighting in the Photo Editing Stage

Now that photographers can get the early access version of Luminar Neo, we’ve been getting a better look at some of the new tools in it’s arsenal. Today we are focusing on the interesting new Relight AI feature and how it can bring to life to poorly lit or exposed photos. A typical problem that […]

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