7 Top Retouching Preset Toolkits for Lightroom

Whether you’re just starting out editing your photos or are simply looking to broaden the looks and feel of your editing aesthetic, using a retouching preset toolkit delivers immediate results, often at the click of a single button. Here we’re going to take a look at seven retouching preset toolkits for Lightroom available from Envato… Continue reading 7 Top Retouching Preset Toolkits for Lightroom

3 Top Cake Day Celebration Video Templates for After Effects

Getting excited about cake is easy, but having a whole day dedicated to it, is a great excuse to celebrate! And eat more of it, obviously. The 26th of November is Cake Day, so here are some of our top After Effects cake promotion video templates to help you make super-tasty video! Chocolate cake / Envato… Continue reading 3 Top Cake Day Celebration Video Templates for After Effects

How to Edit Photos Using Less Time and Effort in Lightroom Classic

It’s all too easy to get bogged down spending forever on a photo edit in Lightroom Classic. With Lightroom’s slider adjustments being so easy to manipulate, it can be tricky to know where to begin and when an edit is ‘done’. In this quick tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Lightroom to get the most… Continue reading How to Edit Photos Using Less Time and Effort in Lightroom Classic

NFT Trends: Exploring AI in NFT projects

Alice has a personality and a face, but “she” doesn’t exist—at least not in the traditional sense. Inspired, in part, by the Lewis Carroll character, “Alice” was created by the artist Robert Alice in collaboration with a synthetic media company called Alethea AI. Her “face” was built from generic CGI stock models, and she can… Continue reading NFT Trends: Exploring AI in NFT projects

Using rental equipment to elevate your commercial photoshoots

Between $3,000 cameras, $1,000 lenses, $500 speedlights, and $300 LED panels, photo studio costs can add up quickly. It can also be a pain to store and transport all your gear, especially when you add 16-pound c-stands and giant octaboxes into the mix. “Not only do photographers have to haul everything from shoot to shoot,… Continue reading Using rental equipment to elevate your commercial photoshoots

How to Turn Profiles Into a Custom Preset Using Adobe Camera Raw and a Colour Card

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use a colour card to recreate the look of an in-camera profile in Adobe Camera Raw, which you can then use as a custom preset. Before You Start Part 1: Turning on Profiles in Camera If you’d like to know more about this step, you should read part… Continue reading How to Turn Profiles Into a Custom Preset Using Adobe Camera Raw and a Colour Card

How to Get Started With Photivo

How to Get Started With Photivo What Is Photivo? Photivo is a free and open-source photo editor Photivo is a free and open-source photo editor that works across a variety of operating systems. Until quite recently, it hadn’t been updated for a good while, meaning newer camera formatted images were either not working, causing error… Continue reading How to Get Started With Photivo

On-Camera Audio Recording: Cases and Accessories

Understanding how microphones work and how to choose a microphone for a particular situation is important. But don’t forget about how to transport them safely. In this tutorial, you’ll learn about cases, how to transport audio gear, and some accessories you might want to have on a shoot. Cases for Audio Gear Transporting audio gear… Continue reading On-Camera Audio Recording: Cases and Accessories

The new Adobe Elements use powerful AI tools to make editing easier

The new Adobe Elements 2023 uses powerful AI tools. Abby Ferguson Ahead of Adobe MAX–Adobe’s annual creative conference–later this month, the company has released a new version of its Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements programs. Photoshop Elements is a stripped-down version of Photoshop, Adobe’s popular and robust editing software. Premiere Elements is a more basic version of… Continue reading The new Adobe Elements use powerful AI tools to make editing easier

3 Top After Effects Video Templates for Remembrance Day

Armistice Day (or Remembrance Day in some parts of the Commonwealth) and Remembrance Sunday are times for reflection and commemoration of past wars, in particular the two World Wars. If you’re marking this by making a video, here are our top three templates to help you. First, consider our top tips for creating a Remembrance… Continue reading 3 Top After Effects Video Templates for Remembrance Day