“How do I edit my photo to look like (insert famous photographer’s name)?” Certain photographers have unique, signature styles that others try to emulate. All kinds of things go into a signature style, from the choice of subject matter to the shooting approach, equipment, and a lot of small choices that are unique to every… Continue reading How to Add Color in Lightroom Classic Using Hue, Saturation, and Luminance
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How to Use Batch Processing in Lightroom Classic
You’ve just wrapped up that newest award winning photoshoot and you’re ready to process your images to get them looking their best. After copying your images you find that you’ve captured far more images than you realize, and you’re already feeling overwhelmed by the amount of editing you have on your plate. Have no fear! … Continue reading How to Use Batch Processing in Lightroom Classic
How to Correct Tone and Contrast in Photos With Lightroom Classic
If you’ve spent any time in Adobe Lightroom, you’ve probably seen just how many sliders it includes for adjustment. Each slider controls a different part of the look and feel of your image. Using them together to correct your images means that even an imperfect exposure can become a stunning photograph. In this tutorial, we’re… Continue reading How to Correct Tone and Contrast in Photos With Lightroom Classic
How to Sequence Photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Make an Edit)
In our photo editing series we’re getting down to business and the heart of the editing process. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to review and select your best pictures, unlocking the hidden potential in your images. 1. The Photo Assembly Process The first part of photo editing is simply reviewing our images and getting… Continue reading How to Sequence Photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Make an Edit)
How to Use Smart Previews to Save Space and Speed Up Lightroom Classic
With Lightroom’s Smart Previews you can work on your Lightroom catalog without access to the image files. This is a powerful, but under-appreciated feature of Lightroom. Smart Previews give you the freedom to keep working even if you lose access to the drive that stores your image files. This feature makes it easy to send… Continue reading How to Use Smart Previews to Save Space and Speed Up Lightroom Classic
One Thing: How a little camera made my day less stressful
The right webcam can make all the difference with remote work and clients. (Navin Kumar) The pandemic forced many of us to repurpose our homes into ad-hoc classrooms, unequipped gyms and barebones home offices. Video calls, for better or worse, became the new norm through which many of us connected with colleagues and clients. We… Continue reading One Thing: How a little camera made my day less stressful
Lightroom Classic Catalogs: A Quick Introduction
If you’re familiar with Adobe’s popular Lightroom software, you have probably heard all of the talk about catalogs. Catalogs are Lightroom’s system for storing image edit data. Different photographers have different approaches to managing their photo libraries, and the talk about catalogs is a highly debated one. Today, we are going to take a look… Continue reading Lightroom Classic Catalogs: A Quick Introduction
The best gifts for photo and video creators
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Essential After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts: Quick Guide
There are a ton of shortcuts, and which ones you need to remember depends on your workflow. The Basics: The first keyboard shortcuts I ever learned, were the keys to display certain properties. S shows Scale, P shows Position, A shows Anchor Point, R for Rotation, and T for Opacity (T is for Transparency I… Continue reading Essential After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts: Quick Guide
7 Kawaii Templates for Videos in After Effects
Kawaii, overly simplified, is a Japanese word for cute. The word has been derived from a longer phase that describes someone who has started blushing (again, overly-simplifying here), and has come to have a cultural meaning that can be used to describe certain human (and non-human) qualities, specific styles of manga, handwriting, fashion, video, and… Continue reading 7 Kawaii Templates for Videos in After Effects