Sky Replacement in Luminar 4 with a Water Reflection
I'm a really big fan of Luminar 4's new "AI Sky Replacement" tool. It makes it incredibly easy to swap out a sky, but what do you do when your photograph also [...]
Five Useful Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts
Lightroom has a lot of keyboard shortcuts you can use while working with the program. In this video I put together a list of five of very useful shortcuts, some which are [...]
Cloning Along a Curve in Photoshop
Cloning in Photoshop is a great way to remove blemishes and other items you want to "disappear". By default, the Clone Stamp tool clones along a straight line, so if you want [...]
Quickly Preview Lightroom Images in Loupe View
In honor of shark week I thought I'd share a Lightroom keyboard shortcut tip to show you how to quickly scan through your zoomed-in photos for blemishes ... just like you would [...]
My Secret Photoshop Trick to Make Foregrounds Pop
This simple trick uses the Perspective Transform tool in Photoshop to make the foregrounds of your images really pop and appear as if they are moved closer to the camera. In this [...]
Advanced Texture Blending in Photoshop
Sometimes textures and overlays can add a color-cast to a photo that can add a nice effect. However, if you want to mask out the texture from parts of your photo, you [...]
Sharpening with the High Pass Filter in Photoshop
When I sharpen photos in Photoshop I prefer the High Pass filter. It's very straightforward and very easy to apply. Here are the techniques I demonstrate in this short video tutorial: Creating [...]
Adding Texture in Photoshop
Learn how to add a texture in Photoshop with this short tutorial. Here are some of the techniques you'll see in this video: Adding an image as a layer Dragging/dropping to create [...]
Adding Film Grain in Photoshop
Learn how to add film grain using Photoshop with this short tutorial. Here are some of the techniques you'll see in this video: Creating a new layer Fill a layer with gray [...]
Adding an image as a new layer in Photoshop
In this video I share several ways you can move an image on another image document in Photoshop, and add it to its own layer. Here's what you'll learn in this video: [...]
Local Adjustments in ON1 Photo RAW
Local adjustments in ON1 allow you to edit the tone and color of areas, making it easy to quickly mask adjustments on your photos. You can even change color with this technique! [...]
The Retouch tools in ON1 Photo RAW
Cleaning up a photo is something that needs to be done from time to time. And, if you use ON1, you'll probably want to take advantage of the Retouch tools. In this video, [...]