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Sep 02
20 Realistic Coffee Cup & Mug Mockup Templates
Is there anything better than a warm cup of coffee or tea in the morning? Of course not! Today, we are bringing you a collection of gorgeous Photoshop templates depicting coffee cups and mugs. You can use coffee cup and mug mockups for anything: From branding projects for your clients to giving them a more …
Aug 31
Add Border and Share – Lightroom Killer Tips
So, this is a little feature that seems to have slipped in without much fanfare into Lightroom for mobile (only iOS from what I can tell at the moment) earlier this year (Lr 8.2.2). If you’ve got a photo that you want to share to social media (or anywhere really) and you don’t want to …
Aug 31
A Cover Story, Without a Word Spoken
At the All Star break, a little baseball story from long ago…. Back in the day, during the fever of Mark McGwire’s home run chase, The NYT Sunday Magazine assigned me to shoot a cover story about McGwire and his preternatural ability to hit a baseball a long, long way. He was closing in on …
Aug 27
How to Create a Scratches Photoshop Brush
Grunge effects like textures and scratches can be used to create backgrounds, distress text, or just to add a subtle texture to an element in a design. One of the easiest ways to add texture and scratches is through the use of Photoshop brushes. In this tutorial, we’ll show how you can create a custom …
Aug 26
You Are Not Your Work: How to Break Free from Fear of Sharing
Do you struggle with self-doubt and shame when it comes to sharing your creative work? In this episode, we explore how to cultivate a sharing mindset. Even if we are proud of what we’ve made, we still often feel an overpowering desire to hide. We might drop our work limply onto the floor and slink …
Aug 21
CoffeeShop “Heavenly Light” Photoshop/PSE Editing Kit Revisted!
I have been going through my older actions and finding some real jewels. Today I wanted to revisit “Heavenly Light”. This is an editing kit that contains a Photoshop/PSE action, sun-flare overlay, and two painterly textures. I wanted to post some new example edits I did today using the kit. There are a few notes …
Aug 21
What’s New in Lightroom Classic 10.0 – Color Grading, Zoom Tools and More
As a replacement for the Split Toning panel, the Color Grading panel allows one to apply a color tint to shadows, highlights, and/or midtones, as well as globally to the entire image, using industry standard three-way color controls (i.e. with hue, saturation and luminance controls). Replicating Split Toning To completely replicate the old split toning …
Aug 21
New Milky Way Photos That Will Blow Your Mind
Share: Whether you’re an astronomy enthusiast, a photography lover, or simply someone who appreciates the beauty of the cosmos, our new Milky Way photos will transport you to a world of wonder! This collection showcases a stunning array of celestial wonders, from vibrant nebulae and star clusters to the ethereal glow of distant stars. …
Sep 20
The power of a photo
It’s #TravelTuesday and I, Dave Williams, am here! I apologise that it’s a little late in the day, but better late than never. To those attending Photoshop World, I hope you have a fantastic conference and get to absorb a load of knowledge from the amazing instructor line-up! Today, I want to touch on the …
Jun 16
20 Free Abstract Photoshop Brush Packs
Abstract Photoshop brush packs are among my favorites, and I decided to share some of them with you. Well, it’s kind of abstract what abstract is, so let me clarify I have included just a bit of lights, lines, curves, smoke, and swirls brushes, as well as some completely undefined in terms of shape (and …
Jun 13
Thousands of seabird eggs destroyed by two careless drone pilots: Digital Photography Review
Roughly 2,000 elegant tern eggs were destroyed after terrified adult sea birds abandoned them in the wake of a drone crash. The Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, located in California’s Orange County, is home to over 800 species of animals that rely on the 1,000+ acre wetland for solace. Along with dogs and bikes, drones are …