August 2023 archive

Add Border and Share – Lightroom Killer Tips

[ad_1] 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 …

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A Cover Story, Without a Word Spoken

[ad_1] 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 …

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How to Create a Scratches Photoshop Brush

[ad_1] 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 …

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You Are Not Your Work: How to Break Free from Fear of Sharing

[ad_1] 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 …

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CoffeeShop “Heavenly Light” Photoshop/PSE Editing Kit Revisted!

[ad_1] 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 …

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What’s New in Lightroom Classic 10.0 – Color Grading, Zoom Tools and More

[ad_1] 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 …

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New Milky Way Photos That Will Blow Your Mind

[ad_1] 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 …

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