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KelbyOne Announces Launch of AURÉ, a New Fine Art Photography Magazine
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Experimental iPhone Photography: Artistic Images Beyond the Snapshot with Lisa Carney
Your iPhone is capable of much more than documenting the moment. In this new class, Lisa Carney explores a creative approach to mobile photography, showing how techniques like motion blur, reflections, double exposures, silhouettes, and…
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Scott Kelby’s Bracket & Bounce Field Test
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Adobe’s been busy. Lightroom has picked up some really useful new features recently, so I invited Adobe’s Terry White to join me for a hands-on look at everything that’s new across Lightroom Classic, Cloud, and…
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Mastering Waterfall Photography with Sapna Reddy
Waterfalls are beautiful in person, but they can be surprisingly challenging to photograph. In her latest class, Sapna Reddy takes you into Yosemite during peak waterfall season and shares the techniques she uses to create…
Join Me Tomorrow for a Live Look at the June Lightroom Updates
Adobe’s June Lightroom updates arrive this week, and tomorrow I’m going live to walk through some of the new features and show you what’s worth checking out. One of the biggest challenges photographers face isn’t…
Ultimate iPhone Camera Tips and Tricks with Terry White
Your iPhone camera is packed with features that most people never use. In his latest class, Terry White walks through the settings and tools that can make an immediate difference in your photography, showing not…
Meet the Instructors for the Photographing People Conference
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How to Use AI Object Masking in Camera Raw for Targeted Exposure Adjustments
Selecting complex foreground elements — detailed trees, people, motion-blurred figures — used to mean hours of careful masking work. The AI-powered object selection inside Camera Raw changes that entirely, letting you make rough brush strokes…
How to Remove Wrinkles and Replace Backdrops in Post-Production
Wrinkled fabric backdrops, uneven lighting, and backgrounds that don't quite fill the frame are common problems when shooting on a budget. Fixing them manually through dodge and burn, frequency separation, or content-aware fill can eat…
Camera Raw July 2026 Update: Focus Point Display, Gradient Feathering, and Generative Expand
Adobe Camera Raw's July 2026 update adds a handful of useful tools that Lightroom users are still waiting on. The standout additions include native focus point display, independent feather controls for bidirectional linear gradients, and…
Turn a Single Photo into a Cinematic Movie Poster with Triadic Color Grading
Color choice is what separates a flat photo edit from a convincing movie poster. This tutorial walks through how to apply triadic color harmony to a single street photograph, using yellow as the dominant tone…
Pixel Stretch Effect in Photoshop Using the Single Column Marquee Tool
The pixel stretch effect takes a single column of pixels from a subject and extends it horizontally across the frame, creating a sharp, graphic streak that suggests speed or energy. It works on portraits, athletes,…
How to Assign a Custom Keyboard Shortcut to Select Subject in Photoshop
Navigating to Select > Subject every time you need to isolate a subject adds up to a surprising amount of wasted clicks. Photoshop lets you assign a custom keyboard shortcut to almost any menu command…
How to Place a Logo on a Waving Flag in Photoshop
Placing a flat logo onto a waving flag requires more than a simple drag-and-drop. The key is warping the image to follow the flag's folds, then using blend modes and adjustment layers to make the…
How to Use the Photoshop Transform Tool: Scale, Warp, Flip, and More
The Transform tool in Photoshop does something neither the crop tool nor the resize command can: it lets you change the size, shape, angle, or perspective of a single layer without touching the rest of…
How to Get Full-Resolution Generative Fill Results Without Burning Through Credits
Generative Fill has a resolution ceiling that becomes obvious the moment you zoom in — AI-extended areas look noticeably softer than the original image. The fix is to fill large transparent areas in smaller pixel-sized…
How to Add Glowing Light Effects to Fantasy Portraits in Photoshop
Fantasy and fairy-tale portraits rely heavily on light to feel convincing. These five techniques cover the full range of glow effects — from soft blend mode tints and dynamic highlight recovery to face lighting, radial…