This Months Highlights:
- NOSTALGIC BLACK AND WHITE, CHUCK KIMMERLE
- GETTING CREATIVE WITH SMaRT PHOTO EDITOR, HAZEL MEREDITH
- FOCUS ON: PHOTOGRAPHY CLOSE TO HOME, L.TOMMASULO
- 2026 PHOTO ESSAY NIGHT
- CONNIE FRISBEE HOUDE EXHIBIT @ CLIFTON PARK LIBRARY
- THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF STICK SEASON, CHRISSY DONADI
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How to Create Realistic Lighting Effects and Dust Particles in Photoshop
Creating convincing lighting effects requires more than just adding a bright spot to your image. The key to realism lies in ensuring your subject already has highlights that match the direction of your artificial light…
How to Set Up Mouse Scroll Zoom in Photoshop for Faster Navigation
Constantly reaching for the magnify tool or right-clicking to access zoom options disrupts your creative flow and slows down detailed work. Most users don't realize that Photoshop includes powerful scroll wheel zoom features that aren't…
How to Fix Layer Panel Thumbnails Showing the Full Canvas in Photoshop
When working with complex layered files, layer thumbnails that display the entire canvas instead of just the layer content make it difficult to identify specific layers at a glance. This common issue occurs when the…
Game Boy Pixel Effect Tutorial in Photoshop
The distinctive monochrome pixelated aesthetic of the original Game Boy has become an iconic visual style that evokes powerful nostalgia for classic handheld gaming. This technique transforms ordinary photographs into high-contrast, pixelated artwork that mimics…
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Trees with complex branching patterns challenge traditional selection tools, often leaving messy edges and incomplete cutouts. The Blend If feature offers a powerful alternative for extracting trees from contrasting backgrounds by targeting specific color channels…
Should You Use Photoshop's New AI Credit System or Stick to Traditional Tools
Adobe's credit-based AI system is creating a dilemma for photographers and digital artists. With 250 monthly credits that can disappear after just a few generative fill operations, many are questioning whether these new tools are…
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Point Color, hidden within Photoshop's Camera Raw filter, offers unprecedented control over individual colors in your images. This powerful tool lets you target specific color ranges with precision, adjusting hue, saturation, luminance, variance, and range…
How to Convert Raster Images to Vector Paths in Photoshop
Converting photographs into scalable vector graphics opens up endless possibilities for logos, stencils, and graphic design projects. This workflow transforms any raster image into clean vector paths that maintain crisp edges at any size, perfect…
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The threshold effect transforms photos into bold black-and-white graphics, but harsh edges can make results look digital and flat. Adding grain before applying threshold adjustments creates smoother transitions and authentic vintage texture that mimics classic…
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