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Saving Your Print Layouts as JPEGs

Yesterday during the online stream of my “Ultimate Photography Crash Course” full-day seminar one of the questions I got was how to save a Lightroom Print layout as a JPEG (handy for sharing your layouts…

How to Light a Portrait Photo in Photoshop

This will work on any version of Photoshop, although Lighting effects looks a little different before CS6, it still works the same. Note: When I add keyboard shortcuts for both Mac and Windows I…

Issue 60 of Lightroom Magazine Is Now Available!

Issue 60 of Lightroom Magazine is now available for KelbyOne members on the KelbyOne site and on the KelbyOne Mags app for iOS and Android. In this issue, learn how a little planning can help you capture the right images…

Leverage Lightroom Classic Snapshots in Photoshop

Even if you use Lightroom Classic for the majority of your editing needs there are still times when you just need to do something in Photoshop. This can be intimidating for some people who are…

Seven Of My Favorite Lightroom Thumbnail Tips

Here we go: 1. Those little badges are more than they seem Those little square black badges in the lower right corner of your thumbnail — they don’t just tell you info about the image. Click…

WFH -Work From Home Tips and tools!

Now that the world is in lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic, working from home has taken on a new meaning. While there are many social changes and a lot of sad and crazy…

Ready for a Hands-On Lightroom Class? Let’s go!

This is the one I talked about early this week — it’s a hands-on follow along, so let’s do this: Download the RAW images files here We’re going to take a landscape image, a portrait, and…

How to Light a Photo in Photoshop with Lighting Effects

In this Photoshop Tutorial we are going to use the Lighting effects filter to simulate real lighting. This filter has a lot of powerful features. I’ll show you how to use them in this tutorial.…