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The February 2023 Issue of Photoshop User Is Now Available!

The February 2023 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and the KelbyOne app for iOS and Android. Editing nighttime skies in Photoshop can be tricky, so let’s explore how to make those images sparkle, plus we’ll…

How Lightroom Classic’s “Survey Mode” Makes Finding Your Best Image Easier

Lightroom Classic’s Survey Mode is so great for so many things, but it’s particularly helpful when you have a number of similar images, and you need a little help for finding which one is best. The…

Adaptive Presets in Lightroom Classic: Part 2

Picking up from last week, and hopefully the creative wheels in your mind are turning now as you think about all the possibilities for customizing these to your own personal workflow and taste. Let’s keep…

5 ways to fix selection edges in Photoshop

Making clean selection edges in Photoshop If you want to remove the background, or combine images in Photoshop (called compositing), you will need to use selections. When you make selections and cutouts in Photoshops and…

Digital Competition Results for January 2023 – General & Monochrome

Congratulations to our winners from this month’s Digital Image Night competition for the General and Monochrome categories. ** Judge: Kevin Gray ** COMPETITION REPLAY

Digital Competition Results for January 2023 – Assigned Topics

Congratulations to our winners from this month’s Digital Image Night competition for the Assigned Topic categories. ** Judge: Jim Christensen | Assigned Topic #1: Motion | Assigned Topic #2: Tools of a trade/profession ** COMPETITION…

Portrait Retouching in Lightroom, Part 1

I started a new column in Photoshop User magazine a few months back on how to retouch portraits using only Lightroom, and with all the new masking tools and greatly improved “healing brush,” I think…

I Have a Totally Kick-Butt Photoshop Tip Today

We added three new segments to our live weekly photography talk show, “The Grid” (Wednesdays at 1 PM ET), and we do one each time we return from break. We do a Photoshop tip, a…