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Lightroom in 60-Seconds: How to Change Your Mask Color

Merry Christmas Eve, everybody (and Happy Hanukkah). I hope you’re enjoying the holidays, and here’s a tip to help the Lightroom side of your holidays: If you’re using the Adjustment Brush (or any of the…

Best Products of 2019. The PhotoshopCAFE Tech Gear Guide

The best products of the year (2019) (AKA Colin’s Gear Guide) I reviewed a lot of stuff in 2019. What is the best? Check it out here. 2019 was an amazing year for tech.…

End Of Year Housekeeping for Lightroom Classic

Well, as 2019 draws to a close I think it is a good time to review some Lightroom Classic housekeeping chores you can take care of over the holidays. Set Your Default Catalog There’s probably…

10 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials of 2019

10 Top Photoshop Tutorials Here is a year-end roundup of the 10 most popular Photoshop tutorials here at photoshopCAFE, as voting by you watching the videos and reading hr written instructions. (CRITERIA: These are all…

How To Use Virtual Copies to Nail Your Creative White Balance

So, here’s the scenario: you want to try something artistic with your white balance for a particular images, but you’re not sure which white balance setting you might like best. This is where Virtual Copies…

The Reality of Switching to Capture One

Matt, Me, and Serge from yesterday’s show, featuring my incredible shrinking chair. That was our topic yesterday on ‘The Grid’ my weekly video podcast for photographers, and my guests were both dear friends and icons…

Print Competition Results for December 2019

Congratulations to our winners from this month’s Print Night competition. Judges: Dana and Tim SchafferAssigned Topic: Still Life Photo General Monochrome Assigned Topic

2019 Mac Pro review and speed test on Adobe software.

2019 Mac Pro Speed comparison with Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Lightroom Classic and After Effects. Mac Pro vs 16″ MacBook Pro vs trashcan Mac Pro. Check out the real world speed tests between the…