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16-inch Macbook Pro review. Is it good for creatives?

Return to a good laptop? Hey CAFE crew! I just got the new 16″ MacBook pro. I know the question everyone is asking. Is it worth the money and is this right for me?…

Batch Export Copies in Lightroom Classic

For as long as I can remember people have been asking for the ability to create multiple versions of photos during export using different settings for each version. Prior to this latest update you would…

Lightroom in 60-Seconds: How to Quickly Change Your Canvas Background Color

It’s Tuesday, and here’s a quick Lightroom tip for ya — it’s how to change that color that appears behind your images when you’re editing them in the Develop Module. There ya go — short and sweet!…

Check Out Rammy K’s Lightroom Start-to-Finish Landscape Tutorial

KelbyOne Instructor Ramtin “Rammy” Kazemi has gotten a lot of notoriety for his unique style of post-processing landscapes. He recently did a really great Lightroom tutorial for KelbyOne members on how he processes his Landscape…

Digital Competition Results for November 2019

Congratulations to our winners from this month’s Digital Image Night competition. Judge: Emily Vallee Assigned Topic: Coffee

Why Lightroom is Hard For You

If Lightroom is hard for you, there may be a very simple, yet profound reason. These days, most folks don’t seem to struggle with things like making their photos brighter or darker in Lightroom, or…

Adobe “Sneak Peeks” New “Direct Import” Feature for iPhone and iPads

Lightroom Product Manager Tom Hogarty shares a sneak peek at a feature that’s due to be released by the end of the year for Apple iPhone’s and iPads — direct import without having the images go…

Realistic background blur in Photoshop 2020 with Lens Blur

How this works: We will isolate, foreground, mid-ground and background in the photograph, by making selections and copying to new layers. We will fill foreground elements with darker gray, while the background elements will…