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18 Hidden Tips in Photoshop 2020

1. Super Color Picker The color picker lets you choose a color while using the brush tool. Hold alt for the regular sampler. click to choose a color. There is also a super…

Issue 57 of Lightroom Magazine Is Now Available!

Issue 57 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, explore the process of idea-to-image photography projects, plus…

Platypod: Knocking it Out of the Park with Platyball

By Shiv Verma Sponsored Just recently, I had the opportunity to test drive a new ball head, the Platyball. Not available for direct sale until later in the year, it was a preproduction version designed…

Importing Presets into Lightroom Mobile Directly

We’ve covered how you can import your Lightroom Classic presets into the cloud based Lightroom for desktop app, which then sync across all of the Lightroom cloud apps, and even how to create custom presets…

Lightroom in 60-Seconds: Three Ways To Trim Your Panos

This one is a lot better than it sounds. OK, it’s at least somewhat better than it sounds. LOL!! Give it a quick look – you might dig it. Hope you dug it. Heads up…

How to Use a Gray Card With Lightroom To Nail Your White Balance Every Time

It’s been about five years since we covered this gray card technique here on the blog, so…I think we’re a bit overdue, especialy since this is a technique I use so often in my own…

Adding A Background Light Behind Your Subject, All in Lightroom

This one works in either Lightroom Classic or Cloud, and it’s quick, easy, and really effective. Here goes: STEP ONE: Well, this isn’t a step, but here’s our starting image with our subject photographed on…

How to be more creative in 2020

That was our topic yesterday on our podcast ‘The Grid” and our guest was photographer and author Marc Silber. Lots of really great info (sadly, I didn’t bring much to the table on this one,…