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How to Use an Inverted Mask to Add Water Texture and Depth to Digital Art in Photoshop

A single water photo, combined with an inverted mask and a blend mode, can add convincing foreground depth to digital art without disrupting the rest of the composition. This technique gives precise control over where…

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How to Fix Edge Fringing in Photoshop: Enhance Edge vs. the Free Manual Method

Fringing is a common problem when cutting out subjects in Photoshop — the edges pick up color from the original background, making composites look unfinished. Photoshop Beta's new Enhance Edge tool fixes this with one…

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Spooky Fun: 40 Wicked Halloween Clipart Collection

A collection of AI-generated Halloween clipart PNGs featuring 40 detailed and colorful spooky illustrations. The collection includes playful Halloween characters, magical creatures, pumpkins, witches, potions, skeletons, ghosts, zombies, cats, and other festive designs, all created…

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Creative Photo Illustration with an iPhone with Russell Preston Brown

Great photo illustrations still start with great photographs, and you don’t need a studio full of gear to create them. In his new class, Adobe’s Russell Preston Brown starts with an iPhone, one continuous light,…

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Photoshop World Starts Monday!

It’s almost here! Photoshop World 2026, sponsored by Adobe, kicks off online Monday with our pre-conference sessions, and I hope you’ll be joining us. We’ve got an incredible group of instructors this year teaching Photoshop,…

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How Photoshop's Enhance Edge Feature Removes Hair Masking Halos

Hair masking has long been one of the most tedious tasks in photo compositing — especially when switching between dark and light backgrounds reveals unwanted halos along the edges. Photoshop's new Enhance Edge feature, available…

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How to Use Quick Compare and Dynamic Layers in Photoshop Beta

Photoshop Beta's latest update introduces two tools worth knowing: a Quick Compare toggle for instant before/after previews, and a Dynamic Layer feature that lets you control AI-generated effects with a simple slider. Together, they streamline…

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Retouching Pet Portraits in Photoshop: Cleaning Fur, Eyes, and Fine Details

Pet photos rarely arrive perfectly clean — staining around the eyes, discolored fur near the mouth, and stray hairs are common problems that need fixing before any serious portrait work begins. This workflow covers how…

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