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Intersect Mask

The new/upgraded Masking functionality in Lightroom Classic (and friends) has been very positively received so far. There’s one aspect, Intersect Mask, that seems be a little harder to understand on first look, so I thought…

What Lightroom’s “Depth Range” Feature Does (and how it works)

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Today I’m kicking off my pre-conference workshop for the Portrait Photography Conference, and if you want to join us (the official conference kicks off tomorrow and runs through Wednesday – two tracks, all online,…

Today’s Lightroom Update, with its New Masking Feature, is an Absolute Game Changer!

Adobe just announced updates to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Adobe Camera Raw. This brings Lightroom Classic up to version 11.0, Lightroom up to version 5.0, and Adobe Camera Raw to 14.0. There’s an exciting new…

Adding Edge Effects To Your Image in Lightroom Classic

HEADS UP: Tomorrow is the kickoff of Adobe’s annual Max Conference, and historically Adobe releases big updates to Lightroom during their opening keynote. Now, if that were to happen, and it was something really big, I would…

Tips For Better Black & White in Lightroom

I did a short tutorial (below) that includes a bunch of little tips for making better black and white conversions, and you’ll see my workflow for taking a color image through to the black and…

Virtual Copies and Snapshots and History, oh my!

Lightroom Classic (LrC) has three important tools to help you explore different editing looks, create different versions of your photos, to go back in time, and to compare where you are now to where you…

Lightroom Room Q&A

Today I thought I’d run the Lightroom Q&A column (from the Lightroom Queen herself, Victoria Bampton) from the October 2021 issue of Photoshop User magazine. Here ya go: Q. Lightroom is asking to upgrade my…

A Color Grading Feature Only in Lightroom Classic

For the most part, when it comes to editing in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Camera Raw, we can find almost all of the same features and tools. However, every now and then you’ll come across…