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Adobe® Photoshop®
Photoshop Masterclass Training
Layers & Masks
Learn Photoshop from a professional! This course features easy-to-follow videos that walk you through layers and masking for photographers using Photoshop CC. Go here to learn more about this in-depth Photoshop course. (Great for Beginner/Intermediate-level users.)
- The course begins with a detailed walkthrough of the basic fundamentals to help you understand and learn about the concepts in Photoshop.
- Each fundamental is also demonstrated with examples to help you fully understand each concept.
- Then, you get to use the included practice files to follow along with hands-on projects.
Articles and Training
Blog posts and video training on Adobe® Photoshop®.
Create and add snow to your photographs
Falling snow can be a difficult thing to photograph. The odds of a good snowstorm at the same time of your photo-shoots are slim, or [...]
Creating a Tilt Shift “Miniature” Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial I demonstrate using the Blur Gallery in Adobe® Photoshop®, along with adjustment layers and blending modes, to add a "miniature effect" to [...]
Dodging and Burning in Photoshop [Video]
Manually editing the contrast in a photo can add an enormous amount of depth beyond what you can achieve using sliders and curves. In this [...]
Importing Custom Brushes into Photoshop [Video]
One of Photoshop's strengths is its ability to allow for custom preset files, such as brushes. In this tutorial, I show you the simple [...]
Color Grading in Photoshop [Video]
Color grading is a great way to add a stylized look to any photograph. And the great thing is that it doesn't have to be [...]
Add a grunge look to photographs in Photoshop [Video]
There are a lot of things that you can do to enhance photographs using adjustment layers and blending modes. In this tutorial I show you [...]
Importing and Applying LUT Files in Photoshop [Video]
LUT files are fantastic presets that can be used in many different photo-editing applications. They are easy to use in Photoshop, but require you to [...]
Adding an Orton Effect in Photoshop [Video]
I love to make my photos bright and colorful images in Photoshop. While there are many tools to boost the saturation of an image, my [...]
Basic Sky Replacement in Photoshop [Video]
When you have a simple, boring sky as your background, one thing you can do to enhance the photograph is to replace that sky with [...]
Two Minute Tip: Intensifying Eyes in Photoshop [Video]
In this short "Two Minute Tip" I share a simple technique to create beautiful enhancements to eyes using the dodge and burn technique inside of [...]