Photo Editing

Photo Editing tutorials, tips and news. In this section, we review the following:

  • Lightroom
  • Photoshop
  • Skylum Luminar
  • Capture One
  • Pixieset Photo Editor
  • Photoworks
  • Impossible Things
  • Retouch4me
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements
  • Affinity Photo
  • HDR Soft
  • PortraitPro
  • DxO Nik Collection 2.5
  • DxO PhotoLab
  • ON1 Photo RAW
  • Corel PaintShop Pro
  • ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate
  • Canva
  • PhaseOne Capture One Pro 2020
  • Exposure Software Exposure X5

How to Do High Quality Portrait Retouching With Lightroom

Kishore Sawh

Don't let anyone tell you that high quality retouching is the reserve of Photoshop. While Lightroom doesn't have all PS' pixel bending capabilities, it's still a great tool to create brilliant portraits.

Intuos Pro – The Ultimate Retouching Tool Review

Kishore Sawh

If you're serious about your retouching you absolutely must have a Wacom Tablet. This is the Intuos Pro, the highest evolution of the species before Cintiq.

How to Change Hair Color In Photoshop

Kishore Sawh

Whether it's to match the look of an outfit or shoot, or you just want to see what you'd look like with a change of hair color, Aaron Nace shows you a painless way to do it, and do it well.

The Best Way To Watermark Your Images With Photoshop

Kishore Sawh

Whether you use watermarks for marketing or as theft deterrent, Aaron Nace shows you a streamlined way to do it, and well.

How To Masterfully Fix Skin & Hair Issues With Photoshop

Kishore Sawh

If you really want to take your portraits and people pictures to a new altitude, you need to have a great understanding fixing skin in Photoshop. I can think of few free resources as suited for the job of educating as this.

The Best Way to Cut Out Hair in Photoshop: Phlearn Pro Tutorial Review

Tanya Goodall Smith

In this Phlearn Pro Tutorial, several techniques for cutting out hair in Photoshop are explained. Bonuses include tips for compositing and color matching.

Sharpening | So Many Get It Wrong & This Will Help You Get It Right

Kishore Sawh

Sharpening is one of those things that are widely misunderstood in our community and so many get it wrong. . It can render a photo useless as quickly as it can improve it. Here's what to look for

Camera Raw is a Beast! But Did You Know It Could Do This to Jpegs?

Kishore Sawh

Camera Raw is what you should be doing the major primary edits to your RAW files with - but you may be surprised to see what it can do with JPEGs - it's astonishing.

How to Batch Export in Lightroom

Pye

In this tutorial, we will go over how to export our entire catalog from Lightroom 4. We will export our flagged photos as print-sized images, web-sized images, and unstamped screen resolution images. In addition, we will demonstrate how to export the rejected photos in your catalog.

A Simple Way to Change the Color of the Sky in Camera

Trevor Dayley

Have you ever been excited to photograph someone around sunset only to discover that Mother Nature wasn’t playing nice? Instead of a beautiful sunset, you were dealt a grey drab sky as your backdrop. There is a way and it’s actually quite simple to pull off.

Adding Vintage Edge Burn Easily In Photoshop

Kishore Sawh

Add some creative vintage punch to your photos by adding an edge burn like you'd find on film. Quick and easy.

Getting The Commercial Editorial Smooth Hair Look Is Easier Than You Think

Kishore Sawh

We take you through step by step, a highly useful method of smoothing coarse, or unruly hair, and showing you should you can achieve it quickly, and with a commercial look.