Photo Editing & Post-Processing

Take your images to the next level with expert editing and post-processing. Learn how to enhance your photos using popular software such as Lightroom and Photoshop.

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Printing

Bleeding Off the Spread: Speaking the Language of Magazine Photography

Tutorial • Beginner

In order to complete their assignments, magazine photographers need to understand the basic jargon of print publishing. This article provides you with an...

Dawn Oosterhoff • 16 Mar 2015
Workflow

Want Better Color? Use Neutral Gray Themes in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom

Tutorial • Beginner

It's a well-known fact that the environment affects our perception of color. This extends into your software's workspace as well. Working in a neutral grey...

Daniel Sone • 28 Feb 2015
Composition

Diptychs and Triptychs: Playing with Photo Stories and Unexpected Combinations

Tutorial • Beginner

These words come from the Greek meaning two or three fold. This usually referred to a work of art that was divided into sections and hinged together but has...

Marie Gardiner • 27 Feb 2015
Black & White

High-Contrast Black and White with Lookfilter Presets in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Tutorial • Intermediate

Lightroom has become an incredibly powerful raw procesor, but getting a consistent look can be a bit tough. Presets can make it really quick and easy to...

Harry Guinness • 26 Feb 2015
Workflow

Using a Controlled Vocabulary to Organize Digital Photographs

Tutorial • Beginner

Most photographers have computers, memory cards, and external hard drives packed full of digital photographs. Without sorting the photographs, it's laborious...

Dawn Oosterhoff • 20 Feb 2015
Colour

Anything But Neutral: Using Color to Create Emotional Images

Tutorial • Beginner

Not every photo has to mirror reality. Sometimes, adding a color cast can change an image's entire mood and tone. Here's everything you need to know about...

C.S. Jones • 11 Feb 2015
Workflow

Review, Rough Cut, Pick: Editing a Portrait Shoot in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Tutorial • Beginner

In this tutorial, go behind the scenes as the Photo and Video editor, Jackson, and I go through a full shoot and pull out the best images live on screencast....

Harry Guinness • 6 Feb 2015
Editing & Post-Processing

Save For Web: Better JPEG Compression with Adobe Photoshop

Tutorial • Beginner

Save For Web is a nifty feature of later editions of Adobe Photoshop that allows us to compromise in a better way with size and quality in order to retain a...

Marie Gardiner • 5 Feb 2015
Still Life

Love Is in the Air: How to Create a Heart Shaped Smoke Ring Photo for Valentine's Day

Tutorial • Beginner

In honor of Valentine's day, here's how to create a still life image that makes you want to snuggle up next to the fireplace with a good book. We take a cup...

Ben Lucas • 4 Feb 2015
Editing & Post-Processing

Twitter JPEG Compression: How to Create the Best Quality Image for Your Feed

Tutorial • Beginner

For pictures on your feed, Twitter don’t appear to restrict us nearly as much as Facebook does, so posting a decent quality picture to a feed should be...

Marie Gardiner • 31 Jan 2015
Image Correction

Selective Sharpening Using High Pass in Adobe Photoshop

Tutorial • Intermediate

Most digital images need sharpening; however, the amount of sharpening needed varies image to image and even area to area within an image. This tutorial...

Dawn Oosterhoff • 25 Jan 2015
Compositing

3 (And a Half) Uses for Content Aware in Adobe Photoshop

Tutorial • Intermediate

Since CS5, Adobe Photoshop has included a tool called Content Aware. It’s been described as magical and a life-saver but what exactly is it and how can we...

Marie Gardiner • 20 Jan 2015