Julieanne Kost's Blog

m excited to announce that my Photoshop Essential Training course has been selected by LinkedIn Learning as a way to help “Future-Proof Your Career”. The course, with over nine hours and 100+ videos of Photoshop instruction, is currently unlocked and can be viewed for free until September 30, 2022! , or an intermediate Photoshop user wanting to review essential concepts, you’ll find exactly the information that you need in this course.

In this video, Julieanne demonstrates how she created and combined a photographs and handwritten text to create the composite “Indelible Stain” in Photoshop. Follow along as she works with shapes, textures, layer masks, clipping masks, blend modes, adjustment layers and gradient maps.

Following are several tips, tricks and shortcuts  for working in the Slideshow module in Lightroom Classic.

I was so inspired when I spoke at the Outsiders conference last year that I returned to Kanab to explore the area this summer to unplug, recharge, and make photographs. And the best part?  I’m thrilled to announce that I will presenting alongside Keith Ladzinski, Daniel Kordan, John Weatherby, Jeffrey Wu, and several other incredible photographers and educators at the OUTSIDERS Photography Conference March 3-5, 2023!

Hello creative community! I will be on sabbatical until mid July and can’t wait to share my adventures with you when I return. See you then!

oday’s episode of The Complete Picture (How to Improve a Photograph by Adding a Complimentary Background), Julieanne demonstrates how to improve a photograph of a sand dollar by adding a background that compliments it’s texture, color, and structure.

Here are five tips for working with document profiles, color space mismatch warnings, untagged document warnings, and soft proofing in Photoshop.

n this video, we’ll walk through 12 ways to use presets (and templates) in Lightroom Classic to help automate your workflow, avoid repetitive tasks, and avoid making costly mistakes. 

If you’re looking for an amazing opportunity to learn new techniques, discover best practices, and gain in-depth knowledge in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat that you can start using immediately, then be sure to join us for CreativePro Week May 9-13, 2022.

I’m super excited to be heading to Texas School of Professional Photography for a one day pre-conference on Saturday April 23rd! From 10:00AM – 5:00PM, I’ll be presenting an information-packed seminar “Lightroom Classic and Photoshop – Insiders Secrets, Tips, and Techniques”.

exceptional training brought to you by 20 world-class Photoshop instructors. From May 2nd through May 6th, the Photoshop Virtual Summit will release eight classes a day that you can watch for FREE for 48 hours!

this video, Julieanne demonstrates how she uses the Pen tool, Layer Masks, Blend Modes, Smart Objects, and a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer in order to create a double exposure effect in Photoshop.

In this video (Creating a Composite in Photoshop Using the Pen Tool, Shape Layers, and Layer Masks), Julieanne demonstrates how she uses the Pen tool, Shape Layers, and Layer Masks in order to create a composite portrait in Photoshop.

I can’t tell you how excited I am to be attending and speaking at the Outsiders Photography Conference March 4-6 in Kanab, Utah. The conference is being held in-person (as well as virtually), and I can’t wait to connect with – and learn from, such a stellar group of creative photographers and outdoor enthusiasts (including their keynote speaker — Paul Nicklen).