Julieanne Kost's Blog

Here are my favorite videos, shortcuts, and tips for printing from Lightroom Classic.

While I almost always have the Creative Cloud desktop app update my applications to the latest versions as soon as they’re released, there are times when (under deadline, for example), you may want to disable the Auto-update feature and instead, update your applications manually. To disable the Auto-update for one or more applications, open the Creative Cloud desktop app:

In this episode of the complete picture, we’re going to learn how to use Smart Objects in combination with Stack modes, to combine multiple frames from a video (exported as an image sequence) into a single still image – that appears to be a long exposure yet still freezes motion. 

Here’s how to quickly create a “smoke-flake” by duplicating, rotating, and flipping multiple copies of a photograph of smoke. If you’re familiar with (and prefer to use) an action to create this effect, I have included a link to download the action (as well as a practice file) below.

If you’ve ever wanted to have Photoshop open a document, convert the Background to a Layer, and rename the layer the same as the file name, then this script is for you!

I’m honored to be presenting a webinar on “Creating Personal Projects” this Saturday, January 8th for the Royal Photographic Society in the UK! This online event will take place at 16.00 hours (GMT) Saturday, January 8th, 2022 and last for approximately one hour followed by a live Q&A.

Here are ten of my favorite shortcuts for the Clone Stamp and Healing Brush tools in Photoshop.

If you weren’t able to watch Adobe MAX in real time, you can still view many of the sessions and labs on-demand. Below are the links to the two presentations that I made, but be sure to check out all of the other free training and inspirational content on the site! 

I’m excited to announce that my new Photoshop 2022 Essential Training course is now available on LinkedIn Learning! With 100+ videos in the course, you’ll find exactly the information that you need to master all of Photoshop’s essential tools.

I’m excited to announce several new features and enhancements to Camera Raw v14 including: reimagined local adjustment tools, the new Masking panel, Premium Presets, and a preset Amount slider.

I’m excited to announce several new features and enhancements to Lightroom Classic v11 including:  re-envisioned local adjustment tools, the new Masking panel, Premium Presets, updates to the Metadata panel and more!

The biggest event in creativity is almost here! Adobe MAX is streaming 29 hours of non-stop inspiration with 400+ sessions. Join us for this free and virtual event on October 26-28 to unlock new ideas and grow your skillset alongside a community of like-minded creatives. I hope you’ll join me for my sessions on editing in Lightroom Classic and compositing in Photoshop.

Here are my favorite tips to quickly align and distribute layers in Photoshop using Smart Guides, the Move tool, and the Direct and Path Selection tools in Photoshop.

One of the most powerful ways to add selective blurring to an image is using the Lens Blur filter in Photoshop. This video demonstrates how to create alpha channels to simulate an “in camera” lens blur after the fact in Photoshop.