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3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Ten Tips for Working with Actions

In this episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Ten Tips for Working with Actions, Julieanne shares ten essential tips for working with Actions in Photoshop.

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3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Simulate a Long Exposure with the Path Blur Filter 

In this episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop! you’ll discover how to simulate a long exposure using the Path Blur filter in Blur Gallery.

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30 Tips to Customize the Photoshop Interface: Tools, Panels, Menus, Workspaces, Keyboard Shortcuts and More!

Here are 30 of my favorite ways to streamline  Photoshop’s interface including customizing tools, panels, menus, workspaces, view options, screen modes, font size, and more!

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A Conversation with Christian Fletcher and Carwyn on Lightminded

I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with International Award Winning landscape photographer Christian Fletcher and Carwyn about personal projects, photography, an my most recent project: SpringBoard. You can listen to the podcast here, be sure to check out Christian’s photography here,  and follow their adventures on Instagram @christianfletcher_gallery and @CarwynPhoto. Enjoy!

Photography

Adding Lightroom Mobile to your Lightroom Classic Workflow

In this video (Adding Lightroom Mobile to your Lightroom Classic Workflow), you’ll discover how to create, edit, and share photographs from anywhere, and at any time, using Lightroom Classic and Lightroom on mobile.

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15 Tips for Working with Paths and the Pen Tool in Photoshop

Here are 15 of my favorite shortcuts that make working with Paths and the Pen Tool easier in Photoshop.

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Iceland via Adobe Spark

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to spend ten days “getting lost” in Iceland. While I’ve long since posted the images to my instagram account (@jkost) and have used them to demonstrate various post processing techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop, I completely forgot that I had also wanted to share my travels as a Spark Page. So, if you’re in need of a quick “virtual trip” to Iceland to see some of the most beautiful waterfalls and landscapes in the world, take a moment and tap/click Read More on the image below

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3, 2, 1, PS! How to Save Tool Presets in Photoshop

In this episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop, you’ll learn how to save commonly used values for your tools as presets in Photoshop. 

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Creating Personal Projects that Reignite the Creative Spark

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be presenting at the Art of Photography Conference Saturday, April 17th! II hope you’ll join me for an illuminating and refreshing conversation about how I create personal projects and self-assignments in order to cultivate essential creative habits, explore new concepts and techniques, and organize and structure projects for success. 

Events and Workshops

Photoshop Updates: Native Version for Apple M1 Chip, Super Resolution, & Improvements to Cloud Docs

I’m happy to announce that today Adobe shipped the first version of Photoshop to run natively on Apple computers powered with the M1 chip, a new Super Resolution feature in Camera Raw which uses an advanced machine learning model to intelligently boost the resolution of an image while maintaining clean edges and preserving important details, and improvements to Versions and access to files while offline for Photoshop on the iPad.

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3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Three Handy Techniques when using Masks in Photoshop

Here are three handy techniques for working with layer masks in Photoshop including using the nondestructive feather slider, density slider, and stroke layer effect.

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Preset Syncing in Photoshop

If you’ve ever wanted to sync presets across multiple installs of Photoshop on the desktop, then this update is for you! Photoshop 2021 (v22.2), introduces preset sync for brushes, swatches, gradients, patterns, styles, and shapes including preset grouping and preset order

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Working with Undo, the History Panel, History and Art History Brushes in Photoshop

When most people think of the History panel in Photoshop, they think of multiple undo. The History panel, however, in conjunction with the History Brush, Art History Brush, Snapshots, Eraser, and Fill Command is far more powerful then simply traveling back through time in your document. Let’s see how they can help us to make the most our of the past, present, and future in Photoshop!

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3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Seven Ways to Get the Most out of the History Panel

Here are seven ways to help you get the most out of the History panel in Photoshop.

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