Julieanne Kost's Blog

I’m pleased to announce pattern rotation, automatic font activation, updates to Select Subject, Match Font, and more in Photoshop v21.2!

I’m pleased to announce that Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) v12.3 has a new, modernized interface,  ISO Adaptive Presets, Local Hue editing and more. 

The new Raw Defaults interface in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) provide a much easier and more intuitive way to assign and manage the default rendering of your raw files across multiple camera models. Raw Defaults enable you to set custom defaults instead of having to first import files and then change settings.

I’m pleased to announce new features and updates including custom Raw Defaults, Versions, local Hue editing, watermark syncing across devices,  Shared Album notifications, “Edit in Photoshop” on the iPad and more in the June release of Lightroom mobile.

 I’m pleased to announce new features and updates including Custom Raw Defaults, Versions, Local Hue Editing, Watermarks,  Shared Album Notifications, and new ways to connect, learn, and be inspired using  Discovery Posts, in Lightroom v3.3.

Presets are a great way to quickly apply the same look and feel to multiple images in Lightroom Mobile. This post will show you how!

In this video I demonstrate how to use Lightroom on my mobile device to remove lens distortion and correct the perspective of an image. Then, I make adjustments to the Light panel to reveal detail in the highlights and shadows and use Adjustment Brush to draw attention to specific areas in the photograph.  

Learn how to improve your layer effects and styles with these 10 Photoshop tips from Julieanne Kost!

Learn how to use Lightroom on your mobile device to convert a color image to black and white. Topics include Cropping, Profiles, Light and Color panels, Healing and Adjustment Brushes, Radial Filter and Split Tone.  

In this episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Three ways to use Clipping Masks, you’ll learn how and why to use Clipping Masks in Photoshop to enhance your editing process.

Photoshop 2020 (v21) added three new panels for organizing and applying Gradients, Patterns, and Shapes, and updated the Swatches and Styles panels. Presets can be applied by clicking on the preset in the panel, dragging and dropping the preset from the panel onto the desired layer in the Layer’s panel and/or dragging and dropping the preset from the panel onto the layer content in the canvas area.The contents of the layer (bitmap, vector, type etc.) will determine how the preset is applied: as a property of the layer, as an adjustment layer or, as a Layer Style/Effect.

In this video I use Lightroom on my mobile device to demonstrate how to make quick edits to close the gap between the image that I saw in my minds eye and what my camera captured.

In this post, I’ve gathered all of my favorite shortcuts for working with Fill and Adjustment Layers in Photoshop.

In this video you’ll learn discover five reasons to use non-destructive Fill and Adjustment layers to your images in Photoshop.