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Now or Later – When to Share Photographs

For several years, my goal was to post three new photographs a day  in order to exercise my creative muscle and improve my photography. My “self-imposed” requirement was that the images were at least loosely related to one another (in theme, color, subject or some other way). Doing the same thing for several years however, had started to loose its charm

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Five Ways to Change Canvas Size & Image Size in Photoshop

In this Episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop, you’ll learn five different ways to change the canvas size of a document based on the task at hand.

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Lightroom – Select Albums for Off-line Use

Lightroom CC now includes the ability to store images in Albums locally which is great news for those of us who find ourselves in a location that has slow/low/no bandwidth internet connection and want to work on our images.

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3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Tips for Working with Guides in Photoshop

In this Episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop, you’ll learn several tips for working with Guides in Photoshop.

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Five Additional Tips for Accessing and Applying Blend Modes in Photoshop

Discover Five Additional Tips for Accessing and Applying Blend Modes in Photoshop.

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Working with Blend Modes in Photoshop

A blend mode allows you to control how the pixels on one layer work with or affect (or blend with) other pixels in Photoshop. They can be found throughout the program in such areas as the Layers panel, Layer Styles, Painting tools, Smart Filters, the Fill, Stroke, and Fade commands, and the Apply Image and Calculations commands.

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Create a Custom Gradient in Photoshop

Learn how to create a custom Gradient in Photoshop.

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Tips for Working with Layer Groups in Photoshop

Discover seven tips for working with Layer groups in this episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop! 

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3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Four Popular Blend Modes to Use When Compositing Images

In this episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop, you’ll discover when to use Multiply, Screen, Overlay, and Softlight Blend Modes when compositing images in Photoshop CC.

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Updates to Lightroom — Sync Presets, Copy/Paste Edits, and Enhanced Sharing 

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3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Four Creative Color and Tonal Edits using Blend Modes

This video explores different blend modes that can be used for creative color and tonal edits in Photoshop CC.

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The Histogram Panel in Photoshop

A histogram represents all of the pixel values in an image, plotted from 0 (black) on the left to 255 (white) on the right; the height of the column shows how many pixels in the image have that value.It can be an essential tool for managing the dynamic range of an image so that you can be sure you aren’t pushing important details in an image’s highlights or shadow areas to pure black or white without detail.

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3, 2, 1, Photoshop! Create a Custom Brush in Photoshop

In this video, Julieanne shares the quickest way to create a custom brush in Photoshop

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Rain, Snow, and the Colors of Berlin

Last month I had the opportunity to visit Berlin. It was cold, the weather shifting between snow flurries and rain – a perfect time for making photographs! I was staying on the east side of the city, so I started by walking towards the remains of the Berlin wall. I don’t typically make photographs of other peoples art, but these murals really made an impact on me. 

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