Julieanne Kost's Blog

Discover all of Julianne’s tips and tricks for using Smart Objects in Photoshop – in this single post!

Here are some helpful tips for using the Ruler, Note, and Count tools – all of which are nested with the Eyedropper tool in Photoshop CC.

Lightroom CC has a number of updates including new Auto Tone settings, the Tone Curve and Split Tone Panels, the ability to change capture time, view images full screen and more.

I had time over the weekend to sit down and retouch some images from Tasmania and thought it might be interesting to write up a quick overview of the workflow. In a nutshell, the majority of edits were done in Lightroom Classic CC with a bit of retouching done in Photoshop CC. On the left are the original raw captures, the final images on the right.

Here are eight Shortcuts for Working with Channels in Photoshop.

Find out what difference is between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom as well as discover several updates and new features to Lightroom on mobile and web!

Learn about Color and Luminance Range Masking in Camera Raw, New Brush presets and settings, Brush Stroke Smoothing and Paint Symmetry, The Curvature Pen tool, Variable Fonts and additional Typographic Enhancements and more in Photoshop CC. 

Here are my favorite tips, tricks and shortcuts for working with Adobe Bridge!

You can quickly pull in Albums of images from Lightroom Mobile to post in a photo grid in Adobe Portfolio. Here’s how:

Learn five quick tips for working with brushes in Photoshop.

I had the opportunity to visit Tasmania last month and spent the last weekend creating an Adobe Spark Page.
I really appreciate how easy it is to create a collection of photographs in Lightroom, sync it across my mobile devices, and use a beautifully designed Spark theme (template) to tell my story.

I found myself in Singapore last week with an afternoon free to make photographs. It’s a beautiful city, and I was staying near the Marina Bay – an area filled with modern architecture. Although this isn’t my typical subject matter, I decided to follow my own advice and give myself an assignment to photograph the surrounding buildings.

Discover fifteen tips for working with Layer Masks Tips in Photoshop.

Here are my favorite tips and shortcuts for working more effectively with Layer Groups in Photoshop.