Julieanne Kost's Blog

In this video, Julieanne will walk you through three ways to quickly find, filter, and isolate layers using the Layers panel in Photoshop.

I’m thrilled to announce the addition of Generative Expand (via the Crop tool) and Generative Fill in Photoshop as well as updates to Adobe Firefly and more. Be sure to check out this blog post “All new, AI-powered Creative Cloud release and pricing update” for additional information.

I have to admit, this past week hasn’t gone to plan, with a trip to emergency over the weekend after taking a stumble-tumble-fumble and breaking my right arm and wrist (yep, I’m right handed – doh).

I promise I’ll be back creating educational content as soon as I can use my hand again!

In this video Julieanne will walk through six benefits of working with Smart Objects in Photoshop including; transforming and distorting Smart Objects, editing and replacing the contents of Smart Objects, creating duplicated instances, and more!

In this video, Julieanne demonstrates five reasons to use Smart Filters in Photoshop including how to edit, mask, stack, move, duplicate, and change blend mode and opacity of Smart Filters in Photoshop.

In this video Julieanne demonstrates four ways to select layers using the Layers panel, the Move tool’s Auto Select layers feature, the context sensitive menus, and keyboard shortcuts.

In this video, you’ll discover ten essential shortcuts for working with Layer Masks including how to add, delete, invert, move, reposition, copy, target, disable, change the density and add a non-destructive feather to soften the edges of a mask.

In this video, Julieanne demonstrates ten essential shortcuts to quickly change Photoshop’s brush size and opacity, select colors, reset brush options, paint straight lines, use precise cursors, toggle between painting and erasing while maintaining the same brush settings, increase the smoothness of a brush stroke, use Pulled String mode, and stroke a path to simulate pressure sensitivity.

In this video, you’ll discover six little known techniques for zooming images in Photoshop including Animated and Scrubby zoom, Birds-Eye View, zooming multiple windows, and zooming to the contents of a layer. 

Lightroom Mobile’s new Create Edit Replay feature makes it easier than ever to export a before and after video showing the edits you’ve made to a photo that you can then share on social networks. Simply make the edits, then tap the share icon and choose Create Edit Replay to have Lightroom create a video with a high level overview of what you did. The video below shows you how. 

In the video below, Julieanne walks through Lightroom’s new Device tab (iOS) | Gallery tab (Android) and demonstrates how to quickly access, edit, and share photos from your mobile device’s native photo app without having to first import them into Lightroom. This new workflow provide access to your photos and the powerful editing tools in Lightroom on your mobile device faster then ever before!

Lightroom Classic (v12.4) includes several updates and enhancements to masking and editing including adding selective grain, refining saturation when using the Tone Curve, Process Version updates, and HSL and Color Panel visualization options.

Adobe Camera Raw (v15.4) includes several updates and enhancements to masking and editing including: adding Grain, Tone Curve, Refine Saturation, Process Version, Color Mixer, Canvas Padding, and Camera Raw as a Filter in Photoshop.

In this video, you’ll discover tips and tricks to master the new, non-destructive Gradient tool in Photoshop including how to make the most out of the on-screen editing controls, working with Gradient Fill layers, new options on the Properties panel, working with Layer Masks, changing gradient Types, Quick Actions, and more!

In this video Julieanne demonstrates ten of her favorite tips for working with layers in Photoshop including changing the background to a layer, renaming layers, creating new layers, duplicating layers, color coding layers, layer thumbnail options and more!