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Tips for working with Rulers, Guides, Smart Guides, and Grids in Photoshop

In this video, Julieanne shares her favorite tips for working with Rulers, Guides, Smart Guides, and Grids in Photoshop. Learn how to quickly change the point of origin for rulers, add new guides and guide layouts, lock guides create custom grids, and use Smart guides to align and distribute objects in Photoshop.

Denoise and Masking Updates in Adobe Camera Raw (v15.3)

Adobe Camera Raw (v15.3) introduces Denoise and several Masking updates including new People Masking Categories and Adaptive Presets.

Everything you need to know about Denoise in Lightroom Classic

Lightroom Classic (v12.3) introduces Denoise, Masking updates, new Edit-In Photoshop options and more! 

Create and Publish Your Photo Project using Adobe Express

In the video below you’ll discover the advantages of using Adobe Express to to tell your story using photographs, text, and video. Julieanne demonstrates how easy it is to create a web page using photo grids, split layouts, glideshows, links, buttons, and more; all with the help of beautifully designed templates which can be easily published to online.

Everything You Need to Know About the Book Module in Lightroom Classic 

In the video below, you’ll learn everything you need to know to create a beautiful book using Lightroom Classic’s Book Module. 
In addition, below are some of my favorite tips, tricks and shortcuts  for quick reference.

Tips and Techniques for Cropping in Photoshop

In this video, Julieanne walks through her favorite tips and techniques for using the Crop tool in Photoshop. Discover how to crop to specific sizes, aspect ratios, show overlays, fill with content aware technology, add canvas size, as well as learn essential keyboard shortcuts to help boost your productivity.

Adobe Firefly — The New Family of Creative Generative AI Models Coming to Adobe Products

I’m excited to announce Adobe Firefly — the new family of creative generative AI models coming to Adobe products. With the beta version of the first Firefly model, you can use everyday language to generate extraordinary images and text effects.

Create, Save, and Apply Edit Presets in the Develop Module in Lightroom Classic

Here are my favorite tips and shortcuts for working with presets in Lightroom Classic’s Develop module.

Five tips for Selecting, Merging, Combining, and Aligning Shapes in Photoshop

In this video, Julieanne walks through five tips for working with shapes in Photoshop including quick ways to select multiple shapes on different layers, merging shape layers, using path operations to combine shapes, adjusting the stacking order of shapes, and distribruting multiple shapes on a single layer.

How To Change the Shape of a Letter in Photoshop

In this video you’ll discover how easy it is to convert a type layer into a shape layer and use the Direct Selection tool to customize the shape in Photoshop.

Eight Ways to Select Colors in Photoshop

In this video, you’ll discover eight different ways to select colors in Photoshop including the eyedropper, color picker, Swatches, Color, and Libraries panels and more.

View Free Transform Values for Smart Objects with Layer Masks in Photoshop

To view the transformation values for the Smart Object (instead of the Smart Object with the Layer mask), target the thumbnail for the Smart Object in the Layers panel, click the link icon (between the Smart Object and the Layer Mask thumbnail), to unlink the Smart Object from the layer Mask. 

10 Little Known Tips for Working with Tools in Photoshop

This is a bit of a mash-up of ten tool tips and shortcuts, but I find them to be very helpful and wished that I had discovered them when first learning Photoshop!

Landforms Project — Create Your Legacy

One of my favorite things to do every December is to set aside time to look through all of the photographs that I’ve made in the previous 12 months. I’m often surprised at the insights that I have while reflecting upon the places that I’ve gone, the experiences that I’ve had, and how I chose to document them.