Save Photoshop files up to 20x faster with just a couple of clicks

PSB files are Adobe’s answer to the 2GB file size limit of PSD files, the standard Photoshop Document, and something which most photographers will likely never have to deal with, but the big issue that plagues them can also apply to large or complex PSD files, too. PSB files are something I only ever have to worry about […]

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How (and why) I’ve been photographing Disneyland in black and white

I’ve always had a lot of fun challenging myself with creative and/or technical limitations. Like giving myself a photo assignment to spend the day or even an entire vacation with a certain camera/lens combination and a limited shooting style, like to shoot only macro or only black and white, etc. It usually makes me work […]

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Lightroom 6.5 and CC Updates add New Camera and Lens Support

Adobe has updated Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6 to versions CC 2015.5 and 6.5, respectively. The update adds support for a number of new cameras, which include: Canon EOS-1D X Mark II Canon EOS 80D Canon EOS 1300D (Rebel T6, Kiss X80) Nikon D5 Nikon D500 Olympus PEN-F Olympus SH-3 Panasonic DMC-CM10 Panasonic DMC-GF8 Panasonic DMC-ZS100 (DMC-ZS110, DMC-TZ100, […]

Take the transform tools to the next level

So obviously almost every Photoshop novice has “transformed” something in Photoshop. As in, “I just dragged this image onto my canvas and it’s way too flippin’ huge. Let me make it smaller with the transform function.” But how many of you have really taken it much further than that? (Yes, I know there are exceptions; […]

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Photoshop’s Puppet Warp Slims a Face

Sometimes a client says “Can you please make my face slimmer?” While she (in this case it’s a woman) thinks her face is too wide and I don’t, she is still the client. My job is to make her happy. Puppet Warp Hidden in Photoshop’s Edit menu is a very powerful pixel bender named Puppet […]