How to Get an Image from Lightroom to Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom’s “What to Edit” dialog box contains 3 options — Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments, Edit a Copy, and Edit Original — that affects your final image. Learn how to use each option. 
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When Should I Jump from Lightroom to Photoshop?
Don’t miss our next Google Hangout all about Photoshop and Lightroom. This event is 100% free and you learn terrific techniques, but if you tune in live, you can be entered to win excellent prizes to help you in your work. (Note: MUST BE TUNED IN LIVE TO WIN). UPDATE: The incredible Terry White from Adobe will join us this […]
Fusion 8 VFX Software Free Public Beta Now Available
Fusion 8 is a powerful VFX program that is used on tons of Hollywood films like Maleficent, Edge of Tomorrow, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, The Amazing Spider-man 2 and The Hunger Games trilogy, as well as hit TV shows like Battlestar Galactica and Orphan Black. Before Blackmagic Design purchased Eyeon (the previous developer of Fusion), […]
Photofocus Podcast September 5, 2015 — Lindsay Adler and Ron Pepper
This week we catch up with two photographers to get a wealth of advice. First Robert Vanelli talks with fashion photographer Lindsay Adler about her career and advice to other photographers. Then Rich Harrington since down with panoramic photographer Ron Pepper for a free-wheeling discussion about gear, tech, and workflow. Get the show here or get it […]
Welcome Perfectly Clear to Photofocus
We’re super excited to introduce you to one of our latest partners. Perfectly Clear is a great plugin for Photoshop and Lightroom that brings powerful, but easy to use image corrections. The software started in the traditional printing labs (and is used on more than 30 million prints every day). Thanks to Perfectly Clear (and […]
Lightroom’s Secret Website for your Clients
Lightroom’s new web interface has made collaborating with clients very easy. Imagine, after a photo session, you import your images into Lightroom, make a collection of images to show your client, then have Lightroom create a private gallery for your client to select and make comments on their favorite images for you to edit.Their input […]
Five Ways to Get Better Results with Photomatix Pro
We recently held an HDR Hangout to help you get started. Our guest on the program was Blake Rudis of EverydayHDR. Blake is a fine artist who fell in love with HDR photography. He combines his understanding of light and form to make some powerful images. Here’s a followup guest tutorial from Blake. We hope you enjoy and […]
Apps For Photographers – The Photographer’s Ephemeris
We’re all carrying around mini computers these days so it stands to reason that we’d use them to help plan and run our day. One app that helps me a lot is The Photographer’s Ephemeris, an app for desktop, iOS and Android. What Does The Ephemeris Do? In short, The Photographer’s Ephemeris gives details of […]
The Big 5 Photoshop Formats
TIFF, PSD, JPEG, PNG, PSB–Oh my! What are all these formats? Which one is for what purpose? Is there a rhyme or reason to using them? I’m glad you asked. Photoshop has lots of file formats Prove it by choosing File > Save As… That dialog box has lots of choices! The big five formats […]