Understanding the Differences & Similarities Between Lightroom Classic & Adobe Camera Raw
By Rob Sylvan
Before there was Lightroom (Classic), we had Photoshop, Bridge, and the Adobe Camera Raw (ACR)...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Maldonado | Mar 10, 2019 | 0
Before there was Lightroom (Classic), we had Photoshop, Bridge, and the Adobe Camera Raw (ACR)...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Maldonado | Feb 3, 2019 | 0
If you’ve been around the Photoshop world for even a short time, it’s likely that you’ve heard the term “nondestructive,” as in “nondestructive workflow” or “working nondestructively.” In principle, this means to do things in a way where the result isn’t permanent (a.k.a. destructive) and can be edited later in various ways.
Some people tell me that they never change their minds, and that’s why they don’t worry about using these methods, while others ask why they should bother working this way. There are some very important reasons to consider using nondestructive techniques, well beyond changing your mind. We’ll look at those first, followed by some key techniques for working nondestructively.
Read MorePosted by Jessica Maldonado | Sep 30, 2018 | 0
Some of the most popular Photoshop tutorials involve selections and masking. There are entire books dedicated to this topic, some written by your favorite authors. (I got my start with masking by watching Katrin Eismann teach at Photoshop World.) Most of these books focus on photographic masking, and go from manual, painted selections to using image information with a few tweaks from adjustments and filters, which is incredibly powerful. Let’s look at how to isolate your mask for robust, detailed editing. In the end, you’ll have a seriously flexible way to work with complex masks using nearly everything Photoshop has to offer.
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