Looking for the best Photoshop plugin for automatic skin, retouching, healing and smoothing? Like many people, I own more than one skin-softening plugin. Naturally, I wondered which one is the best. UPDATED: April 18, 2016 I originally posted this comparison on December 2, 2013, after taking advantage of some Black Friday sales. Since the technology behind these plugins has…
Everyone wants to make their photos pop. You can find a ton of tutorials showing how to manipulate sliders in Lightroom or use plugins, but there is a simple tool that I don’t see mentioned very often. To know how to improve color in Lightroom, you need to start with your Camera Calibration settings. Camera…
Lightroom Organization: My 3 Point System With the demise of Aperture, most of us are using Lightroom to organize our photos. In Episode 8 of The Photo Flunky Show, we’ll talk about some classic mistakes people make in Lightroom organization and what you should do, instead. I share my three point system for Lightroom organization…
I will never create Lightroom CC Collections again, and I don’t think you should, either. For years, we’ve been misled into thinking that collections were the best way to organize our photos. You ought to know that advice is completely wrong. I can show you a better way. Why Do We Need Lightroom CC Collections?…
The Lightroom CC HDR feature is getting a lot of attention lately. Some people like it. Some people don’t. Comparisons to Photomatix are inevitable. Is this new tool for creating HDR going to change the game for everyone? What Do You Want From HDR? The answer to that question is really going to determine whether…
If you want Lightroom presets, they aren’t hard to find. There are plenty of sites hawking free Lightroom presets. On the other side of the Internet, some of the most profitable sales come from Lightroom presets. So which do you choose? Lightroom Presets: The Promise You can’t really blame Adobe for the problem with Lightroom…