There’s More to Photoshop’s New Light Adjustment Than You Think

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First, Colin Smith shows you …

Photoshop’s new Light adjustment brings Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites and Blacks directly into an adjustment layer. But there’s more to it than just moving six sliders. In this deep dive, Colin Smith from PhotoshopCAFE shows how to use the new Light adjustment to recover highlight and shadow detail, control dynamic range, stack adjustments, use masks for targeted edits, and get more control than you might expect. I’ll also explain why Shadows and Highlights temporarily disappear when you edit layers underneath the Light adjustment.

 

Second, Jesus Ramirez shows you …

  • How to use the Light adjustment layer in Photoshop
  • How to bring back the Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer
  • How to read a histogram to compare Brightness and Exposure
  • How to stop the Light adjustment layer from pausing
  • How to use clipping masks and layer masks with a Light adjustment layer
  • How to use Blend If on an adjustment layer
  • How to compare Photoshop’s Light sliders to Lightroom with a Difference blend

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2 New Photoshop Features – One Useful & One Wild

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“See the most useful abd the most wild new features in Photoshop beta 2026 September, Dynamic layers and before and after preview. Colin Smith shows you how to use the new features in Photoshop.”

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5 Biggest New Photoshop Features Just Released

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Photoshop 2026 update, new features in August 2026 release of Photoshop. Colin Smith shows you all the new features in Photoshop.

00:00 Intro
00:29 The Light Panel
02:05 Light Glows
04:10 Proper explanation of the styles: diffusion, bloom and halation
06:30 Freeform Dynamic Text
07:41 Ai assisted Pro Editor workspaces
10:04 New ai markup + annotation tools
12:05 Generate inside masks, updated image 5 Model

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7 New Lightroom + Camera RAW features – August 2026

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Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera RAW 2026 update, new features in August 2026 release of ACR and Lightroom. Colin Smith shows you all the new features

00:00 Intro
07:11 New Mask Adjustment in Lightroom
03:29 Render as DNG
05:08 Auto Blemish removal
06:22 Edge expand, Generative ai or non ai.
08:29 Bi Directional Gradient
12:26 Skin tones with Vectorscope

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New in Camera Raw Depth Range Masking, Lens Correction, & Film-Inspired Presets

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“In this video, Julieanne walks through the new features in Adobe Camera Raw 18.3. You’ll learn how to make depth-based selections, correct anamorphic images, reduce wide-angle distortion, and apply film-inspired presets. These updates provide more control for both technical corrections and creative adjustments.”

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Improved Subject Masking, Bidirectional Linear Gradients, Vectorscope and More in Camera Raw v18.4!

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“Join Julieanne Kost for an in-depth look at the latest innovations in Adobe Camera Raw 18.4. Discover how the next-generation Select Subject technology delivers dramatically improved mask accuracy for challenging subjects, explore the new bidirectional Linear Gradient for more flexible local adjustments, learn how the powerful new Vectorscope provides an objective way to evaluate and refine color, and more! Along the way, Julieanne demonstrates advanced masking refinements, improved background selections, enhanced Lens Blur accuracy, natural skin-tone correction workflows, Generative AI-powered removal of transparent areas, HDR workflow improvements, and significant performance gains for Denoise on Apple Silicon systems. Whether you’re a photographer, retoucher, or creative professional, this comprehensive overview will help you take full advantage of Camera Raw 18.4’s latest tools and AI-powered enhancements to achieve faster, more precise, and more creative results.”

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Lightroom Classic 15.4: AI Masking, Duplicate Detection and More!

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“Discover what’s new in Lightroom Classic 15.4 with Julieanne Kost. In this video, you’ll learn about eight new features and updates designed to improve your editing workflow.

Highlights include:

• More accurate Select Subject and Background masking
• Enhanced AI Assisted Culling with per-person Eye Sharpness and Eyes Open scoring
• New Duplicate Detection across catalogs, folders, and collections
• Faster Denoise performance on Apple Silicon Macs
• Improved Brush responsiveness in Masking
• New AI Edit and Masking filters for Metadata and Smart Collections
• Bidirectional Keyword Sync between Lightroom Classic, Mobile, and Web
• Expanded Canon tethered capture support”

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10 Huge New Features in Lightroom Classic!

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“Lightroom update, new features in June 2026 big release of Lightroom and Lightroom Classic. Colin Smith shows you all the new features in Lightroom.”

00:00 intro
00:21 How to update Lightroom Classic
01:31 Finding duplicates – be careful!
04:00 Duplicate Removal strategies
05:25 Background Sync Panel
06:00 Improved select subject masks, better mask edges
07:54 Faster ai denoise on apple systems
08:42 Assisted Culling, group photos
09:17 Filter ai photos
10:17 Sync keywords between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom ecosystem
10:45 Brush speed improvements
12:03 Tether updates

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10 Photoshop Skills AI Just Made Obsolete

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Is AI truly making Photoshop skills obsolete? In this video, we’ll explore 10 time-consuming Photoshop techniques to see how they match up against the latest AI tools.

From removing harsh shadows, clearing reflections from glasses, and erasing background distractions like wires and crowds, we will look at skills that used to take hours of manual work but can now be done in seconds. We will compare classic editing techniques with automated tools like Generative Fill, Firefly, and advanced upscalers to see exactly where AI saves time and where it makes messy mistakes. You will learn how to combine smart masking and blend modes with these new features, proving why understanding core Photoshop concepts and trusting your own artistic taste will always keep you leaps and bounds ahead of anyone who just knows how to type a prompt. I hope this video helps you. Thank you so much for watching 🙂

00:00 Reality of AI vs Photoshop Skills
00:47 1. Remove and Replace Almost Anything
02:41 2. The Pros and Cons of Expanding Photos
05:49 3. Relighting without Dodge and Burn
07:38 4. Impossible Glass Glare and Reflections
08:47 5. Magic of Auto-Selection and Photoshop Skills
10:32 6. Adding or Removing Accesories Precisely
12:26 7. Complex Distraction Removal
13:31 8. Reparing the Backdrop with Few Clicks
14:49 9. Modern Sharpening and Recover Blurry Photos
15:25 10. Mind-Blowing 8K Upscaling
16:21 Why Learn the Skills?

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Camera Raw Just Got Better: Masking Refinements, Local Color Grading & Extended White Balance

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“In this tutorial, Julieanne Kost walks through three updates in Camera Raw: New Edge and Feather Refinement sliders for AI masks (including Sky, Subject, Background, Landscape, and People masks), Color Grading controls now available within local masking for targeted creative adjustments, and an extended Temperature Range for White Balance. Follow along to see how these enhancements give you more precision and creative control over your edits.”

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