How to get a bidirectional gradient in Lightroom Classic.
A quick 2 min tip with Colin Smith.
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“Most Lightroom users don’t realize there are actually 3 different brush behaviors hiding inside Lightroom Classic—and they completely change how you dodge and burn a photo. In this tutorial, Colin Smith shows how to use Lightroom brushes to add depth, shape, and dimension while revealing some surprisingly overlooked brush features that make editing faster and more precise.”
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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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“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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Colin Smith shows you all the new features in Lightroom April 2026.
00:00 Lightroom update April 2026
00:33 Ai powered search
01:40 Edit in Photoshop, new options
02:06 Pan and Zoom inside Crop
02:49 Background ai Syncing
03:29 Background processing image enhancements
04:28 Assisted Culling updates
05:38 Film Inspired Presets
06:23 Firefly Boards
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In this video, Glenn Dewis shows you how to use the new generative upscale feature in Lightroom version 9.2, which utilizes Topaz Gigapixel technology to significantly enlarge your images while maintaining sharpness and clarity.
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“In this video, Julieanne explains the recommended order for applying AI-powered edits in Lightroom Classic to help you work more efficiently and avoid unnecessary reprocessing. You’ll learn when to use Denoise, Remove, Lens Blur, and AI masking so your edits stay flexible, accurate, and frustration-free.”
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“Learn how to use the adjustment brush in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom. Colin Smith shows you how to use all the features in the powerful adjustment brush for paint-on edits in LR and ACR in Photoshop. The brush is powerful and moist, people barely use the features.”
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New features in Lightroom & Photoshop 2026 keep changing the game.
Get up to speed with these great videos from trusted mavens.
All The New Lightroom Features
All The New Photoshop Features
Photoshop’s New Hue/Saturation Invert Button
If you’re thinking, “Hey, this list doesn’t include the new AI image generators.” You’re right. More on that later.
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