How To Change Depth Of Field In Photographs With Photoshop

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Colin Smith demonstrates the most powerful way to change the depth of field or background blur in photographs using Photoshop’s depth maps, neural filters, and lens blur.
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3 Ways To Blur Image Backgrounds With Photoshop From Easy To Precise

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Three Photoshop gurus demonstrate how to blur backgrounds, moving from simple to more precise methods.
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How To Turn On Photoshop’s Amazing Update to Select Subject

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“Compare the new cloud version of the Select Subject feature in Photoshop and see if it’s worth using over the standard one. We all know how good Select Subject is with making automatic selections with one click. However, will the cloud processing be even more detailed, or is it just a gimmick? Let’s find out in this video.”
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Fast & Easy Ways To Blur Image Backgrounds in Photoshop

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“In this easy-to-follow tutorial, you will learn how to blur backgrounds in Photoshop! You will learn about selections, Layer Masks, Content-Aware Fill, Smart Objects, and the Depth Blur Neural Filter to blur your photo’s background. This Photoshop tutorial will cover everything you need to know about creating a shallow depth of field effect.”
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Photoshop’s Amazing Colorize Filter Offers Many More Features

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Colin Smith shows often overlooked additional controls in the Photoshop Neural Filter Colorize. Convert black and white photos to color instantly and then learn these tools to perfect results.

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How To Make Advanced Masks in Adobe Camera RAW & Lightroom

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Masks in Camera Raw and Lightroom are new. Colin Smith shows you beyond the basics, how to combine masks for more complex selections, such as selecting the foreground, adding, subtracting, and intersecting masks. Learn how to use combination and complex masks.
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How To Hack Photoshop’s AI To Get Astonishing Color Grading In Your Images

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Add spectacular color to photographs using this amazing trick Colin Smith discovered by hacking Color transfer in Photoshop 2022. This quick tip will help you color grade photos like a pro, but its so easy and quick. Every photographer will love this.
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What’s New in Lightroom Classic 11 For Photographers – Plus More On New Easy Masking Features

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Adobe released the October 2021 Update to Lightroom Classic. This video will walk you through what’s new.

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Plus, take a deep dive into Lightroom’s new masking features.
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0:00 Intro
1:48 Don’t Freak Out
3:00 Mask Basics
4:46 Brush and Gradient Masks
6:35 Subtract with Select Sky
8:32 Brush and Gradient Presets
9:38 Using the Linear Gradient
11:41 Luminance Range Masking
14:41 Color Range Masking
16:40 Select Subject
19:12 Select Sky
20:38 Advanced Portrait Example
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The New Masking Tools In Lightroom & Camera Raw

 

 

“Discover how easy it is to make local adjustments to your photographs using Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw’s new Masking panel and tools including: Select Subject, Select Sky, Radial and Linear Gradients, Brush, Color and Luminance Range Masking and more!”

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What’s New in Photoshop 2022 For Photographers

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Matt Koslowski gives us a tour of Photoshop 2022’s new features for photographers.
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