AI Denoise Updated In Adobe Camera Raw – Lightroom Soon
You no longer need to convert to DNG to use AI Denoise!
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Photoshop 2025 Is Here! View The Top New Features in Major Update
Photoshop has just received a major update. Colin Smith shows you how to use the most important new features.
00:00 Intro
00:42 Auto remove people
02:49 Auto Remove Wires and Cables
04:17 Firefly 3 in Generative Fill
05:07 Firefly 3 in Generative Expand
06:00 Remove Background, Generate Background
06:49 Batch Generate, Generative Workspace
11:03 What’s to come from me
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The Best Way To Optimize Images For Black & White Conversion
1 The unadjusted image
2 The color cast is removed.
3 Saturation is raised high.
4 Saturation is not raised so high that it will cause clipping.
5 Before and after comparisons of a global conversion
Why Desaturating Is The Worst Color To Black & White Conversion Method
1 – Full color
2 – Vibrance -100
3 – Saturation -100
4 – B&W Mixer with custom settings
Why is desaturating the worst color-to-black-and-white conversion method?
In short, it makes mud.
Here’s why.
When set to -100, Saturation changes different hues to similar neutral values; it loses tonal separation.
Vibrance is a worse choice; when set to -100, it retains some color.
Tools like Lightroom and Camera Raw’s B&W Mixer or Photoshop’s Black & White adjustment layer are much better because they allow you to retain tonal separation and adjust which hues become light or dark. They work very well for basic color to black-and-white conversions.
Photoshop offers even more control, first by allowing color to be adjusted before conversion and second by adding the ability to make local conversions so that the same color in different areas of an image can be converted differently.
So, when you’re making color to black-and-white conversions, stay away from Saturation and Vibrance and choose Lightroom/Camera Raw for basic global conversions, or when you need more, use Photoshop for the ultimate preview of possibilities and the most control.
Photographer Alex Kilbee – His Top 5 Influences
Photographer Alex Kilbee shares 5 photographs that influenced his creative journey.
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Remove Shadow with This Easy Photoshop Trick
“Learn how to remove hard, extreme, and complex shadows with a super simple technique in Photoshop! Without creating complex masks, in this lesson, we’ll learn how to entirely erase the shadow, even out the skin, and fix the color in the shadow area. With the power of Blend If, Curves, and some amazing Photoshop filters, we’ll discover how the new tools tackle the most complex shadows like the ones on faces.”
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Photographer Phil Penman – His Top 5 Influences
Photographer Phil Penman shares 5 photographs that influenced his creative journey.
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How To Add Vignette And Grain Effects With Lightroom
“In this video, you’ll explore several ways to add vignette effects and simulate traditional film grain in Lightroom Classic.”
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Photographer Ibarionex – His Top 5 Influences
Photographer Ibarionex shares 5 photographs that influenced his creative journey.
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Removing Lens Distortions and Correcting Perspective in Lightroom Classic
“In this video, you’ll learn how to remove distortions caused by the camera lens using the Lens Correction panel as well as correct perspective distortions using the auto and guided upright options in the Transform Panel.”
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