Julieanne Kost – LR4 Beta – Mapping Your Photos

Julieanne Kost discusses the new map module in LR4 Beta. View more Lightroom videos here. ??Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops here.?

Julieanne Kost – LR4 Beta – DSLR Video

Julieanne Kost demonstrates how the new LR4 Beta works with video. View more Lightroom videos here.? ??Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops here.?

Julieanne Kost – LR4 Beta – Soft Proofing & DNG

Julieanne Kost discusses new features in LR4 Beta, including softproofing and the DNG enhancements. View more Lightroom videos here.? ??Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops here.?

Julieanne Kost – LR4 Beta – Develop Module Advancements

Julieanne Kost covers new features in LR4’s Develop Module and Basic Panel. View more Lightroom videos here.? ??Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops here.?

7 Sharpening Artifacts To Avoid

If you know what to look for, you’ll know what path to choose and how far down it to go. Identifying and developing a sensitivity for the artifacts digital sharpening produces will help you choose a sharpening method and what settings to use during any...

Exciting Photoshop Free Brushes

Photoshop Free Brushes offers high quality Photoshop brushes. They offer so many free brushes! Where do you start? Try these six collections. 1   Spatter Brushes 2    Gore Brushes 3    Vintage Paper Brushes 4    Water Brushes 5    Cloud Brushes 6    Star...

The Difference Between Converting Versus Assigning With Color Profiles

Understanding the difference between assigning and converting to a profile is one of the most conceptually challenging things about color management in digital imaging. It’s counterintuitive to think that by changing numbers the appearance of colors will stay the same or that if you don’t...

Creative Sharpening – Control Halo & Line Separately

Digital sharpening produces its affects by accentuating contrast, both of texture and of contour. The accentuation of contrast along contours is produced by creating both a dark line and a light halo. While the filters used to sharpen images, such as Unsharp Mask or High...

Target Image Contours With Edge Masks

Edge masks target only the contours in an image. (Think of edge masks in Photoshop as the creative sharpening equivalent to the Masking slider in ACR or Lightroom’s capture sharpening.) They keep smooth areas smooth, while accentuating the contrast/sharpness of contours. They can be particularly...

A Few Things You Need To Know About Antarctica

  [slideshow]   Discover fascinating facts about Antarctica. Furthest south, coldest, windiest, highest, most isolated continent barely begins to describe this exotic region. Find more Antarctica facts here. Find out about my Antarctica digital photography workshops here.