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 Photoshop Tips for 2026

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“PhotoshopCAFE Colin Smith shares 7 powerful new Photoshop tips in 2026. Lots of new features have been added to Photoshop; it’s time for new Photoshop tips!”

00:00 Intro
00:10 Refining auto selection, Object select
01:24 Adjust Colors, Refine selections
02:38 Remove tool modes
04:22 General Distractions, ignore model box
05:11 Use correct AI model
06:34 Checking Generative Credits
07:19 Contextual Taskbar tips

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The Lightroom Brush Tool Is Smarter Than You Think

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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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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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Adobe Added A Great New Masking Tool To Camera Raw (Soon Lightroom) — Here’s The Missing Part

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“Adobe just added a new mask edge refinement tool to Camera Raw, and at first glance it looks like it solves a long-standing masking problem. But there’s a catch. In this tutorial, Colin Smith shows how the new edge control works, where it succeeds, where it fails, and the techniques you can use to get clean, professional mask edges when working with architecture, trees, foliage, and other difficult selections. You’ll learn: How the new Edge control works Why some masks still produce rough edges How to refine AI masks for better results A powerful trick for fixing tree and foliage selections How to get cleaner, more natural-looking adjustments If you’ve already seen this new feature, there’s a good chance you missed the most important part.”

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Photoshop’s New Rotate Object Feature Places Anything In Any Scene

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“Photoshop can now rotate any object in a photo and fill in what the camera never captured! You have to see this!”

“Rotate object allows us to turn a photo into a posable 3D object within Photoshop beta. Colin Smith shows you how to use one of the most powerful compositing tools to ever come to Photoshop.”

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12 Big New Photoshop Features Just Released

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Colin Smith shows you all the new features in the April 2026 release of Photoshop.

00:00 How to FULLY update Photoshop
00:44 Firefly 5 Edit
01:04 Prompt box improvements and new modes
05:00 Generative Credits usage
05:20 Layer Cleanup
06:13 Rotate Object
09:10 New Actions Panel
10:15 General Distraction Removal Tool
13:28 Reflection Removal in Photoshop
14:51 Dynamic Text Arch and Circle
15:38 Color Swatches in Filter Gallery

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