“In this video Julieanne demonstrates when to use Clarity, Dehaze, and Grain to increase or decrease edge contrast, add or subtract atmospheric perspective, and create structure through grain to seamlessly blend layers.”
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Colin Smith gets us up to speed on the new (January 2026) features in Photoshop.
00:00 Intro
00:14 Updating Photoshop
01:11 New Adjustment Layers
01:30 Clarity and Dehaze
04:24 New Fill and Expand Generative ai Model. Extending an image, Higher Resolution!
07:23 Generating a new background with Fill and Expand Model
10:24 Using Reference image to generate
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“How to use Photoshop Editing tools directly inside ChatGPT to transform your images with simple text prompts. In this video, Colin Smith will show you the exact workflow to fix, refine, and edit images. How to integrate Photoshop inside ChatGPT. Photoshop expert, Colin Smith, shows you how to set it up and use it for different edits and rates the results. They aren’t what you expect.”
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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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“In this video, you’ll discover the advantage of using the new Generative Upscale feature in Photoshop when increasing the size of an image using Firefly Upscale, Topaz Gigapixel, and Topaz Bloom.”
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Julianne Kost walks you through the latest update in the Photoshop Beta—where you can now combine the power of two new partner models in Photoshop’s Generative Fill workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) and Flux Kontext Pro. You’ll see step-by-step examples of how to:
Change object colors with natural prompts
Replace backgrounds while preserving key details
Edit and replace text in a photograph
Explore creative style transfers like Cubism, Vector, Anime, and more
Composite multiple photos together for unique results
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“Generative upscale in Photoshop 2026, now includes Topaz Gigapixel and Topaz Bloom.
Colin Smith walks you through how to use generative upscale and tests the Topaz Labs models.”
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Photoshop just received a major update. Colin Smith shows you how to use the most important new features in Photoshop 2026.
00:00 Intro and Announcement
00:38 Remove background and select subject update
01:40 Harmonize
02:25 Generative Upscale, Topaz Gigapixel included
04:48 Partner Models in Generative Fill, Nano banana
06:31 Color and Vibrance
Tour Photoshop 2026’s new features with two digital gurus.
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“In this video, Julieanne walks through the new features in Camera Raw v18, including automatic dust removal, improved reflection removal, better object detection, new landscape masking options, and an update for editing images to be displayed on HDR displays.”
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Tour Lightroom’s 2026’s new features with three digital gurus.
First, Colin Smith shows you how to use new features in Lightroom.
00:00 Intro
00:26 Assisted Culling
07:21 Shadow and reflection in Remove Object
08:18 Dust Removal
09:27 Updated Reflection Removal
10:28 Point Color Variance With landscape photos
11:49 Color Variance with Portrait photos
12:49 Snow in Landscape Masks
13:13 New Color Spaces
13:46 Video and Slideshows in 4K
14:06 Outro
Second, Julianne Kost shows 15 new features.
Third, Matt Koslowski shows his favorite new features.
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