4 Levels of Background Blur in Photoshop – Beginner to Pro

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“4 levels of Background Blur in Photoshop, from beginner to expert. Colin Smith shows 4 ways to blur the background of a photo in Photoshop in this Photoshop tutorial, from beginner to advanced. Do you think levels 2 and 3 should be switched?
Written steps and the photo I used here.“

00:00 Intro
00:34 Level 1 Beginner
01:43 Level 2 Intermediate
05:52 Level 3 Advanced
07:20 Level 4 Pro

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New Adobe Lightroom & Camera Raw AI Auto Landscape Masks

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Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to use Lightroom Classic’s new Select Landscape masking tools to automatically select different regions in photographs, including sky, mountains, water, architecture, vegetation, natural ground, and artificial ground.

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Colin Smith shows you how to use the new masks in Lightroom / Camera Raw with tips and tricks to help you get better results faster.

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Top New Features In Photoshop 2025

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Colin Smith details his 7 favorite new features in Photoshop 2025.

00:00 Intro
00:18 Landscape Selection
02:46 Reflection removal Improvements
04:00 Adjust Colors
05:25 Advanced Adjust Colors
07:38 Select details
09:23 Improved Object selection
10:52 AI Remove tool improvements
11:53 New Actions Panel

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Photoshop Adds A New Feature To Hue/Saturation

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Photoshop’s go-to color adjustment tool Hue/Saturation has been updated!

“Learn everything you need to know about the new Hue/Saturation Layer in the latest Photoshop Beta.”

00:00 – Introduction to the new Hue Saturation Adjustment
02:43 – Example 01 – Change the Color of a Shirt
07:03 – Example 02 – Colorize Feature
09:10 – Example 03 – Hue/Saturation Flip Trick
11:34 – Image Menu Hue Saturation Adjustment

“Colin Smith explains this new tool and shows the best way to change colors in Photoshop that works on all images.”

00:00 Intro, how to get access
00:39 Big Picture overview of Adjust Color and Hue Saturation
02:48 How to Enable “normal” mode
03:18 6 primary colors
04:28 What is HSL Hue, Saturation, Lightness (luminance), and why does it matter?
05:22 Colorize option and role of Lightness
07:06 Adjusting the Color Range, fine-tune.

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New Photoshop Auto Masks … the part no one is talking about

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See the improvements to AI auto masks in Photoshop work. Colin Smith compares old and new selections.

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How To Find The Missing Tools In Adobe Camera RAW

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How to make all the tool in ACR Adobe Camera RAW available. Where is the missing crop tool? Colin Smith shows launching ACR from Photoshop with full feature set.

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Hidden Settings In Photoshop / ACR’s Remove People

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How to instantly remove people from photos in Adobe Camera RAW. Colin Smith shows how to use the hidden advanced options in this brand-new ACR Photoshop 2025 tool.

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How To Use Photoshop’s New AI Generative Workspace

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“Colin Smith dives deep into the newest addition to Photoshop: the Generative Workspace! 🚀 This powerful feature brings advanced AI image generation right to your fingertips, offering tools for batch processing, variable prompts, reference-based styling, and more.”

00:00 Intro
00:55 Impact on Generative Credits
01:38 Overview on Generative Workspace
03:06 Reuse Prompts
03:57 Generating images in Generative Workspace
06:06 Generating with Reference Images
09:03 Using Variables to generate multiple ai images
12:05 Export options

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