Did you know that Adobe’s Generative Fill AI isn’t just about adding objects—it’s smart enough to match the lighting and shadows in your photos perfectly? 🤯
In this video, I show you how Generative Fill uses AI to seamlessly blend new elements such as hair into your image while maintaining realistic light, shadows, and perspective.
⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Adding Hair / Matching Lighting
03:50 - Viking Composite
05:10 - Viking Hair Selection New Workflow
Fully understand the EDITING POWER of the Intersect Masking Tool in Lightroom and Camera and see how to achieve much improved selections of Subjects and Sky.
You’ll learn:
✅ How to fully understand the Intersect command and use it effectively
✅ Better Subject & Sky Selections for improved accuracy
✅ Advanced local adjustments for pro-level results
✅ Tips & tricks to refine your edits for a natural and seamless look
⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - Cropping
01:16 - Remove Tool
01:39 - Dark and Moody Preset
02:22 - Adaptive Sky Preset
02:47 - Color Mixer
03:27 - Inproved Select Subject
05:31 - Improved Sky Selection
06:45 - Intersect for Adjusting Brightness
09:25 - Making the Alloy Wheels POP!
10:22 - Global Colour Adjustments
12:39 - Refinijng the Adpative Sky Mask
13:10 - Before / After
Dodging and burning in Lightroom is easier than you think!
In this video, I walk you through how to use masks and brushes to enhance your photos with subtle adjustments and bring portraits to life!
You’ll learn how to:
✅ Brighten highlights and deepen shadows for a natural look
✅ Use masks for precise control over specific areas
✅ Work with Lightroom’s brush tools to fine-tune your edits
⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Why Dodge & Burn?
00:14 - Old Method
00:34 - Dodge Brush Mask Settings
02:34 - Dodge\Lighten Highlights on Face
05:57 - Depth + Dimension Explained
06:20 - Burn Brush Mask Settings
09:32 - Before/After
In this video I show how to balance color and contrast in Adobe Lightroom using the VERY USEFUL Refine Saturation Slider.
✅ How contrast adjustments influence colors in your photos.
✅ How to keep colors vibrant and natural.
Whether you're just starting out or have some editing experience, this might be something new or something you've forgotten about but is a great way to adjust tonal values of your images but maintain colour integrity.
⏰ Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:48 - Luminosity Blend Mode
01:30 - Desaturate
02:17 - The Refine Saturation Slider
Learn simple techniques to enhance your photos with special effects.
In this video, I’ll show you:
How to create natural-looking fog in Lightroom
Adding realistic lights with reflection and fall-off for a polished look
How to include birds in Photoshop without needing to cut them out.
Making accurate Sky Masks in Lightroom Classic and Desktop is made so much easier using the 'Intersect' Command.
However this isn't currently available in Lightroom Mobile and neither is the 'Invert from Sky Selection' command.
So what can we do?
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Retouching a Seascape Photography from Start to Finish using ONLY Lightroom on the iPad.
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Photographing at or through glass can be extremely challenging when it comes to dealign with reflections ESPECIALLY without having a Polarising Filter to hand. HOWEVER Reflection Removal now in Photoshop (Camera Raw) does a GREAT JOB removing them!
Check out the Adobe Blog for more details: ( LINK )
Selections in Photoshop are getting Quicker and Easier.
Now in Photoshop Beta not only is there SELECT PEOPLE but also ATTRIBUTES including items such as Upper Clothing, Lower Clothing, Accessories and so on ...
The BEST way to LEARN PHOTOSHOP is by combining multiple techniques and tools to see how they work and compliment each other. Follow along as I work on this out of camera photograph of a Supercar and turn it into something completely different.
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