Lightroom & Photoshop Tips

Photoshop Shortcuts Library: Keyboard Keys For Windows & Mac

Photoshop Shortcuts Library: Keyboard Keys For Windows and Mac

Incorporating shortcuts into your editing workflow can help make things faster and easier for you. Adobe Photoshop is an essential editing tool with numerous functions that can help you gain great creative control while editing. And Photoshop shortcuts can help you make the process seamless. However, there is a long list of Photoshop functions and a long list of shortcuts as well. So do you need to know each one of them? Well, if you have the superhuman power to remember them all, then sure! But for the most part, there is a list of some essential shortcuts that will help you out, and this blog gives you free access to that list.

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Lightroom Shortcuts Library: Keyboard Keys For Windows and Mac

Lightroom Shortcuts Library Keyboard Keys For Windows and Mac

Adobe Lightroom is a non-destructive photo editing software commonly used by photographers and editors during the post-processing phase. This software has multiple complex in-build features that help you gain more creative control over your edit. While using it could make your editing process easy, applying shortcuts could make your work even easier! Navigating through every function manually – especially when working on complicated edits or multiple projects – could get time-consuming and challenging. So to make the entire process more seamless, this blog brings a library of Lightroom shortcuts to refer to.

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How to Stack Photos in Lightroom

How to Stack Photos in Lightroom

There might be times when you might find yourself taking hundreds and thousands of images per assignment and sorting them out for post-production and after that could get time-consuming and challenging. While Lightroom does allow you to flag your images, rate them with the help of stars or color-code them while culling and editing, it’s not the only way you can manage your images in the software. Stacking photos in Lightroom is another way to group similar visuals and remove clutter from your work window. And in this blow, we show you how to do that.

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Compositing in Photoshop: An Introduction for Beginners

Compositing in Photoshop: An Introduction for Beginners

Ever thought of bringing together elements of two different scenes in one? Compositing in Photoshop can make that happen! The process of compositing allows you to get both subjects and backgrounds from different scenes to blend into one final image. Whether your aim is to replace the sky in a photograph, add a new subject at a specific spot, or combine the two – a composite image could enable you to explore your creativity and add unique effects to your photographs. However, creating a final image that stands out requires precision, and if you are wondering where to start, this guide is here to help. 

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Tutorial: How to Resize an Image in Photoshop

Tutorial: How to Resize an Image in Photoshop

While images can help make a website look more appealing to a viewer, uneven sizes or pictures that refuse to load and are replaced by a caption or an image number below them could potentially ruin a web user’s experience. The wrong image size is usually the cause of these problems. Besides spoiling the user experience on your website, not resizing images could also become a hassle for you when you try to upload pictures. Besides, not resizing your photos can also take up a lot of space on your drives. But, don’t worry. Resizing images doesn’t have to be a time-consuming task. With a few simple steps, you too can learn how to resize an image in Photoshop.

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Tutorial: How to do Quick & Easy Sky Replacement in Photoshop

Tutorial: How to do Quick & Easy Sky Replacement in Photoshop

The appearance of the sky in your images could significantly impact how a viewer perceives them. If you want your photograph to look a little more dreamy, romantic or dramatic, you can get your desired results by replacing the sky with the one that fits your photography vision better. And while replacing the sky sounds like a Herculean task on its own, the good news is you can do it quite easily in Adobe Photoshop! Sky Replacement in Photoshop used to be a multi-step process in the past, but it has become quicker and easier with the introduction of the new Sky Replacement feature. The tool automatically does any masking and blending required for your image and helps you save lots of time. The Sky Replacement feature also allows you to make adjustments if you want a more natural look for your photography. In this blog, we take you through the steps of replacing the sky in Photoshop using this innovative tool.

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Lightroom Tutorial: How to Fix Bad Lighting

Lightroom Tutorial: How to Fix Bad Lighting

Photographing weddings could mean taking images in all sorts of venues and sometimes even venues with less than ideal lighting conditions. If you are shooting outdoors on a bright and sunny day, you may be able to balance out or fix bad lighting with off-camera lighting and reflectors. Low-light venues possess their own set of lighting challenges. But while you can only fix bad lighting in a venue to a certain point, Lightroom can help you with the rest of the modifications. You can save your images in the photo editing software by adjusting their highlights, shadow areas and correcting tints. In this blog, we show you how! 

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How to Use Gradient Mapping For Creative Coloring in Photoshop

How to Use Gradient Mapping For Creative Coloring in Photoshop

If you are thinking about correcting that unwanted color cast in your images or adding a lovely tone to them for creative purposes, gradient mapping in Photoshop could help you with that. With the help of gradient maps, you can not only change colors or tones in your colored image but also colorize a black and white image. Gradient maps let you apply various colors to your picture’s highlight, mid-tone, and shadow areas. You can color grade them as an overlay or replace any undesired color in them with multiple tones. By creating and using gradient maps in Photoshop, you can bring your creative vision to reality and level up the way you edit. In this blog, we show you how to use gradient mapping for creative coloring in Photoshop.

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How to Create a Grid in Photoshop

How to Create a Grid in Photoshop

Sometimes, after taking a stellar photograph of your couple, you might realize that the alignment is wonky, or the building in the background looks a little tilted. But don’t worry, this is something that you can easily fix using a grid as you edit your photos during post-production. Grids in Photoshop help position the elements correctly while editing or designing a layout for your images. They are non-printing lines that float over your pictures and can also be displayed as dots, allowing you to maintain symmetry in your photos. In this blog, we will show you how to create a grid in Photoshop and ensure balance and alignment in your images.

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An Easy Guide to The Warp Tool in Photoshop

An Easy Guide to The Warp Tool in Photoshop

Have you ever seen photos of people with intentionally distorted features or images with seemingly embossed text placed underneath a thick lens? Have you noticed backgrounds in images that look unreal with vertical or horizontal patterns or the pictures with black and white spirals that look hypnotic? All these visuals are examples of the warping effect. When you warp an image, you digitally manipulate it so that any shapes portrayed in it look significantly distorted. While some photographers use this effect to distort an image for creative purposes, others use it to correct distortions. You can also use this effect on your pictures to create a dramatic effect, honor any special requests from your couples, or for other creative purposes. In today’s blog, we take you through the steps of creating this effect in your images using the Warp tool in Photoshop. 

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