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08 Nov
Fundamentals, Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

14 Lightroom Tips to Speed up Your Workflow

  • January 7, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • lightroom, shortcuts
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Adobe Lightroom contains a plethora of hidden settings and shortcuts that can make photo-editing a breeze. This helpful tutorial by photographer, Evan Ranft will guide you through his top...

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02 Nov
Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

Brush Stroke Smoothing in Photoshop CC 2018

  • July 18, 2022
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • CC2018, Healing Brush, healing brush settings
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One of the many new features brought to the Photoshop CC 2018 update, was the introduction of a new brush smoothing algorithm. These new tools grant a more polished...

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01 Nov
Fundamentals, High-End Beauty & Fashion, Software for Retouching

Blurring – Clarifying Some Misconceptions

  • January 7, 2019
  • Posted by Lulie Talmor
  • beauty retouching, skin retouching
  • 3 comments
As any resourceful retoucher would know, there is a strict low tolerance towards over-blurring in the high-end retouching community. On online forums where retouchers post their work for online...

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31 Oct
Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

Color & Luminance Range Masking in Lightroom Classic CC

  • January 7, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • luminosity masking, range masking, working with colors
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Lightroom Classic CC is Adobe’s new lightning-fast desktop update, that brought much more than performance improvements to the table. Color and Luminance Range Masking is one of the more exciting...

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25 Oct
Efficiency & Productivity, Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

5 New Features In Photoshop CC 2018

  • January 7, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • adobe photoshop, brush management, CC2018
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Last week, Adobe launched Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 with a host of improvements and new features. There were over eighteen noteworthy new additions to the application, but which ones...

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23 Oct
Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Adobe’s New Creative Cloud Photography Plan

  • January 7, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • adobe photoshop, Adobe Updates, CC2018
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Adobe has launched a brand new version of Adobe Lightroom, along with a host of popularly requested new features for Photoshop CC 2018 and Lightroom Classic CC. With these...

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30 Aug
Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial, Working With Colors

How to Use Color Calibration Profiles in Lightroom

  • January 9, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • adobe lightroom, color calibration, color management in lightroom
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Effective use of color should be a top priority for all retouchers and photographers. While there are multiple ways to manage colors, one particularly underused yet simple feature is...

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09 Aug
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Corel Launches PaintShop Pro 2018

  • January 9, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • digital image editing, image editing, post-production
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Canadian software company, Corel, best known for CorelDRAW and Corel Painter, have a habit of successfully revamping beloved applications. WordPerfect from Novell, and even PaintShop Pro from JASC (back...

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03 Aug
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Adobe Launches a YouTube Series for Beginners

  • January 9, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • photoshop, photoshop for beginners, video tutorial
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This week, Adobe launched a new YouTube series of Photoshop tutorials aimed at beginners, called ‘3, 2, 1 … Photoshop!’ This series of videos created by longtime Adobe evangelist Julieanne...

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27 Jul
Business & Clients, Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Adobe Flash is Officially Dead

  • January 14, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • adobe, portfolio, tech news
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Earlier this week, Adobe announced something that has been in the works since the iPhone first came out: the death of Flash. While most of the web has adapted,...

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11 Jul
Beauty Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Software for Retouching

A Review of the Beauty Retouch Panel

  • January 16, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • beauty retouch, beauty retouch panel, RA Panels
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For thousands of retouchers around the world, the Beauty Retouch and Pixel Juggler Panels have brought efficiency to their workflow by optimizing the retouching techniques we often use. RA Panels...

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10 Jul
Hardware & Tools, Software for Retouching

System Requirements for Retouching

  • August 1, 2024
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • efficiency & productivity, image editing, retouching
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Becoming a retoucher is one of those things that doesn’t involve many barriers to entry. Most computers will run the necessary software, making retouching accessible to many. For those that...

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03 Jul
Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Software for Retouching

Customizing Your Workspace in Photoshop

  • January 19, 2019
  • Posted by Gerry Kingsley
  • efficiency & productivity, photoshop, Software Basics
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Software: Adobe Photoshop Skill level: Beginner Workspaces A workspace, is the entire working area of Photoshop. It’s what encompasses all the menus, tools and panels. Simply put, it’s pretty much everything you can see...

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29 Jun
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Adobe Wants to Hear Your Voice

  • January 19, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • adobe, adobe photoshop, tech news
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While voice devices such as the Amazon Echo may not be present in every home just yet, they are showing an upward trend. Adobe recently released a report focused...

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22 Jun
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Find Out How That Photo Was Edited With Pixel Peeper

  • January 19, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • adobe lightroom, image editing, retouching
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Have you ever admired a photograph and wondered just how they achieved that look in post? If you have, and the photographer used Adobe Lightroom, then you’re in luck!...

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adobe posts record sales and launches adobe advertising cloud tv
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21 Jun
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Adobe’s Upward Momentum and What Is Next

  • January 19, 2019
  • Posted by Kendra Paige
  • adobe, adobe blog news, tech news
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Adobe is having a record week: beating profit estimates, launching Adobe Advertising Cloud TV, and utilizing Adobe Sensei’s sophisticated A.I. machine learning. It has been a busy week, and...

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16 Jun
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The Hidden Treasures of Creativity in Adobe Photoshop

  • January 19, 2019
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • Adobe news, contest, photoshop tools
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Every experienced digital artist and retoucher knows how important your choice of brushes is for each specific purpose. With that in mind, on June 15, 2017, Adobe announced the release of a...

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29 Jan
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Adobe Creative Cloud Subscriptions – The Devil is in the Details

  • January 25, 2019
  • Posted by Gerry Kingsley
  • adobe, Creative Cloud, News
  • 16 comments
We all love our Adobe products, but recently I had the misfortune of being caught by the Adobe Creative Cloud cancellation ‟penalty.” Turns out, when you sign up for any...

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06 Sep
Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Software for Retouching

Working With Selections: The New Select and Mask Feature

  • December 17, 2018
  • Posted by Gerry Kingsley
  • fundamentals, photoshop basics, selections
  • 16 comments
Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 recently released their 5.0 update which brought us a revamp of the already useful tool formerly known as Refine Edge. Let’s look at what’s new...

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17 Aug
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Selection Tools Overview

  • December 15, 2018
  • Posted by Gerry Kingsley
  • photoshop tools, selections
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One of the most powerful tools for retouchers in Adobe Photoshop is the ability to select and modify pixels, referred to as making selections. Located on the tool bar,...

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