Layers Magazine

[...] it shows the file name—you can see that even though the image is open in Camera Raw, it’s a JPEG image). MAKING JPEGS ALWAYS OPEN IN CAMERA RAW If you decide you always want JPEGs [...]

[...] . If you didn’t do that or didn’t realize it was possible, you can usually fix this in Camera Raw or Lightroom. Another cause of clipping is when you’re editing the photo in Camera Raw. You [...]

[...] they need contrast—like the flat-looking image you see below). You can create contrast right in Camera Raw. There are four different ways to do it. Each way applies contrast slightly differently, so [...]

[...] In this article, we’re going to unlock the power of the Adjustment Brush in Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw. When you select the Adjustment Brush (K), you’ll see the same sliders you have in the Basic [...]

[...] Setting your white balance is one of the most important edits you make in Camera Raw because if you do it right, your [...]

[...] In this article, we’ll show you how to set your white balance accurately using a gray card. A gray card is just what it sounds like, a card that’s 18% gray [...]

[...] it’s essentially a 3D gray card with pigmented white, gray, and black sides to set your white balance and white and black points. Its 3D design trumps a standard, flat gray card by clearly [...]

[...] with these types of brushes before. You can also apply more local adjustments, including White Balance, HDR, Noise Reduction, and Purple Fringing. Film Grain is new, too, but that’s the one feature [...]

[...] ’ve chosen the text template for the left side, go to the Right Pages, choose 1 Photo from the pop-up menu, and the one-photo templates will appear in the window below. Scroll down to the square [...]

[...] Create New Adjustment Layer icon at the bottom of the panel, and choose Color Lookup from the pop-up menu (as shown here), or you can click on the last icon in the second row of the Adjustments panel. [...]

[...] page is the Change Page Layout icon (shown circled in red here), and when you click on it, a pop-up menu of Lightroom’s built-in templates appears (and thankfully, there are a bunch of them!). To [...]

[...] JPEG or TIFF image on your computer that you want to open. Click on it, then from the Format pop-up menu at the bottom of the Open dialog, choose Camera Raw, and click Open. Photoshop opens your image [...]

[...] exposure of your image, so if the image is too light or too dark, start here first. THE HIGHLIGHTS SLIDER If you look at the histogram below, you’ll see that the Highlights slider controls the (wait [...]

[...] areas (if you look up at the histogram, the triangle is now black). So, just remember: the Highlights slider is your secret weapon when it comes to highlight clipping. STEP SIX: Now, we still have the [...]

[...] if your clipping happened in camera. If the clipping is really bad, you can drag the Highlights slider all the way to –100, and if that isn’t enough, you can try dragging the Exposure slider to [...]

[...] Basic panel: Clarity, Vibrance, and Saturation. (Note: These techniques work in both Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw and Lightroom.) CLARITY ROCKS If you have Photoshop CS5 or later, you’re using the [...]

[...] In this article, we’re going to unlock the power of the Adjustment Brush in Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw. When you select the Adjustment Brush (K), you’ll see the same sliders you have in the [...]

When we do live photo critiques at my workshops and on The Grid (my weekly podcast about photography), one of the most common problems we see in photo [...]

This really surprises a lot of people, but you can shoot in JPEG or TIFF modes on your camera and still use Camera Raw just like you would with any RA [...]

[...] converting to black and white and adding lots of contrast. This article is courtesy of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of KelbyOne, which provides quality online education for [...]

[...] you know how to open and edit JPEGs and TIFFs in Camera Raw). This article is courtesy of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of KelbyOne, which provides quality online education for [...]

[...] it left to make the image cooler or right to make it warmer. This article is courtesy of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of KelbyOne, which provides quality online education for [...]

[...] the changes to every photo and not just selected ones. This article is courtesy of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of KelbyOne, which provides quality online education for [...]

[...] of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of KelbyOne, which provides quality online education for creative people. For more information, visit KelbyOne.com. [...]

[...] of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of KelbyOne, which provides quality online education for creative people. For more information, visit KelbyOne.com. [...]

[...] of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of KelbyOne, which provides quality online education for creative people. For more information, visit KelbyOne.com. [...]

[...] of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of KelbyOne, which provides quality online education for creative people. For more information, visit KelbyOne.com. [...]

[...] but also with card speed, processor, hard drive, etc.) One caveat: At this time, neither Adobe Lightroom nor Photoshop support simultaneous downloading of multiple memory cards; however, Lightroom [...]

[...] a black-and-white photo editor that can be used as a standalone application or a plug-in to Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, or Apple Aperture. Tonality has a histogram with a 10-zone system strip, the [...]

[...] Clean out Your Duplicate Images PhotoSweeper works with Aperture, iPhoto, and Adobe Lightroom libraries and image folders to find duplicates and look-alikes based on time interval or by [...]

The Lens Corrections panel in Lightroom contains powerful features to correct lens distortion, chromatic aberration, and more. In this tutorial, Danie [...]