https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAG1sdjhjmk Why bother using smart objects in photoshop? It’s an extra step, which feels unnecessary, so do you really need to use them? These are all valid questions and the quick answer is no. You don’t have to. Might you want to use smart objects in your workflow anyway? It depends. In this video I’m

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This video is a handful of useful layer masking tips that was prompted by a question I received recently, which was How do I reset a layer mask? That question would only take a couple of seconds to answer, so I’m adding in a bunch of other useful masking tips afterwards in case they help

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Watch the luminosity masking video I mentioned in this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Xm4rZYhqo Someone asked me in a comment recently what is the difference between using Lightroom’s HDR functionality for blending bracketed exposures, versus using luminosity masking in Photoshop. Even considering the fact that Lightroom’s HDR functionality is an automated process that basically guesses how we

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There are 3 blending mistakes I see photographers regularly making in Photoshop. They’re the kind of mistakes that a non-photographer probably wouldn’t notice right away, but their subconscious leaves them feeling like something just doesn’t feel right about an image. To you and me as photographers, when we can spot these mistakes we instantly know

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