Glasses reflections can ruin otherwise perfect portraits, obscuring your subject's eyes and creating distracting bright spots. While traditional AI models can remove these reflections, they often alter facial features and frame details in the process. Photoshop's new Firefly Image Model 5 changes this by preserving facial...
Removing complex background elements like fencing or wire mesh has traditionally been one of the most time-consuming tasks in photo editing. New AI-powered tools in Photoshop can now eliminate these distracting elements while preserving fine details in your subject. This tutorial demonstrates two practical workflows: one using the...
Removing unwanted elements from photos used to require hours of careful work with clone stamps and healing brushes. The new General Distractions feature in Photoshop's Remove Tool changes this completely by automatically detecting and eliminating distractions across 26 different categories with a single click. This AI-powered upgrade...
Creating convincing lighting effects requires more than just adding a bright spot to your image. The key to realism lies in ensuring your subject already has highlights that match the direction of your artificial light source, making the effect appear natural and believable. This technique combines a simple soft brush...
Car photography looks dramatically more compelling when there's a wet road reflection beneath the vehicle. When the pavement is dry and you don't have water available during the shoot, you can create convincing reflections in post-production. This tutorial demonstrates both traditional manual techniques and modern...
Keeping track of your AI credit usage becomes essential when working with premium generative features. Understanding your remaining balance helps you budget your edits and avoid unexpected interruptions during important projects. The credit system divides features into standard tools (like basic generative fill) that don't consume credits, and...
Sometimes Photoshop's default settings can make beginners think their software or hardware is broken. Images that fly around uncontrollably when panning, scroll bars appearing on full-size images, and zoom tools that seem to have a mind of their own are all caused by simple preference settings that...
Ever finish editing an image in Photoshop and struggle to remember exactly what you did? When you want to recreate those edits on another photo, the steps become a blur of adjustments, deletions, and changes. Photoshop's History Log feature has been hiding in plain sight for years, but...
When working with multiple layers that need perfect alignment, manual positioning often falls short. Slight camera movement, different crops, or rotated images can make precise alignment seem impossible through visual adjustment alone. Auto Align Layers automatically handles rotation, scaling, and positioning to create perfect layer alignment, even when images have...
Photoshop's new Harmonize feature excels at compositing objects but struggles with human subjects. This clever workaround uses Harmonize specifically for creating realistic contact and cast shadows when compositing people into new backgrounds. The technique involves adding a fake light source to improve shadow generation, then isolating only the...
Portrait photographers often face the challenge of completely dark, featureless eyes that resist traditional brightening techniques. When standard exposure adjustments fail to reveal detail, specialized methods can restore life and interest to these challenging areas. This tutorial demonstrates two powerful approaches: a traditional texture-building technique using Photoshop's...
Perfect prints start with an accurate monitor. The colors you see on screen should match what comes out of your printer, but most displays ship with settings optimized for entertainment rather than professional work. This creates a disconnect between your digital edits and physical prints. Professional photographer Glyn Dewis demonstrates...
Achieving truly impressive image manipulations in Photoshop goes beyond mastering individual tools; it requires skillfully combining them. Many users learn techniques in isolation, but the real power of Photoshop emerges when these diverse methods are blended to create a cohesive final result. This tutorial demonstrates how to transform an ordinary...
In this tutorial, Glyn Dewis will show you how you can add mood and atmosphere to your pictures, using colour and a little know feature, Photoshop Lookup tables. Basically Color Lookup Tables are just that, a table of predefined colors that can be applied to an image, replacing in a...
Glynn Dewis shares his expertise in retouching dog portraits using Adobe Photoshop. In this video, Dewis guides viewers through the process of enhancing the image of Joey, a Border Collie. The video provides a step-by-step approach to retouching the dog's portrait. Viewers will learn how to...
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to transform a regular photograph into a captivating winter snow scene using Adobe Photoshop. The step-by-step approach is straightforward and easy to follow, making it accessible for both beginners and experienced Photoshop users. The tutorial covers the key techniques required...
Rim lighting adds dramatic atmosphere to portraits by creating bright highlights around the edges of your subjects. This technique simulates light hitting the outer contours of people or objects, making them stand out from their background with realistic glowing effects. Using Photoshop's Inner Glow layer style with the...
Winter scenes gain magical atmosphere when snowflakes drift naturally through the frame. This video demonstrates how to build a realistic snow brush from scratch using Photoshop's noise filters and brush settings. The technique creates multiple layers of snow at different sizes and blur levels to simulate depth, from...
