Get a new image-editing technique every Wednesday in Photo Tools Weekly. Photographer and educator Chris Orwig shares photo editing tips and techniques to help make your photos look better in just a few minutes. He'll tackle programs like Photoshop and Lightroom, as well as plugins and mobile apps like Instagram, too.

Photo Tools Weekly
Welcome
January 2016
Lightroom cropping shortcuts
Remove unwanted objects in Photoshop
Remove unwanted objects in Photoshop: Advanced
Use plugins in Photoshop for better results: Color Efex Pro
Preserve tones with the help of Lightroom clipping indicators
February 2016
Add Lens Flare with more precise control
Two ways to crop in Photoshop and extend the canvas
A few methods for working with canvas size
Use plugins in Photoshop for special effects: Analog Efex Pro
Use plugins in Photoshop for special effects: Analog Efex Pro Advanced
March 2016
Accurate sharpening with Lightroom
Create Collections in Lightroom
Craft creative looks with the Alien Skin Exposure plugin in Lightroom
Use the Alien Skin Exposure plugin in Photoshop
Quick mobile retouching with Photoshop Fix
April 2016
Photoshop Fix to Photoshop CC workflow
Add light to photos with Lightroom
Use Lightroom Collections to process color and black-and-white images
Skin smoothing with the Imogenic plugin Portraiture
Advanced Skin Smoothing Control with Portraiture
May 2016
Opening raw files into Photoshop
Three ways to work with Camera Raw and Photoshop
Smart Filters: Using Smart Filters for creative options
Stacking up Smart Filter effects
Cleaning up and removing the background of an image
Two ways to add a new background
Covering up problems in the frame
Removing a person and finishing a photograph
June 2016
Using VSCO in Lightroom
Syncing adjustments in Lightroom
High-impact color with Camera Raw and Photoshop
Using Lightroom and Photoshop to create vivid color
Intro to better B&W with the Silver Effex Pro plugin
Taking a deeper dive into Silver Effex Pro
Creating a Panoramic Photo in Lightroom
Advanced Lightroom and Photoshop Pano Workflow
July 2016
Using Content Aware Scale to add to the composition
Extending and filling in the background projects
How to create Gradient Tone Mapping color effects
Creating more precise Gradient Map effects
Natural wrinkle reduction
Advanced wrinkle reduction
Tips for viewing and organizing your layers in Photoshop
Becoming an expert in layers in Photoshop
August 2016
Becoming an expert with masking in Photoshop
Advanced masking speed tips
Preparing a portrait for Instagram with Lightroom
Finishing a portrait with Photoshop
Using Lightroom to creating a stylized look that prints well
Cleaning up a creative portrait
Hacking Lightroom to create layouts for other projects
September 2016
Becoming an expert with changing color
Portrait Retouching: removing jewelry
Workflow tips for selections, masks and adjustment layer
Improving a portrait of a surfer
October 2016
Changing color in Camera Raw
Using Liquify to achieve natural results
Fixing shiny skin and stylizing with color
Creating a three-image layout in Photoshop
November 2016
Combining the best expressions from two images
Celebrity portrait workflow in Lightroom: Part 1
Celebrity portrait workflow in Lightroom: Part 2
Creative layer blending project
Replacing a background and creating vivid colors
Jump for joy: Finishing a beach photo in Lightroom and Photoshop
December 2016
From ordinary to extraordinary: Using Photoshop to elevate your frames
Making precise and beautiful color adjustments
Enhancing the eyes in a portrait
January 2017
Softening skin with Adobe Fix
From boring and flat to fantastic
Lightroom for mobile local adjustments
Fixing edges with Content-Aware Crop
February 2017
Lightroom for mobile and Adobe Clip
Speeding up your work by reusing layer masks
Improving mobile photos with VSCO
Combine photography and branding with blending modes
March 2017
Applying filter effects inside a selection
Freezing and Liquify: Smart Filters
Snapseed to the rescue
Creating awesome color with Lightroom
Creating awesome color with Photoshop
April 2017
Start to finish with Lightroom for mobile and Adobe Fix
Extending the canvas with Content Aware Scale
Ordinary to extraordinary: Lightroom
Ordinary to extraordinary: Photoshop details
Ordinary to extraordinary: Photoshop finishing
May 2017
Creative layer blending with Adobe Mix
Making a composite with Adobe Mix
Bring out detail in a landscape photograph, part 1
Bring out detail in a landscape photograph, part 2
Export a image from video footage
Finishing an iPhone photo
June 2017
Replace the sky in a drone photograph




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