Nerd Alert – In Photoshop, when you’re removing backscatter in blue water or on an otherwise uniform background, in the “Type” tab on the tool options bar, switch the spot healing brush to Proximity Match instead of Content Aware. Use a Diffusion of 3 or less – probably less. Content Aware , bless its heart, gets confused and is more likely to leave splotches than fixes.
For those of you who aren’t so good at remembering to set the time in your camera to match the time zone you’re shooting in – it’s possible to change the original capture time of your image from within Lightroom Classic, after the fact. Here’s a short tutorial video demonstrating the technique.
Nerd Alert – For Mac users considering updating to the new Catalina operating system, please read these posts from Adobe first. I think I’ll hold off until the issues are resolved. Writing this Oct 10, 2019 Mac OS Catalina update and Lightroom… Mac OS Catalina update and Photoshop…
A killer keyboard shortcut for going from the Lightroom Classic Library Module directly to the Masking Panel in the Develop Module is “Shift-W”.
The new Edge Enhancement feature in the April 2022 Photoshop 22.3 update adds another powerful way to fine-tune your Sky (aka Water) Replacement composites. By using the new Edge Lighting slider in the Sky Replacement panel, you can finesse contrast around thin lines and reduce halos when changing from dark to light water, or vice-versa. Move…
Nerd Alert! Recent updates to Photoshop CC have made the visibility of the reference point (little crosshair in the middle of the Free Transform bounding box) an option. By default, it’s turned off. If you’d like to restore your reference point, check ON the reference point checkbox on the left side of the Free Transform…
Some exciting news from Adobe! Lightroom version 12.3 drops some new features underwater photographers are going to love!
The first new feature is something many underwater photographers have been asking for. You can now remove noise from your high ISO underwater images using Artificial Intelligence!