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.
In Lightroom or Photoshop, any time you get a message telling you that the ensuing operation “cannot be undone”, it simply means that you can’t go back using the File>Undo menu command or the undo keyboard shortcut (Command-Z on a Mac or Control-Z on a PC). You can always revert, reinstall, or redo using other…
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! In the latest update of Photoshop CC (20.0.5), a new checkbox in the General tab of Preferences lets you revert to legacy shift key behavior when using Free Transform. The legacy behavior used the Shift key to constrain proportions. If you’re new to Photoshop, this is no big deal, but if you’re someone…
Nerd Alert! The Mystery of the Missing HSL Panel SOLVED!
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…
A killer keyboard shortcut for going from the Lightroom Classic Library Module directly to the Masking Panel in the Develop Module is “Shift-W”.