Intermediate Tips

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Behind the Photo

By PhotoJoseph

September 6, 2016 - 12:40am

I wouldn't normally push my PhotoJoseph’s Photo Moment videos as a tip but in this one I use Lightroom, the X-Rite Color Checker Passport, and Priime Styles — so it seems appropriate!

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Printing Your Own Greetings Cards Using Apple Photos

By Scott Davenport

August 27, 2016 - 5:00pm

Greeting cards are a fun way to share your photography with friends, family and clients. OS X Photos makes printing high quality greeting cards at home fast and simple.

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Photography Workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico… and Yes, We'll Talk Apps!

By PhotoJoseph

August 26, 2016 - 9:00pm

Who wants to go to Oaxaca, Mexico with me? I'm hosting a workshop along with my friend Eric Mindling and this thing is gonna be BEAUTIFUL!! Cultural tourism, photography education, and yes, we'll talk about apps, too ;-)

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The Difference Blending Mode Helps You Manually Align Layers

By Scott Davenport

August 8, 2016 - 9:00pm

Some layering software can automatically align layers. Some can't. In some situations, you want complete control when aligning layers — enter the 'Difference' blending mode.

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Selective Noise Reduction Using an Auto Mask in Lightroom

By Johan Kok

August 3, 2016 - 9:00pm

Quickly and accurately apply localized noise reduction in Adobe Lightroom by using an auto mask with the selective adjustment brush.

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Migrating an Aperture Library to Lightroom; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By PhotoJoseph

August 2, 2016 - 6:30pm

For a long time, readers have been asking me to go through the migration process from Aperture to Lightroom. I've ignored these requests, preferring instead to explain alternate options and my recommended way of handling the demise of Aperture. Today, however, I decided to record a video documenting the process.

Now I know why I resisted for so long.

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Making Lightroom Column Widths as Wide as You Want

By PhotoJoseph

July 11, 2016 - 9:00pm

It turns out that you can make the Folder / Collection etc. column and the Metadata / Develop columns as wide as you want!

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What Are Stacks and When Should I Use Them?

By Scott Davenport

June 24, 2016 - 9:00pm

In my April photography workshops, several students “How do you keep track of small sets of similar photos?” to which I replied “Stacks.” Many hadn't heard of this handy organizational feature in Lightroom (and yes, Aperture, too).

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Create a Contact Sheet in Lightroom

By Scott Davenport

June 17, 2016 - 9:00pm

Registering photos for copyright protection? Use the Print module in Lightroom to create a contact sheet so you can register hundreds of photos at once.