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Digital Artist and Photographer
Adobe Photoshop, Mobile, Mobile Photography, Photography, Tip of The Day, Uncategorized

How to add a sunset effect in Photoshop

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How to add a sunset effect in  Adobe Photoshop with only in one step

I took this picture few year ago in NYC using my iPhone‘s camera.

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The above image was taken in the evening through a glass window with  MANY PEOPLE around me so I did not have time to adjust my camera settings. Thanks  to Adobe Photoshop I can  improve my image (because I know how warm and beautiful the sunset looked and I want to make my photo looks as close to original condition as possible).

Window> Adjustments
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Color Lookup > FallColors.look
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You can change the layer’s opacity (if needed)

 

My New Book  “Digital Painting for Photographers in  Adobe Photoshop CC “ on Amazon

Adobe Photoshop, Photography, Photoshop Painting

My New Book

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My new book “Digital Painting for Photographers in Adobe Photoshop CC”  at amazon kindle store

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From earliest recorded time on earth people have been trying to express, capture, the moment, emotions, and their lifestyle. From century to century people developed new skills, new style bringing art to the next level…year by year, decade by decade, century by century.
We are lucky to live in the 21st century with all the available technology that gives us the possibility to combine different types or media from traditional methods of painting to photography and digital painting.
In this book we will discover beautiful the world of painting using digital technology such as Photography and Adobe Photoshop CC.

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Non destructive cropping in Adobe Photoshop CC

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Non destructive cropping in Adobe Photoshop CC

 

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The most beautiful advantage of digital imaging is ability do apply changes in non destructive way.  And we users are very appreciative and happy to see more and more non destructive options in our workflow. The Crop tool is one of them. Now I can crop any document anyway that I want to, in a NON DESTRUCTIVE  way! How? it’s easy as one click.

√  Uncheck “Delete Cropped Pixels”

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∴ Extra Tip ∴  To make sure that your image inside the cropping area is alined straight or you want to rotate this area simply click on “Straighten”

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Three my favorite options to speed up my workflow in Adobe Photoshop

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Three of my favorite (along with many others 🙂  ) options to speed up my workflow  in Adobe Photoshop CC.

1: Show “Start” Workspace When No Documents Are Open

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Using this option I can access my Libraries, Presets, and open my Recent Files in no time.  It’s quick and easy.
If for some reason you don’t need or want to have “Start” Workspace you can uncheck ” Show “Start” Workspace When No Documents Are Open” : PREFERENCES > GENERAL

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2: Recent Files in “Start” Workspacerecent files

I can open my recent files with just in one click! No more asking myself ”  What was the file I was working on yesterday or the day before yesterday? And what did I name it and and where did I save it?

If for some reason you don’t need or want to have “Recent Files” you can uncheck ” Show “Recent Files” Workspace When Opening a File” : PREFERENCES > GENERAL

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3: Always Create Smart Objets when Placing

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Using this option I don’t worry any more about remembering to convert my layer to a Smart Object to avoid loosing my layer’s image quality because of resizing my image size down/up.
If for some reason you don’t need or want to have this option you can uncheck “Always Create Smart Objects when Placing” : PREFERENCES > GENERAL

 

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File Saving Options in Adobe Photoshop CC

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File Saving Options in Adobe Photoshop CC

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One of the basic “intelligent” rules in Adobe Photoshop is setup the right (and that means >>> right for you)  saving options. And this is NOT something that you’ll remember to do later on. Just do it NOW. It will make your life easier and your files more protected.

Here is my preference in File Saving Options in Adobe Photoshop CC.

Image Previews:
We have three options
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Never Save (If I go with this option I am at risk of losing my work)
Always Save » This is my preference  (In this case my files will be saved all the time so I am protected against losing my file/work) 
Ask When Saving  (if I go with this option it will slow down my workflow. Could you imagine clicking every single time on Save/Don’t save?)

√ Save As to Original Folder
√ Save in Background
√ Thumbnail

Append File Extension
We have three options
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Never Save
Always Save » My option 
Ask When Saving

√ Use Lower Case

The last option in File Saving Options is VERY important:  Automatically Save Recovery Information Every 5, 10,15,30, 1 Hour.
With this option if your computer crashes when you are working on your file, the next time you open your Photoshop your latest autosaved version of your file will be opened as well.
I setup this option to Automatically Save Recovery Information Every 5 minutes.  

Adobe Lightroom CC

How to do portrait retouching in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

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How to do portrait retouching in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 

Lightroom

Join me as we explore how to do portrait retouching in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. We’ll use the Develop module not only to make global adjustments, but also local adjustments and best part is that all of these edits will be non-destructive.

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