Advanced Editing
The tutorials in this section cover some of the most frequently used advanced editing techniques, those particularly useful to novice and intermediate digital camera users. Go beyond the basics and learn to correct, enhance and bring out the very best in your digital photos.
Essential steps when photo editing
Find the right balance between too little and too much editing to help bring a dull looking digital photo to life.
Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom or both?
Learn why many photographers around the world choose Adobe Lightroom over Photoshop to process their digital photos. Some use both.
An overview of Photoshop Lightroom
Once familiar with the interface and unique features of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, it may be all you need to process and manage your digital photos..
Brighten faces in photos
Bye, bye dull faces! Selectively brightening a face in a photo is a simple editing technique that can bring out detail and make a person glow.
Magic Eraser tool
Two features of Photoshop – layers and a tool called the Magic Eraser – make teleportation a reality, albeit a virtual reality.
Introduction to Adjustment Layers
An Adjustment Layer is a powerful editing feature that allows you to apply color and tonal adjustments to an image while preserving the original file.
Converting color images to black and white
The simplest way to convert a color image to black and white is to desaturate the color or change the mode to grayscale. However, this method frequently produces inadequate results.
Introduction to High Dynamic Range Photography
Many a debate has been waged among photographers as to the value of overly tone mapped images, which can give a photo a surreal look. Look and see what you think about this sometimes controversial editing process.