Photographers use vignetting to emphasise the centre of an image. It is an easy way of adding an artistic effect. Read our step-by-step guide to learn how to create a vignette in Lightroom for any image. What Is a Vignette and Why Should You Use It? In photogra

Old photographs are rarely in perfect condition and often require professional help. With a few exceptions, you can fix most old pictures in the comfort of your own home. Here’s how to restore old photos. What You’ll Need A scanner Adobe Photoshop o

It’s a competitive Instagram world out there. And it can seem impossible to create the perfect feed for your brand. So how do you make each photo look professional? To help you create that picture-perfect feed, we’ll show you how to edit Instagram phot

Flash is often a necessity when taking portraits. Whether they’re casual photos from an event or family portraits for a client. While flash can be a huge help in lighting, it can also produce red eyes on our subjects. Thankfully, Lightroom has an easy tool t

Glare in your photos can be distracting and frustrating if you can’t eliminate it. Bright light sources included or reflected in your lens’ field of view can: Cause haziness in your photos Reduce the apparent contrast in your photos Cause incorrect exposure Distr

Auto Mask has always been a must-have tool in Lightroom. Since Lightroom CC (v. 7.2), Adobe added a new masking tool alongside Auto Mask, the Range Masks. Let’s see how to use these tools to improve your photography and make your editing faster and easier.

Adobe is constantly improving Lightroom. The latest update brought to us the brand new Texture Control Slider. And it is a game changer. Let’s see why you should care about the texture control slider and how you use this new feature to help you improve the q

Have you ever heard the expression ‘the devil is in the details’? In photography, the devil is Chromatic Aberration (CA). In this article, you will learn how to deal with CA. First, by minimising it in-camera. Then, by correcting it in post-processing

Split toning allows photographers to add a color tint to the shadows and highlights separately. You don’t have to adjust the entire image at once. Color helps bring out emotion in a photograph. But one of the most flexible color tools inside Adobe Lightroom

For those of us looking to cut costs or avoid getting into paid subscriptions, Adobe Bridge CC seems like a perfect fit. Is Adobe Bridge CC a free alternative to Lightroom, though? Let’s take a closer look at what Adobe Bridge is and how it compares to Light

The Lightroom radial filter is one of the simplest ways to apply local effects to only a part of the image. And we’ll show you how to use it. The Lightroom radial filter applies a local adjustment to a circular portion of the image. Lightroom’s different con

The Dehaze slider in Lightroom is a powerful feature that often goes overlooked. Let’s take a closer look at what you can use it for and how it can improve your photography. What Is Dehaze? Lightroom is very user-friendly for beginners and pros alike. The

Before digital photography, a contact sheet was a quick way to preview all the images from a roll of film. You would print a contact sheet and decide which images you wanted to print in a larger format. In fact, the Grid view in Lightroom is modelled after a conta

Vibrance vs saturation is a popular photography debate. Right up there with Nikon vs Canon, or mirrorless vs DSLR. Which tool is better? Which one should you use? Which one will make your images even better? In short, saturation enhances colors. And vibrance is it

When I first heard of the Brenizer method I had to Google it to find out what it was. I liked what I saw. The Brenizer method combines a number of photos, made using a very wide aperture, into a single composition. The results are impressive. What’s in a Name?

Adobe Lightroom is more than just a fantastic global editor. You can also make specific adjustments to portions of your photographs with the super handy Lightroom shortcuts like brush and mask tools. This goes beyond adjustments you can make to your whole image, s

If you were born in the 80s like I was, you might have heard of CorelDRAW. This was one of the earliest computer-based graphic design programs, almost as old as MS Paint. Their software seemed to be a bit outdated, including Aftershot Pro. But in January 2018, the

Although you always try to get the right exposure during a photo shoot by adjusting your shutter speed, aperture and ISO in your camera, you might get some underexposed or overexposed photos. Don’t worry though. You can correct exposure in Adobe Lightroom in

For the most part, cropping is a straightforward process. All you have to do is click on the crop tool, trim the parts of the photo that you don’t need, and that’s it. But Adobe Lightroom has so much more to offer than that. In this tutorial, we’ll teach you

Soft colours, muted highlights, and grain all represent film photography, an expensive and time-consuming genre that many of us can’t afford. Fortunately, there’s a solution to this. With the help of Adobe Lightroom, you can recreate the classic film p