Photo Tools Weekly
26h 21mIntermediate2020-04-08
Authors
Chris Orwig
Photographer, Author, Teacher
Course details
Get a new image-editing technique every Wednesday in Photo Tools Weekly. Photographer and educator Chris Orwig shares photo editing tips and techniques to help make your photos look better in just a few minutes. He tackles programs like Photoshop and Lightroom, as well as plugins and mobile apps like Instagram, too.
Skills covered
LightroomSerial (Weekly)Image EditingPhotoshopPhotographyAdobe
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
March 2020
- 02 - Series Conclusion
- 03 - Create a strong black-and-white character portrait
- 04 - Create a modern look for a portrait
- 05 - Adding light and life to the eyes
- 06 - Quick color change for a backdrop
February 2020
- 07 - Makes colors pop with Lightroom
- 08 - Salvage an underexposed image
- 09 - Finish a fashion photo
- 10 - Make a vacation photo come to life
January 2020
- 11 - Sharing Lightroom images for client review
- 12 - Correcting perspective in Lightroom
- 13 - Finish an outdoor adventure photo
- 14 - Add color to a studio portrait
December 2019
- 15 - Improving a travel photo
- 16 - Opening up the shadows
- 17 - Preparing an image for social
November 2019
- 18 - Cropping for impact and social media
- 19 - Advanced masking in Photoshop
- 20 - Making a landscape photo pop
- 21 - Family photos workflow
October 2019
- 22 - Improving a vacation photo
- 23 - Advanced selections and retouching
- 24 - Color grading with a gradient map
- 25 - Mocking up a magazine cover
- 26 - Batch process color and BW
September 2019
- 27 - Illuminating the eyes of wolf
- 28 - Combining two image for better composition
- 29 - Using Lightroom for mobile and Photoshop together
- 30 - Improving a portrait of Sophia
August 2019
- 31 - Photoshop advanced filters
- 32 - Sharpening in Lightroom
- 33 - Sharpening in Photoshop
- 34 - Preparing a photo for Instagram stories
July 2019
- 35 - Photoshop masking tips
- 36 - Better work with layers
- 37 - Preparing a photo for Instagram with Lightroom for mobile
- 38 - Using radial filters in Lightroom
June 2019
- 39 - Studio portrait, part 1 - Lightroom
- 40 - Studio portrait, part 2 - Photoshop retouching
- 41 - Studio portrait, part 3 - Photoshop color
- 42 - Improving a portrait with Lightroom for mobile
May 2019
- 43 - Retouching linear objects
- 44 - Expert spot removal and color in Lightroom
- 45 - Bridesmaid portrait
- 46 - Creating black-and-white drama in Lightroom
- 47 - Creating a pano with Lightroom CC
April 2019
- 48 - Adding drama to a studio portrait
- 49 - Removing difficult objects with Lightroom and Photoshop
- 50 - Adding light with Lightroom
- 51 - Crop and prepare an image for Instagram
March 2019
- 52 - Content-Aware Mirroring and fixing patterns
- 53 - Using Content-Aware Fill for layouts
- 54 - Improving a landscape
- 55 - Adding visual interest to an outdoor portrait
February 2019
- 56 - More control with Content Aware
- 57 - Creating magic and mood
- 58 - Retouching a conceptual image
- 59 - Retouching with what you have
January 2019
- 60 - Finishing the high-ISO night photo
- 61 - Quick fix of a background
- 62 - Lightroom CC Classic folder tips
- 63 - Fixing light in a portrait with transition glasses
- 64 - Combining two frames
December 2018
- 65 - Combine two RAW files for best results
- 66 - Extend canvas by cropping
- 67 - Lightroom Classic CC travel tip - Combine catalogs
November 2018
- 68 - Guide shortcuts - Diptych, Whitney
- 69 - Image reveal all
- 70 - Enhancing night cityscape
- 71 - Quick portrait retouching
- 72 - Lightroom spotting tip
October 2018
- 73 - Detail extraction technique
- 74 - B&W pop
- 75 - Rock star look
- 76 - Finding the keeper
September 2018
- 77 - Fixing a wedding photo
- 78 - Finding the hero shot
- 79 - Landscape in Lightroom
- 80 - Sunrise colors pop
August 2018
- 81 - Photoshop - Mocking up layout ideas
- 82 - Finding the keepers
- 83 - Finishing the keepers in Lightroom
- 84 - Creating stylistic color with Photoshop
July 2018
- 85 - Adding wings and angelic light
- 86 - Review, reorder, and rename in Bridge
- 87 - Bridge for preparing files for presentations
- 88 - Find photo within photo
June 2018
- 89 - Tip to select multiple people
- 90 - Two quick crop techniques
- 91 - Big Sur project - Adding copy
- 92 - Making a subject glow
May 2018
- 93 - Better background blur
- 94 - Creating a custom keyboard shortcut
- 95 - Surfer silhouette project, part 1
- 96 - Surfer silhouette project, part 2
- 97 - Color to portrait - Jon
April 2018
- 98 - Three ways to create a new layer in Photoshop
- 99 - Merging layers in Photoshop
- 100 - Grouping layers in Photoshop
- 101 - Photoshop new feature - Select Subject
March 2018
- 102 - Essential shortcuts in Lightroom CC
- 103 - Installing and using presets in Lightroom CC
- 104 - Open as layers from Lightroom Classic or Bridge
- 105 - Retouching expert tip
February 2018
- 106 - Workflow strategy when shooting Raw + JPG
- 107 - Quicker processing with review and camera calibration
- 108 - Creating a concept layout with Lightroom and Photoshop
- 109 - Fun layer project in Photoshop and Lightroom
- 110 - Brush away unwanted objects in Lightroom CC
January 2018
- 111 - Add layer style effects to a type layer
- 112 - Photoshop layers tip
- 113 - Improving a sports shot with Lightroom
- 114 - Making a backlight photo pop with Lightroom CC
December 2017
- 115 - Make those colors pop with Lightroom
- 116 - Using Photoshop adjustment layers
- 117 - Photoshop type techniques
November 2017
- 118 - Color and luminance masking in Lightroom
- 119 - Sharing images from inside Photoshop
- 120 - Cropping with Lightroom for mobile
- 121 - Improving light, color, and cuteness
- 122 - Creating a cool light effect
October 2017
- 123 - Lightroom for mobile - Creating vivid color
- 124 - Creating a custom contact sheet
- 125 - Change a color in Lightroom
- 126 - Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC tips
- 127 - Localized masking in Lightroom
September 2017
- 128 - Select before you correct
- 129 - Retouching away shadows
- 130 - Crafting looks and using layer comps
- 131 - Retouching a portrait of a wolf
August 2017
- 132 - Using blur and type, part 1
- 133 - Using blur and type, part 2
- 134 - Better black and white workflow, part 1
- 135 - Better black and white workflow, part 2
- 136 - Action sports retouching, part 1
- 137 - Action sports retouching, part 2
- 138 - Face-Aware Liquify
- 139 - Fixing teeth in a fashion photograph
July 2017
- 140 - Awesome color with adjustment layers
- 141 - Natural light portrait retouching
- 142 - Using selections and Transform, part 1
- 143 - Using selections and Transform, part 2
- 144 - Making a creative overlay effect
June 2017
- 145 - Replace the sky in a drone photograph
- 146 - Creating a great exposure from a single frame, part 1
- 147 - Creating a great exposure from a single frame, part 2
- 148 - Creating a luminous black-and-white portrait, part 1
- 149 - Creating a luminous black-and-white portrait, part 2
- 150 - Fixing overexposure with Camera Raw, part 1
- 151 - Fixing overexposure with Camera Raw, part 2
May 2017
- 152 - Creative layer blending with Adobe Mix
- 153 - Making a composite with Adobe Mix
- 154 - Bring out detail in a landscape photograph, part 1
- 155 - Bring out detail in a landscape photograph, part 2
- 156 - Export a image from video footage
- 157 - Finishing an iPhone photo
April 2017
- 158 - Start to finish with Lightroom for mobile and Adobe Fix
- 159 - Extending the canvas with Content Aware Scale
- 160 - Ordinary to extraordinary - Lightroom
- 161 - Ordinary to extraordinary - Photoshop details
- 162 - Ordinary to extraordinary - Photoshop finishing
March 2017
- 163 - Applying filter effects inside a selection
- 164 - Freezing and Liquify - Smart Filters
- 165 - Snapseed to the rescue
- 166 - Creating awesome color with Lightroom
- 167 - Creating awesome color with Photoshop
February 2017
- 168 - Lightroom for mobile and Adobe Clip
- 169 - Speeding up your work by reusing layer masks
- 170 - Improving mobile photos with VSCO
- 171 - Combine photography and branding with blending modes
January 2017
- 172 - Softening skin with Adobe Fix
- 173 - From boring and flat to fantastic
- 174 - Lightroom for mobile local adjustments
- 175 - Fixing edges with Content-Aware Crop
December 2016
- 176 - From ordinary to extraordinary - Using Photoshop to elevate your frames
- 177 - Making precise and beautiful color adjustments
- 178 - Enhancing the eyes in a portrait
November 2016
- 179 - Combining the best expressions from two images
- 180 - Celebrity portrait workflow in Lightroom - Part 1
- 181 - Celebrity portrait workflow in Lightroom - Part 2
- 182 - Creative layer blending project
- 183 - Replacing a background and creating vivid colors
- 184 - Jump for joy - Finishing a beach photo in Lightroom and Photoshop
October 2016
- 185 - Changing color in Camera Raw
- 186 - Using Liquify to achieve natural results
- 187 - Fixing shiny skin and stylizing with color
- 188 - Creating a three-image layout in Photoshop
September 2016
- 189 - Becoming an expert with changing color
- 190 - Portrait Retouching - removing jewelry
- 191 - Workflow tips for selections, masks and adjustment layer
- 192 - Improving a portrait of a surfer
August 2016
- 193 - Becoming an expert with masking in Photoshop
- 194 - Advanced masking speed tips
- 195 - Preparing a portrait for Instagram with Lightroom
- 196 - Finishing a portrait with Photoshop
- 197 - Using Lightroom to creating a stylized look that prints well
- 198 - Cleaning up a creative portrait
- 199 - Hacking Lightroom to create layouts for other projects
July 2016
- 200 - Using Content Aware Scale to add to the composition
- 201 - Extending and filling in the background projects
- 202 - How to create Gradient Tone Mapping color effects
- 203 - Creating more precise Gradient Map effects
- 204 - Natural wrinkle reduction
- 205 - Advanced wrinkle reduction
- 206 - Tips for viewing and organizing your layers in Photoshop
- 207 - Becoming an expert in layers in Photoshop
June 2016
- 208 - Using VSCO in Lightroom
- 209 - Syncing adjustments in Lightroom
- 210 - High-impact color with Camera Raw and Photoshop
- 211 - Using Lightroom and Photoshop to create vivid color
- 212 - Intro to better B&W with the Silver Effex Pro plugin
- 213 - Taking a deeper dive into Silver Effex Pro
- 214 - Creating a Panoramic Photo in Lightroom
- 215 - Advanced Lightroom and Photoshop Pano Workflow
May 2016
- 216 - Opening raw files into Photoshop
- 217 - Three ways to work with Camera Raw and Photoshop
- 218 - Smart Filters - Using Smart Filters for creative options
- 219 - Stacking up Smart Filter effects
- 220 - Cleaning up and removing the background of an image
- 221 - Two ways to add a new background
- 222 - Covering up problems in the frame
- 223 - Removing a person and finishing a photograph
April 2016
- 224 - Photoshop Fix to Photoshop CC workflow
- 225 - Add light to photos with Lightroom
- 226 - Use Lightroom Collections to process color and black-and-white images
- 227 - Skin smoothing with the Imogenic plugin Portraiture
- 228 - Advanced Skin Smoothing Control with Portraiture
March 2016
- 229 - Accurate sharpening with Lightroom
- 230 - Create Collections in Lightroom
- 231 - Craft creative looks with the Alien Skin Exposure plugin in Lightroom
- 232 - Use the Alien Skin Exposure plugin in Photoshop
- 233 - Quick mobile retouching with Photoshop Fix
February 2016
- 234 - Add Lens Flare with more precise control
- 235 - Two ways to crop in Photoshop and extend the canvas
- 236 - A few methods for working with canvas size
- 237 - Use plugins in Photoshop for special effects - Analog Efex Pro
- 238 - Use plugins in Photoshop for special effects - Analog Efex Pro Advanced
January 2016
- 239 - Lightroom cropping shortcuts
- 240 - Remove unwanted objects in Photoshop
- 241 - Remove unwanted objects in Photoshop - Advanced
- 242 - Use plugins in Photoshop for better results - Color Efex Pro
- 243 - Preserve tones with the help of Lightroom clipping indicators