Post-Processing

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Luminar Neo Supercharges Your Photo Editing Workflow

In the ever-evolving world of digital photo editing, staying ahead of the curve means finding tools that streamline the process without sacrificing quality. Skylum's Luminar Neo positions itself as a solution for both professional photographers and hobbyists looking to enhance their workflow with speed and precision.

11 Pro Tips to Instantly Elevate Your Golden Hour Photography

The long days of summer offer a unique advantage for photographers: an abundance of golden hour light. This seasonal extension of the coveted 'magic hours' provides more time for photographers to work with the soft, beautiful light that can transform a scene. Adobe Lightroom and Sony Ambassador Colby Brown shares with PetaPixel his process of mastering this unique light, providing practical techniques for both in-camera capture and post-processing.

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DxO’s Nik Collection 8 Works Much Better With Photoshop

DxO has officially released Nik Collection 8, the latest version of its renowned suite of plugins for Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and DxO’s own PhotoLab. This update introduces a completely redesigned Photoshop panel, enhanced masking tools, and significant improvements to both Silver Efex and Color Efex, offering what DxO claims is a more “dynamic editing experience.”

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Healing Tools in Photoshop: Picking the Right One

Fixing blemishes is one of the most basic uses for Photoshop, tiresome though it is at times. They vary, these blemishes, whether they’re dust spots on digital images, marks and scratches on film scans, or blobs, stains, and tears on old prints. Other blemishes are the kind that exist on your subject, like skin flaws.

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Pixelmator Pro’s ‘Smart Deband’ Saved One of My Favorite Photos

Like many photographers, I'm entrenched in a specific editing workflow. I use Adobe Lightroom Classic for the basics -- and even some of the more advanced edits -- and Photoshop for the rest. It works for me, and I'm not keen to jump through any hoops to change my process. However, Pixelmator Pro features a tool that made me pivot last week when I tried to make a print at home over the Thanksgiving holiday: Smart Deband.