If you don’t print your images, you may not have spent much time in Lightroom’s print module. The thing is, though, the print module is actually quite a useful and relatively easy to use layout tool, that can be used for more than just printing. A little while ago I posted about how to use it for framing your images to post to Instagram, but that’s just the start.

In this super short Capture One quick tip, I show you how to place a vignette behind an object in a scene using layers and the luma range tool.

Here are two quick tips for those working with Fuji Files and Capture One. The first is based on a question I got from a customer, regarding working with Jpeg files in Capture One. The second is about a quirk of the lens correction module and how to address it.

After a long winter, the days start to get longer, and the weather begins to warm up. Outside, nature begins to return to life, and there’s nothing more liberating for the soul after months of dark and cold days than enjoying the beauty of nature as Spring takes hold. Unfortunately, with the current situation of a global pandemic forcing half of the world to stay indoors, this isn’t something that we can really do this year. So I decided to go back through my old photographs of Spring and create a little virtual spring exhibition! 

Mylio has just received a pretty big new update. The latest version adds some significant new features and is available now. Also, the company recently changed its pricing levels.

One of the areas that causes people some consternation and confusion when using Capture One is the task of removing objects. In particular, some users have issues with the way clone and heal layers work. I’ve seen a lot of complaints about the way you go about cloning and healing in Capture One, and how cumbersome a workflow it is. However, there’s one really simple tip that will speed up your workflow.

In this video, I use Photoshop to add some foreground interest to a Landscape image and correct an unbalanced composition. Part of my “Live Editing” session series normally for Patreon Members, I’m making this episode available to everyone on YouTube.

Last week I posted an image I had created using the new AI Augmented Sky feature in Luminar 4.2, and I promised a tutorial on how I did it. Well, here it is! In this tutorial, I walk you through the process of creating a nighttime image using an existing photo and the new AI Augmented Sky feature of Luminar 4.2.

When Luminar 4.2 was announced last week, I expressed my opinion on the software, and how I thought that the new AI Augmented Sky feature seems like its not something that should be a priority. I still stand by that assessment, but I also wanted to be a little more open-minded about it, so I’ve been playing around with it for the last week, and so here is a quick before and after.

A quick tutorial on the basics of using the exposure controls in Capture One. I look at using the exposure, shadows, highlights, blacks and whites, and levels and curves control in Capture One on a real-world image. I took a “normal” image and walked through the process of “correcting” the photo, using various tools in the “Exposure” tab in Capture One.

Whenever I read people struggling to get to grips with Capture One, one of the most common sources of frustration is generally from people trying to use Capture One like it is Lightroom, and expecting the same results. I can not emphasise this enough, but Capture One is not Lightroom. It’s a different application, and it behaves differently in a great many ways.

I've been trying to write something about the current coronavirus situation all week, but I didn't know where to start. Life seems so oddly surreal at the moment. I've been trying to keep up some sense of normality and continue to blog and make YouTube content, but it feels weird to be doing such things in the light of what's going on. It feels like we're living in some science fiction movie.

I was trying to write the title for this post and make it not sound like a spam ad, which is what I thought when I first saw this, but its true. Adobe is offering two months off for creative cloud subscribers to help creatives deal with the current global situation. I read about this on a tweet, and I thought it was a joke or a scam, but it was from a reliable source, and I tried it and it works (at least it did a few days ago).

Luminar version 4.2 has just launched. The latest update adds a new “AI Augmented Sky” tool. This allows you to add objects into the sky without any masking and will allow you to compensate for things like lighting and colour.

“How to add a watermark in Luminar” is a question I see asked regularly on various forums and social media. In this video I show you my workflow for adding a watermark, that once set up allows you to add a watermark with just a few clicks.