Julie Powell is a photographer, writer and educator, offers unique photographic opportunities and inspirational ideas to help YOU become the photographer you wish to be.
All in Post Processing
Sort your images and make your selections faster with dedicated functions developed specifically for culling with the brand-new Capture One 23. View, rate, tag, and browse with zero delays and get an easy overview of similar images for a faster selection. The new functionality is available both from the Importer and the new dedicated cull view.
Do you find using the pen tool a little difficult to control for making accurate selections? Have you ever tried the Curvature Pen Tool in Photoshop? It’s so much easier to get used to and it can help make terrific selections. Let’s take a look.
Have you noticed the new Adaptive Presets in the latest Lightroom update? Have you tried to use them like regular presets, but were not really sure exactly how they work?
Looking to enhance your dramatic portraits in B&W? Add a little cinematic drama to your images in a few steps in Luminar Neo
Are you looking for a quick easy way to smooth skin, without all the fuss of frequency separation or actions? Have you tried using the Skin Smoothing Neural filter in Photoshop? Let’s have a look at what it can do for you.
Don’t get caught up in the overwhelm of editing your holiday photos. No need to leave them on the SD Card or Hardrive, as you just can’t find the time to sort and edit them all. Now with a little help, it’s quick and easy and even dare I say…enjoyable.
Have you ever been on vacation and taken loads of photos, then suffer a case of total overwhelm to sort and edit them? Been there, done that. But help is available. You can now sort and edit all your vacation photos in a snap.
Radiant Photo offers some pretty impressive AI for smart, yet quick editing for portraits, like remove blemishes and shine.
There are now two brand new style collections available for Capture One, both offer different editing styles to create your own unique look.
Sometimes you capture an image that is nice, but could do with a bit more pizazz, that’s when creating Dual Tone images in Luminar Neo can make a real statement. I’ll walk you through how to do it.
Want to know how to add a texture or lighting overlay in Luminar Neo, it really is quite easy. Luminar comes with several Lighting overlays, and you can even add your own customer textures and lighting elements.
It doesn’t seem to matter how good the hair and makeup are there always seem to be a few of those pesky flyaways and stray hairs, so annoying. But they are fairly easy to remove in Luminar Neo with the Erase tool.
Take your images from drab to fab quickly in Luminar Neo. A few deft changes and some AI (artificial intelligence) enhancements and you’re good to go in mere minutes. Which is brilliant for someone who doesn’t want to spend their days editing. So if the shoot is more important than the edit, check out these simple edits
Making eyes pop in Luminar Neo has never been easier, with a few sliders and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) now available in Luminar FaceAI.
So I put together my ten best tips for getting around in Lightroom. These are tools within Lightroom I use pretty much each and every day.
I was asked HOW to remove people from your background in Capture One. So I put together a quick little video how to quickly remove objects
Do you shoot crooked horizon lines sometimes? Me too, here's how to straighten horizon lines in Luminar AI & Neo quickly and easily.
Looking for a quick tutorial on How to blur your background and change focus with Photoshop Neural Filters, here it is.
Sometimes we have unwanted objects in our frame, or in the case of the below image my background didn’t quite cover all I needed. However, there are a few ways to quickly and simply do this. Like using the Clone Stamp tool to expand your frame.
For as long as I have been involved in digital photography, and probably even longer, there has been a LOT of hype about Adobe Photoshop. Don’t get me wrong it’s fantastic, I love it and I use it all the time. But the truth is Photoshop is NOT for everyone. Not everyone is actively creating digital art. Not everyone is wanting to spend hours and hours trying to figure out seemingly complex tasks for basic photo editing. So here are three reasons to stop thinking about Photoshop.
