Photo Technique Tutorials
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Use Photoshop's High Pass Filter to selectively sharpen your photos like a pro
By Mike Harris published
TUTORIAL Selectively sharpen the focal point of your images in Adobe CC, using this effective expert high-pass hack

Use these free textures to create a perfect posterized portrait blend in Affinity Photo
By James Paterson published
Video Download your 15 free textures and blend them with your portraits using clipping skills in Affinity for abstract portraits

Saturation vs vibrance: What's the difference between these photo editing tools?
By Mike Harris published
TUTORIAL If you're not using vibrance to edit your images, you're missing out! Here's when to prioritize it over saturation

Did you know you can switch seamlessly between Lightroom and Photoshop while editing?
By Mike Harris published
TUTORIAL Do you find Adobe CC's workflow frustrating? Here's how to switch seamlessly from Lightroom to Photoshop and back again

Photography cheat sheet: Lighting setups for professional portraits
By James Artaius last updated
CHEAT SHEET From classic Rembrandt styles to more modern alternatives, our cheat sheet shows you 24 different lighting setups

Create wet plate collodion portraits with this photo-editing trick
By Kim Bunermann, Digital Photographer published
Tutorial We show you how to recreate the collodion process for enhanced detail in Affinity Photo 2

Portrait photography retouching workshop: Brightening eyes and teeth
By Digital Photographer published
Tutorial Apply advanced retouching to your subject’s eyes and teeth for realistic but transfixing detail

Bokeh: camera settings for film and digital photos with beautiful blur
By James Artaius published
BOKEH CAMERA SETTINGS Want bokeh? Here are the camera settings you need for film and digital photographs with sumptously shallow depth of field
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