Photoshop’s Match Color May Change The Way You Think & See

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 How was this effect created? See the illustrations below.

Little explored and capable of opening up whole new frontiers in color adjustment, Photoshop’s Match Color is a tool every user should be aware of, even if it’s only to know what’s possible.
There are three primary reasons to consider using Match Color.
1  – Match two colors exactly.  
(Match the color of one object to another.)
2  – Remove strong color casts.    
(It’s great for neutralizing underwater casts.)
3  – Creatively apply the color in one image to another.
(This will blow your mind!)
A few tips will help you make the most of this fascinating tool …
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DPD’s New Advanced Lightroom & Photoshop Seminar

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Learn how to make the most of your images!
Come join us for a 3 day no-holds-barred seminar on digital image processing led by two long-time industry leaders!
Demonstrations will include essential new features you need to know about in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC. Master the most advanced cataloging, keywording, searching, and filtering capabilities of Lightroom. Learn best practices for using Lightroom at home, on the road, and even on a network. See how you can efficiently share your images in slideshows, web galleries, social networks and print. You’ll know what to do in Lightroom and what to do in Photoshop, when to do it, and how to move back and forth seamlessly between the two.
We’ll cover all the ins and outs of developing Raw files. You’ll see what every slider in Lightroom’s Develop Module / Adobe Camera Raw does. And then we’ll show you how to double process and even use Camera Raw as a filter allowing you to use all of Photoshop’s advanced masking capabilities. You’ll see two top pros process their own files and each other’s files.
You’ll be dazzled by game-changing multi-shot processing techniques – including HDR, panorama, focus-stacking and more. You’ll be wowed by our creative uses of Photoshop’s most advanced sharpening and blurring tools. Witness the most advanced color adjustment strategies you’ll find anywhere. Combine them with the most sophisticated selections and masks to master the interpretive art of dodging and burning.
You’ll be able to take your files to a whole new level!
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9 New Awesome Mobile Apps From Adobe

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“Bring the power of desktop apps like Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC to your phone or tablet with all-new connected mobile apps. Capture colors and other inspiration, sketch and draw, and edit photos and videos — all on the go. Your Creative Profile lets you bring those assets into companion desktop and mobile apps, so you have everything you need to do your best work anywhere.”
Adobe just released 9 new mobile apps. Six of them are extensions of its major desktop apps. Photoshop Mix and Photoshop Sketch and Lightroom Mobile are for photographers; Illustrator Draw and Illustrator Line are for graphic artists; and Premiere Clip is for videographers. The other three allow you to capture content from the real world and quickly turn it into assets for use within the Creative Cloud; Adobe Brush and Adobe Color (formerly Kuler) and Adobe Shape.
My favorite? Adobe Illustrator Draw (formerly Ideas). I use it all the time!
Find out about these new Adobe Apps here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Photoshop Mix here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Lightroom Mobile here.
Find out about Adobe Photoshop Sketch here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Brush here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Illustrator Draw here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Illustrator Line here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Shape here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Color here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Voice here.
Watch the demo for Adobe Clip here.
Find out about Adobe Ink & Slide drawing tools.



New Improvements to Camera Raw 8.2 in Photoshop CC – Julianne Kost


“Julieanne takes a close look at the feature enhancements and refinements made to the Crop tool, workflow settings, and batch saving capabilities in Adobe Camera Raw. In addition she also covers improvements made to the Spot Removal Tool, Noise Reduction, Local Adjustment Brush, and Histogram.”
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How to Add Realistic Spinning Motion Blur Effects in Photoshop CC – Julianne Kost


Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to use the new, nondestructive Spin Blur in Photoshop to create realistic motion effects including the ability to spin an object at variable angles, as well emulate traditional strobe effects with the ability to define the strength, number of flashes and duration.
View more Photoshop Videos here.
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