“In this video, Julieanne explains the recommended order for applying AI-powered edits in Lightroom Classic to help you work more efficiently and avoid unnecessary reprocessing. You’ll learn when to use Denoise, Remove, Lens Blur, and AI masking so your edits stay flexible, accurate, and frustration-free.”
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Most photographers don’t realize this, but Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw both support LUTs. In this tutorial, Colin Smith breaks down what LUTs are, where they live in Lightroom and Camera Raw, and how to use them properly for real-world color grading.
You’ll learn:
Where LUTs actually fit into the Lightroom / ACR workflow
How to use LUTS to match the color fo your videos and other photos perfectly.
How to get consistent, realistic color results
00:00 Intro
00:20 What is a LUT?
00:46 Why should you use it Lightroom and ACR?
01:20 Making a Profile in ACR
02:24 Adding a LUT to the Profile
02:50 Get a free LUT pack
03:55 Using the LUT in ACR
04:40 How to access the Hidden LUTS that ship with Photoshop
06:09 resetting a Profile
06:27 How to set the lower and upper amount of a Profile
07:15 Using the Profiles in Lightroom
08:25 How to Make LUTS in Photoshop
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“Learn how to use the adjustment brush in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom. Colin Smith shows you how to use all the features in the powerful adjustment brush for paint-on edits in LR and ACR in Photoshop. The brush is powerful and moist, people barely use the features.”
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New features in Lightroom & Photoshop 2026 keep changing the game.
Get up to speed with these great videos from trusted mavens.
All The New Lightroom Features
All The New Photoshop Features
Photoshop’s New Hue/Saturation Invert Button
If you’re thinking, “Hey, this list doesn’t include the new AI image generators.” You’re right. More on that later.
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“In this video, Julieanne demonstrates how easy it is to remove unwanted reflections and distracting people in photos using the new Distraction Removal tools in Lightroom Classic.”
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Colin Smith (PhotoshopCafe) details “How to use Landscape masks in Photoshop ACR and Lightroom. Make awesome edits on landscape photos easily and quickly to make them pop in Lightroom and ACR.”
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“The June 2025 update of Lightroom, brings mostly features we have seen before in ACR and beta releases, but brings them to Lightroom and implements them nicely into a finished release. There are a couple of things that we haven’t seen.”
Auto Remove People, Reflection Removal, AI Denoise, and Super Resolution are the big hits.
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Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to use Lightroom Classic’s new Select Landscape masking tools to automatically select different regions in photographs, including sky, mountains, water, architecture, vegetation, natural ground, and artificial ground.
Learn more from Julianne Kost here.
Colin Smith shows you how to use the new masks in Lightroom / Camera Raw with tips and tricks to help you get better results faster.
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Matt Kloskowski digs into the new Landscape masking features in Adobe Lightroom and Camera Raw.
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Discover the best noise removal software or plugin for high-ISO photos! In this video, we compare Lightroom/Camera Raw, DxO PureRAW, Topaz Photo AI, Luminar Neo, and Capture One to see which delivers the cleanest and the most natural results. From ISO 6400 to ISO 25600, we’ll test and compare a variety of RAW photos and figure out which software is the best.
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