Photo Tools Weekly

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Photo Tools Weekly is an Intermediate level tutorial on Photography, compiled by an expert, Chris Orwig. This tutorial is a critical pillar for a person who needs to sharpen his/her Photography expertise. It gives you a strong understanding on Photo Management, Photography, Raw Processing, Lightroom and Photoshop.

Get a new image-editing technique every Wednesday in Photo Tools Weekly. Photographer and educator Chris Orwig shares photo editing tips and techniques to help make your photos look better in just a few minutes. He tackles programs like Photoshop and Lightroom, as well as plugins and mobile apps like Instagram, too.

Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.

Photo Tools Weekly : Video Lessons

• Quick color change for a backdrop5m 39s
• Create a strong black-and-white character portrait5m 57s
• Create a modern look for a portrait6m 33s
• Adding light and life to the eyes4m 4s
• Makes colors pop with Lightroom4m 36s
• Salvage an underexposed image5m 24s
• Finish a fashion photo6m 50s
• Make a vacation photo come to life4m 29s
• Sharing Lightroom images for client review5m 49s
• Correcting perspective in Lightroom2m 54s
• Finish an outdoor adventure photo7m 26s
• Add color to a studio portrait8m 13s
• Improving a travel photo6m 21s
• Opening up the shadows4m 26s
• Preparing an image for social4m 23s
• Cropping for impact and social media3m 58s
• Advanced masking in Photoshop6m 51s
• Making a landscape photo pop5m 44s
• Family photos workflow9m 49s
• Improving a vacation photo6m 44s
• Advanced selections and retouching9m 32s
• Color grading with a gradient map5m 52s
• Mocking up a magazine cover6m 18s
• Batch process color and BW5m 59s
• Illuminating the eyes of wolf3m 47s
• Combining two image for better composition6m 7s
• Using Lightroom for mobile and Photoshop together6m 9s
• Improving a portrait of Sophia6m 3s
• Photoshop advanced filters8m 3s
• Sharpening in Lightroom7m 49s
• Sharpening in Photoshop9m 26s
• Preparing a photo for Instagram stories4m 50s
• Photoshop masking tips5m 26s
• Better work with layers4m 51s
• Preparing a photo for Instagram with Lightroom for mobile4m 7s
• Using radial filters in Lightroom4m 44s
• Studio portrait, part 1: Lightroom3m 12s
• Studio portrait, part 2: Photoshop retouching7m 20s
• Studio portrait, part 3: Photoshop color8m 17s
• Improving a portrait with Lightroom for mobile3m 7s
• Retouching linear objects5m 22s
• Expert spot removal and color in Lightroom7m 58s
• Bridesmaid portrait5m 31s
• Creating black-and-white drama in Lightroom6m 26s
• Creating a pano with Lightroom CC7m 7s
• Adding drama to a studio portrait7m 12s
• Removing difficult objects with Lightroom and Photoshop3m 51s
• Adding light with Lightroom4m 29s
• Crop and prepare an image for Instagram7m 7s
• Content-Aware Mirroring and fixing patterns5m 46s
• Using Content-Aware Fill for layouts5m 36s
• Improving a landscape5m
• Adding visual interest to an outdoor portrait9m 9s
• More control with Content Aware4m 40s
• Creating magic and mood8m 3s
• Retouching a conceptual image8m 45s
• Retouching with what you have4m 49s
• Finishing the high-ISO night photo4m 25s
• Quick fix of a background4m 56s
• Lightroom CC Classic folder tips2m 51s
• Fixing light in a portrait with transition glasses4m 23s
• Combining two frames3m 41s
• Combine two RAW files for best results5m 14s
• Extend canvas by cropping3m 9s
• Lightroom Classic CC travel tip: Combine catalogs2m 50s
• Guide shortcuts: Diptych, Whitney5m 56s
• Image reveal all2m 46s
• Enhancing night cityscape2m 56s
• Quick portrait retouching9m 16s
• Lightroom spotting tip3m 29s
• Detail extraction technique7m 24s
• B&W pop6m 39s
• Rock star look6m 24s
• Finding the keeper6m 6s
• Fixing a wedding photo6m 8s
• Finding the hero shot7m
• Landscape in Lightroom5m 58s
• Sunrise colors pop3m 46s
• Photoshop: Mocking up layout ideas7m 36s
• Finding the keepers8m 34s
• Finishing the keepers in Lightroom7m 52s
• Creating stylistic color with Photoshop4m 59s
• Adding wings and angelic light7m 28s
• Review, reorder, and rename in Bridge6m 36s
• Bridge for preparing files for presentations5m 12s
• Find photo within photo6m 5s
• Welcome1m 33s
• Tip to select multiple people5m 20s
• Two quick crop techniques3m 11s
• Big Sur project: Adding copy7m 23s
• Making a subject glow7m 32s
• Better background blur7m 4s
• Creating a custom keyboard shortcut4m 22s
• Surfer silhouette project, part 19m 40s
• Surfer silhouette project, part 27m 14s
• Color to portrait: Jon6m 26s
• Three ways to create a new layer in Photoshop2m 43s
• Merging layers in Photoshop2m 1s
• Grouping layers in Photoshop2m 57s
• Photoshop new feature: Select Subject6m 3s
• Essential shortcuts in Lightroom CC4m 25s
• Installing and using presets in Lightroom CC3m 18s
• Open as layers from Lightroom Classic or Bridge2m 41s
• Retouching expert tip5m 36s
• Workflow strategy when shooting Raw + JPG3m 54s
• Quicker processing with review and camera calibration4m 15s
• Creating a concept layout with Lightroom and Photoshop8m 56s
• Fun layer project in Photoshop and Lightroom7m 43s
• Brush away unwanted objects in Lightroom CC5m 11s
• Add layer style effects to a type layer1m 59s
• Photoshop layers tip3m 24s
• Improving a sports shot with Lightroom1m 50s
• Making a backlight photo pop with Lightroom CC6m 28s
• Make those colors pop with Lightroom1m 24s
• Using Photoshop adjustment layers2m 24s
• Photoshop type techniques2m 2s
• Color and luminance masking in Lightroom2m 46s
• Sharing images from inside Photoshop1m 22s
• Cropping with Lightroom for mobile1m 4s
• Improving light, color, and cuteness2m 9s
• Creating a cool light effect1m 22s
• Lightroom for mobile: Creating vivid color2m 34s
• Creating a custom contact sheet2m 28s
• Change a color in Lightroom2m 5s
• Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC tips2m 4s
• Localized masking in Lightroom5m 39s
• Select before you correct12m 14s
• Retouching away shadows11m 2s
• Crafting looks and using layer comps11m 24s
• Retouching a portrait of a wolf11m 15s
• Using blur and type, part 14m 26s
• Using blur and type, part 26m 16s
• Better black and white workflow, part 19m 28s
• Better black and white workflow, part 24m 4s
• Action sports retouching, part 18m 57s
• Action sports retouching, part 26m 14s
• Face-Aware Liquify6m 59s
• Fixing teeth in a fashion photograph7m 51s
• Awesome color with adjustment layers9m 31s
• Natural light portrait retouching13m 6s
• Using selections and Transform, part 17m 47s
• Using selections and Transform, part 26m 2s
• Making a creative overlay effect12m 33s
• Replace the sky in a drone photograph9m 6s
• Creating a great exposure from a single frame, part 15m 30s
• Creating a great exposure from a single frame, part 29m 29s
• Creating a luminous black-and-white portrait, part 14m 13s
• Creating a luminous black-and-white portrait, part 28m 8s
• Fixing overexposure with Camera Raw, part 15m 10s
• Fixing overexposure with Camera Raw, part 28m 52s
• Creative layer blending with Adobe Mix9m 58s
• Making a composite with Adobe Mix9m 35s
• Bring out detail in a landscape photograph, part 16m 20s
• Bring out detail in a landscape photograph, part 27m 51s
• Export a image from video footage9m 9s
• Finishing an iPhone photo11m 38s
• Start to finish with Lightroom for mobile and Adobe Fix7m 38s
• Extending the canvas with Content Aware Scale7m 36s
• Ordinary to extraordinary: Lightroom8m 46s
• Ordinary to extraordinary: Photoshop details7m 14s
• Ordinary to extraordinary: Photoshop finishing8m 36s
• Applying filter effects inside a selection8m 43s
• Freezing and Liquify: Smart Filters10m 23s
• Snapseed to the rescue12m 53s
• Creating awesome color with Lightroom4m 26s
• Creating awesome color with Photoshop6m 58s
• Lightroom for mobile and Adobe Clip8m 49s
• Speeding up your work by reusing layer masks7m 25s
• Improving mobile photos with VSCO9m 32s
• Combine photography and branding with blending modes7m 41s
• Softening skin with Adobe Fix9m 55s
• From boring and flat to fantastic7m 13s
• Lightroom for mobile local adjustments7m 24s
• Fixing edges with Content-Aware Crop10m 57s
• From ordinary to extraordinary: Using Photoshop to elevate your frames9m 21s
• Making precise and beautiful color adjustments7m 14s
• Enhancing the eyes in a portrait7m 18s
• Combining the best expressions from two images5m 30s
• Celebrity portrait workflow in Lightroom: Part 15m 51s
• Celebrity portrait workflow in Lightroom: Part 26m 22s
• Creative layer blending project9m 14s
• Replacing a background and creating vivid colors6m 7s
• Jump for joy: Finishing a beach photo in Lightroom and Photoshop8m 57s
• Changing color in Camera Raw5m 11s
• Using Liquify to achieve natural results7m 11s
• Fixing shiny skin and stylizing with color8m 35s
• Creating a three-image layout in Photoshop7m 51s
• Becoming an expert with changing color6m 14s
• Portrait Retouching - removing jewelry7m 53s
• Workflow tips for selections, masks and adjustment layer7m 54s
• Improving a portrait of a surfer5m 24s
• Becoming an expert with masking in Photoshop6m 12s
• Advanced masking speed tips8m 29s
• Preparing a portrait for Instagram with Lightroom5m 25s
• Finishing a portrait with Photoshop7m 59s
• Using Lightroom to creating a stylized look that prints well5m 22s
• Cleaning up a creative portrait6m 37s
• Hacking Lightroom to create layouts for other projects6m 17s
• Using Content Aware Scale to add to the composition4m 25s
• Extending and filling in the background projects7m 27s
• How to create Gradient Tone Mapping color effects9m
• Creating more precise Gradient Map effects6m 47s
• Natural wrinkle reduction7m 10s
• Advanced wrinkle reduction12m 50s
• Tips for viewing and organizing your layers in Photoshop8m 11s
• Becoming an expert in layers in Photoshop5m 17s
• Using VSCO in Lightroom7m 27s
• Syncing adjustments in Lightroom7m 18s
• High-impact color with Camera Raw and Photoshop6m 57s
• Using Lightroom and Photoshop to create vivid color6m 1s
• Intro to better B&W with the Silver Effex Pro plugin5m 47s
• Taking a deeper dive into Silver Effex Pro10m 10s
• Creating a Panoramic Photo in Lightroom4m 47s
• Advanced Lightroom and Photoshop Pano Workflow6m 55s
• Opening raw files into Photoshop4m 13s
• Three ways to work with Camera Raw and Photoshop8m 14s
• Smart Filters: Using Smart Filters for creative options6m 53s
• Stacking up Smart Filter effects6m 2s
• Cleaning up and removing the background of an image8m 8s
• Two ways to add a new background8m
• Covering up problems in the frame7m 36s
• Removing a person and finishing a photograph9m 20s
• Photoshop Fix to Photoshop CC workflow11m 22s
• Add light to photos with Lightroom10m 56s
• Use Lightroom Collections to process color and black-and-white images6m 39s
• Skin smoothing with the Imogenic plugin Portraiture7m 27s
• Advanced Skin Smoothing Control with Portraiture9m 7s
• Accurate sharpening with Lightroom6m 4s
• Create Collections in Lightroom8m 12s
• Craft creative looks with the Alien Skin Exposure plugin in Lightroom10m 25s
• Use the Alien Skin Exposure plugin in Photoshop11m 32s
• Quick mobile retouching with Photoshop Fix7m 47s
• Add Lens Flare with more precise control9m 50s
• Two ways to crop in Photoshop and extend the canvas6m 9s
• A few methods for working with canvas size7m 45s
• Use plugins in Photoshop for special effects: Analog Efex Pro6m 57s
• Use plugins in Photoshop for special effects: Analog Efex Pro Advanced5m 41s
• Lightroom cropping shortcuts7m 59s
• Remove unwanted objects in Photoshop4m 30s
• Remove unwanted objects in Photoshop: Advanced5m 56s
• Use plugins in Photoshop for better results: Color Efex Pro11m 10s
• Preserve tones with the help of Lightroom clipping indicators6m 3s

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