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Editing Toolbox: Improving the Look of Blown-out Bokeh in Backlit Shots editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jan 20, 2023

By Charlotte Reeves

Prevention is always better than cure, so minimising areas of blown-out bokeh in the background of backlit shots while...

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Editing Toolbox: Setting a Default Camera Profile on Import in Lightroom editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jan 13, 2023

By Charlotte Reeves

If you find yourself switching to a preferred Camera Profile every time you edit a RAW file in Lightroom, buckle up...

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Edit My Photo May 2022 - Fernanda edit my photo free editing tutorials Jan 11, 2023

With Charlotte Reeves

Fernanda was the winner of the April 2022 Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community.

As the winner of the...

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Editing Toolbox: Managing and Merging Lightroom Catalogues editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jan 06, 2023

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Do you have a system for your Lightroom Catalogue? Are you sick of switching catalogues when searching for images?

In...

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Editing Toolbox: Enlarging Your Images in Photoshop to Print BIG editing toolbox free editing tutorials Dec 30, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

Are you at the stage in your pet photography journey where you are thinking about printing your work? And I'm not talking...

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Editing Toolbox: What Are XMP Files & Why Might They Be Useful? editing toolbox free editing tutorials Dec 23, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

If you use Adobe Camera RAW or similar editing software, you'll probably be familiar with XMP, or 'sidecar' files....

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Editing Toolbox: Using Reference Mode in Lightroom to Perfectly Match Edits editing toolbox free editing tutorials Dec 16, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

Do you usually copy and paste your Lightroom edits between images to save time? Me too! It works so well. But what happens...

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Editing Toolbox: How To Batch Process Your Christmas Mini Sessions editing toolbox free editing tutorials Dec 09, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

It's that festive time of year and if you love Christmas as much as I do, you're probably doing Christmas mini...

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Editing Toolbox: Awesome Subject Selection with One Setting editing toolbox free editing tutorials Dec 02, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

Do you ever find yourself wishing that you could click one button in Photoshop and quickly have a very usable, very...

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Editing Toolbox: The Best Way to Use Topaz for Sharpening and Noise Reduction editing toolbox free editing tutorials Nov 25, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Sharpening and noise reduction are part of our everyday workflow as photographers.

I've found that by far the best solution...

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Editing Toolbox: Super Quick Object Selection and Removal in Photoshop editing toolbox free editing tutorials Nov 18, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

Want to spend more time playing with your dogs, and less time editing photos? I'm all about constantly improving, tweaking, and...

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Editing Toolbox: How to Make Multiple Dogs Eyes Sparkle editing toolbox free editing tutorials Nov 11, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Adding a bit of sparkle to the eyes is a fairly common practice in Pet Photography. But what do you do to images with...

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Editing Toolbox: Unleashing Lightroom 12.0 for Pet Photographers editing toolbox free editing tutorials Nov 04, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

Every time a big new Adobe update is released, people usually fall into two categories. Those who are terrified of upgrading...

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Editing Toolbox: How to Balance Shadows with Highlights editing toolbox free editing tutorials Oct 21, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Have you ever found shadows in an image really distracting?

In this video, I'm working on an image I took on the island of...

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Editing Toolbox: How to Rescue a Flared-out Photo editing toolbox free editing tutorials Oct 14, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

Have you ever tried shooting with backlight and ended up with an image that is "flared-out"? This can happen when direct...

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Editing Toolbox: What's This Weird Fringing and How Can I Fix It? editing toolbox free editing tutorials Oct 07, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Have you ever noticed a weird fringing appear when you edit? It appears on the edges between the foreground and the sky...

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Editing Toolbox: Photoshop Selection Tool Secrets editing toolbox free editing tutorials Sep 30, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

As a pet photographer, you're probably already using the selection tools in some way when you edit your photos in Photoshop.

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Editing Toolbox: The Worst Way to Fix Colour Casts and How to Do it Properly editing toolbox free editing tutorials Sep 23, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Do you struggle with fixing colour casts on dogs? Have you been so frustrated by them that you just desaturate...

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Editing Toolbox: How to Cull Your Pet Photos Super Fast in Lightroom editing toolbox free editing tutorials Sep 16, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

A good system for culling in Lightroom is essential if you shoot pet photography in sessions - whether that be of your own dogs...

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Editing Toolbox: How to Change the Colour of Bright Dog Collars editing toolbox free editing tutorials Sep 09, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Have you ever found a dog's collar so distracting you felt it spoilt a photo?

It's not uncommon. It's not always the easiest...

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Editing Toolbox: Using Gradients in Lightroom to Paint with Light editing toolbox free editing tutorials Sep 02, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

We're BIG fans of Adobe Lightroom here at Unleashed Education, and one of the most useful Lightroom editing tools available is...

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Editing Toolbox: A Quick Hack for Fixing White Balance editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 26, 2022

By Craig Turner-Bullock

Do you often struggle with getting White Balance correct in your images? Do you find it difficult to see whether an image...

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Editing Toolbox: Using Camera Profiles in Lightroom editing toolbox free editing tutorials Aug 18, 2022

By Charlotte Reeves

Camera profiles are a frequently overlooked aspect of editing - a hidden setting that many photographers don't even know...

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Edit My Photo April 2022 - Fernanda edit my photo free editing tutorials Aug 15, 2022

With Craig Turner-Bullock

Fernanda was the winner of this month’s Edit My Photo challenge in the Unleashed Education community with her...

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