Practical Photoshop

There are delightful new touches in the latest Photoshop and Lightroom. I’ve struggled for years cutting out hair, and now comes a feature that does the bulk of the work for me. I’m also a big fan of the new-look Camera Raw, and I’ve been having grea

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Images have been given priority in the new Camera Raw interface. The Filmstrip now gives you different view options for hiding file names and ratings (accessed by right-clicking the Filmstrip or clicking the ‘three dot’ icon in any thumbnail), This h

The toolbar has been moved from the top of the screen to the right edge. Adobe says this will help to cut down on endless tracking from one side of the screen to the other. This may be true, but for those of us with longstanding muscle memory that au

The local adjustment tools in Camera Raw and Lightroom are one of the best ways to selectively alter part of a photo. Now their tonal settings have been expanded to include a Hue setting. This means you can selectively alter the color of objects in a

One new feature that will appeal to photographers who like to use presets as they import images is ISO-adaptive presets. This lets you automatically apply different presets for images at different ISO values. This could be very useful if you like to

The Camera Raw Tone Curve display has a new look, with snazzy color gradients displayed behind each color channel curve box. These are rather helpful when you adjust channels, as you can visualize the colors affected by the tweak. For example, draggi

The Save button in Camera Raw has gone. You can now right-click on an image (or group of selected images) in Camera Raw to access a variety of save options, including a handy Save As JPEG option that converts the image to JPEG and saves a separate fi

The Select Subject command has become one of our favorite tools over the past few years – and now it’s seen a significant improvement that makes it far more effective at its job. The command uses AI to analyze the image, then recognizes and isolates

The Camera Raw Crop Tool now lets you rotate the image rather than the crop box, much like its Lightroom cousin. The tool settings now have a dedicated panel that opens to the right when the tool is selected. The tool also offers several new overlays

After using Select > Subject to select the person, go to Select > Select And Mask to improve the selection edge. You can use the Quick Selection tool on the left to add to or subtract from the selection, and paint over problem areas with the Refine S

Photoshop’s healing tools let you cover up distracting details in your photos, so they’re handy for all kinds of images – from tidying unwanted figures or sensor marks in a landscape, to removing spots, pimples and blemishes appearing on a subject’s

Patterns can now be rotated to an angle of your choosing. The feature is built into the pattern options, so it’s also editable and undoable. To add a pattern, click the Adjustment Layer icon in the Layers panel and choose Pattern. You’ll find the han

This is a fun project to try – you could pick an outdoor scene like this, or why not try a different genre of painting? Perhaps portraiture, still-life or abstract? We’ll use the Mixer Brush to give the photo the look of an Impressionist painting. If

If you’re relatively new to editing in Photoshop, or you just don’t know where to begin, then this section is the best place to get started. Over the next 10 pages, you’ll find an overview of the different versions of Photoshop available; a breakdown

The latest version of the raw file processor included with Photoshop is so powerful that most photos can be processed entirely in the raw processor, with no need for further editing in Photoshop. And by making your adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw, ra

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Photoshop has many types of layers and adjustment layers available, but there are six that you’ll find you need to use again and again. Learning how they should be used may seem a little daunting for beginners, but once you’ve got to grips with them,