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Topaz Labs plugins are 75% off this weekend for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The complete collection is now $250 (reg. $500; or $1000 if purchased individually) when you use the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY17 at checkout.
This is a rare deal from Topaz Labs that shows up for the Cyber Weekend sales. Check it out here at Topaz Labs’ website.
It’s that time of the year again when Adobe releases updates for its Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements apps. The 2018 versions of the apps offer improved organization, automated editing and new Guided Edits that walk you through how to edit and create.
Adobe Elements Organizer 2018 now automatically curates your photos based on quality, faces, subjects and more. You can also build slideshows of your curated photos and videos with one-click. 67 new guided edits offer step-by-step instructions for tasks like swapping backgrounds, creating double exposures, adding overlay effects and more.
Note also that Adobe changed the naming scheme to match the year, so that Photoshop Elements 2018 is the replacement for Photoshop Elements 15 (released in 2016).
You can find out more of the new features on the Photoshop Blog. Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018 is available now for $99.99. Check it out here at B&H Photo and Amazon.com. Likewise, Premiere Elements 2018 is available for $99.99. Check it out here at B&H Photo and Amazon.com. The combo of the two apps is also available for $149.99, which you can find here at B&H Photo.
B&H has Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 (most recent version) for $59 (reg. $92) for a limited time. Check it out while it lasts here at B&H Photo.
If you are interested in video editing too, you can get the combo pack with Photoshop and Premiere Elements for $99 here at B&H Photo.
Check out this video tutorial from Phlearn, which shows you a couple quick methods you can use to color your landscape photos in Photoshop. You’ll learn how to isolate specific parts of the photo so your saturation adjustments don’t affect the entire image. You can select color ranges to alter or use selection tools to create masks on your adjustment layers. Some pretty cool, yet simple tools to really make your landscape images pop.
B&H has the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan for $89.88 (reg. $119.88) as a Deal Zone deal for today only. This is a 12-month subscription that gets you access to Photoshop and Lightroom for a full year, along with the other Creative Cloud benefits like mobile syncing and cloud storage. Check it out while it lasts here at B&H Photo.
Here’s a great new video from Phlearn that shows us how to use graduated and radial filters in Lightroom. If you haven’t used these filters inside Lightroom, Aaron Nace covers the basics and nuances of using these tools. Both can be powerful options for fine tuning the exposure or color of an image. Check out the full video embedded above.
Amazon has Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 (latest version) for $39.99 (reg. $79.99) as one of its Black Friday deals. Check it out while it lasts here on Amazon.com.
For more great deals, check out Photography Bay’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals page.
Topaz Labs is offering its Complete Collection of plugins at 50% off for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. From November 25 through November 30, you can get the full Topaz Complete Collection for $249.99, which is half off the reguarly $499.99 price. If you bought all of these plug-ins separately, it would cost over $1,000.
In order to get the deal, just use the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY16 at checkout on the Topaz Labs website.
For more great deals, check out Photography Bay’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals page.
What is a vector mask and how do you use one in Photoshop? In this tutorial video from Phlearn, Aaron Nace introduces us to the usefulness of vector masks and he teaches us how and why you would use a vector mask (instead of a layer mask) to remove an object from an image within Photoshop. Check out the full video above.
In this new tutorial from Phlearn, Aaron Nace walks us through how to quickly add a vintage film border to an image.
He starts with a stock image of a vintage film frame, then uses a multiply blend mode and a little bit of a layer mask to clean up the edges. Check out the short and quick video embedded above for the complete breakdown.