Author & photographer • Brightbox Studio LLC
Training for Adobe Creative Cloud desktop and mobile workflows including Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, macOS, and more. See all books and videos, or scroll down to see articles I’ve written.
News
Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book, 2021 release, is now available for preorder. Save 35% with coupon code CC2021!
Learn Adobe After Effects CC for Visual Effects and Motion Graphics: Adobe Certified Associate Exam preparation is now available.
Photographs
Italy: Palio di Siena
France: Fête de Ganesh
India: Vatsalya Udayan
Featured published articles
Rethinking the Pixel: It’s All Relative Now
CreativePro.com
How big is a pixel? As displays advanced from around 96 ppi to well over 300 ppi, designers needed a way to keep the size of type and objects consistent across devices of different resolutions. The answer was to update the definition of a pixel, in a way that's more familiar than you might think.
Choosing a Website for Your Photos
CreativePro.com
Find the best photo hosting website for your work by considering the purpose of your photography, your budget, your design requirements, and your workflow.
How to Digitize a Film Archive with Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw
CreativePro.com
Give old film a new digital life with this complete workflow for Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw with Bridge.
Protect Your Images on Social Media with Photoshop and Lightroom
CreativePro.com
To market your photos you must show them online, but that can leave them open to unauthorized copying and usage. Learn to maximize the benefits of sharing your images online while minimizing the risk of having them pirated.
Better Tools for Tones: Why I Don’t Look at the Histogram
CreativePro.com
The histogram helps you evaluate the tone and color characteristics of an image. But it turns out that newer tools in Lightroom and Camera Raw are better at showing you the tonal problems you’ll most want to solve.
Getting Sharp Images: The Big Picture
CreativePro.com
You affect image sharpness by many decisions you make at all stages of the photographic process, even before you take a digital photograph. After you take it, how you manage image contrast defines sharpness through the rest of the workflow.
Latest blog posts
- Printer profiles missing on macOS: A permanent solutionAre your printing profiles disappearing from menus in Lightroom Classic or Photoshop, even after you delete the printer? Try this more permanent solution, in an article on my blog…
- Lightroom Classic on Apple Silicon MacsHow well is Lightroom Classic running on Macs with the M1 Apple Silicon processor? The results so far are surprising. More info in an article on my blog...
- Photoshop 2021 Classroom in a Book now available for preorderI helped revise the Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book for the 2021 release of Photoshop, and the book is now available! Details on my blog…
- macOS 11 Big Sur: Will Adobe software work?Which Adobe software is ready for macOS 11 Big Sur, and what should you watch out for? I’ve started my annual coverage of upgrade compatibility on my blog.
- Most Valuable Plug-Ins: Cover story for InDesign MagazineMy article “InDesign MVPs: Most Valuable Plug-Ins” is the cover story for the September 2020 issue of InDesign Magazine. Which plug-ins, scripts, and other add-ons do Adobe InDesign experts recommend the most? Details on my blog…
- Introducing Share for Review: Article for InDesign MagazineInDesign Magazine just published my article about the new Share for Review workflow. Will it help you run document reviews more efficiently? Details on my blog…
- Prints on display: Northwest NocturneFor the first time I hung art wearing a face mask, for a show you can view until the end of June 2020 under social distancing guidelines. The photos include night photography, panoramas, and Pacific Northwest subjects. Details on my blog…
- Photoshop 2020 Classroom in a Book now availableI helped revise the Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book for the 2020 release of Photoshop, and it’s now available!
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