10 TIPS FOR EXCELLENT EDITS

Getting to the finishing line

16Keyboard shortcuts

Learn simple hotkeys like Cmd/Ctrl+C/V (copy and paste) to speed up your workflow tenfold – much faster than a mouse! 17 Create lines in Photoshop Select a brush and click on your canvas. Hold Shift and click elsewhere to draw a straight line.

18 Correct lenses

Use Lightroom’s Lens Corrections Panel to reduce chromatic aberration created by your lens with a single click.

19 Take a break

Help prevent overzealous editing by leaving your computer from time to time and returning later, with fresh eyes and ideas.

20Softproof for prints

Use Soft Proofing to preview how a physical print will affect an image, so you can tweak colours and tones accordingly.

21 Master Curves

Plot the top-right portion of the Curves graph to manipulate highlights and the bottom-left portion to edit shadows; it’s a powerful tool.

22 Try an ISO noise hack

Try converting an unconvincing image to black and white, to transform ugly specs of noise into supertrendy film grain.

23 Camera Raw Filter ahoy!

When you want to adjust a raw image, you can access Camera Raw from inside Photoshop: just select Filter > Camera Raw Filter.

24 Auto selection

Select a subject in Photoshop via Select > Subject. It’s a good starting point at the very least, and is often very accurate, saving lots of effort.

25 Smooth curves

Don’t own a graphics tablet? Use Photoshop’s Smoothing function to draw sweeping lines with your mouse, and let the software iron out the kinks.