Practical Photoshop

Practical Photoshop is the world’s premier Photoshop magazine, a monthly guide to the best Photoshop techniques, tips and tricks. Inside each issue you’ll find an array of inspirational tutorials and accompanying video lessons that will help you master Adobe’s collection of industry standard photo-editing software. What’s more, there’s a selection of amazing images from the world’s best Photoshop creatives, free downloadable content, and a beginner’s guide to the basics. If you love photography and you want to learn more about digital imaging, then Practical Photoshop will help you to unleash your creative potential.

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HIGHLIGHTS: WHAT’S INSIDE…

Practical Photoshop

LANDSCAPES • FROM ESSENTIAL LIGHTROOM EDITS TO CREATIVE SKY EFFECTS AND ADVANCED SHOOTING PROJECTS, DISCOVER A HOST OF TIPS AND TRICKS FOR BOOSTING YOUR OUTDOOR PHOTOS

LIGHTROOM LANDSCAPES • Essential edits and enhancements for your outdoor photos

WHITE BALANCE CONTROL • Correct color casts and make creative color shifts

THE GRADUATED FILTER • This sky-enhancing tool is one of the most powerful in the landscape photographer’s arsenal. Here’s how it works…

AUTO-LEVEL HORIZONS • Fix unwanted tilts in landscape photos with a single click, using the Lightroom Transform controls

THE LIGHTROOM-PHOTOSHOP WORKFLOW • Round-trip your images between Lightroom and Photoshop with ease

REPLACE AND BLUR SKIES • Replace dull skies and give clouds the long-exposure look with blur filters in Photoshop

ENHANCE A REFLECTION • Copy and flip parts of the scene to replace a rippled reflection

FLASH-PAINT YOUR LANDSCAPES • James Paterson shows how you can make a single flash do the work of a dozen, by painting your daylight scenes with light over several frames

FLASH AND MOVE • Lift your landscapes with an off-camera flash

PAINT WITH A FLASH

COMBINE THE BEST OF YOUR FLASH-LIT IMAGES

CONVERT TO MONO • Remove the color to create a bold black-and-white landscape

MASTER THE DEPTH BLUR FILTER • Get to grips with one of Photoshop’s best new Neural Filters – and blur out backdrops with ease

MAGNIFICENT MANDALAS • James Paterson creates mandala patterns with Symmetry Painting in Photoshop, then blends them with photos for gorgeous results

LEARN LIGHTROOM TODAY!

ESSENTIALS • Your quick-start guide and reference to image editing in Photoshop

CREATIVE CLOUD PLANS • CHOOSE THE PLAN WITH THE COMBINATION OF TOOLS AND STORAGE YOU NEED

THE IMAGE-EDITING WORKFLOW • Manage your photos from capture to output in three stages

THE BASICS OF RAW PROCESSING • Discover how to process your raw files to perfection

SIX ESSENTIAL LAYERS FOR PHOTOS • The six most frequently used Photoshop layers for image editing, and how to use them to improve almost any photo

14 ESSENTIAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS • 14 keyboard shortcuts that will massively improve your speed and efficiency while working in Photoshop

WELCOME • AFTER A VERY DIFFERENT AND TUMULTUOUS 18 MONTHS, WE’RE DELIGHTED THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW & THE VIDEO SHOW IS RETURNING TO THE NEC IN SEPTEMBER, FOR A PACKED FOUR DAYS OF EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM.

TALKS SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

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SUPER STAGE • Masterclass Theatre, Hall 2

TALKS SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER

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SUPER STAGE • Masterclass Theatre, Hall 2

TALKS MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

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SUPER STAGE • Masterclass Theatre, Hall 2

TALKS TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

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SUPER STAGE • Masterclass Theatre, Hall 2

MASTER CLASSES

TOUTE SUITE • SOME OF OUR MASTERCLASSES ARE HELD IN THE TOUTE SUITE, WHICH IS...