The Photoshop blur tools allow images to be edited professionally with just a few clicks. The effect creates a new mood in photos or shifts the focus to a certain area. As a result, you don’t need expensive camera equipment to take professionally looking photos. In this tutorial, you will learn how to apply the Gaussian blur to backgrounds to put the subject in the foreground into greater focus.

Adobe’s update to Photoshop CC 2018 provides some exciting new functions. One of the most helpful new features is the “Select Subject” tool with this function, Photoshop lets you select the most prominent subject in an image in a single click. This is a relatively quick and easy way to cut out objects in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we will show you how well the new tool works and which advantages it brings.

Add a touch of retro charm to your photos by ageing them with the popular duotone effect. This basics tutorial will demonstrate the steps in Adobe Photoshop and the settings needed to obtain natural results with the duotone mode.

Black and white images have to be expressive and high in contrast to create the desired impact. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use channel calculations to create a high-impact black and white photo with just a few clicks. Moreover, we will compare the results of channel calculation with a simple conversion to grayscale. With this effect, it is the small details and specific actions that make all the difference.

When shooting into the light, you have to look out for several things. But you can easily capture a bright sunny day with your camera and even increase the intensity of the light source using the lens flare effect in Photoshop. In this basic tutorial, you will learn how to apply the lens flare effect to create radiant images.