Lightroom Tutorials

How to Choose a Personal Photography Project The bringing in of the New Year often means more to photographers than just setting goals of exercising more and eating a few less cookies, for many of us, this time of ye...

In my mind, Fall only is made of days where the temperature peaks at 68 degrees, the sky is a lovely shade of blue, and the trees look like they belong on the board of Candy Land. Do you know what I forget? The days...

Every day, I wake up with me feeling like sleep ended a few days too soon followed by breakfast, coffee, reheating the coffee,  “Tell daddy you love him!”, waffles on the floor, the weatherman yelling at me, time to ...

I’ve always been someone that likes to try new art projects.  Simple or elaborate, I really don’t care, it’s usually the process alone that makes me get all the happy feels.  I’ve taken pottery classes and made wonky...

  I don’t have much of a sweet tooth.  I rarely order dessert at restaurants, we don’t keep sweets in the house, and more often than not I’d prefer an extra scoop of macaroni and cheese to a plate of cookies.  But som...

Almost a year ago, I was having a rough time with momming.  One kid was sick, then the other, then both.  My husband was traveling more for work, so I was stuck on this strange battlefield alone.  And, possibly even...

How to Color an Overlay in Photoshop We love to spoil our amazing photography community with some great freebies from time to time (Psst...if you're not already member of our community or mailing list, join now so yo...

Free Sharpening Presets for Lightroom - Download Today! Are sharp photos important to you?  They should be.  That's, why we're offering a free set of 8 awesome sharpening, presets that you can download today! You can...

Adobe released a NEW Lightroom CC app recently. We know that many of you will be using this app and want to give you an introduction to this new product!  Read on or check out the video at the bottom of this post for...

How to Blend Sky Overlays There are so many different techniques to help you achieve more realistic skies when using sky and cloud overlays.  In this tutorial I will show you how to blend your overlays with the origi...

    A question that has come up on more than one occasion on our Pretty Photoshop Actions Facebook page is how to add text to an image in Photoshop. As you can imagine, there are many ins and outs when applying text t...

Why Cropping Is So Important Choosing the correct crop, whether its in camera while you are shooting, or in post-processing when you edit (cropping in Photoshop or Lightroom), can completely make or break your image....

By Format Team Building a website can seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. As a photographer, you know the importance of using your online presence to connect with new clients and opportunities. Having an on...

Congratulations to our 2017 Fall Scholarship Winner! During the past 6 months, Pretty Photoshop Actions received many essays written by current and prospective college students from around the U.S and Canada.  It was...

Understanding Contrast, Complementary Colors & Gradient Mapping in Photoshop When venturing into photography, there are many who say that the job of the photographer extends far beyond the realm of capturing the ...

HALLOWEEN PHOTO CHALLENGE WINNERS ANNOUNCED We know it's been a fun week where sweet pictures were captured. Here are some creative images we fell in love with in our Pretty Presets group and Pretty Actions group.  ...

We don't know about you, but capturing and editing images taken in the city are some of our favorites! We've created this blog post to show you how we created a dreamy city scene with the Pretty Film Photoshop Action...

First of all, I love that you are here.  You were probably drawn in by the idea of a swear word in the title, so we should be friends, I think.  Alas, the F-word I’m referencing isn’t the same one you might use when ...

Luxe Newborn Photoshop Actions Overview Hello Pretties!  We have exciting news...Pretty Actions now offers an amazing new set of Photoshop actions for all your newborn editing needs! The Luxe Newborn Photoshop Action...

We're going to talk a little bit about using the Let it Snow Action and Brush Collection for Photoshop, Creative Cloud and Photoshop Elements. Excited? We are too! First thing's first, let's talk about installing yo...