Tutorials

What’s the bummer part about sharing your amazing images online? The better they are, the more likely it is that someone else might try to use your image without permission or giving you the credit.  Hey-o! I’m Cara, and knock on wood, to date I’m not aware that...

Want to speed up your work in Lightroom significantly? Using presets is a great way to do it! Plus, it’s easier to maintain a consistent look when you edit.  Hey there! I’m Cara and in my work as a professional photographer, I’ve found presets to be invaluable....

People have been claiming for decades that print media is on the way out, but we never seem to actually reach that moment. With that in mind, it’s a good idea to learn the basics of print design and how they can be applied to your InDesign projects.  Bleeds are...

A good font selection is at the heart of any good typographic design, but you’ll quickly get discover the limitations in your operating system’s default fonts. Mac users will have a bit of an advantage here over Windows users thanks to Apple’s attention to design...

Once you’ve crafted a masterful layout in InDesign, the next stage is to share your work with the world. Whether you want to share a digital copy online or send your document to a professional print house, you’ll need to prepare a PDF version of your InDesign file to...

What do you think about the Dehaze option in Lightroom? You’ve probably at least tried it and perhaps been left wondering how this slider is useful because your photo became over-edited so quickly. Hey there! I’m Cara and I’ll admit it took me a while to learn how to...

Lightroom users rejoiced when Adobe rolled out the sophisticated masking feature update in the fall of 2021. Though Photoshop still offers a ton of other features, this update narrowed the gap significantly for photographers who prefer to use Lightroom for editing...

At some point in your photography journey, you probably ran across RAW files and learned the value of using them. Now it’s time for a new file format - DNG.  Hey there, I’m Cara! The choice between RAW and DNG isn’t quite as clear-cut as the choice between JPEG...

Have you ever printed a stunning image, only to be underwhelmed by its ho-hum look on paper? You probably didn’t take advantage of the Soft Proofing feature in Lightroom. Hello! I’m Cara and as a professional photographer, I always want my images to look exactly how I...

Mice are nice but they tend to represent the long way of doing things on a computer. Whenever you want to perform an operation you have to drag across the screen to click on an icon. Sometimes you might have to click through a few windows to get where you’re going....

The world of typography can be a complex place for new graphic designers, and many people are put off by all the new types of jargon and terminology that they have to learn.  As a result, some beginner graphic designers ignore typography and focus exclusively on...

Specialized file types are everywhere these days, and it can be difficult to keep track of every random acronym out there. Each program seems to have its own special file format with a custom extension, and some programs even have multiple types!  To help clear...