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## Posts
- [Cut out hair and difficult Images in Photoshop Tutorial](https://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/masking/masking.htm): We will use Channels to help mask out a complex objects with clean edges\. This technique will also save you a lot of time and enable you to make precise cutouts\. 
- [Blending photos together Photoshop Layer Masks Tutorial](https://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/blend/blend.html): Collaging \- Merging 2 images with a layer mask\. This is a very requested technique and will be the first in our series on creating collages and montages\. You will learn how to seamlessly blend 2 images together, using the layer masks\. 
- [Drawing Paths with the Pen tool in Photoshop Tutorial](https://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/pen/pen.htm): It seems that one of the most requested and under\-explained things is using the pen tool in Photoshop\. The pen tool is very powerful and accurate\. With a little know\-how and practice, it will be your ally for the rest of your career\. The pen tool creates vector curves and paths\. This tutorial shows you how to create paths with the pen tool and provides examples of types of paths you need to know\.
- [Complete guide to Layer Blending Modes in Photoshop, written, video \+ free ebook](https://photoshopcafe.com/complete-guide-layer-blending-modes-photoshop/): The complete guide to Layer Blending modes in Photoshop\. This tutorial shows you how to use photoshop blending modes and what each blend mode does\. Free PDF ebook included\. 
- [How to Use Layer Masks in Photoshop and 7 Layer Masking tips](https://photoshopcafe.com/use-layer-masks-photoshop-7-layer-masking-tips/): How to use Layer Masks in Photoshop\. Layer Masks explained and 7 tips on Photoshop Masks\. If you want to create digital art, this tutorial is must look\. 

## Products
- [Mastering Curves in Photoshop\.](https://photoshopcafe.com/shop/mastering-curves-in-photoshop-video-based-training-course/): \<h3\>Mastering Curves, Photoshop's most powerful tool\.\</h3\>
Curves are one of the most powerful features in Photoshop\. They allow you to target the exact tones of your images and change them with precision in a way no other tool can\. Curves also offer unparalleled control over every aspect of color in your images\.

Timeless knowledge for all  Photoshop CC versions through 2026

This is why pros spend a lot of time in curves and use them as go\-to tools for retouching, photography and design\. The challenge is curves appear difficult to figure out and a lot of the advanced functionality is shrouded in secrecy\.

The purpose of this course it to help you understand exactly how curves work, and unlock the secret workflows and techniques\. You will use the power of curves to give your images that professional, polished look that can only be achieved through this powerful and wildly creative tool\.

Colin Smith is one of the world’s leading Photoshop experts \(he does training for Adobe, Apple and Disney\) and has used Photoshop professionally for almost 30 years\. He uses curves daily, and will impart this knowledge to you quickly, without fluff\. He has a special gift to break down complex tasks into fun and easy to understand methods, in plain English\. You could be mistaken for thinking curves are easy, because that’s how you will feel by the end of this course\.

This course will help you to finally “get” curves and be using them natively as part of your workflow\. You will approach your images differently, with the confidence to make the tones and colors look exactly like you dreamt of\. You will understand curves and learn lots of hidden tricks and techniques, you didn’t even know existed\.

This is a course Colin has been wanting to create for a long time, and he is proud to now get this training into your hands, so you can take the next step in your Photoshop journey\. By the way, Curves aren’t unique to Photoshop\. A lot of what you learn here will transfer over to many other software packages\.

You owe it to yourself, your clients, and images to finally master Curves in Photoshop
- [Learning Layers in Photoshop\.](https://photoshopcafe.com/shop/learn_layers_in-photoshop/)
- [Photoshop 2026 for Digital Photographers](https://photoshopcafe.com/shop/ps2026dp/): \<h2\>\<b\>Photoshop Secrets: Photoshop 2026 For Digital Photographers\</b\>\</h2\>
\<span style="font\-weight: 400;"\>The long awaited update to our flagship Photoshop training is here and every workflow uses the very newest tools and techniques in Photoshop 2026\. \</span\>

\<span style="font\-weight: 400;"\>99 lessons, over 12 hours of bite\-sized lessons\. Colin Smith’s \(Your instructor\) images are included for every lesson, so you can easily follow along at your own pace\. \<strong\>You download and own this course, no ongoing subscription fees\! \</strong\>\</span\>

\<span style="font\-weight: 400;"\>This 11th edition of our award\-winning training has been completely re\-imagined to take advantage of Photoshop 2026\. Every video has been recorded fresh, all the workflows have been updated to take advantage of the new tools and techniques in Photoshop 2026\.  This is the fastest way for you to master Photoshop and transform your photos, even if you are new to Photoshop\.\</span\>

\<span style="font\-weight: 400;"\>This training is created with one goal in mind\. Helping you to get the absolute best result possible, in the shortest time possible, and to do that consistently, no matter what the Photoshop imaging challenge you face\. Right now, you may be intimidated by the complexity of Photoshop 2026 and all the changes and new tools and ai technology\. \</span\>

\<span style="font\-weight: 400;"\>All the new ai tools are covered, as well as how to do each task without ai, so you will be ready to take advantage of ai, or avoid it all together\. You will also be equipped to fix the ai mistakes\. \</span\>

\<span style="font\-weight: 400;"\>When you have finished this training, \(I don’t care if you’re 14 or 84\) Photoshop will be as familiar as a glove and you’ll have the confidence to take on any task\. That’s when you can really have fun and enjoy creating wonderful imagery, and let your imagination take over as the mechanics become second nature\.\</span\>

\<span style="font\-weight: 400;"\>Let me ask you something\. Have you been struggling to learn Photoshop, or to find a truly great course that will teach you what you need to know without hours of time\-wasting talk or gimmicky techniques? Would you like to personally learn from an instructor that is widely recognized as one of the world’s top experts, and actually uses Photoshop every day? Have you seen photos and wondered how they look so good, clean and detailed, as well as how they get those particular looks \(By now, I’m sure you realize, it’s not all in camera\)\.\</span\>

\<span style="font\-weight: 400;"\>Your search is over, you have just found the training you need to transform all your images\. Broken up into easy bite\-sized lessons and delivered in well\-paced plain English, you will work your way through some of the finest Photoshop instructions you can find anywhere\. It will be like watching over Colin’s shoulder as he reveals the techniques and tricks that he has learned over 25 years of creating award\-winning images for some of the biggest brands in the world\. There is a reason that Adobe calls on him on a regular basis to speak at their conference \(Adobe MAX, where he was awarded Max Master\) and represent Adobe at places like YouTube and Sony Kando\. Adobe even asked Colin to create some of the tutorials that are built right into Photoshop\. Colin has also written 23 books on Photoshop, so he knows his stuff and wants to pass on this knowledge to you in a friendly and conversational way\.\</span\>
- [Lightroom Classic 2023 for Digital Photographers](https://photoshopcafe.com/video/products/lightroomclassic2022.htm)
- [Learn Masks in Lightroom and Camera RAW](https://photoshopcafe.com/shop/how-to-use-masks-in-lightroom-and-camera-raw-course/): \<h2 style="font\-weight: 400;"\>Master Masks in Lightroom and Camera RAW\</h2\>
\<strong\>Your guide to al Masks and the Masking tools in Lightroom and Camera RAW \(Updated for ACR/Lightroom 2025\)\</strong\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>Masks are the biggest thing to come to Lightroom and ACR \(Adobe Camera RAW\) in years\! These masks add a set of new AI powered tools, as well as revolutionizing how the existing tools work\. With the masks panel, there are so many new ways you can use these tools together to transform your photos with powerful masks, or even layer multiple masks together\. You can now treat your images in ways that were impossible before this paradigm\-shift in Lightroom and Camera RAW\.\</p\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>You might feel a little overwhelmed by all these new tools, or a bit lost because existing workflows have been turned on their head\. Perhaps, you are comfortable with the new tools, but want to explore creative ways to use them and unleash their full time\-saving and photo\-transforming power\. Lightroom uses Camera RAW as it’s develop module, they are exactly the same\. If you are using ACR inside Photoshop, or Lightroom this course is designed for both\.\</p\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>This course is the key to mastering masks and ai tools inside Lightroom/ACR\. This 3\-hour course, taught by Photoshop/Lightroom Guru, Colin Smith, will help you understand how all the mask tools work, how to use them and how to choose the best settings\.\</p\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>Once you Learn and understand the tools, we put them into practice with real\-world projects\. These projects show you how these tools work together to accomplish your goals\. You will discover fun and creative ways to add magic to all your images and really make then stand out from the crowd\. You will be surprised at how easy it is to get professional\-looking results, in less time than you think\.\</p\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>This course is an investment that will pay for itself over and over\. Stop stumbling your way through, and learn the techniques of the pros\. Your images can start looking better today\! It doesn't matter if you are new to masks, or already have experience, this course will be invaluable to you\.\</p\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>\<strong\>All instructor files included\!\</strong\>\</p\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>Your instructor, Colin Smith, has worked professionally in the industry for over 2 decades and has worked with companies like Adobe, Apple, NVIDIA and Disney\. His work has been featured in Time Magazine and the New York Times\. He is well\-known for his ability to make even complex tasks seem simple\. Colin’s tutorials have been viewed over 100,000,000 times on youtube and photoshopcafe\.com and he has written 22 books\.\</p\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>\<strong\>Includes: 26 lessons \| 3 hours running time \| All instructor images\</strong\>\</p\>
\<p style="font\-weight: 400;"\>\<strong\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full wp\-image\-57026" src="https://photoshopcafe\.com/wp\-content/uploads/2023/08/9\.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /\>\</strong\>\</p\>

## Blog Items
- [Celebrating 25 years of PhotoshopCAFE with a new Website Design\!](https://photoshopcafe.com/blog/celebrating-25-years-of-photoshopcafe-with-a-new-website-design/): Celebrating 25 years of PhotoshopCAFE with a new Website Design\!
- [Route CS6 Photoshop Seminar Tour with Colin Smith](https://photoshopcafe.com/blog/route-cs6-photoshop-seminar-tour-with-colin-smith/)
- [Why YOU should care about digital video](https://photoshopcafe.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-digital-video/)
- [Route CS6 Photoshop Seminar Tour with Colin Smith](https://photoshopcafe.com/blog/route-cs6-photoshop-seminar-tour-with-colin-smith-2/)
- [Shooting Drag racing from the air with a drone](https://photoshopcafe.com/drone-dragracing/): What can be more exciting than the smell of burning rubber and the ground shaking, body moving sound of highly tuned dragsters tearing up the tarmac?  How about shooting them with a drone?

## Instructors
- [Lindsay Adler](https://photoshopcafe.com/instructor/lindsay-adler/):  Lindsay Adler is a professional portrait and fashion photographer based in New York City\.
- [Frank Salas](https://photoshopcafe.com/instructor/frank-salas/): Recently named as one of the top wedding photographers in the world
- [Jane Conner\-ziser](https://photoshopcafe.com/instructor/jane-conner-ziser/):  Jane Conner\-Ziser is a photographer, digital artist, premier educator and independent consultant\.
- [Kristina Sherk](https://photoshopcafe.com/instructor/kristina-sherk/): Great photo retouchers are ghost artists\. The viewer rarely has any idea the amount of work that goes
- [Colin Smith](https://photoshopcafe.com/instructor/colin-smith/): Colin Smith is founder of the \#1 PhotoshopCAFE online community which has received over 30 million visitors\.

## Contests
- [PhotoshopCAFE Design Challenge 1: Design a T shirt photoshop contest](https://photoshopcafe.com/contests/contest-1-finalists.htm): Design challenge 1, design a tshirt\. Premium Photoshop design contest at photoshopcafe\.com\. Free to enter, win lots of valuable prizes and exposure\. 
- [PhotoshopCAFE Design Challenge 2 Design a Magazine cover](https://photoshopcafe.com/contests/contest-2-finalists.htm): Design challenge 2, design a magazine cover\. Premium Photoshop design contest at photoshopcafe\.com\. Free to enter, win lots of valuable prizes and exposure\. 
- [PhotoshopCAFE Design Challenge 3 Design a cover for a training CD\.](https://photoshopcafe.com/contests/contest-3-finalists.htm)
- [PhotoshopCAFE Design Challenge 6 : Photoshop Cereal Box](https://photoshopcafe.com/contests/contest-6-finalists.htm): Design challenge 6, design a cereal box\. Premium Photoshop design contest at photoshopcafe\.com\. Free to enter, win lots of valuable prizes and exposure\. 
- [PhotoshopCAFE Design Challenge 7 Billboard, past or Future](https://photoshopcafe.com/contests/contest-7-finalists.htm): Design challenge 7, design a Billboard, future or past\. Premium Photoshop design contest at photoshopcafe\.com\. Free to enter, win lots of valuable prizes and exposure\. 

## Interviews
- [Spyros Tsiounis from Lucas Films on Storyboarding\.](https://photoshopcafe.com/interviews/spyros.htm): Spyros Tsiounis on storyboarding
Spyros has worked as a Story Artist on a number of successful feature films including: Flushed Away, Curious George
- [Jay Shuster from Pixar\.](https://photoshopcafe.com/interviews/jay.htm): Concept Designer at Pixar
Jay arrived at Pixar Animation Studios in 2002 as a concept designer on Cars, where he translated Director John Lasseter’s ideas into characters and environments\.
- [Francesco Salvati \(eds Dagon Lora\)\.](https://photoshopcafe.com/interviews/salv.htm): Illustrator
Featured artist for Sketchbook pro on the iPad\. His first major works were commissioned by a famous designer, Partenopeo, where he created paintings inspired by the theme of Italian Renaissance for high fashion garments\. From that moment, Francesco started to work in the fashion industry taking a leap that leads to responsibility and creative collaborations in many known companies as a graphic artist, Creative and Art Director
- [Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin from Creaturebox\.](https://photoshopcafe.com/interviews/creaturebox.htm): CREATUREBOX
A few years ago, on a particularly hot spring day, Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin pondered the possibility of joining forces\. Sharing a fascination with monsters, spacemen, and everything in between, CreatureBox crawled to life\.
- [Goro Fujita \(Dreamworks\)](https://photoshopcafe.com/interviews/goro.htm): Visual Development Artist
Goro Fujita was born in Japan but moved with his family to Germany when he was 3 years old\. After graduating High School he went to an animation school called "The German Film School for digital production" near Berlin\. He graduated in 2005 and started working as a freelance character animator and visual development artist for TV commercials and Feature Films in Germany\.

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