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Sharpening your photographs can be a dicey proposition: We all want crisp images, but if you’re not careful when using Photoshop’s Unsharp Mask tool you can ruin an otherwise nice shot. In this helpful tutorial, you’ll learn a better, non-destructive technique.

Have you ever wanted to give panorama photography a try, but feared you lacked the necessary gear or image-editing expertise? Well fear not, because the following tutorial demonstrates an easy way to get the job done with the equipment you own and a simple Lightroom secret.

Photographers who've done enough shooting outdoors know that some scenes appear far more compelling in b&w. The challenge is that after a monochrome conversion, some photos are significantly less dramatic than expected. We're going to fix that in the next 15 minutes.

Here's an enlightening Lightroom tutorial from the Dream Life YouTube channel that kills two stubborn birds with one stone. On the one hand you'll learn a tried-and-true method for exporting high-quality images. The bonus is that this method accomplishes the task while saving

It's sort of surprising that more photographers don't avail themselves of the all-important histogram when shooting and editing their work. One of our favorite landscape shooters puts it like this: "Understanding the histogram is key to mastering exposure and taking control of your photography."

This two-minute post-processing tutorial from instructor Mike Wardynski demonstrates a simple technique for creating various edits of a single photo and accelerating the workflow without taking up extra space on your hard drive. The process involves the use of what are known as "virtual copies," and it's easy to understand how they work.

Here's an outside-the-box Photoshop tutorial from an Australian photographer who specializes in post-processing techniques that add imagination and creativity to her whimsical imagery. The video begins with this simple question: "Why use a Grey Layer (we'll stick with her Aussie spelling) in Photoshop?"