Photoshop for Lightroom users

What can Photoshop do that Lightroom can’t? Photoshop for Lightroom users

Why Photoshop? I have Lightroom

There are a number of tasks that can be done in photoshop that Lightroom can’t do.  I’m not talking about Panoramas and HDR anymore, because they can now be done in Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6. Pixel and layer level tasks require Photoshop.

Learn how to create reusable layered templates, discover non-destructive layers and masks. Make time lapse sequences, do sky replacements and other compositing tricks. Find out the power of using pressure sensitive brushes and more in Photoshop in Colin’s whirl-wind tour of the creative side of Photoshop.

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