Practical Photoshop

20 TIPS TO SPEED UP YOUR WORKFLOW

1 MAKE CUSTOM PROFILES

Profiles can be added in Lightroom’s Develop Module or in Camera Raw. They’re designed to kick-start your image-editing by giving an image a certain look. There are over 50 profiles to choose from, and you can also supplement the list with your own custom profiles. Like Presets, Profiles allow you to style your image in different ways. But Profiles are more advanced, as you can control the effect with the Strength slider, and they don’t interfere with any existing settings.

2 CHANGE HISTORY STATES

The History Panel can be helpful if you need to retrace your steps, but what if you need to go back beyond the default 20 steps? There’s no way to

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