Apply new and enhanced auto functionality in Brightness and Contrast, Levels, and Curves for easy adjustment of your images with terrific results. Intelligence from thousands of hand-retouched images is built in to give you a better starting point for making adjustments.

This lesson will guide you through a basic workflow for optimizing the overall tone and color in your digital images.

In this episode of The Complete Picture, discover the power of making selective adjustments like dodging and burning, color corrections and noise removal using the Graduated Filter and Adjustment Brush in Lightroom 4. Note: although this video was recorded in Lightroom, the same techniques are available in Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS6.

In this lesson you'll learn how to apply a variety of adjustments to improve any photo that features a person, making it look like a great portrait.

Learn three simple ways to adjust exposure, brightness, and/or contrast in your photos. The Instant Fix option in the Organizer offers great results fast. Quick Edit mode in the Editor workspace gives you a bit more control with sliders and adjustment previews. And the Brightness and Contrast Guided Edit offers step-by-step assistance so you can get exactly the look you want.

Need to fix, enhance, or apply artistic effects just to a specific area of your photo? This tutorial shows you how to use the Smart Brush to select and apply adjustments to a specific photo area with one brushstroke. You'll also learn how to use the Detail Smart Brush to paint on enhancements without making a selection.

Is your video footage poorly exposed, or does it have bad color or contrast? Learn easy ways to fix these issues using Adobe Premiere Elements 11. This tutorial shows you how to use the Adjust options in Quick editing mode to apply an automatic fix, or to individually adjust color, lighting, and temperature and tint using sliders and adjustment previews. Also see how to quickly trim clips as you edit them together.

In this movie, author Jan Kabili discusses the Quick Edit workspace in Photoshop Elements 11. Quick Edit is the workspace to go to when you want to make common photo adjustments quickly.

In Adobe Photoshop non-destructive editing is the way to go, and Adjustment Layers give you the ability to make changes and then "change" your mind; even days later. Let Infinite Skills author, Andy Anderson, show you how they work.

Discover the basics of working with Levels inside of Adobe Photoshop Touch. This will cover the basic adjustments necessary to correct a dark image. This is a classic problem that can be fixed easily by using these techniques.

In this Quick Tip, Julieanne demonstrates the new Color Lookup Adjustment layer and walks you through how to download a template to quickly apply these new “looks” to your images. The files she references can be found here. http://adobe.ly/Ng3afA

Getting a little more sophisticated with tonal adjustments, in this lesson we'll explore controls that enable you to take full control over the luminance levels in your photos.

in this video you'll see how to use Lightroom's HSL/Color, and B&W adjustments to modify digital images

In this lesson, Andy Anderson walks you through the steps of using Lightroom 4's Tone Curves

The Gradient Map Adjustment layer has over 35 new presets to emulate traditional darkroom techniques for toning and split-toning photographs. Learn how to load and apply gradient maps to a single image as well as how to download and use Julieanne’s template to quickly see what each preset would look like on your own photograph through the magic of Smart Objects. The files she references can be found here. http://adobe.ly/OBIOdz

In this Quick Tip, Julieanne quickly demonstrates how to create a 32-bit file from multiple exposures in Photoshop and then, using the Develop module in Lightroom 4.1 refines the image's color and tonality both globally and selectively - all while still working in 32-bit! In the tutorial, I don’t believe that I mentioned that when I choose Edit > In, my default setting is to hand off a TIFF file to Photoshop. That way, when I save the file, it saves a 32-bit TIFF – which is what Lightroom prefers (not a PSD file).

Learn how to use basic adjustments for tone and color to optimize the appearance of a photo.

Learn how to use targeted adjustments to fine-tune specific areas of a photo.

NAPP Instructor RC Concepcion goes over how easy it is to correct your images with Lens Aware Adjustments in Photoshop CS6. RC will even go into making further corrections in Photoshop's new Adaptive Wide angle filter.

This lesson will guide you through a basic workflow for optimizing the overall tone and color in your digital images.

In this lesson you'll see how you can use a selection as the basis of a targeted adjustment.

This movie showcases the drag-and-drop video effects, effect acceleration, and video adjustment layer controls in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. It also shows the new Mercury Playback Engine's ability to play back effects with no dropped frames. Finally, it goes on to show how to effectively render out playback when needed.

Napp Instructor Matt Kloskowski goes over some of the basics and benefits with making selective adjustments to images using the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom 4.

Product Manager Al Mooney shows how to apply adjustment layers, similar to those in After Effects and Photoshop, to apply effects and have the effects automatically modify all of the underlying tracks.

Join Karl Soule, Business Development Manager at Adobe, as he unveils and demos the exciting new features in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. See how Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 combines incredible performance with a sleek revamped UI, and a host of powerful new creative features, including Warp Stabilizer for stabilizing footage, dynamic timeline trimming, expanded multicam editing, adjustment layers, and more for a fluid workflow.

In this Episode of The Complete Picture, Julieanne will demonstrate the differences between making absolute adjustments to photographs using Lightroom’s Develop module and relative adjustments using the Quick Develop panel.

In this Episode of The Complete Picture, Julieanne demonstrates how to reduce the color palette of an image to create a posterized effect with the most control and maximum flexibility possible.

Part three on how to hide someone’s face in a video, this time we’re using Adobe After Effects CS5. If you need to obscure an element in a video, like a face or unlicensed product, this episode will demonstrate how it’s done using an adjustment layer and After Effect’s built-in effects.

In this Episode of the Complete Picture Julieanne Kost explains two different methods for selectively colorizing an image to differentiate the subject from the background using Adobe Camera Raw.

In this episode, Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to streamline Lightroom 3’s Develop module by taking advantage of her top 10 favorite shortcuts & time-saving features in order to eliminate many of the repetitive image adjustment tasks when editing large volumes of images. Check out Julianne's blog for more shortcuts and tips! http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost

Adobe Press and video2brain show you how to apply motion tracking data to an adjustment layer and use rotoscoping on that adjustment layer to selectively perform color correction on a moving object.

In this episode of the Complete Picture, Julieanne demonstrates several ways to use leading lines in order to guide a viewer’s eye through an image including leading towards the primary subject, keeping movement within the frame, and adding tension to a composition.

Learn how to create and prepare images to incorporate into your website design.  Save them in web friendly JPG or PNG formats while maintaining a good balance between quality and small file size. Import them into Dreamweaver and make some initial adjustments to layout and alignment.

Presets and templates can greatly speed the processing of your images in Lightroom. In this video you'll learn the concepts involved with the use of presets and templates.

Presets and templates can greatly speed the processing of your images in Lightroom. In this video you'll learn the concepts involved with the use of presets and templates.

In this episode I'll show you how to take advantage of Virtual Copies in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. You'll see how to take your non-destructive workflow even further with multiple effects/adjustments on the same image.

In this Episode of the Complete Picture Julieanne demonstrates what you can do in Lightroom’s Develop module to enhance your photographs using color and tonality to change the mood and atmosphere of an image . We all know that the goal is to capture the best photograph in camera, but what happens when we aren’t at the right place at the right time? Julieanne will show you how to make subtle changes to increase the photograph’s emotional impact.

Creating a Loop & changing the Animation Speed in After Effects CS5.

In this video you will learn what color correction is in Photoshop CS5.

In this video you will learn how to isolate and adjustment with a gradient in Photoshop CS5 using curves and targeted adjustment tool.

It's time to Finish up your project. You'll start by fine tuning your composition using adjustment layers. Then you'll adjust the timing of various transitions to sync better to music. Finally you'll learn how to render out your finished video as a standalone file.

Learn how to use manual selection tools to isolate an area of your image for making local adjustments.

Photoshop Elements’ Quick Fix is a one-stop shop for color and tonal adjustments. This video walks you through the options provided by Quick Fix.

Use the Lens Correction controls to manually or automatically correct lens distortions such as bowing and vignetting.

Somewhere between the decisive moment and moving pictures lies the world of digital compositing - where multiple images captured at different times layer together to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. In this episode Julieanne Kost will demonstrate how to transform concepts and ideas into images by mastering the tools used in compositing.

Join Julieanne Kost as she covers all those little features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 that you may not know about that can make your life easier.

Learn the best way to make global and local color and tonal corrections to your images and take advantage of new world-class noise reduction capabilities.

In this episode of The Complete Picture, Julieanne Kost covers the new Merge to HDR Pro and Tone Mapping Adjustment features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 which allow you to get a much higher dynamic range in your images.

This film on immigration focuses on interview with several recent arrivals in the USA, and offers advice on adjustment to life in a new country.

Apply adjustment layers to manipulate the color, tone, contrast, and other aspects of images. Apply adjustments non-destructively, monitor levels in the panel's histogram, and paint away adjustments with the built-in layer mask.

This video shows a cool effect for backgrounds behind sports photos that can be used in everything from ads to little league and school photos. You'll see that a couple of quick gradients can add some drama and change the entire look and feel of an image.

In this episode of CSInsider Design , Rufus Deuchler explains how the Layout Adjustment tool in Adobe InDesign CS4 can quickly and easily change the orientation of a document.

In part 1 of this 2 part episode, Russell Brown shows us his personal tips and techniques on how to extract an image from a green screen background using Adobe Photoshop CS4

Most Photographers want to know if there is a difference between using Lightroom to make adjustments as opposed to using camera raw controls when opening into Photoshop through Bridge? Is it the same camera raw technology? Julieanne Kost answers this frequently asked question while Kush thinks about ways to edit his pictures of the ocean front of Trieste Italy.

Image Controls simplify the process of figuring out which adjustment sliders will affect certain areas of your photos. With CS4 you just open an image adjustment and click-and-drag on it and Photoshop makes all the corresponding adjustments.

An artist from Domani Studios talks about how you can adjust images in half the time with the Adjustments panel in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

In Photoshop CS4 adjustments are easier to find, easier to use and are completely non-destructive. Learn how to work 200% faster!

If you've ever had to scale an image in Photoshop, you've probably noticed that Photoshop squishes or stretches it. Content Aware Scaling instead inserts (or removes) bands of pixels throughout the image and keeps the image resolution totally intact.

Quickly create and edit masks from the Masks panel. This panel offers all the tools you need to create editable pixel- and vector-based masks

Simplify image adjustment by easily accessing every tool you need to nondestructively adjust and enhance the color and tone of your images.

You’ll be amazed how much faster you can fine tune your images with the new Adjustments and Masks Panel in Photoshop CS4. Julieanne Kost shows you how.

In this tutorial, Eran Stern teaches you how to control the scattering of light in a composition using adjustment lights. Eran creates a 3D world of dancing actors with realistic lights and shadows for a fictional show called "Born to Dance."

Instructor Richard Harrington shows you how to use the Adjustments Panel in Photoshop CS4 to quickly enhance your images.

Would you like to see if your car looks better in Blue? Use Adobe Photoshop CS4 and try before you buy. Learn about the new Adjustments panel and Hue Sauration adjustments.

Discover how Adobe Photoshop CS4 can be used to manipulate video in this Photoshop tutorial. Join Karl Soulé as he shows you the intricacies of Adjustment Layers, the Masks Panel, and more!

Discover the brand new Smart Brush tool. This tool makes it easier than ever to apply an adjustment to an area in an image in just one step.

Colin Smith shows you how to make basic black and white adjustments in Adobe Lightroom 2. Discover how white balance and color affect back and white adjustments.

The big WOW feature in Camera Raw 5 is the ability to make localized corrections. Join Colin Smith as he shows you what this tool is capable of.

In this Photoshop Tutorial, instructor Richard Harrington shows you how to use Photoshop's black & white adjustment layers to give you more control over images you choose to make black & white.

Make color and tonal adjustments using an easy layer-based workflow with the improved Adjustments panel.

Apply color and tonal adjustments to areas of a photo, like traditional dodging and burning, with the Adjustment Brush and Graduated Filter.

Richard Harrington gives his top three reasons to upgrade to Photoshop CS4 at Photoshop World Las Vegas, 2008.

Use InDesign to create a template that automates the layout of a product catalog.

Kevin Ames introduces the new adjustments layer panel in Photoshop CS4, vibrance, and demonstrates how to increase saturation of non-primary colors in images.

Richard Harrington shares tips on the new, subtly refined tools in Photoshop CS4 to help get the results you want with your images.

Adobe's Frederick Johnson shows you how to utilize the adjustment brush in Lightroom 2 to dramatically alter images. Recorded at Photoshop World Las Vegas, 2008.

Matt Kloskowski explains why camera raw with the adjustment brush and the new adjustments panel are two of the most compelling reasons to upgrade to Photoshop CS4.

Matt Kloskowski demonstrates how to use the new clarity setting in the adjustment brush to enhance your images in Lightroom 2. Recorded at Photoshop World Las Vegas, 2008.

Richard Harrington shows you how to speed up your workflow using the vibrance adjustment, fine edge command, and mask panels in Photoshop CS4. Recorded at Photoshop World Las Vegas, 2008.

Chris Orwig reveals how this brand new, unique tool allows you to bring an image to life in Lightoom 2.0. Recorded at Photoshop World Las Vegas, 2008.

Rediscover the Adjustment layers through the powerful Adjustments panel. Colin Smith shows you all the main features as well as the new Mask panel and the revamped Dodge, Burn and Sponge tools.

Richard Harrington shows you how to use the new vibrance adjustments in Photoshop CS4 to boost the saturation of a scene without affecting skin tones.

Richard Harrington shows you how to use the new adjustments panel in Photoshop CS4 to speed up your workflow.

Do color variations and adjustments in Photoshop ever give you a hassle? See how the experts of xTrain adjust their color in Ben Willmore's tutorial.