Learn how you can creatively apply different Blur tools. Here we see how to apply the Bokeh slider, Iris and Tilt Shift Blurs to focus the viewer's gaze, enhance colors and add blooming to highlights.

This video demonstrates how you can clean up a good deal of noise when processing a RAW photo by using the Color and Luminance sliders.

This video compares the strengths of the Vibrance slider with Hue/Saturation and shows how to use these tools together. Vibrance is particularly useful for bringing out colors without affecting skin tones.

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.

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

We create a fantastic time-lapse using Photoshop CS5 Extended. Thanks to the images from James at www.deepspaceplace.com. Unfortunately he set the white balance on Auto and it needed to be fixed. Not as easy as you would think! We use the color blend mode, and the blend if sliders to fix it. But we also keep the subtle color of the planets.

Use the new Grain sliders to create a special effect that simulates traditional film grain. Try it in black-and-white photos.

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.

Gabriel Powell shows you how to select, compare, and present images in Adobe Bridge. This tutorial is from Adobe Photoshop CS4 Learn by Video - the official training for the Adobe Certified Associate exam: www.peachpit.com/learnbyvideo.

Convert an image to black-and-white. Use presets to adjust the style of the image. Then, use sliders to adjust the light and contrast. Use with either Photoshop Elements version 7 or 8.