Retouching Portraits

Retouching Portraits

Editing can transform a flat shot into something amazing. This video demonstrates processing methods to add drama and punch to portraits.

Photos: Luc Coiffait
Converting to Polygon Selections

Converting to Polygon Selections

Converting masking selections into polygons enables you to quickly create detailed, adjustable selection boundaries in Exposure. This video teaches you how.

Photo: Michael Gillman
Lasso Selections

Lasso Selections

The Lasso selection tool in Exposure enables you to easily select objects in photos for editing adjustments. See how in this video.

Photo: Andrea Livieri
Border Marker Selections

Border Marker Selections

The Border Marker selection tool in Exposure makes it easy to select objects in photos. See how in this video.

Photo: Jeff Butterworth, Michael Gillman
Quick Polygon Selections

Quick Polygon Selections

This video demonstrates how to use the masking selection tools in Exposure. These tools help you quickly generate layer masks that isolate a subject for editing adjustments.

Photo: Jeff Butterworth, Julian Berman
Crop and Transform

Crop and Transform

Exposure uses a unified crop and transform panel to provide a simple way to compose photos. Learn how to use its tools in this video.

Photo: Patrick Shipstad
Masking Selection Tools

Masking Selection Tools

This video demonstrates how to use the masking selection tools in Exposure. These tools help you quickly generate layer masks that isolate a subject for editing adjustments.

Photo: Andrea Livieri
Workspaces

Workspaces

Workspaces are custom arrangements of panels designed for a specific task in Exposure. They help you focus your attention by showing only the controls needed to perform the task.

Photo: Alejandro Gutierrez
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Getting Started

Watch this video to learn the basics of using Exposure and about the important features for photo editing and organizing.

Photo: John Barclay
Copying Photos from a Card

Copying Photos from a Card

This video helps you understand how to copy images from a camera card using Exposure. You'll see how to preview images on your camera cards, efficiently make image selections, edit metadata, apply creative presets, automatically save backups, and more.

Photo: William Innes Photography
applying film looks

Applying Film Looks

This video introduces you to the preset categories. After watching you will know where to look for various effects in Exposure.

Photos: Bernard Mesa, Andrea Livieri, David Mecey, John Barclay, Robert Coppa, Model: Elizabeth Krijnen from Devojka Models
Black and White Editing

Black and White Editing

This video shows you techniques for converting color images into stunning black and white photographs in Exposure.

Photo: Kariann Photography
Editing RAW Photos

Editing RAW Photos

A few basic edits can make all the difference for your final photos. Watch this video and learn tips for getting the most out of your RAW images.

Photo: Bruce Cotton
Noise Reduction

Noise Reduction

Although every digital photo has noise, it’s usually something to avoid. This video shows you how to reduce noise using Exposure.

Photos: Jeff Butterworth
Advanced Color Editor

Advanced Color Editor

Learn how to use the advanced color editor in Exposure for making precise color modifications in images. This video demonstrates the process.

Photos: Randy Kepple
Automatic Image Organization

Automatic Image Organization

Efficient photo organization gets you through post-production quickly, so you can spend more time being creative. This tutorial demonstrates how to set up simple rules in Exposure that organize images automatically.

Photo: Hiram Trillo Photography
Using Exposure and Snap Art

Using Exposure and Snap Art

The Exposure Bundle has great tools for creating unique art. This tutorial demonstrates how to use effects from Snap Art and Exposure together efficiently.

Photos: Great Bear Media
Collaborative Photo Editing

Collaborative Photo Editing

Exposure’s catalog-free design simplifies the workflow for editing photos collaboratively. This video demonstrates how to share photos and edits between two people.

Photos: Alejandro Gutierrez
Light and Airy

Light and Airy

Learn how to imbue your images with light and airy styling to produce consistently bright photos with muted pop in this video.

Photos: Eric Cox Photography
Editing with the Histogram

Editing with the Histogram

The histogram helps photographers quickly evaluate exposure values in their images. This video demonstrates how to put this tool to use it in your workflow.

Photos: Robert Whelan
Ethereal Black and White Infrared

Ethereal Black and White Infrared

This tutorial demonstrates techniques for creating dreamlike black and white effects with ethereal properties.

Photos: Sharon Covert
Gradient Tools

Gradient Tools

This video demonstrates how to use the gradient tools in Exposure to seamlessly blend and fade the adjustments applied to your images.

Photo: Scott Stulberg
Preset Audition

Preset Audition

Learn how to audition several presets on the screen at the same time in Exposure. Comparing presets makes finding the perfect look for each photo a simple process.

Photos: Barbara MacFerrin
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Spot Color Effects

Spot color is a powerful method of directing the viewer’s attention. This video demonstrates making selective color effects in Exposure.

Photos: Luc Coiffait
blown out highlights

Reducing Blown Out Highlights

Learn powerful ways to identify blown out highlights in photos and methods for recapturing details lost in brightly-exposed areas.

Photos: Jason Bone
Combining Color Casts

Combining Color Casts

The balance of colors is a crucial aspect of the success of an image. Watch this video for a lesson in correcting unwanted color casts in photos.

Photos: Andrea Livieri, Halftone Studios
Precise Color Fringe Removal

Precise Color Fringe Removal

This video demonstrates how to identify and remove unwanted color fringes from photos.

Photo: Randy Kepple
3D Color Masking Deep Dive

3D Color Masking Deep Dive

Learn how to define detailed layer masks with minimal effort in this video. Defining layer masks is a simple process with Exposure's 3D color masking tools.

Photos: Craig MacPhee
3D Color Masking

3D Color Masking

Learn how to define layer masks based on hue, saturation, or luminance. You can create masks defined by these constraints and share them between similar photos.

Photos: Andrea Livieri
Lens Distortion and Vignetting

Lens Distortion and Vignetting

Learn a few techniques for removing issues from images, such as straight lines that appear to curve, or unwanted darkening near the corners of the frame.

Photos: Randy Kepple
Correcting Chromatic Aberration and Color Fringing

Correcting Chromatic Aberration and Color Fringing

This video demonstrates how to fix chromatic aberration issues. Learn where to find them, how to fix them, and how to balance adjustments to remove them.

Photo: Hatice Lance
Camera Profiles

Camera Profiles

This video demonstrates how to create and use camera profiles, including the use of color checker systems, to reproduce colors that are true to life.

Photo: Pooje Photography
Photo Backups and Archives

Photo Backups and Archives

Backing up photos is a foundational part of processing digital photography. This video demonstrates methods for creating and managing archives of images.

Photos: C. North
Gritty Black and White Looks

Gritty Black and White Looks

This tutorial demonstrates techniques for creating high-contrast black and white looks with grit and grunge reminiscent of vintage Hollywood films.

Photos: Kariann Photography
Enhancing Sky Details

Enhancing Sky Details

Learn to recover details in a brightly captured sky and how to balance adjustments between the sky and foreground in this video tutorial.

Photos: Jean Francois Muguet
Processing Portraits

Processing Portraits

Editing can transform a flat shot into something amazing. This video demonstrates processing methods to add drama and punch to portraits.

Photos: Luc Coiffait
Removing Distractions

Removing Distractions

Watch this video for a lesson in removing distracting elements from photos with the spot healing, cloning, and cropping tools, and how to reduce the impact of elements that can't be removed.

Photos: Kyle S Ford
Wedding Workflow

Wedding Workflow

This tutorial guides you through adding punch to flat photos with adjustments to clarity, contrast, and vibrance. Learn tips on when to use each technique, how much to apply, and more.

Photos: Hiram Trillo
Fast Photo Culling

Fast Photo Culling

This video shows you how Exposure helps you quickly cull your images to find the very best ones. And you do all your work, both culling, and editing, in one interface, so you can seamlessly transition between stages in your workflow.

Photo: Kyle Allen
Fixing Color Casts

Fixing Color Casts

The balance of colors is a crucial aspect of the success of an image. Watch this video for a lesson in correcting unwanted color casts in photos.

Photos: Andrea Livieri, Halftone Studios
Punching up a Flat Photo

Punching up a Flat Photo

This tutorial guides you through adding punch to flat photos with adjustments to clarity, contrast, and vibrance. Learn tips on when to use each technique, how much to apply, and more.

Photos: David Shoukry
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Fixing Underexposed Images

Watch this video and learn basic post-processing methods for correcting underexposure in digital photos that are dark.

Photos: Megan Dreyers
Configurable Keyboard Shortcuts

Configurable Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut keys designed for your specific needs can greatly improve your workflow. This video shows you to customize the keyboard shortcuts in Exposure.

Photo: Tony Sweet
Working with LUTs

Working with LUTs

Learn how to work with LUTs in your Exposure workflow. This video demonstrates how to import LUTs into Exposure, then how to browse, search, adjust intensity, blend multiple LUTs, and more.

Photos: Scott Stulberg
Overlays

Overlays

Learn all about Exposure's overlays in this video. We'll show you how to apply borders, textures, and light effects, and how to customize them.

Photo: John Barclay
Printing Photos

Printing Photos

Learn the basics of printing, and preparing your images for print, using Exposure’s print capability.

Photo: OCH Studio
Managing Photos with Collections

Managing Photos with Collections

This video demonstrates how Exposure's collections features help you manage your photos quickly, easily, and with lots of flexibility. Learn how you can benefit from Exposure's collections.

Photo: John Barclay, Scott Stulberg, Patrice Mestari, Niall Benvie, Michael GillmanHalftone Studios
Migrating from Lightroom

Migrating from Lightroom

This video walks you through the process of using Exposure's migration tool to transfer images and image data from a Lightroom catalog into Exposure.

Photo: Hiram Trillo
Tethered Shooting

Tethered Shooting

Learn how to use Exposure for tethered shooting workflows in this video. Tethered shooting enables you to view the finished images on a large screen immediately after clicking the shutter.

Split Toning Effects

Split Toning Effects

This video demonstrates how to apply split toning effects to your images in Exposure.

Photo: Terrence Jones Photography
Color Toning

Color Toning

Exposure's tools enable adjust colors with precision and ease. This tutorial demonstrates how to take command of image color with creative color toning effects.

Photo: Paola Paz
Adding Film Grain

Adding Film Grain

If you love the look and feel of grain, or if you’re drawn to the nostalgia of analog film, check out this tutorial. Learn to the fundamentals of applying and controlling grain effects to enhance your photos in Exposure.

Photos: Tony Sweet
Virtual Copies

Virtual Copies

Exposure’s virtual copies feature encourages you to experiment with different looks for your photos. See how to use the feature in this video.

Photo: Art Face Portrait
Local Adjustments

Local Adjustments

In this video tutorial, learn how to apply adjustments locally in Exposure. This enables you to apply editing changes only to the areas you designate, and seamlessly blend any of the edits you make.

Photos: Angie Lambert
Complementary Color Grading

Complementary Color Grading

This tutorial video demonstrates techniques for building a custom Exposure preset with a beautiful orange and teal look.

Photo: Jason Bone, Robert Coppa, Alexander Heinrichs, Jenna Barrett
Preparing Photos for Social Media

Preparing Photos for Social Media

Increase your exporting productivity by integrating Exposure's quick export presets into your workflow. This video shows you how.

Photo: Bruce Cotton
Organizing with Keywords

Organizing with Keywords

Keywords enable you to structure robust classifications, and flexibly search through your digital image library. Learn how keywords can assist you in organizing your photos in this video.

Photo: Frank Salas
Watermarks

Watermarks

This video demonstrates how to when and how to apply watermarks, how to customize them, and how to create your own using Exposure.

Photo: Jan Siebert
Comparing Photo Treatments

Comparing Photo Treatments

Learn how to use Exposure’s side-by-side view to experiment with photo treatments.

Photo: Kyle Ford
removing sensor dust

Removing Sensor Dust

Photographer Kyle Ford demos his workflow method to clear dust spots from his photos in Exposure.

Photo: Kyle Ford
Sharpening Techniques

Sharpening Techniques

This video introduces you to several different types of image sharpening, and it explains when to use each kind. Learn how to get great-looking sharpening results by adding the effects during various periods in your workflow.

Photo: April Milani, Anne Helene Gjelstad
Using External Editors

Using External Editors

Learn how to launch images in other programs as external editors from Exposure. Integrating all your tools into one central post-processing tool is one of the great benefits to using Exposure as the centerpiece of your workflow.

Photo: Matthew Bliss
Working with Layers

Working with Layers

Layers take photo editing to a whole new level. Separate layers provide more precise control over adjustments. Learn how to use layers in this video.

Photo: Lynda Mills
Working with Photoshop Files

Working with Photoshop Files

Learn how to integrate Exposure with Photoshop. This video shows you how to edit PSD images created in Photoshop, how to export PSD images, and more.

Photo: McClanahan Studio
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Tim Grey Webinar

Learn ways to improve your understanding of Exposure’s many creative tools. Watch expert instructor Tim Grey’s webinar 'Effects for Creative Vision' and gain new insights into creative editing.

Batch Editing

Batch Editing

Batch editing is a post-processing technique that allows for adjusting a bunch of images fast. If you have images shot under similar lighting conditions, you can apply the same tweaks to them all at once. Exposure gives you a few different ways to batch edit photos.

Photo: Jeni Ann
Vignette

Vignette

This video shows you how to create well balanced vignette effects. Vignettes are great creative tools to subtly focus attention on the subject.

Photo: Oleg Kim
Creative Focus Effects

Creative Focus Effects

Image focus is a powerful way to direct the viewer’s eye. Controlling areas that are in and out of focus gives you loads of creative options in post-production. This video was made to show you how you can add realistic blurring effects to your images in Exposure.

Photo: David Mecey
Working with Presets

Working with Presets

Learn how to work with presets in Exposure. See how to browse and search, use filtering, how to save custom presets, and how to import and export.

Photo: Tony Asgari
Exporting

Exporting

Learn methods for exporting finished images out of Exposure. Exporting is the last major step in your post processing workflow..

Photo: Hiram Trillo
Managing Image Files

Managing Image Files

Learn how to browse files, add favorite folders, and perform file management in Exposure.

Photo: Oded Wagenstein, Jay Marroquin, Jimmy Beech, Chad Bromley
Tagging, Filtering, Sorting, and Searching

Tagging, Filtering, Sorting, and Searching

Learn how to organize files in Exposure using the tag, filter, sort, and search tools.

Photo: Hiram Trillo
non-destructive editing

Understanding Exposure’s Nondestructive Workflow

This video demonstrates some of the main benefits to Exposure's non-destructive photo editing workflow.

Photo: Tony Sweet
Lightroom

Lightroom

This video tells the first things to know when you’re starting to use Exposure with Adobe Lightroom. It gives a brief tour of the UI, and suggestions for how to work.

Photo: John Barclay
Photoshop

Photoshop

Exposure is a complete photo editor that can handle your entire photography workflow. But, it can also integrate into other photo editors. This video demonstrates how to access the unique creative capabilities in Exposure from within Adobe Photoshop.

Photo: John Barclay