Editor Note

“Welcome to issue 117 of Practical Photoshop! If

NEURAL FILTERS

They represent the biggest change to Photoshop filters we’ve seen in years. But what are they – and more importantly, what can they do?

HOW TO USE STYLE TRANSFER

Get to grips with a new range of filter effects that let you mimic famous paintings and more

THE BEST OF STYLE TRANSFER

While some of the Style Transfer presets are a little disappointing, others can be pleasingly transformative -here are five of our favorites…

SKIN SMOOTHING

Use this Neural Filter to enhance your portraits and smooth rough skin

BETA FILTERS

As well as the two fully featured Neural

SMART PORTRAIT

Make groundbreaking edits to faces with these AI-enhanced tools

MAKEUP TRANSFER

Copy the color and style of makeup from one photo to another with a couple of clicks

PLAY WITH DEPTH

Alter the color temperature and haziness of a backdrop to draw attention to your subject

COLORIZE OLD PHOTOS

Use this amazing Neural Filter to automatically add color to your black‐and-white photos in a matter of seconds

SUPER ZOOM

Zoom into part of your photo and have Photoshop build the details for you

REMOVE JPEG ARTIFACTS

Improve low-quality images by automatically smoothing out artifacts

MAKE MAJESTIC SCENES WITH THE MAGIC WAND

Get to grips with this powerful selection tool, and learn how to craft a composite image by adding a lone tree to a landscape

HDR IN MONOCHROME

Discover how to shoot and edit impressive blackand-white HDR landscapes with James Paterson

SHOOT FOR AN HDR

01 USE A TRIPOD To start, we need

PHOTOGRAPHING RIVERS

01 INCLUDE WET ROCKS A low angle can

MERGE YOUR MONO HDRs IN LIGHTROOM

01 LAUNCH HDR MERGE Import your bracketed sequence into

LEARN LIGHTROOM TODAY

WHITE WALL

http://www.whitewall.co.uk

ESSENTIALS

Your quick-start guide and reference to image editing in Photoshop

CREATIVE CLOUD PLANS

CHOOSE THE PLAN WITH THE COMBINATION OF TOOLS AND STORAGE YOU NEED

THE IMAGE-EDITING WORKFLOW

Manage your photos from capture to output in three stages

THE BASICS OF RAW PROCESSING

Discover how to process your raw files to perfection

SIX ESSENTIAL LAYERS FOR PHOTOS

The six most frequently used Photoshop layers for image editing, and how to use them to improve almost any photo

14 ESSENTIAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

14 keyboard shortcuts that will massively improve your speed and efficiency while working in Photoshop