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Scanning Strategies / Photoshop CS4: Two Scans from One Neg (9:25)
How do you deal with a situation where your scanner cannot capture the entire tonal range of a neg with high contrast? Make two scans of the same neg targeting different areas of the tonal range and then combine the two scans into a single image using layers and layer masks in Photoshop
Posted 9/14/09

Lightroom 2: Moving Files & Keeping the Catalog Up to Date (5:21)
This tutorial shows how to move files between hard drives so that the work you've done in the Library module is preserved and Lightroom always knows where your images are. This technique is especially useful if you need to transfer files to a primary storage drive that have been added to the Lightroom catalog while on vacation or on a location shoot.

Lightroom 2: Merging Lightroom Catalogs (5:43)
This tutorial shows you how to merge different Lightroom catalogs and move files between hard drives so that the work you've done in the Library module is preserved and Lightroom always knows where your images are. This technique is especially useful if you have created a separate catalog while on vacation or on a location shoot and now need to merge it with your main Lightroom catalog..

Photoshop CS3: Fixing a Blown Out Sky, part 1 (7:14)
This tutorial shows how to use Curves and the Advanced Blending options to add some color and tonality back into an overexposed, blown-out sky (part 1 of 2).

Photoshop CS3: Fixing a Blown Out Sky, part 2 (5:44)
This tutorial shows how to use layers, layer masks and blending modes to add some cloudy sky detail back into an overexposed, blown-out sky (part 2 of 2).