Adobe Photoshop's latest Remove tool update has added a new Find Distractions feature, which may be a major shift from manual retouching toward context-aware editing. Unlike traditional healing or cloning tools, it doesn’t simply replace pixels based on nearby texture. Instead, it analyzes scene structure and object categories to decide what belongs in the image and what doesn't. This is a very similar, but slightly more advanced, version of Lightroom's object/people detection tools. To learn...

A photograph is, in fact, a permanent record of something that you witnessed and experienced. I think it’s special because of that. The durability of it, the way it plucks a slice of reality from the living world and preserves it forever. — Ian Plant In our very first episode of Photo Masters Podcast, I have an eye-opening conversation with Photo Masters founder Ian Plant. Ian's photography career began almost by accident, when he bought a camera after his first year of law school and quickly...

What is the difference between inspiration and copying? In the words of artist Gail McFarland, “the main difference is that inspiration involves taking an idea or element and transforming it into something new with your own creativity and unique perspective, while copying is replicating another artist's work without adding original thought.” But what if you’re taking photos of the same landscape as your favorite photographer and the final results end up looking eerily similar? What if you’re...