I recently had the pleasure of being spotlighted in one of PhotoShelter’s webinars on their blog where I taught people how to create actions that would save time.

As is usually the case in Photoshop, there are probably five different ways to quickly and easily add an effect to photos, but I want to show you a couple of my favorite methods. They’re my favorite methods because they meet my requirements...

There are a number of Photoshop tools that use brushes, including the Clone Stamp, Healing Brush, Blur, Sharpen and Smudge tools. With these tools you choose the size of the brush and whether you want a soft or hard edge and that’s about it.

Using keyboard shortcuts seems to be a personal thing: Some people use shortcuts all the time while others only use menus.

What’s your style? The answer to this question is fluid for many, but it ought not to be. Defining the look of your images through post-production should be constant, ensuring clients that your consistency will follow through to their own shoot.

Anything that helps you work faster in Photoshop should be considered automation. One of the reasons that I say that is because too many people only think of actions when they think of automation.

There’s no question about it, Photoshop is an amazing tool that lets us create wonderful images. My goal is to show you how to spend less time in Photoshop and create art that sells.