Speaker – John Stewart – Nightscape Photography
Join us on Tuesday night (25 June 2024) to hear our Life Member John Stewart outline the steps in taking nightscape images of the Milky Way. In this presentation John will outline what you need to do to take these enthralling images that he is well known for.
This will be a good introduction for those intending to attend our Nightscape Photography field day planned for the 3 August 2024. John will also outline the post-processing steps for these images (he hopes to give a more detailed presentation on this at a later date).
Looking forward to catching up with you all at this Zoom session between 7:00pm and 8:30pm on the 25 June 2024. The login details for the session are provided below:
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by Graham Harris, June 22, 2024
We are now a PSA Club Member
Toowoomba Photographic Society has signed up as an International Club member with the Photographic Society of America. We are one of 16 Australian Clubs within the South Pacific Region.
One of the benefits of membership is a monthly newsletter from our Australian Membership Director – Dr Roy Killen. I have uploaded a copy of the latest newsletter from Roy for your information. It can be downloaded by clicking on the link here.
by Graham Harris, June 21, 2024
The Digital Darkroom Series
All eight sessions of the Digital Darkroom Series presented by Margaret Kebble to date have been uploaded to the TPS YouTube Channel. These can be accessed from the Training Sessions button at the right of our TPS MyPhotoClub website,
In the most recent session (Session 8) Margaret demonstrated how to remove those annoying halos and chromatic aberrations in our images, and how to make detailed selections in our images.
It’s well worth a look if you weren’t able to join us last Tuesday evening.
by Graham Harris, June 20, 2024
The Digital Darkroom – Session 8
Tonight (19 June 2024 at 7:00pm) Margaret Kebble will present the eighth session in her Digital Darkroom series.
In this session she will be covering some helpful processing tips – getting rid of halos, removing fringing, making intricate selections using calculations, and creating adaptive presets.
If there is time we may cover some other things as well.
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by Graham Harris, June 18, 2024
Scammer Alert – Beware!
Earlier today TPS Committee members reported receiving an e-mail supposedly from Graham Harris, TPS President requesting payments to be made to a Bendigo Bank Account. This is a scam.
The scammers most likely are accessing the names of our committee members from the website and using these names in an effort to scam our members. If you receive an e-mail supposedly from one of the committee members firstly check if the e-mail address being used looks legitimate (it will have a tpsi.org.au as part of the address) – if it does not then it is a scam and delete it immediately. DO NOT respond to the scammer e-mail.
If you think it may be legitimate then contact the sender using their e-mail address on our website or phone them to confirm before responding to the e-mail – you cannot be too careful.
by Graham Harris, June 17, 2024
TPS Field Day(s) June 2024
Next weekend (22 and 23 June 2024) TPS will be holding field days for our members in collaboration with the Toowoomba Jump Club.
On Saturday 22 June at 9:00am we will meet with Kylie Schooley, President, Toowoomba Jump Club at their club rooms at the Toowoomba Showgrounds (see directions below). She will provide details on safety precautions for us to follow. This day will involve dressage in the morning and jumping in the afternoon in the main Toowoomba Showground ring.
On Sunday 23 June 2024 at 7:30am we will again meet with Kylie Schooley at the Toowoomba Jump Club rooms for details related to the cross country event we will be photographing that day.
Below is a map showing directions to the Toowoomba Jump Club rooms at the Toowoomba Showgrounds. The directions are:
- Head west along Glenvale Road until you enter the main Toowoomba Showground gate
- follow the road past the Toowoomba Showground offices and continue to The Burger House – just past this building turn left and drive past the McDonald Woodchop Arena
- Turn right at the next road and park on the area north of the West Toowoomba Pony Club rooms ( we will meet Kylie Schooley here)
There will be food and refreshments available for purchase at the field day.
If you intend attending one or both days you will need to complete a Field Day attendance form which at the moment is accessible at https://tpsi.org.au/field-days/ – please complete this form for each day if attending both. This is a requirement for our PSQ Insurance for members participating in the field days.
This will be a great opportunity to meet with other members, capture some interesting horse sport photos and learn a little bit more about your camera and photography.
by Graham Harris, June 15, 2024
June 2024 Image Awards
At our Aggregate Competition held on the 11 June 2024 the following images received our highest awards.
Congratulations to both members for these awards. They are now in the running for the overall awards to be announced in December 2024.
by Graham Harris, June 12, 2024
Results for competitions in 2024 June Aggregate Comp
There were 99 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).
Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in 2024 June Aggregate Comp
click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results
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Vertical Blind Drinks Julie Buza – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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More than an afternoon snack! Mitchell Roberts – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Mine! Mitchell Roberts – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Pretty sure it’s over there. Stewart Dorman – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Reflections Stewart Dorman – Honour DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Mushrooms Dennis Clark – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Emergence Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Force Of Nature Melanie Emeny – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Meal Time Allan McLucas – Honour DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Black Swan Queens Park Ipswich Evan Williams – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Out to Dry Claire Hammond – Honour DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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In Parad-ice Veronica Sorley – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Grass Yellow Veronica Sorley – Honour PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Aurora Australis at Taranna Jenny Graff – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Foxbar Falls Pete McDonald – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Ribbon of water Jo Christensen – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Home We Go Richard Wyton – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Who Takes Priority Janine Waters – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Lining up for a drink Sandy Adsett – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Cooling Off on a Hot Day Allan Rosser – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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The feather Sandy Adsett – Honour DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Foamy retreating waves at low tide Barry Whisson – Merit PRINT A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Off My Marbles Julie Buza – Merit DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Dotrel Bruce Tame – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Noisy Minor Ken Morton – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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No Closer, please Cheryl Bellette – Merit DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Bull riding fun! Kim Shoesmith – Merit DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Breakfast time Margaret Morton – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Windswept Robert Edser – Merit DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Scarlet Honeyeater on grasstree John Stewart – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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New Zealand Fur Seal Sandra Neill – Merit PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Hibiscus Robert Fox – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Amber and her lamb Sara Hedley – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Shyly emerging Margaret Kebble – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Classic Ford Jason Wheeler – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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The Otways Lyn Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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King Parrot Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Secret Falls Wayne Liebelt – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Sand and sky Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Mono 
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Pairs Mouldboard ploughing Graham Harris – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Facial Recognition Pierre Boudib – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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The Black Swan Pete McDonald – Merit DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Snow gum ballet magic Barry Whisson – Highly Commended PRINT A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Path Inge Gajczak – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Sun-catching Lovely Flower Les Maidment – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Reflections River Dianne Horrocks – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Drats Its Not My Home Tim Dunn – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Bee-Lavender Dianne Horrocks – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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After natures fury Kym Stewart – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Elephant Seals Wrestling at Sunset Jane Lobegeier – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Joshua Tree in the Mojave Desert Jane Lobegeier – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Bath Time Allan McLucas – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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A Cool Morning Cheryl Bellette – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Smile Kim Shoesmith – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Giraffe Darling Downs Zoo Evan Williams – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Standing tall Margaret Morton – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Growing Up Robert Edser – Highly Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Kite Flying John Stewart – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Weevil Sandra Neill – Highly Commended PRINT Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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An Evening Stroll in the Park Roberta Edwards – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Grape Escape Robert Fox – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Night Sky and the Old Woolshed Grant Phillips – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Golden Mile, Atherton Tableland Grant Phillips – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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A touch of joy Margaret Kebble – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Colourful Brollies Belinda Kranz – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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This is Private Kim Kuhnemann – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Coal Mines Historic Site Jenny Graff – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Disapearing into the forest Wayne Liebelt – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Hawk Moth Caterpillar Jo-Ann Aspromourgos – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Lichen garden Ann Gibbs-Jordan – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Colours of the outback Jo Christensen – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Ominous Richard Wyton – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Im Trying to Sleep Dean Mengel – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Got My Eye On You Allan Rosser – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Inspecting the shoe Graham Harris – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Gnarled Belinda Kranz – Highly Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Softly pink Kym Stewart – Highly Commended DIGITAL A Grade Creative 
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Just want to be all by myself Peter Allison – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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Standing tall at an inch Bruce Tame – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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sunrise silhouette Iris Castle – Commended DIGITAL A Grade Open Colour 
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House Sparrow Tim Dunn – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Bird not on a stick Peter Allison – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Stream Inge Gajczak – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Basking in the late afternoon sun Les Maidment – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Ruffling some Feathers Marilyn Johnson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Autumn Tones Marilyn Johnson – Commended DIGITAL A Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Garden Guardian Timothy van den Bosch – Commended DIGITAL B Grade Open Colour 
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Garden Flower and Friend Timothy van den Bosch – Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Winton Nature. Trees, grass and Roo Peter McAuliffe – Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Rain came late, more than once Peter McAuliffe – Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Road Side Brolgas Claire Hammond – Commended DIGITAL B Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Match Point Jason Wheeler – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Spreading Wings Pierre Boudib – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Alhambra Kim Kuhnemann – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Colour 
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Wetlands dawn Lyn Liebelt – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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The Lookout Janine Waters – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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Land Like This Dean Mengel – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade SetSubject Colour 
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wave walker Sara Hedley – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Open Mono 
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Blueberry Wine Roberta Edwards – Commended DIGITAL Salon Grade Creative 
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by Graham Harris, June 11, 2024
June 2024 Club Meeting
The next Toowoomba Photographic Society Club Meeting is tonight – Tuesday, 11th June 2024. Our judge Graham Harris, PSQA will be joining us at DeMolay and will comment on the 103 entries from 52 club members – the Set Subject is ‘Nature’..
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by Graham Harris, June 11, 2024
The Digital Darkroom – Session 7 – 4 June 2024
Tonight Margaret Keble will be running the seventh session of her Digital Darkroom series – we kick off at 7:00pm using Zoom. Access details provided below:
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In tonight’s session Margaret will cover image adjustments using Photoshop and Lightroom. This will include the new adjustment brush just released. The notes for this session can be found by clicking on this link.
by Graham Harris, June 4, 2024
