Photo Filters are used for colour correction, but combined with Blending modes, they are a versatile tool, says James Abbott

Dan Mold explains how to give your photos extra punch and grit, using layers in Photoshop

Lightroom has a range of tools for the task, says Sean McCormack

Wendy Evans explains how to create disintegrating portraits with the help of Affinity Photo 2’s brushes, layer masks and Mesh tool

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One of the most challenging parts of genealogy is reading old documents – particularly digital scans of handwritten material, such as census records, wills and parish registers. If the text is hard to