Holiday Gear Guide for Photographers and Designers: What the Photoshop Guys Actually Use

Holiday Gear Guide for Photographers and Designers: What the Photoshop Guys Actually Use

Every November I do something dangerous. I start browsing gear lists. It usually costs me money I didn’t plan to spend and earns me a look from everyone in whatever coffee shop I’m camped in. This particular rabbit hole started when I stumbled onto a holiday episode of Photoshop User TV from the KelbyOne crew, where hosts Corey Barker, RC Concepción, and Pete Collins sat down to share the tools and gadgets they actually reach for as working photographers and designers.

Best Storage Solutions for Large Photoshop Files in 2026

Best Storage Solutions for Large Photoshop Files in 2026

Best Storage Solutions for Large Photoshop Files in 2026 Look, I’ve been doing this long enough to know that storage conversations aren’t sexy. Nobody gets excited about talking about hard drives at parties. But you know what is exciting? Not having Photoshop choke when you’re working on your 47th layer of a massive print file. Not watching a 4GB export crawl along at dial-up speeds. Not discovering mid-project that your external drive is actually just a very expensive paperweight.