Looking for some quick ways to spruce up your photos? Welcome to the first of a regular series on how you can swiftly work some image-editing magic

Retouching damaged and worn photos is a whole lot easier with AKVIS MultiBrush v4.0. The just released plug-in is Windows and Mac compatible, and if you’re currently using AKVIS Stamp you can activate MultiBrush for free! Otherwise the plug-in costs $49 USD. For a free trial, AKVIS offers 10 days free use of the fully functional program here.

XChange International, supplier of software including a wide range of Photoshop plug-ins, is offering a massive 10% discount on all its products until the end of August