Newsletters
Our relatively infrequent but immensely informative newsletters are full of useful tips, new course announcements, general gossip, and heaps of Deke’s virtual love. If you'd like them delivered straight to your inbox, become a member of deke.com.
Tell me, friend, are you feeling smart today? Because, in this week’s free episode of photoshopNow, we’ll be looking at what is undoubtedly the most ambitious Neural Filter of them all: Smart Portrait. Which is not so much in the business of photo retouching, as photo remodeling. Or get the gist in this week’s short, “Wanna Be Young and Cheerful? Smart Portrait!,” which will give it to you in less than sixty seconds. Then go watch the long one.
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This week, Deke’s got a new illustratorNow YouTube video on lighting in the revamped 3D feature in Adobe Illustrator. If that’s not your thing, there will be a new photoshopNow video this Friday evening. And if freeDeke is not your (only) thing, there’s a new way to check out what’s happening on the dekeNow Patreon.
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Deke reports in on how things are going in the brave dekeNow world.
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This week, new versions of Photoshop and Illustrator were released, and Deke’s got videos on his favorite parts. Read on for Deke’s thoughts on the greatest in the latest from Adobe.
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This is actual Deke. Writing my own newsletter for a change! As many of you may know, I’ve been out wandering the woods in something of a gap year. No social media. No videos. Just minding my own sweet business. That officially ends today. In other words, the end has ended. I’m back.
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As those of you who’ve been with us for eons know, the imagination and knowledge of Deke is a bottomless well of creativity and information. So we’ve been dreaming of what to do next with this precious resource. Below, you can read a cryptic description, directly from Deke, about what’s taking shape next.
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All about mastering your skills: your Photoshop prowess, your Illustrator knowhow, and Deke’s ability to keep his electric car charged as we drive across the American Mountain West. Check out below for links to free tutorials and news of our first photographic electronics-nerds adventure in a couple of years.
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Dedicated to Adobe Illustrator and all its vector-wrangling awesomeness. News of an actual dekeAppearance at the Adobe Illustrator Summit, an update to Deke’s Illustrator One-on-One: Advanced course at LinkedIn Learning, and a custom van icon drawn by Deke himself if you’d rather he do the Illustrator stuff for you. Discounts, samples, and links to Deke’s van icon below.
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We’re rolling up in our custom camper van to bring you the latest update to Deke’s Advanced Photoshop course from LinkedIn Learning. I’ve also packed up the story of how I made Deke draw me an icon for said custom van and saved it for all time as a custom shape in Photoshop. The latest Deke’s Techniques episode can help you wrangle shapes of all sizes by giving you some tips for getting the interface out of your way.
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Long-awaited news (and free samples) from Deke’s recently released update to Adobe Illustrator 2021 One-on-One: Fundamentals, tips on how to get around a problematic (in our opinion) regression to Photoshop 2021, and advice on how you can visually search the entire oeuvre of Deke’s Techniques.
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Photoshop 2021 One-on-One: Fundamentals has been updated, and we’ve got unlocked video tutorials for our Photoshop friends of all skill levels.
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Deke's new course, Photoshop 2021 New Features, features a free movie on Deke's favorite improvements.
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