Deke's Techniques 074: Preparing an HDR Zombie in "The Lab"

This week, I show you how to begin turning the near-dead living into the absolute living dead. It starts with a faux-HDR technique that favors Photoshop's Lab Mode.

Deke's Techniques 071: Drawing a Halloween Scareflake

Today I show you how to create the ultimate Halloween project, a "scareflake," in Adobe Illustrator. This thing's so amazing, we have to bring it into Photoshop, too.

Deke's Techniques 069: Creating an Ambigram in Illustrator

This week, I turn your world upside-down, only to find that it's the same as it was when right-side up. Created from start-to-finish as hand-drawn type in Adobe Illustrator.

I'm Geeking Out on Ambigrams

Today I Finish Recording "Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Fundamentals"

Deke's Techniques 067: Filtering Images with Camera Raw

This week, learn how to use Camera Raw as a filtering engine, with better results than you'd expect from most of the commands available from Photoshop's Filter menu.

Deke's Techniques 064: Creating the Perfect Command Key

In this week's free video, I show you how to create the perfect infinitely looping Command key symbol in Adobe Illustrator, and even project it into 3D space.

My Latest Video Course, Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects, Is on Its Way

Deke's Techniques 063: Healing One Eye onto Another

This week, I show you how to flip and rotate a good eye so you can heal it onto a bad one. All from one of Photoshop's least known panels, Clone Source.

Deke's Techniques 061: Auto-Collapsing a Selection Outline

In today's video, I show you how to marquee a portion of a flat image file and automatically contract the marquee to fit the selected element. Just like in the old days.

Up and Running with Photoshop for Photography

I've Begun Work on My Next Photoshop Masking Course