Combine a Sketch and Photograph in Photoshop

Deke finally finishes his portrait of Colleen, drawn in Adobe Photoshop Sketch and finished in Photoshop proper.

Deke's Techniques 285: Making a Scalable Avatar in Illustrator

Deke uses paths lifted from a photograph in Photoshop to create a scalable, vector-based avatar in Illustrator.

Deke's Techniques 284: Tracing a Photo in Photoshop to Create an Avatar

Deke traces a photo with the pen tool as the first step in creating an avatar in Illustrator.

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #1: Open and Save

Virtually every Photoshop project starts with Open (how often do you choose New?) and ends with Save. And unlike other apps, Photoshop treats all image formats as native. Open and Save are the alpha and omega of imaging.

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #2: The Layers Palette

Home to at least eight of the features I

Photoshop Top 40 Is Officially Complete