Deke's Techniques 128: Creating Silky Smooth Skin in Photoshop

Today I offer a classic retouching technique. I take a photograph of a lovely woman and make her skin look wonderfully, reasonably, and altogether realistically smooth.

Deke's Techniques 076: Miniaturizing the World in Photoshop

This week, I show you how to make the world small, as if you---quite by contrast---have become inexplicably and fantastically HUGE. (Use your newfound powers wisely.)

Blurring Live Text with a Drop Shadow