Turning a Photo into an Ink Drawing or a Pencil Sketch (in Photoshop)

Deke's Techniques 037: Creating Synthetic Wood Grain

In this week's technique, I show you how to create 100% synthetic wood grain using Smart Filters in Photoshop. All without harming so much as a single tree!

Deke’s Techniques 010: Smoothing Skin Texture with an Anti-Edge Mask

This week's movie says goodbye to text effects and hello to photography techniques. Specifically, I show you a quick method for smoothing over skin details in a portrait shot.

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #5: The Sharpen Filters

Photoshop doesn