Martini Hour Complete, In Which Colleen Gathers Everything in One Place (with Love)

Deke's Techniques 015: Building a Synthetic Starfield from Scratch

This week, I show you how to create a galaxy of stars, solar flare, and space gas from a void of nothingness. In just 9 minutes, I offer you the Big Bang.

Deke's Techniques 013: Reflecting a Face in Shattered Glass

This week, Deke takes the photo of a screaming woman and reflects it into shattered glass. In the lynda.com members-only video, he adds a face to a tree.

I Begin Work on the First of My Four Courses on the Wealth of 3D Features in Photoshop CS5 Extended

Deke's Techniques 011: Blending Textures Onto a Face

This week, Deke takes a portrait shot and maps two different textures onto the subject to create an exotic effect. No masks were invoked; it's all about advanced blending.

Levels and Curves: Photoshop's Left and Right Ventricles Pump Luminance

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.

I Want to Know Your Thoughts!

Creating a Molten Letter Effect (Episode 008)

This week, Deke shows you how to employ a combination of layer effects to create incendiary type, and then apply smart filters to create atmospheric ripples of heat.

Martini Hour 100, In Which We Fulfill Our Three-Digit Destiny with Nack and Hughes

Blend it Like McClelland

Deke's Techniques 006: Creating a Hammered Metal Background

This week, Deke shows how to make a background that looks like hammered metal using a trio of basic smart filters, all of which you can edit any time you like.