Healing with a Pattern Brush

Deke replaces a busy background with a more muted artificial clouds pattern with nary a mask in sight.

Seamless Patterns with the Clouds Filter in Photoshop

Deke controls the skies, earth, and even the moon with Photoshop's old school Clouds filter and a repeating pattern.

Friday Fundamentals: Making Great Selections with Color Range 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 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.