What's Wrong with this Drop Shadow?

Deke brings his Photoshop troubleshooting knowledge to bear on some troublesome layer effects.

Deke's Techniques 316: Using Lens Flare for Good Not Evil

Deke uses the oft-misused Lens Flare filter to create a perfectly reasonable effect on an alien spacecraft.

Deke's Techniques 160: Hand-Carving Letters into Wood in Photoshop

Today I show you how to hand-carve letters into a wooden sign. If that's not enough, there's a text description, too!

Deke's Techniques 132: Adding Photographic Texture to Vector Type in Illustrator

This week, I show you how to take a couple of cloud photographs and cram them into some vector-based text objects, inside Adobe Illustrator.

Deke's Techniques 104: Creating a Vanity Frame

In this week's free movie, Deke shows you how to create a perfectly spaced frame around a graphic (whatever it may be) inside a Photoshop file.

Martini Hour 093, In Which We Release You From Your Bad Photoshop Habits

Remember the Sun?

Blurring Live Text with a Drop Shadow