Turn Day into (Halloween) Night

Deke turns a daytime scene into a haunted mansion in Photoshop.

Create a Bat-Faced Moon for Halloween in Photoshop

Deke begins his multi-episode celebration of Halloween by creating a moon with a sinister smiley face made of adorable bats.

Deke's Techniques 326: Masking a Caricature against a New Background

Deke shows you how to quickly mask a caricature (or anyone, really) against a new background in Photoshop

Deke's Techniques 232: Creating Highly Reflective Sunglasses in Photoshop

Deke turns a regular pair of dark sunglasses and turns them into mirrored reflections of their surrounding scene.

Deke's Techniques 141: Pimping Your Ride in Photoshop

Today I kick off Deke's Techniques: The Challenge with a new technique based on five from the past. Along the way, I'll transform a crap car into an awesome one!

Top Twelve Toolkit for 2012

Deke's Techniques 094: Capturing a Real-Life Cast Shadow

It's one thing to impeccably mask an image into a new scene. It's another to get the masked image to interact with its new environment. What it needs is a shadow.

Deke's Techniques 091: Removing Unwanted People from a Photo with Photoshop

In this first-anniversary episode of Deke's Techniques, I show you how to remove unwanted people from a photo and leave a pristine background in their place.

Learn How to Mask Hair, Down to the Final Fragile Follicle, in Photoshop

Photoshop Masking & Compositing: The Free PDF Companion

A Car of Many Colors

Deke's Techniques 088: Masking with Photoshop's Blunt Instruments

Today I show you how to muscle your way through a mask, and a complex one at that. All it takes is a few blunt tools, lots of brute force, and perseverance.