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Deke's Techniques 128: Creating Silky Smooth Skin in Photoshop

Today I offer a classic retouching technique. I take a photograph of a lovely woman and make her skin look wonderfully, reasonably, and altogether realistically smooth.

Deke's Techniques 127: Creating an Upside Down Face Effect

This week, we explore the realm of optical illusion. Specifically, I show you the power and process of placing rightside-up features on an upside-down model.

Deke's Techniques 125: Making a Person Emerge from Water in Photoshop

Have you ever wanted to take a photograph of a client, friend, or loved one, and make that person appear to emerge from water, in Photoshop? Here's how.

Photoshopping the Great Masters

There is no objective standard of beauty. In fact, the very definition of beauty shifts from one generation to the next. Want proof? Watch a 16th-century honey turn into a 21st-century hottie in this dekePod.