What to Do When Content-Aware Fill Fails?

Deke fails and fixes a content-aware fill issue caused by transparency issues, on a bass hat.

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Deke's Techniques 050: Inventing Custom Starbursts

In this week's movie, Deke shows you two ways to create custom flares, blasts, and explosions using nothing more than a star-shaped path and a few effects.

Deke's Techniques 048: Creating a Shooting Star in Illustrator

This week, I explore one of the oldest and best features in Adobe Illustrator, blends. Which are precisely what you need to create the brilliant effect of shooting stars.

Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One 3D Preview: Making Saturn from Scratch

Martini Hour 085, In Which We Celebrate Adobe Illustrator with a Mordy-Palooza

Photoshop CS5 Top 5: Common-Sense Enhancements

I start with ten small adjustments to Photoshop CS5, most of which were created in direct response to customer requests and feedback. They

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #11: Opacity and Blend Modes

Changing the Opacity is like mixing a cocktail with, say, 25% active layer and 75% all layers below. Assigning a blend mode is like shining a light or casting a shadow: The active layer infuses those behind it with life.

Martini Hour 031, In Which Colleen (Ahem) Follows Deke and Mordy on a Geek Excursion

Martini Hour 030, in Which Deke Wishes Colleen Would Get with the Program