The Best Way to Mask an Image in Illustrator

Deke discovers the best way to mask an image in Illustrator, by importing the path from Photoshop

Pasting Photoshop Paths into Illustrator

Deke demonstrates how to grab up a path outline or shape layer in Photoshop and put it to use in Illustrator.

Deke's Techniques 285: Making a Scalable Avatar in Illustrator

Deke uses paths lifted from a photograph in Photoshop to create a scalable, vector-based avatar in Illustrator.

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!

Deke's Techniques 139: Turning Illustrator Path Outlines into Photoshop Shape Layers

This week, you'll increase your graphic super powers by turning the Illustrator path outlines from last week's project into independent shape layers in Photoshop.

Happy Birthday, Adobe Illustrator!

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.

Coming to Grips with the Intricate and Powerful Pen Tool

Martini Hour 099, In Which Colleen Hosts the Illustrator Summit Countdown Smackdown Lovefest

Martini Hour 071, In Which We Celebrate Summer with Illustrator-based Sno-cones and More More Mordy

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #25: Selection Calculations

Press the Shift key to add to a selection. Press Alt (or Option) to subtract and Shift+Alt (Shift+Opt) to find an intersection. Helpfully, these tricks apply to layers, channels, and paths. They're a power user's dream.

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #31: The Brush Tool

The modest brush tool is one of the deepest, most versatile tools in Photoshop. It's not only a terrific painting tool, but it is also invaluable for masking, as this video demonstrates.