Deke’s Techniques

Your weekly quick-fix of Deke, with ideas you may inspire or inform your own projects.

Deke’s Techniques 376: Developing the Perfect Holiday Portrait

Deke takes an ordinary outdoor snapshot and turns it into a holiday portrait suitable for framing.

Deke uses Photoshop CC's 3D features to extrude a pixelized Minecraft tool into 3D space.

Deke uses Photoshop to create a new Minecraft-style weapon: the two-headed axe!

Deke reveals his secret message (type) in Photoshop, and follows up with an animated GIF that lets you relive the reveal.

Deke uses Adobe Photoshop CC's new Flame Generator to quickly set a Z on fire.

Deke uses Photoshop CC's new Flame Generator to set some glowing hot type on fire.

Deke celebrates Election Day with a carefully crafted campaign poster made in Adobe Illustrator.

Deke takes a scarily washed out iPhone photo of a clever Halloween costume and renders it properly sinister in Photoshop

Deke uses the newly flexible features of the Liquify command in Photoshop in order to turn an unsuscpecting teenager into a foreboding dark elf.

Deke (with the help of Photoshop) magically paints away some unattractive halos caused by the Clarity setting in Camera Raw.

Deke pulls a beautiful sunset out of a bland raw photo with the help of the Camera Raw filter.

Deke shows you how to digitally archive your children's precious works of art, using a scanner and some Photoshop enhancements.

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