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Deke's Techniques 096: Creating 3D “Punched” Letters in Illustrator

Submitted by deke on 6 November 2012 - 12:15pm.
Deke's Techniques 096: Creating 3D “Punched” Letters in Illustrator

If you live in The States, very likely the only thing on your mind today is the election. Apparently that holds true for me as well because I forgot to post today's Deke's Techniques last night. It's my own thing and I spaced it. Oh, that Obama! What kinds of crazy antics will he get us into next?

Anyway, here it is. And here's the official description from lynda.com: Read more » 

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Deke's Techniques 77: Building a Sci-Fi Temple from Scratch in Photoshop CS6 Extended 3D

Submitted by deke on 26 June 2012 - 12:15am.
Deke's Techniques 77: Building a Sci-Fi Temple from Scratch in Photoshop CS6 Extended 3D

As you might imagine, I don't actually record each and every Deke's Techniques the same day it goes live. Frankly, I wish I had the next 27 in the can, but that isn't the case. At any given moment, I'm a just few ahead. Which is to say, this thing combines shear craziness with a small degree of relevance.

I only mention this because, today, I recorded some junk and stuff for next month. With any luck, you're going to love 'em. (Not to give too much away, but my summary of the next few weeks is superheros, cars, dancing girls, and spirals. Honestly, revisit this page in August and you'll be like, "Dude, you totally spilled the beans---and I didn't even know!")

Anyway, I'm distracting you from today's technique, which is magical and rad. Because today, I show you how to create an alien 3D temple, from utter and complete nothingness, using a depth map in Photoshop Extended. Here's the official description from lynda.com: Read more » 

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My Latest Video Course, Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects, Is on Its Way

Submitted by deke on 24 September 2011 - 12:15am.

Update: This 5-hour and 51-minute video course is now live at lynda.com. If you get a chance to watch it, please let me know what you think!

This coming Tuesday (September 27 October 4, 2011), my beloved video publisher lynda.com releases the last in my four-course series on 3D in Photoshop, titled Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects. In this course, I show you how to create a total of seven 3D type effects---all covering different disciplines, design needs, and approaches---entirely in Photoshop and altogether from scratch.

Watch the above movie for more info.

Meanwhile, if a picture is worth 1,000 words, here are 7,000:

Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects, murder mystery

For example, this one's a poster for a vintage murder-mystery movie. Read more » 

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I've Begun Work on My Next Photoshop Masking Course

Submitted by deke on 12 September 2011 - 7:17am.

Just a note to let you know that I've begun work on my next video course for lynda.com, which will be called Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Fundamentals. The course is slated to be 9 chapters long, and it will set in motion the stuff that you need to know to mask a photographic image with absolute authority against any and all backgrounds. Many courses will follow, including (but not limited to): Advanced Blending, The Pen Tool, and the ever-thrilling Hair. The last of which will include "tough stuff"!

At Photoshop World, I had many folks come up to me and tell me that my two back-to-back Channels & Masks sessions were their favorite at the conference. Which was awesome, because those sessions were based on my old content. This next course is a new take on things. Here's how it all starts, with an artificially colored foreground set against a similarly adjusted background. (Based on a Fotolia image from TessarTheTegu, BTW.) It's a wacky multichannel effect. And, really, isn't he just the duckiest toucan you ever laid eyes on? I love how he has pretend teeth to scare off the predators. (That's not Photoshop, that's natural!) Don't you just want to take him home and make bird-love to him? I know, me too.

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I've Finally Begun Work on Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects

Submitted by deke on 12 August 2011 - 12:15am.

I've had a couple of questions about when I'll be releasing the last of my four-part video series on 3D in Photoshop for lynda.com, Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects. After all, I started the series nearly five months ago, so you'd think I'd be done by now. But it's been a busy Summer, and with one thing or another (including four Up and Running courses), I got distracted. But I'm finally getting back to it, and having an absolute blast I must say. For example, here's an image from Chapter 2 of the course, "Hand-Drawn Type." Don't you just want to reach out and photocopy it?

Hand-drawn 3D type in Photoshop

And that's not the best of it. Read more » 

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