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Welcome, dear dekeOtonians to another Thursday full of martinis and mayhem. This week, we're joined by Adobe's own patient and talented Jeff Tranberry, Senior Quality Product Specialist who toils for you, the end user, from Adobe's secret Minnesota stronghold. That means he's the guy who makes sure that by the time you try to employ Photoshop in your everyday life, someone (that would be Jeff) has said, "Ahem, um, this might not be working exactly right." Buy this man a frosty microbrew.

Some of you may recall that Jeff was the one who (despite trying to have an evening out with friends) helped Deke write his free Channels & Masks Configurator panel, which houses all the tools you need to do the tasks delineated in his Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One book.

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After the entertaining wildness of a couple of episodes with John and Russell, Deke and I decided this week to have a quiet tete-a-tete with just the two of us: shoes off, classic martinis, and some classic Martini Hour segments like the secret handshake and reader mail. (Oh, not to worry, we've got some wonderful guests lined up for upcoming episodes, but for now we're relaxing in the eye of the loungy storm.)

Here's a graphic that is only possible with the information imparted during this week's show. Check it out:

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