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Deke's Techniques 053: Capturing a Real-Life Cast Shadow

Submitted by deke on 10 January 2012 - 12:15am.
Deke's Techniques 053: Capturing a Real-Life Cast Shadow

It's one thing to impeccably mask an image into a new scene. But it's another to get the masked image to interact with its new environment. And oftentimes what that masked image needs is a shadow.

In this week's technique, I show you how to capture and cast a shadow from one scene into another.

Garsh, this is a yummy one. Here's the official description from lynda.com: Read more » 

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Top Twelve Toolkit for 2012

Submitted by colleen on 4 January 2012 - 12:15am.

OK, it's 2012, and rather than weigh you down with tedious resolutions (no, we're not giving up martinis), I thought I'd make a list of a dozen useful things that Deke has shared over the past year. Some are about life, most are about Photoshop, and one just helps you to keep track of your damn phone. Links to relevant stuff accompany each entry:

Become the hair masking genius
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=95566&playChapter=False

Deke's most recent entry in the Photoshop Masking & Compositing series focuses on one critically important skill: masking hair. In particular, Chapter 2 presents you with the scenario you're most likely to encounter: masking Dark hair. Check out this movie to see how establishing a strong Calculation between channels gives you a head start (heh) on this masking challenge; it's free to all. Members of lynda.com should watch the whole chapter; it's a Photoshop mastery course in a nutshell. Want proof? Check out the before and after of this Chapter's project:

Masking dark hair in Photoshop before

Masking dark hair in Photoshop after Read more » 

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Deke's Techniques 052: Removing Unwanted People from a Photo with Photoshop

Submitted by deke on 3 January 2012 - 12:15am.
Deke's Techniques 052: Removing People from a Photo

Hello everyone. Happy New Year, and welcome to the first anniversary of Deke's Techniques. I began this weekly video series on January 4 of 2011, and I am assured by the good folks at lynda.com that it will last well into the future.

What better way to celebrate the outset of 2012 than with a wedding photo? And not just any photo, but a candid shot with a bunch of unwanted people in the background. My friend, Mary (the bride), asked me to remove those interlopers so that she and her groom, Billy, can enjoy some much-needed time alone. Which is exactly what I do in this video.

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Learn How to Mask Hair, Down to the Final Fragile Follicle, in Photoshop

Submitted by deke on 22 December 2011 - 9:15am.

My final video course of 2011 for the lynda.com Online Training Library is now live. Titled Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Hair, it lives up to its name, showing you how to mask and composite the most fragile of all photographic details, hair, in that most powerful of masking applications, Photoshop.

Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Hair

(Yes, I'm aware that the term "follicle" specifically refers to the root of the hair, not the part we see and therefore need to mask. It's all about the alliteration, dammit!)

My goal is to boost both your skills and your confidence. As well as pass along lots of useful, in-the-trenches techniques. All in just 3 hours and 6 minutes! Here's an illustrated outline of the four feature-rich chapters and the fun, challenging projects that accompany them: Read more » 

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Photoshop Masking & Compositing: The Free PDF Companion

Submitted by deke on 14 December 2011 - 12:15am.

Last month marked the debut of Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Fundamentals, my video-based introduction to the principals of masking for lynda.com. At more than 11 hours long, the course is not only comprehensive, but also demanding.

So I decided to try out an experiment, in the form of an 11-page PDF companion. Available for free to members of dekeOnline, this file provides a few helpful services: First, it provides an introduction to the course as a whole. Second, it outlines the contents of each of the nine chapters, including the names of all 128 movies. Third, it provides links to the free movies, of which there are 12 in all. (It is lynda.com's custom to make 10 percent of any course free to non-members.) And finally, I recommend what I consider to be the three most useful movies in each chapter. All links are live, but to see the linked movies, you'll need an Internet connection, you'll have to be a member of the lynda.com Online Training Library, and you'll need to be logged into the lynda.com Web site.

Photoshop Masking & Compositing: The PDF Companion

You'll need to be a member of dekeOnline to proceed. Read more » 

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