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What better way to celebrate Thursday than by pretending it's already Friday? Friday with Mordy, that is. Last week on friend-of-dekeOnline Mordy Golding's weekly webinar, he did a great webcast on how Illustrator and InDesign work together, how they differ, and why sometimes you want to use one rather than the other. Also answered during this show, can Deke and Mordy get along, and which one should you rely on for your Illustrator info? Answer: both. No, I'm not kidding. Well, first it's not fair to ask me to vote against a book that shaved years off my life. (But seriously, get a lynda.com subscription and watch them both!) And I'm not just saying that because I just started as the Content Manager of the Design Segment at the aforementioned training juggernaut, lynda.com. But let me just say...wahoo! 

Anyway give Mordy's show a listen here, and if you like it, tune into this weeks show LIVE at 2pm Eastern on Friday. Mordy's promising a show on sketching, including a look at Adobe Ideas for the iPad. I'll be there. (Or I'll listen to it later if I have to). You can do the same! Read more » 

Ah...feels so good to be in the dekeLounge, knowing that the first book in Deke's CS5  One-on-One series is going off to the printer Monday. (It will feel even better Monday.) But now that Photoshop is done, it's time to turn our attention to Illustrator. And what better way to kick off the next phase of the madness around here (that madness being the creation of the new, long-awaited Illustrator CS5 One-on-One book), than to invite the guru's guru, Mordy Golding, to haul himself off the golf course and have a cocktail with us. And talk Illustrator CS5, of course. Which is what we do. (Do I sound punchy? I feel punchy. Let's have some punch.)

Actually, it's Pimm's and Ginger this week, as we consider the following awesomeness of Adobe's Vector Wrangler Extraordinaire. Read more » 

I know, you've been wondering... when the hell are we going to discuss Illustrator in the 'lounge? Well, the answer is, when we can get the one and only Mordy Golding to join us. You're asking yourselves, "How can you guys discuss Illustrator over single malt scotch in an audio-only podcast?"Answer: get two of the best Illustrator teacher-experts on the planet, close your eyes, and get your virtual Curious George on. Oh, sure, Deke and Mordy go all retro and insider, but really you can't beat these two trying to help me get over my fear of paths and start my first Illustrator document. 

In addition to helping me getting started in Illustrator, Mordy excavates his childhood love of yellow, but the one thing we don't ever quite get around to, is the secret fact that yellow is the color of...Illustrator! Coincidence? I think not. Join us! Read more » 

I'm am slowly in pursuit of aggregating what videos I can from the various online sources, all in the name of getting you educated.

The players in this video: Me, of course. That voice, right at the beginning of the move, that's Melanie. The guy soon after is Garrick. He and his buddy Larry (of The Jellybricks) did the music to "101 Tips."

I've spent a lot of time with these two. So has the fourth voice you'll hear, Mordy Golding, a frequent contributor to this site.

En masse, the Fantastic 4 of us show you the best features in Photoshop and Illustrator. (Well, two -- content-aware scaling and multiple artboards -- but still, absolutely best features.) Enjoy! Read more »