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Stop it people. (Don't stop listening to Martini Hour, there are so precious few left. But do stop doing these things that you don't need to do in Photoshop.) Whether it be laziness, or convention, or excitement over tools or techniques to the point of employing them past all earthly reason, this week's show comprises a list of bad habits that Deke and I have collected in our travels (and Deke admits to having occasionally collected based on personal experience). Inspired by this blog post of things photographers can stop shooting already (sunsets, homeless dudes, . . .) we delightfully discuss our candidates for the things you are free stop doing in Photoshop. With our blessings. Not to mention, our insistence. 

Here is our list of "don't do"s: Read more » 

All of my One-on-One products---whether videos or books---begin by encouraging you to adjust your Creative Suite color settings and load my custom keyboard shortcuts. The color settings file goes by the name Best Workflow (because, I argue, that's the resulting environment); the keyboard shortcuts are dekeKeys.

I've received requests to distribute both. Which is the purpose of today's post.

I explain how to make your own Best Workflow color settings today. I'll post dekeKeys CS5 as a free download next week. Read more » 

Hello gang,

Today marks the first day since last Summer that I haven't had a video ready and waiting for you on a Tuesday. And the first time since Martini Hour began on January 27 of 2009 (same year, btw) that we haven't had some sort of Tuesday morning media post ready for your polite and encouraging consumption. In other words, today is when the PMDTs (Photoshop media delirium tremens) really set in.

While I figure out what to do with my future Tuesdays, I thought I'd offer up the following: While going through a batch of lynda.com tech support questions, I came across one that, it seems to me, might have universal appeal. Here's the backstory, the question, and the answer: Read more »