Tilly

Halloween develops at dekeOnline

Hello 3900 members of dekeOnline. I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know what's going on in my neck of the woods.

First, Tuesday October 28 marks the release of my book Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One. Full-color, 500+ pages, stunningly illustrated, step-by-step, filled with insights and Pearls of Wisdom, all sample files included. And in addition to the usual bounty of new and updated information, the book ships with more than 4 hours of high-resolution video on an accompanying DVD-ROM. That's twice the amount of video included with the CS3 edition!

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The Masks Palette

Killer palette

dekePod Episode 008: 'Tis the season for dark and terrible creatures. Mindless teenage slashers, horrors that come alive when you dream, insane devil dolls. Photoshop CS4 has just such a dark creature living inside it: the Masks palette. It pretends to be small, unassuming, even helpful. Until you try to actually use it. That's when it slices at you and chants its taunting catchphrase, "No mask selected!" But there are ways to make the Masks palette submit to your imaging will. Secret ways, peaceful ways. And Deke is privy to them. Here's the official marketing description: Read more »