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Photoshopping the Great Masters

School of Athens

dekePod Episode 016: Hello, friend. Let's you and I get all collegiate and stuff and engage in some intellectually stimulating free-word association.

For example, I say High Renaissance. You say, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael. Very good!

But you're not done. You say, an unrivaled time of creative energy and unabashedly accurate representation of the human form. Ooh, I like that, keep it coming. The advent of secular humanism, say you, The rebirth of Classical Ideas! Read more » 

Photoshop and the Lost Undersea Channel

Undersea nymph

dekePod Episode 015: Imagine yourself on a once-in-a-lifetime underwater adventure. Adift in a world of wonder. Watch as if in a dream as you ignore the souvenir stand, bypass the lounge chair, even avoid the swim-up bar. Your only intention is to grab the gear, strap on the fins, and plunge into the astonishing azure alure.

Or more simply put: Mix with the fish.

Such destinations have names as to make the heart sigh: Fiji. Kealakekua Bay. Ningaloo. The Red Sea. Read more » 

Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One cover

Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One

InDesign is Adobe's layout tool extraordinaire, and you can learn it's power with Deke at your side, benevolently taking you through step-by-step tutorials on real-world projects in Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One. Each of the 12 lessons takes you through real world layout design projects, covering InDesign essentials like creating and flowing text; applying text, table, and object styles; drawing and importing artwork, and using InDesign's transparency and effects tools. You can reinforce your study by watching the companion video pieces that come on DVD. Read more » 

List price: $54.99USD
Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One

Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One

Learn the ins and outs of Adobe's pixel wrangling powerhouse with the Photoshop master himself benevolently looking over your shoulder in Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One. Deke will guide you through Photoshop as you learn to make tonal adjustments, balance and correct color, make selections and masks, apply special effects, master the use of layers, and much much more. As with all One-on-One books, you get three hours of instructional video lessons designed to reinforce what you learned. Read more » 

List price: $49.99USD