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cuss oi loike it

Submitted by I Simonius on 16 December 2009 - 3:15pm.

It's only rock n roll but...

thing is : telling it like it tends to be ( i.e. a cussin an a hootin) makes it SO MUCH easier to keep awake and the concentration up for learning porpoises.

Just the way it is. ALSO makes you feel a mate is telling you how to do it not a stuffed shirt.

Most DVDs put me to sleep (no not Deke but I'd still like more silliness etc.) and they're not even boring, it's just that it's like beng told a bedtime stroy....zzzzzzzz
lol

missing ballonn theif

Submitted by chas8936 on 14 April 2009 - 11:37am.
how can i down load missing photo

Go here

Submitted by deke on 15 April 2009 - 10:50am.
Missing Balloon Thief files.

Cheers Deke :-) You've

Submitted by Ally on 3 April 2009 - 5:46pm.
Cheers Deke :-) You've taught me many things over the years. I've been with you since v7 and love your teaching style.

Really a genuine pleasure

Submitted by deke on 2 April 2009 - 2:30pm.
To read such delightful comments. Don't know what to say other than Aw Shucks. Just emerging from the training vortex with another 30+ hours in the editing pipeline. Very rewarding to know it's appreciated.

Just plain awsome

Submitted by aztech on 2 April 2009 - 11:12pm.
Deke, Your love of what you do, expertise in the field, seeming ease of presentation (teaching skills (bet you love those editors.. hehe)), make you a worth while commodity. Your sincerity in your attempts to help the inquisitive and beguiled, only help your your image! The real you or not... keep it up!

So Excited to be a New Fan & Student

Submitted by imtrc on 2 April 2009 - 11:38am.
I've just completed the first chapter of your One-on-One Photoshop Essentials and Lynda.com and just had to jump over here, register, and RAVE. I see I'm not alone in my excitement. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise in such a clear, interesting, exciting and generous manner. I wish you could have heard how many times this adult said "Oh My God!" It's such a fascinating program and now I can learn, play and work, too. Words can't express how energized I am to have found this path into a subject I've long wanted to explore. For the first time in my life, I'm enjoying Shopping! OK, that's it. I'm headed back to Chapter Two. All the best to you and your beautiful family, Teri Ryan PShopping in LA

Deke withdrawal

Submitted by designingwoman on 2 April 2009 - 11:19am.
I've been having issues with my connection to lynda.com all day, and after a month of having you dispense your wisdom all day long, I sort of started climbing the walls by midmorning. Thought I'd take a look at your site. Gadzooks, you're a regular industry, aren't you? But this is the perfect moment for me to thank you, after all this time, for your method, your tone and all your expertise. Being seriously underemployed at the moment, and with a one-month trial on lynda, I've "attended" all of your classes in Photoshop CS3. I was working my way through Illustrator when the lynda site punked out on me this morning. Hope it's fixed by tomorrow, 'cause after that the trial expires, and I'll have to rely on dekePod for my fixes. Thank you, too, for the channels and masks videos that you put up for free download, I swear that's not why I signed up. It really was to let you know how great I think you are. All the best from Paris, DesigningWoman

You are soo awesome!!

Submitted by Risa on 22 March 2009 - 1:18am.
I ADORE your teaching style and find myself able to learn and actually 'get it all'. That's very cool. You are inspirational, unbelievablably gifted and incredibly kind --- it's so appreciated!!! Thank you Deke, really :D “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw

Fun all the way

Submitted by MART9000 on 9 February 2009 - 2:13pm.
Deke, you're a master craftsman! I like to be entertained when I learn (keeps me from falling asleep or counting the molecules in the roof tiles). Thanks for the free vids, supplied as appetizers I'm sure, to get us hooked don't u know (my god I'm beginning to sound like him now!) and want to get the book too. Grabbing em now while they're still fresh. Been a PhoShop user since v2.0. I am now trying to persuade myself that I need to buy CS4 with all those cool features. These vids might just push me over the edge... DekePod Bloopers should be fun :)

... yup, you can tell I'm a

Submitted by MART9000 on 9 February 2009 - 2:17pm.
... yup, you can tell I'm a newbie here. My reply above was supposed to go in at the bottom of the reply tree, under the "DekePod bloopers" comment. Well, we live 'n' learn.

It's here! It's here!

Submitted by Petra on 2 February 2009 - 3:56pm.
My book arrived today. Yay!!! ....ooooh, it's very sexy. Just a quick flick through is making my toes curl. :-D

Thanks Deke

Submitted by tms2 on 2 February 2009 - 2:10pm.
Your style and information are much more palatable than the Kelby crew.

I just want to say

Submitted by Gfx-Dzine on 2 February 2009 - 2:42am.
!! THANK YOU !! Thanks a lot for the videos. Take care.

RGB Revealed

Submitted by jfrancis on 2 February 2009 - 1:59am.
I notice when you explain RGB color by combining 3 separate R, G and B layers you use the 'screen' blend mode. 'Screen' works for your demonstration, so I guess I can't argue with success, but 'screen' is not a simple 'add,' and isn't a simple 'add' what you really want? To accomplish a simple add you can use the 'Linear Dodge' blend mode. If you try 'Linear Dodge' you'll find the demo works equally well. I'm surprised 'screen' works as well as it does in this example. I'll have to think a bit about why it works so well. I believe 'Linear Dodge' is a better model for double exposure (or projecting two slides onto the same screen) than 'screen' is. No?

I'll have to think about this one

Submitted by deke on 2 February 2009 - 3:32am.
Linear Dodge and Add work every bit as well as Screen for simulating RGB, and the math is far simpler. And I believe you're right -- that's how channels are actually calculated. Meanwhile, Linear Burn (which is not Subtract but rather Add minus white) works just as well as Multiply for simulating a CMYK blend. The reason that the math works out across so many modes is you're mixing one channel with all black or all white, which delivers the same information. Meanwhile, Overlay does the job in Lab. Conceptually, I like the Screen, Multiply, and Overlay trio, b/c it helps you wrap your head around the big three blend modes. But just b/c it works doesn't mean it might not be misleading. I wouldn't compare Add to the two slides at a screen analogy b/c unlike a digital image, real life doesn't clip when you point two projectors at a wall. Your eyes merely adjust, which is analogous to the adjustment that occurs with the Screen mode. But you got me thinking . . . which is dangerous . . .

Screen often looks more natural than add

Submitted by jfrancis on 5 February 2009 - 12:08pm.
I guess digital images don't have to clip - you can let the numbers go above (float) 1.0 internally - but within a Photoshop context I know what you mean. Screens often do look nicer than adds, it's true. There are two easy ways to calculate a screen blend mode. One way is to invert two layers, multiply them, then invert the result. I find that recipe interesting to some extent, but it doesn't give the that 'ah-ha' feeling of understanding. The other recipe, which I prefer, is what I call the 'lens flare recipe.' Take any layer (although I feel the demo works best if you start with a lens flare on black), invert it, multiply it by a background image (which makes a nice, soft dark hole in the background). Then linear dodge (add) the positive lens flare into the ready, waiting hole. It fits perfectly, and the brighter parts of the lens flare hold back (are more opaque with respect to) the background. I'm not sure why, but this concept of the brighter parts of, say, a reflection on glass, being more opaque, seems very natural looking. I was noticing it on the catch light over the pupil on a giant eye image you were working on in a CS3 masking demo on lynda. A lot of 3D CG packages simply add their specular highlights, and I wonder if maybe that's perceptually wrong. I'd have to look more, though.

Screen = transitions, Add = pops

Submitted by deke on 6 February 2009 - 2:08am.
By refusing to clip highlights, ever, Screen automatically tempers its effects. In comparison, the unfettered Add (Linear Dodge) is a brightening frenzy. 3D apps Add (+) specular highlights b/c hot strobes do this: They flash, they hit, and they reflect. It's a solid pop back to an iris that in turn hasn't had the time to react and contract. Hence, a blinding flash effect. Screen is all about soft, even transitions. Linear Dodge (Add) produces hot highlights.

LOL!

Submitted by androsine on 2 February 2009 - 1:46am.
Dude, if you were to uncensor all your videos your cult status would grow exponentially. I can picture the tagline Deke The Swearing Wise Man! Photoshop this you A$$! Isn't this F***ing SWEET? Appreciate the videos! Mmm Cookies！

Oh, man, you scared me

Submitted by deke on 2 February 2009 - 3:35am.
When I originally read this, I thought "Holy moly, I posted one of the unedited movies!" But you're saying I ought to curse. So I'm hear to tell you, already happens, very colorfully and much like you're suggesting. The editors find it quite hilarious. But if one of those went out the door, Lynda and Bruce would kill us all. Fortunately, these movies are squeaky clean. (They are, aren't they?)

The first videos of you I saw

Submitted by Kmarion1 on 6 February 2009 - 2:18am.
You were dressed as proper gentleman (Leonardo Da Vinci) the first time I watched one of your lessons. Now you're jumping around making viral videos and letting go in your "uncensored" podcast. What happened to you Deke? ..lol

personal pleasure

Submitted by jeremyv10 on 5 February 2009 - 1:43pm.
Oh the dekePods are definitely there for our personal pleasure, not for learning ;-) BTW, they told me there would be no math in this class...

It's scary, isn't it?

Submitted by Petra on 5 February 2009 - 3:53pm.
Though it would be nice to understand the math. If only I had a brain! :-/

Definitely have a brain

Submitted by jeremyv10 on 5 February 2009 - 4:04pm.
With your cunning use of language and deft turn of phrase. It just might not be organized for math :-)

You're so sweet, jeremyv10

Submitted by Petra on 5 February 2009 - 11:54pm.
I guess you're right; my brain just isn't organised for math. I'm great at cryptic crosswords, but crap at sudoku...or soduko...or whatever it's called. Failed math, but passed english with flying colours back in my school days. I'll take Atwood over Archimedes any day! :-D But I do appreciate the mathematicians very much. Without them, we would not have Photoshop. :-)

Clean vs. NHB

Submitted by svandru on 3 February 2009 - 12:44pm.
Then I'm grateful for Lynda and Bruce. Though your frenetic dekePod videos are entertaining, I've only watched a few because of the language and innuendo. These clean videos highlight your knowledge and teaching ability. I'm looking for teaching, not entertainment. After watching dekePod, I didn't think I'd ever want one of your books, but now, I'm eagerly awaiting your latest title at the local Borders. I know dekePod has a huge following. But I want you to know you have fans (OK, at least one) for the kind of material produced here. Thanks, by the way, for the freebie videos.

Your post kind of suggests

Submitted by adamjury on 10 February 2009 - 9:31pm.
Your post kind of suggests that the language and innuendo in dekePod make it pure entertainment and impossible for him to teach with that kind of environment; but that's clearly not true for everyone. I find dekePod both educational and entertaining -- I'd much rather have Deke's brand of wackiness than yet another "and now we're going to retouch this picture of a baby." :-) (Channels and Masks 1-on-1 just arrived today -- gotta make the time to read it soon!) -- Adam Jury | Dirty Words Design videocast http://dirtywords.tv a video podcast about Adobe InDesign and Graphic Design

It's like Immortal Technique

Submitted by Petra on 11 February 2009 - 12:57am.
I think he's great. He sure does have something worthwhile to say, but only those who aren't offended by the language will hear it. Those who are offended will only hear the swearing. That's just the way it goes. I can't even hear Deke cuss in his vids. In fact, I don't think he does. He's just cheeky, that's all. But some people don't like cheeky, they think it's rude. And that's cool, too. So long as they don't petition to legislate, it's all good. :-)

How very kindly stated

Submitted by deke on 3 February 2009 - 1:55pm.
Everyone has different opinions, and I'm interested in hearing about all of them, especially when shared so considerately. So thanks! But if I may be so bold, it sounds like you might not know I existed if it weren't for dekePod. Which is ultimately the point of this somewhat absurd profit-free exercise. Plus, it's fun. :-)

Yes But...

Submitted by androsine on 2 February 2009 - 5:53pm.
I'm thinking an "Unrated" version much like DVD's of movies. You have your clean version and the no holds barred version. I'm better the NHB would so really well here. Ohh, how about a bloopers DekePod????? Mmm Cookies！
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