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!

Also consider that:

• Other books include no video. Which means they're just "books."
• All 4 hours are produced by industry leader lynda.com (the best in the biz).
• All 4 hours are unique to this book (with not one second repurposed from elsewhere).
• My book costs $5 less than comparable titles with no video.

It all adds up to the makings of a terrific value. Plus, the actual book itself is none too shabby. Or so I'm told. I mean, just look at this lovely baby:

If you're not disposed to buy a top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art, walking talking 21st-century book, then come by and watch the video. By which I mean, my free once-every-other-weekly video, dekePod.

This week @ dekePod: Halloween inspires ghost stories. And I've got a real zinger. It's about the scariest feature in all of Photoshop CS4, The Masks Palette. One little palette. Five little options. It's an itsy bitsy creepy scary psychotic little thing. And it has a big old knife. All the better to slice up your images. And if you're not careful, you!

If you're too busy, I understand. I really do. Only it's your funeral.

Because it's Halloween. Get it? It's your funeral because it's Halloween!

Here's hoping that your actual funeral (some 100 years from now) involves friends and family in close attendance. With untold millions crying and begging to touch your unbelievably beautiful corpse.

Most sincerely,

--Deke