What would you like Deke to do?

Create more irreverent podcasts.
38% (701 votes)
Write more educational books.
17% (310 votes)
Film more comprehensive videos.
45% (840 votes)
Total votes: 1851
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Comments

You really know your

Submitted by annie12 on 24 February 2010 - 2:48am.

You really know your stuff... Keep up the good work!

I am Deke

Submitted by deke on 3 January 2010 - 9:06pm.
So you are contacting him. And he is (I am) answering you. The Bridge's Edit > Color Settings command appears to be available whether the full Creative Suite is installed or not. But it doesn't always work. If it doesn't work, your only option is to switch to Photoshop and choose Edit > Color Settings there. There's nothing I can do about the behavior of the command from this end. I wish Adobe didn't engineer the Color Settings function in this way, but the marketing team seems to think it's a good idea. (I, needless to say, disagree.) I sympathize with your frustration. In fact, if it's any consolation, I identify with it. But changing the color settings inside Photoshop independently of the other programs will serve you well in your tour of the One-on-One book.

Upgraded to CS5

Submitted by 4i2FLY on 20 June 2010 - 11:48pm.

I went through first four chapters of your book, and used CS4 to do all the exercises. Now that I have upgraded to CS5 and want to continue, the color setting workflow for CS4 does not load. Do you happen to have a plug in that works for CS5 and how would I get it?
Cheers,
Matt

No More lynda.com Free Trial for "extra credit work" Deke.

Submitted by mdbassman on 11 January 2010 - 12:36pm.

Just tried to log onto lynda.com/dekeps for the free trial and extra credit but it is no longer accessable.

lynda.com/dekeps & /dekeid suddenly went offline

Submitted by deke on 12 January 2010 - 1:01am.
We're working on getting it reinstated. In the meantime, try http://lynda.com/deke.

Thanks!

Submitted by mdbassman on 4 January 2010 - 8:45am.

Thanks Deke. I DO wish you were more accessable but I do understand. I have changed the color profile in CS3 as instructed in the book.
I assume from your "no comment" that not having it changed in Bridge will NOT affect color profiles in CS3 when printing and viewing.
I plan on taking your CS3 lynda.com courses also so that will provide a more structured working/tutorial environment.
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Dan

Try

Submitted by aztech on 2 January 2010 - 11:19pm.

Opening Bridge and doing a Ctrl + Shift + K...

Doesnt Work

Submitted by mdbassman on 3 January 2010 - 4:25pm.

CRTL>SHFT>K doesnt do anything.
Thanks!

Learn photoshop well, Do any word online well!

Submitted by MONEY on 14 December 2009 - 6:22am.

I have just started to learn photoshop and I want some suggestion. In fact, anyone online must be familliar with photoshop.

Smart Objects

Submitted by Herman Rodriguez on 5 December 2009 - 1:11pm.

I am monitoring Deke's course on Smart Objects in Lynda.com and when he got to the discussion of the use of Filter Gallery, I noted that when he applied one filter, clicked OK and was back in Photoshop, there was listed under the thumbnail of the Smart Object the name of the filter chosen. When he moved on to adding two filters from the Filter Gallery and was back in Photoshop, there was listed only the name Filter Gallery with the individual filter names missing.

However, when I replicate this exercise using the same exercise files, I always get the name Filter Gallery even with one filter chosen.

Can anybody comment on this from experience?

Herman Rodriguez

photoshop to in-design for printing

Submitted by sheamay on 9 November 2009 - 3:50pm.

i'm new to the game and want to know is there a way around going to in-design for laser safe raised printing.... by still using photoshop! ;) i would be oh so grateful!

i have a question Deke

Submitted by jthxxxgfh on 9 October 2009 - 2:00am.

i bumped into this image i hope you don't mind I'm posting this here. but i had to turn to someone who knows...

http://www.designers-revolution.com/?p=3863&cpage=1#comment-1898

and i loved how the text goes and fades outs. besides the fact its curves, but thats not the question.
first it thought it was something i dont know how to do in PS CS4
but then i bumped into someone who said it was done in illustrator.

so i jumped right on it, the only thing is after googling back and forth i couldn't find how to do the fade out and they said the only way to do it is with cs2....
not really fade out more like text contracting and becoming smaller and smaller.

here are someone the explanation
http://209.46.39.53/message/2037393#2037393
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/cafe/viewthread.php?tid=35525

o tried to find this file they they were talking about
CS4 dont have at least mine doesnt.
ChangeSizesOfTextSelection.js

thanks for the great help you provided with all the rest of your lessons.

It's all about Deke

Submitted by finestcigars1 on 6 October 2009 - 7:30am.

While smoking my favorite Cuban cigars, I came across with this page and thought that it will really be useful with my study of Photoshop CS2. Does Deke also offer tutorials online? I think it will be a good feature for the site.

You're selling cigars aren't you?

Submitted by crisderaud on 6 October 2009 - 7:57am.

This post has nothing to do about Deke or Photoshop. you want to attract people to sell cigars. I don't suppose your post is going to last here very long.

Reply

Submitted by coolfrenz28 on 14 October 2009 - 7:37am.

The post will last longer unless we are there.. .photoshop and cigar are inter related in terms of creativity... people wont buy cigar but they smoke it while working on the desktops.
I am a software engineer and i am a die hard fan of Cigars which i buy from CIGAR SHOP
It is a best shop and need no advice on it... i love it...
http://www.gocubans.com is also online....

Pushing illustrator knowledge and the result is ALL down to Deke

Submitted by chris lavelle on 21 September 2009 - 4:13am.
Hi Deke, Started watching your inital CS2 vids and basically fell in love with illustrator. Unfortunatley when you get to a certain point in the learning curve it seems all the work we do becomes quick bespoke jobs. In essence the fun dissapears. I decided to take all you taught me and put it all together to see where i was. I am posting this to show illustrator can be more than stylish flat colours and vector perfection which seem to proliferate now. This is about 20 hours painstaking but enjoyable work. I'm not sure if im posting in the right area here. If i am in error please accept my apologies and remove the post Here goes :-

Theatre

Very sensational work.

Submitted by sheko_elanteko on 3 January 2010 - 10:37pm.

Very sensational work.
Keep up the good sense of creativeness :)

Do I need to upgrade Photoshop CS

Submitted by lebaubles on 18 September 2009 - 3:34pm.
I have purchase the whole series from Total Training CS2 a couple of months ago. I have started with Illuststrator but recently I went into my Photoshop program and realized that I have Photoshop CS not CS2 in my system. My InDesign and Illustrator are CS2. I am no youngster and a new-bee to Adobe CS series with only one basic class in Illustrator that I finished six months ago which I have been persuaded to pursue Graphic Design. I also realize I don't have Adobe Creative Suites CS2 installed in my MAC computer. Will it be difficult to do the course without upgrading my Photoshop to CS2. I have not worked for a number of months so money is at a premium at this time. Will it be a disadvantage not have Creative Suites CS2 while I am learning all of this or is it something I can get somewhere down the road. Will it prevent me from upgrading. I thank you for putting these programs together because this may only opportunity to pursue Graphic Design. Also is there a suggestion of how to find a good mentor to critique my work when I start designing my own work. Thank you for your precious time.

Depends

Submitted by andrewz on 14 October 2009 - 5:53am.

it really depends on your requirements, CS4 is also in market now, you can install this one. There are some good changes in CS3 and CS4 and i have just installed CS4 because i am a logo designer http://www.logodesignblock.com by professional and i like this as a professional and changes they have introduces in are pretty nice especially layering is good enough now.

Photoshop CS2 and photomerge

Submitted by Kraven on 10 September 2009 - 11:44am.
Hi gang, I have a series of jpg images (Georgian Bay beach scene with a perfect blue sky) that I have successfully merged together, applied advanced blending and cropped appropriately. Clicked OK and everything came together great, sort of. The problem I notice is subtle changes at the "seams" where two of the images meet/overlap. I have tried using levels, blur, smudge, dodge and burn tools in a effort to be blend these seams, well, seamlessly. I get fairly close to succeeding but not quite what I am looking for. Any suggestions would be welcome! Thanks!

Not what you want to hear

Submitted by jeremyv10 on 10 September 2009 - 1:47pm.
Kraven- the CS2 auto-blending features were pretty primative. Things are much better in CS3 and better still in CS4. Short of upgrading, you are probably in for a lot of hand fixing of the problem areas. If the problem is related to edge vignetting (darkening around the edge of the frame caused by light fall-off at the edge of the lens) and you have included enough overlap, you might be able to crop the offending area out and try re-merging. Good luck -Jeremy

Deke's Color Wheel

Submitted by nate57 on 6 September 2009 - 12:58am.
Is Deke's color wheel printed as a poster? I would like to purchase it. I am a high school graphic design teacher. Just started teaching this subject and found Deke's color wheel very informative and want our students to see it everyday until it is embedded.

No such poster exists

Submitted by deke on 11 September 2009 - 2:25am.
But I'll put you down as yet another vote. We get a lot of requests for this, so maybe one day I should actually do it.

have just started to learn

Submitted by stephy123 on 5 September 2009 - 2:22am.
have just started to learn photoshop. want some suggestion. which are the features in photoshop that I must focus primarily. want to work professionaly with it.

Thats easy....just watch

Submitted by Colin Dodd on 6 October 2009 - 7:08pm.

Thats easy....just watch Deke's top 40 and thats only some of them!!

Adobe Photoshop CS4 one-on-one DVD

Submitted by mcreager on 31 August 2009 - 11:36am.
Deke, I recently purchased your one-on-one book with DVD. My problem is that every image on every lesson appears to be locked. They each have the lock icon at the upper right, and I can't manipulate them. Is my DVD defective, or is there something I can do to unlock the images? I would really appreciate a reply with any help you could give me. Thanks so much! Best Reagrds Mickey

Copy to hard drive

Submitted by jeremyv10 on 7 October 2009 - 11:59am.

It sounds like you might be trying to use them directly off the DVD. If so copy to the hard drive. If they are already on the hard drive and still looked, you will need to look at the file 'Properties' on PC or 'File Info' on the Mac and change to allow read/write.

On the PC, right-click on the file (or whole folder to do the lot at once) and select 'Properties' at the bottom. Un-check the box that says 'Read-only'

On the Mac, select the "More Info" button at the bottom of the Finder window. Down at the bottom will be a Permissions panel. Make sure Read/Write is selected.

hey deke simple question ?

Submitted by givenup on 1 August 2009 - 5:45pm.
i need to study all graphics i love graphics, design,3d i need you to recommend me to the sequence of the programs that i need to study in the right sequence cause you know little of photoshop little of flash nad mixing it with a tiny bit of carrara im so confused but i know that you are the best for me to ask thanks for the awesome tutorial [photoshop cs3 beyond the basic]

Can I use Lightroom presets in Photoshop CS4

Submitted by collum777 on 27 July 2009 - 1:20pm.
Deke Question about Photoshop CS4. There are so many cool presets for Lightroom can I use lightroom presets in photoshop cs4? If yes how do I import the .lrtemplate, do I change the ext name? Thank you in advance, there are a couple of post on Adobe's forum asking the same question. Cindy

Short answer, no

Submitted by jeremyv10 on 27 July 2009 - 5:14pm.
Cindy- lrtemplate file and the xmp file used for preset data by the ACR are parsed in a very different fashion; the lrtemplate being a proprietory file convention, while xmp is more of a standards based file. Simply changing the file extension would likely wreak serious havoc if you tried to load it in ACR. If you have Lightroom, you could write the LR changes to an xmp file, then open the file with ACR and save as a preset. You would have to do this individually with each preset and it seems like a lot of work if you already have LR. Absent that, it would take a smarter head than I have to write some code to parse an LR preset into xmp format. Then you could simply go under the Presets option menu and click "Load Settings" to bring it into ACR. Good luck.
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