deke.com posts about Photoshop

Creating a Full-Color Hedcut Effect

Deke adds some customized (Lab produced) color to his hedcut technique.

Creating a Faux Hedcut in Photoshop

Deke attempts to recreate the signature WSJ hedcut-style portrait from inside Photoshop.

Simulating an Adjustment Layer in Adobe Illustrator

Deke uses layers of black or white set to the Soft Light blend mode in Illustrator in order to simulate a Photoshop Levels adjustment layer.

Contour Mapping for Cash in Photoshop

Deke uses his contour map skills to make a portrait effect suitable for use on American currency

Riffing on Your Contour Map in Photoshop

Deke riffs on last week's project with an extra displacement map.

Contour Mapping with Distort > Displace

Deke uses a displacement map to contour a stripe pattern to his model's face.

Jogging Your Creative Memory with the Note tool

Deke reveals his secret for remembering how he arrived at creative brilliance: the Note tool in Photoshop

Enhancing and Masking Your Marvel Disintegration Effect

Deke puts the final demolition touches on his Marvel-esque superhero disintegration effect

The Marvel Disintegration Effect in Photoshop

Deke attempts to recreate the Marvel disintegration effect using displacement maps in Photoshop.

Avengers Infinity War: Shades of Heroes Conquered

Coming soon: A Deke's Techniques that explains how the finale of Avengers: Infinity War might have truly played out.

Making Dead Cells Spring to Life

Deke uses the power of smart objects (in Illustrator) to bring half his Photoshop file back to life.

Creating a Pattern of Shimmering Cells in Adobe Illustrator

Deke grows some colorful cellular matter in Adobe Illustrator, using gradients and a hex pattern.