Deke's Techniques 210: Creating a Dramatic Cartoon Background

Deke creates a dramatic but whimsical background in Adobe Illustrator, using dynamic effects on simple shapes.

Photoshop Efficiency: Don't Fear the Keyboard Shortcuts

How to Create a Background Layer for Your Photoshop File (and an Action for Your Sanity)

Deke's Techniques 141: Pimping Your Ride in Photoshop

Today I kick off Deke's Techniques: The Challenge with a new technique based on five from the past. Along the way, I'll transform a crap car into an awesome one!

Deke's Techniques 006: Creating a Hammered Metal Background

This week, Deke shows how to make a background that looks like hammered metal using a trio of basic smart filters, all of which you can edit any time you like.

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #8: The Eyedropper

The ubiquitous eyedropper is simple in purpose and easy to use. But imagine a world without it, where you had to dial in every one of the 16.8 million+ colors manually. The eyedropper is Photoshop

Setting the Background in Photoshop or InDesign