Deke's Techniques 094: Capturing a Real-Life Cast Shadow

It's one thing to impeccably mask an image into a new scene. It's another to get the masked image to interact with its new environment. What it needs is a shadow.

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #15: Alpha Channels

Much can be said of masking. Masking is the art of using the image to select itself. Masking lets you apply the entire weight of Photoshop to the task of editing a selection. And masking, thy name is alpha channel.

Martini Hour 036, In Which Deke Christens This Week's Caller Daffodil

Photoshop and the Lost Undersea Channel

Underwater photos often lack a Red channel -- which is where things like coral, clown fish and our skin tones hang out. Fortunately, Deke knows how to summon Red from the watery depths and make your photos come alive.