Deke's Techniques 022: Simulating Subpixel Rendering

In this movie, I tell you how subpixel rendering works and how to simulate it in Photoshop. If you make small type for screen images, it'll make all the tiny difference in the world.

Deke's Techniques 016: Making 3D Type With Repoussé

This week, Deke shows you how to create 3D text using Repouss

Creating a Molten Letter Effect (Episode 008)

This week, Deke shows you how to employ a combination of layer effects to create incendiary type, and then apply smart filters to create atmospheric ripples of heat.

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.

Martini Hour 099, In Which Colleen Hosts the Illustrator Summit Countdown Smackdown Lovefest

Deke's Techniques 005: Rendering Type in Gold

This week, Deke takes a turn at alchemy by turning editable type into smooth, lustrous gold. Happily, it doesn't involve anything fancier than a collection of layer effects.

Five Photoshop Type Techniques

Bert Lets Me Go Nuts

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #38: Vector Type

Type in Photoshop is forever editable and super-smooth. Deke shows how it works by assembling a high-resolution, professional-quality magazine cover in one short video.