Deke’s Techniques

Your weekly quick-fix of Deke, with ideas you may inspire or inform your own projects.

Customizing the Auto Color Command in Photoshop

Deke customizes Photoshop's Auto Color feature and applies it nondestructively to an underwater photograph.

Vector Brushes in Adobe Fresco

Deke explores the scalable, editable, colorable power of vector brushes in Adobe Fresco.

Masking Layers in Adobe Fresco

Deke finishes his robot portrait by separating our hero from his background with layers in Adobe Fresco.

Live Brushes in Adobe Fresco

Deke paints some legitimate watercolor and oil backgrounds for his completely made up robot in Adobe Fresco.

Introducing Adobe Fresco for the iPad

Deke and his robot friend explore the magic of the new Adobe Fresco painting and drawing app.

Using an iPad as a Sidecar Drawing Tablet

Deke uses the new Sidecar function to make his iPad a working tablet for Photoshop input.

Photoshop for the iPad: the Layers

Deke makes his third installment on Photoshop for the iPad, this time focusing in on the layer mask and adjustment layer capabilities.

Photoshop for the iPad: the Retouching

Deke demonstrates the retouching ability of the new Photoshop for iPad by removing some unwanted golf course features from an Icelandic landscape.

Introducing Photoshop for the iPad

Deke shares his first impression of the "real" first Photoshop for the iPad

What’s Wrong with this Drop Shadow?

Deke brings his Photoshop troubleshooting knowledge to bear on some troublesome layer effects.

A Hand Becomes a Thanksgiving Hand Turkey

Deke finishes up his 2019 hand turkey project.

Drawing a Highly Articulated Hand

Deke hand draws his very own hand.