Deke’s Techniques

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

Rescuing a Frame from a GoPro Movie with Camera Raw

Deke takes the camera he has (a GoPro) and develops into a once-in-a-lifetime shot in Camera Raw.

The Photoshop 2020 Freeform Warp Enhancements

Deke uses Photoshop's new free transform warp enhancements (that he's been begging for for years) to manipulate a landscape to his liking.

Creating a Metadata Template in Bridge

Deke uses a text editor to fix some gotchas in the standard metadata template process in Adobe Bridge.

Masking Your Wonder Woman in Photoshop

Deke takes the wild and wonderful background he made last week and "wonderizes" a young footballer.

Deke’s Techniques Classic: Cloning Yourself in Photoshop

Flashback episode: Deke takes a bunch of Jacob images and makes a pool party in Photoshop.

Creating a Wonder Woman 1984 Poster Effect in Photoshop

Deke uses Photoshop filters and an image from our friends at Dreamstime to re-create the background of the Wonder Woman movie poster.

Drawing a 3D Metal Star in Adobe Illustrator

Deke draws an impossible interwoven 3D star in Adobe Illustrator which he then declares the flag of his own Antarctic nation.

Faking a GoPro Over-Under Shot

Deke shows you how to combine a few GoPro frames to make a faux under-over water shot, with sea lions!

Recolor a Freeform Gradient in Adobe Illustrator

Deke uses an older feature in Adobe Illustrator (Recolor Artwork) to change up colors from a new feature (Freeform Gradient).

Making an Awful Photoshop Awesome

Deke takes a once in a lifetime photo that didn't turn out great, and helps it fulfill its awesome destiny with the help of Camera Raw.

Hiding the Filmstrip in Camera Raw

Deke shows you a simple trick for getting rid of the Filmstrip pane in Camera Raw when you don't need it.

Posterizing Colors Nondestructively in Photoshop

Deke recolors his Hair-inspired poster art using a nondestructive Gradient Map adjustment with custom gradient