Deke’s Techniques

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

Mandala Patterns in Photoshop CC 2019

Deke celebrates 2019 with a new approach and a magical new feature in Photoshop CC.

Adding a Snowflake Bokeh “on the Lens” in Photoshop CC

Deke uses Photoshop to melt a few artificial snowflakes onto his imaginary camera to create a bokeh effect.

High Resolution Snowflakes in Photoshop

Deke creates snow where there was none before in Photoshop.

Adding a Photographic Element to Your Vector-Based Logo

Deke shows you how to efficiently incorporate a photo into your logo project.

Designing a Vector-Based Logo in Photoshop

Deke creates an easily duplicatable by-the-numbers logo in Photoshop, with lots of flexibility for client contributions.

Sampling Any Color Outside Photoshop

Deke shows you how to get outside Photoshop to bring back a chosen color for your project.

Under the Sea in Strict Monochrome

Deke takes a boring scuba photo and turns it into a surreal seascape by converting it to black and white.

Naming an Adjustment Layer as You Create It

Deke explains an ordinary shortcut in his extraordinary dekeStyle.

Creating an Old Monster-Movie Poster in Photoshop

Deke enhances his candy keeper with horrifying half-tone dots, cryptic creases and tears, and some ghoulishly glowing text.

Creating a Creepy Candy Keeper in Photoshop

Deke begins this year's Halloween project by adding color, shadow and stroke effects to a candy-protecting poster project.

Combining a Tile Pattern (from Illustrator) with a Photograph (in Photoshop)

Deke applies the pattern he created in Illustrator to a photographic portrait in Photoshop.

Expressing Pentagons as Proper Tile Patterns

Deke sets up one of his pentagon patterns to repeat automatically, then he uses it on a cow.