Deke’s Techniques

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

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

Posterizing Colors in Photoshop, in the Style of the Musical, Hair

Deke pays homage to a classic posterized poster (from the musical Hair) in Photoshop

The Improved Simplify Command in Illustrator 2020

Deke uses the new improved Simplify command in Adobe Illustrator to rid himself of excessive anchor points in a few simple clicks.

Healing with Clone Source Panel plus Diffusion in Photoshop

Deke shows you how to clone one set of eyelashes to another using the Healing Brush, the Clone Source panel, and a high Diffusion setting in Photoshop.

Camera Raw 12: Panoramas with Fill Edges

Deke stitches a panorama in Camera Raw 12 and shows you how to use the new fill features to restore the transparent edges

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.