Deke’s Techniques 292: Enlarging a Low-Res Photograph in Photoshop
Deke shows you how to enlarge a low resolution photograph in Photoshop with optimal results.
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Deke’s Techniques 290: Drawing Happy Trees in Photoshop CC
Deke demonstrates one of the more obscure features in the newest Photoshop CC update: the ability to generate fake trees with the Pattern fill dialog box.
Deke’s Techniques 288: Upsampling a Layered Composition in Photoshop
Deke explains the fine art of upsampling a layered composition in Photoshop, taking photos, graphics, text, and patterns into account.
Deke’s Techniques 287: Exporting Your Avatar as a PNG from Photoshop
Deke exports an avatar---born in Photoshop, refined in Illustrator---back to Photoshop for export as a .png file.
Deke’s Techniques 285: Making a Scalable Avatar in Illustrator
Deke uses paths lifted from a photograph in Photoshop to create a scalable, vector-based avatar in Illustrator.
Deke’s Techniques 284: Tracing a Photo in Photoshop to Create an Avatar
Deke traces a photo with the pen tool as the first step in creating an avatar in Illustrator.
Deke’s Techniques 282: New Year Graphic with Dynamic Effects in Illustrator
Deke uses dynamic effects, repeating patterns, and an opacity mask to create a festive graphic for the new year.
Deke’s Techniques 280: Developing HDR Images in Camera Raw
Deke demonstrates how to take a set of bracketed shots and develop them into a powerful HDR landscape with Camera Raw inside Photoshop CC
Deke’s Techniques 277: Painting an Eye in Photoshop
Deke paints an eye in Photoshop, using a custom brush to create the iris.
Deke’s Techniques 275: Creating a Roy Lichtenstein-esque Effect
Deke uses Photoshop and Illustrator to turn a photograph into a Lichtenstein homage.
Deke’s Techniques 273: The Very Pigture of a Happy Thanksgiving to You
Deke turns a childhood trick of turning letters into a pig and makes a heart-warming, ham-filled story for Thanksgiving.
Deke’s Techniques 271: Tracing Hand-Drawn Art with Uniform Strokes in Illustrator
Deke takes a sketch drawn with pencil, enhances it in Photoshop, then traces it in Illustrator with resulting uniform lines.