Deke’s Techniques 021: Creating a High Key High Contrast Effect in Photoshop

This week I show you how to turn an untreated studio photograph into a high key, high contrast image with ultra-black shadows but nary a clipped highlight.

Deke’s Techniques 019: Masking Highlights and Shadows in Photoshop

This week's 7-minute video shows you how to isolate the highlights and shadows from one image and blend them with those of another. It's quick, easy, and effective.

Deke’s Techniques 016: Making 3D Type With Repoussé

This week, Deke shows you how to create 3D text using Repouss

Deke’s Techniques 015: Building a Synthetic Starfield from Scratch

This week, I show you how to create a galaxy of stars, solar flare, and space gas from a void of nothingness. In just 9 minutes, I offer you the Big Bang.

Deke’s Techniques 013: Reflecting a Face in Shattered Glass

This week, Deke takes the photo of a screaming woman and reflects it into shattered glass. In the lynda.com members-only video, he adds a face to a tree.

Deke’s Techniques 011: Blending Textures Onto a Face

This week, Deke takes a portrait shot and maps two different textures onto the subject to create an exotic effect. No masks were invoked; it's all about advanced blending.

Deke’s Techniques 010: Smoothing Skin Texture with an Anti-Edge Mask

This week's movie says goodbye to text effects and hello to photography techniques. Specifically, I show you a quick method for smoothing over skin details in a portrait shot.

Creating a Molten Letter Effect (Episode 008)

This week, Deke shows you how to employ a combination of layer effects to create incendiary type, and then apply smart filters to create atmospheric ripples of heat.

Deke’s Techniques 006: Creating a Hammered Metal Background

This week, Deke shows how to make a background that looks like hammered metal using a trio of basic smart filters, all of which you can edit any time you like.

Deke’s Techniques 005: Rendering Type in Gold

This week, Deke takes a turn at alchemy by turning editable type into smooth, lustrous gold. Happily, it doesn't involve anything fancier than a collection of layer effects.

Deke’s Techniques 002: Branding Type on a Texture

The second Deke's Techniques is all about branding type onto a textured surface. In the video, Deke brands some type onto a rock wall. But you can do this with any texture. Like leather, parchment, or human flesh.

Deke’s Techniques 001: Creating Ice Type in Photoshop

Deke's Techniques gets your new year off to a cool start with this quick and clever recipe for creating icy type. It has icicles, it has sculpted edges, it has the wind at your back. Plus, your type remains editable. Enjoy.