http://gurusunleashed.com Scouring the Web 24/7 for the best creative pro news and how-to so you don't have to. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:28:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://gurusunleashed.com/267429/dekes-techniques-049-designing-an-indiana-jones-logo-3.php http://gurusunleashed.com/267429/dekes-techniques-049-designing-an-indiana-jones-logo-3.php#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:15:40 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=a616a291307fed3f02fce2c261f6d932 Today, I'm offline on a personal adventure. And yet, I still manage to offer you a kind of adventure as well. In the form of Adventure Type in Photoshop. Here's the official description from lynda.com: Read?more???…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/267429/dekes-techniques-049-designing-an-indiana-jones-logo-3.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/261289/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php http://gurusunleashed.com/261289/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:15:02 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=2af3a1d328f6ab9a006eb2ab72b79777 This week's technique is going to seem boring a hell or wickedly wonderful as hell depending on your state of mind. Good old fanciful old Hell. It's either hideously horrible or astoundingly attractive based on your momentary whims.But here's the…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/261289/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/260539/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php http://gurusunleashed.com/260539/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:15:02 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=2af3a1d328f6ab9a006eb2ab72b79777 This week's technique is going to seem boring a hell or wickedly wonderful as hell depending on your state of mind. Good old fanciful old Hell. It's either hideously horrible or astoundingly attractive based on your momentary whims.But here's the…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/260539/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/260540/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php http://gurusunleashed.com/260540/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:15:02 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=2af3a1d328f6ab9a006eb2ab72b79777 This week's technique is going to seem boring a hell or wickedly wonderful as hell depending on your state of mind. Good old fanciful old Hell. It's either hideously horrible or astoundingly attractive based on your momentary whims.But here's the…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/260540/dekes-techniques-037-auto-collapsing-a-selection-outline.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/260496/ive-begun-work-on-my-next-photoshop-masking-course.php http://gurusunleashed.com/260496/ive-begun-work-on-my-next-photoshop-masking-course.php#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:17:49 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=bb6741e70ef6d08c8ed6b3d1b8b26967 Just a note to let you know that I've begun work on my next video course for lynda.com, which will be called Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Fundamentals. The course is slated to be 9 chapters long, and it will set…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/260496/ive-begun-work-on-my-next-photoshop-masking-course.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/260351/up-and-running-with-photoshop-for-photography.php http://gurusunleashed.com/260351/up-and-running-with-photoshop-for-photography.php#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:15:53 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=d292268c77f2a4a878e7c53d82f5c468 Things have been crazy around here lately. So forgive me for just now finally getting around to posting the fact that my beloved video publisher, lynda.com, has released the fourth and last in my series of crash courses on Adobe…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/260351/up-and-running-with-photoshop-for-photography.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/258635/dekes-techniques-034-coloring-the-stripes-on-a-zebra.php http://gurusunleashed.com/258635/dekes-techniques-034-coloring-the-stripes-on-a-zebra.php#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:15:37 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=dbad0ab73ec50e9276998fa734fd338d Last week, I changed a red car to solid gold and then, in the lynda.com Online Training Library, to jet black. This week, I do something very nearly resembling the opposite. That is to say, I take the "black" (cuz…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/258635/dekes-techniques-034-coloring-the-stripes-on-a-zebra.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/258416/dekes-techniques-033-changing-the-color-of-a-car.php http://gurusunleashed.com/258416/dekes-techniques-033-changing-the-color-of-a-car.php#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:15:43 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=ac996f9a6a38d902fe24e13bef3e8975 Have you ever noticed that an awful lot of Photoshop experts spend an awful lot of time doing an awful lot of stuff to pictures of cars? As an equal-opportunity image editor, I've never quite understood the car fixation. (I…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/258416/dekes-techniques-033-changing-the-color-of-a-car.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/258361/up-and-running-with-photoshop-for-design.php http://gurusunleashed.com/258361/up-and-running-with-photoshop-for-design.php#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:15:21 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=79e4558e62f78be73c90cf77ba5f66b9 Just last Thursday, lynda.com released the third in my series of four video crash courses on Adobe programs, Up and Running with Photoshop for Design. I'm so proud, I decided to provide you with a blow-by-blow description. It is, if…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/258361/up-and-running-with-photoshop-for-design.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/258333/ive-finally-begun-work-on-photoshop-extended-one-on-one-3d-type-effects.php http://gurusunleashed.com/258333/ive-finally-begun-work-on-photoshop-extended-one-on-one-3d-type-effects.php#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:15:16 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=31b1f4f3b21b3ed06c456119b9cf2754 I've had a couple of questions about when I'll be releasing the last of my four-part video series on 3D in Photoshop for lynda.com, Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects. After all, I started the series nearly five months ago,…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/258333/ive-finally-begun-work-on-photoshop-extended-one-on-one-3d-type-effects.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/258166/dekes-techniques-032-capturing-a-monster-in-motion.php http://gurusunleashed.com/258166/dekes-techniques-032-capturing-a-monster-in-motion.php#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 05:15:50 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=fe8d91bf92d58b96448e07b667fd7f3a Last week, I showed you how to combine three real-world animals into an entirely fictional creature. This week, I show you how to take last week's image and turn it into a plausible likeness of the one extraordinary shot that…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/258166/dekes-techniques-032-capturing-a-monster-in-motion.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/257864/dekes-techniques-031-making-a-fictional-creature.php http://gurusunleashed.com/257864/dekes-techniques-031-making-a-fictional-creature.php#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:15:33 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=3ccd159a17795fc0c8a61e64cf1c94c7 You know how folks like to worry about how Photoshop is messing with our shared notion of reality? For example, how do we know for certain that the Eiffel Tower is in Paris? Maybe someone Photoshopped it in there and…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/257864/dekes-techniques-031-making-a-fictional-creature.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/256989/dekes-techniques-028-adding-stereo-3d-text-and-shapes.php http://gurusunleashed.com/256989/dekes-techniques-028-adding-stereo-3d-text-and-shapes.php#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:15:44 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=c2311ae80dbc758671aaf74f3d1847db Hey gang. This week's Deke's Techniques videos are all about adding text and shapes to a 3D stereoscopic photograph, like the one created in last week's technique. In today's free movie, I show you how to add text and shapes…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/256989/dekes-techniques-028-adding-stereo-3d-text-and-shapes.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/256792/dekes-techniques-027-making-a-stereoscopic-photo.php http://gurusunleashed.com/256792/dekes-techniques-027-making-a-stereoscopic-photo.php#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:15:40 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=64fe68f8d7833828f60461e89df9db5a As I write this, I've published 20 hours of video training on the topic of 3D imaging in Photoshop. (For those who may be curious, it begins with the 5-hour Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Fundamentals, about which you can…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/256792/dekes-techniques-027-making-a-stereoscopic-photo.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/256524/dekes-techniques-026-creating-a-classic-heart-in-illustrator.php http://gurusunleashed.com/256524/dekes-techniques-026-creating-a-classic-heart-in-illustrator.php#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:15:13 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=025842693043bd28cdc71e00bbd5ad56 Hello all. In this week's Technique, I show you how to draw a classic heart shape in Adobe Illustrator. The introductory graphic is a bit misleading. I don't actually add the stylized highlights and shadows. Nor do I add the…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/256524/dekes-techniques-026-creating-a-classic-heart-in-illustrator.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/256181/dekes-techniques-025-putting-wings-on-a-horse.php http://gurusunleashed.com/256181/dekes-techniques-025-putting-wings-on-a-horse.php#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:15:39 +0000 deke http://gurusunleashed.com/?guid=88fe7a080c11a8c4b332fa6dc9577116 It's a horse. It's a goose. It's a hoose! Which is precisely what we'll be doing this week. In today's free weekly Deke's Techniques, I'll show you how to take two legitimate animals---from different sides of the taxonomic track---and merge…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/256181/dekes-techniques-025-putting-wings-on-a-horse.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/255398/dekes-techniques-023-creating-synthetic-wood-grain.php http://gurusunleashed.com/255398/dekes-techniques-023-creating-synthetic-wood-grain.php#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:15:31 +0000 deke Those of you who pay attention to this site may recall that, several months ago, I solicited your suggestions for future episodes of my weekly Deke's Techniques. Well, today's episode marks the first answer to such a suggestion, one posted…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/255398/dekes-techniques-023-creating-synthetic-wood-grain.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/254882/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-scenes-goes-live-lynda-com.php http://gurusunleashed.com/254882/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-scenes-goes-live-lynda-com.php#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 14:15:00 +0000 deke Although Photoshop has the word "photo" in its title, a remarkably small percentage of Photoshop users identify themselves as photographers. In contrast, more than half call themselves designers. (In case you're wondering who the heck else uses the program, think…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/254882/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-scenes-goes-live-lynda-com.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/254689/dekes-techniques-021-assembling-a-flawless-panorama.php http://gurusunleashed.com/254689/dekes-techniques-021-assembling-a-flawless-panorama.php#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 12:15:10 +0000 deke It's tempting to dismiss stitched panoramas as a kind of trendy fad, one that passed about the same time that Adobe finally got its act in gear with the current version of Photomerge. But I see panoramas very much in…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/254689/dekes-techniques-021-assembling-a-flawless-panorama.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/254333/dekes-techniques-020-creating-a-talk-show-style-curtain.php http://gurusunleashed.com/254333/dekes-techniques-020-creating-a-talk-show-style-curtain.php#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 05:15:24 +0000 deke This week, I show you how to create what I'm calling a "talk show-style" curtain. In my defense, I admit that many talk shows do not have curtains, and many non-talk shows do have curtains. But this is the kind…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/254333/dekes-techniques-020-creating-a-talk-show-style-curtain.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/254010/this-is-me-in-real-3d.php http://gurusunleashed.com/254010/this-is-me-in-real-3d.php#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 05:15:44 +0000 deke I'm so sorry to do this. But I get excited whenever I record a really great video. This one will be a Deke's Techniques movie for lynda.com, available (I believe) July 5th. Altogether for free. And it will document how…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/254010/this-is-me-in-real-3d.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253952/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253952/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253952/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253953/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253953/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253953/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253954/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253954/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253954/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253955/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253955/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253955/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253956/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253956/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253956/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253947/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253947/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253947/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253948/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253948/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253948/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253949/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253949/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253949/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253950/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253950/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253950/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253951/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253951/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:17 +0000 deke So last week, I showed you how to begin the process of creating a 3D pie chart in Photoshop CS5 Extended. And this week, I show you how to take that very basic thing and make it a tangible slice…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253951/dekes-techniques-019-splitting-and-modifying-3d-meshes-2.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253681/testing-an-embedded-video-served-by-lynda-com.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253681/testing-an-embedded-video-served-by-lynda-com.php#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 15:15:17 +0000 deke Over the course of the last 60 or so Deke's Techniques and Photoshop Top 40 posts, I and my video publisher lynda.com have chosen to aggregate the free videos via YouTube. Read?more???…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253681/testing-an-embedded-video-served-by-lynda-com.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253599/free-movies-on-adobes-photoshop-touch-apps-for-the-ipad.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253599/free-movies-on-adobes-photoshop-touch-apps-for-the-ipad.php#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 21:15:24 +0000 deke Yesterday, Adobe introduced Creative Suite 5.5. While this means new features for InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Flash, those of us who spend most of our time in Photoshop and Illustrator can (thankfully) ignore it. That is to say, neither Photoshop nor…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253599/free-movies-on-adobes-photoshop-touch-apps-for-the-ipad.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253119/howard-stern-begins-work-on-a-lynda-com-photoshop-course.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253119/howard-stern-begins-work-on-a-lynda-com-photoshop-course.php#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:15:12 +0000 deke As recently as yesterday, Howard Stern mentioned that he recently subscribed to lynda.com for the express purpose of learning Photoshop. Listen to this brief audio clip. It is, as with all things Howard and Robin Quivers, quite funny. According to…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253119/howard-stern-begins-work-on-a-lynda-com-photoshop-course.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253120/dekes-techniques-017-creating-a-seamlessly-repeating-pattern-in-photoshop.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253120/dekes-techniques-017-creating-a-seamlessly-repeating-pattern-in-photoshop.php#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:15:50 +0000 deke Upon reviewing this week's technique, I regard it as entirely sound and junk. But I fear it may ask as many questions than it answers. Which is the purpose of art, after all.In this free video, I show you how…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253120/dekes-techniques-017-creating-a-seamlessly-repeating-pattern-in-photoshop.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/253122/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-lighting.php http://gurusunleashed.com/253122/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-lighting.php#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:15:55 +0000 deke Well, it's been a busy week. Tuesday, I recorded Chapter 15, "Lighting Your Scene," of my upcoming video course Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Scenes, which should be out sometime in May for my video publisher lynda.com. In this chapter,…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/253122/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-lighting.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/252564/my-arms-are-bare.php http://gurusunleashed.com/252564/my-arms-are-bare.php#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:15:28 +0000 deke You cannot imagine how gruesome this training business is. There I was, at lynda.com, thinking I could record a few videos on the upcoming Photoshop Touch apps (which Adobe will release next month). The apps run on an iPad, so…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/252564/my-arms-are-bare.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/252536/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-016-turning-a-photo-into-an-ink-drawing.php http://gurusunleashed.com/252536/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-016-turning-a-photo-into-an-ink-drawing.php#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:15:03 +0000 deke It's been nearly a month since my last artistic adventure in Deke's Techniques. (I'm thinking of DTs 012: "Creating a High Key, High Contrast Effect.") And so I reckon it's time for another one. In fact, I have two for…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/252536/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-016-turning-a-photo-into-an-ink-drawing.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/252274/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-015-correcting-red-eye-like-a-pro.php http://gurusunleashed.com/252274/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-015-correcting-red-eye-like-a-pro.php#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:15:52 +0000 deke This week, I show you how to fix red-eye. Now I know, some of you are thinking, really Deke, red-eye?!? First of all, that's not something a professional photographer with any skills or equipment encounters. And second, aren't there tools…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/252274/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-015-correcting-red-eye-like-a-pro.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/251972/eight-days-in-orlando.php http://gurusunleashed.com/251972/eight-days-in-orlando.php#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:15:15 +0000 deke Well, kids, I recently returned from an extended trip to Orlando. And it was every bit as magical (you pick your variety) as you would imagine. I mixed it my two sons, my ex (mother of my sons), and the…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/251972/eight-days-in-orlando.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/251823/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-014-fixing-chromatic-aberrations-in-photoshop.php http://gurusunleashed.com/251823/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-014-fixing-chromatic-aberrations-in-photoshop.php#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:15:12 +0000 deke Hello friends. So very sorry that I made no post last week. I was attending Photoshop World in Orlando, as well as squeezing in a much-needed vacation with my boys at Walt Disney World. (Why does Disney Inc. insist on…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/251823/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-014-fixing-chromatic-aberrations-in-photoshop.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/251450/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-013-simulating-subpixel-rendering.php http://gurusunleashed.com/251450/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-013-simulating-subpixel-rendering.php#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:15:00 +0000 deke This week's technique covers a topic so arcane, you'll either lose interest seconds into the movie, or be sucked into the topic as surely as you might draw an unfamiliar but addictive soda flavor into a straw. The idea is…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/251450/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-013-simulating-subpixel-rendering.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/251274/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-preview-making-saturn-from-scratch.php http://gurusunleashed.com/251274/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-preview-making-saturn-from-scratch.php#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:15:37 +0000 deke As those of you who follow this site know, I'm working on a four-part series of videos for lynda.com on the topic of making 3D art in Photoshop CS5 Extended. My first course, Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Fundamentals… is]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/251274/photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-preview-making-saturn-from-scratch.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/251249/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-012-creating-a-high-key-high-contrast-effect.php http://gurusunleashed.com/251249/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-012-creating-a-high-key-high-contrast-effect.php#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:15:02 +0000 deke Hey gang,As seems to occur every Tuesday, I have a new free Deke's Techniques… video for you, produced by lynda.com. And it's a zinger! (Am I allowed to say "zinger" over the Internet?) In just 9 minutes, I show you]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/251249/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-012-creating-a-high-key-high-contrast-effect.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/251014/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-011-masking-highlights-and-shadows.php http://gurusunleashed.com/251014/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-011-masking-highlights-and-shadows.php#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:15:20 +0000 deke 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, it's easy, it's effective. Read more » …]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/251014/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-011-masking-highlights-and-shadows.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/250838/depth-maps-become-reality.php http://gurusunleashed.com/250838/depth-maps-become-reality.php#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:15:09 +0000 deke In the entirely artificial digital sense, of course. I'm midway thru recording Part 2 of my Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One series for my beloved video publisher, lynda.com. And, lo, it will go by the name 3D Objects…. Photoshop CS5]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/250838/depth-maps-become-reality.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/250765/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-010-making-3d-type-with-repousse.php http://gurusunleashed.com/250765/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-010-making-3d-type-with-repousse.php#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:15:29 +0000 deke For the last several months, the lynda.com Online Training Library (OTL) has offered one and only one movie on Photoshop CS5 Extended's most significant enhancement, Repoussé. Which is a rare oversight on our part. Generally speaking, the OTL contains more…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/250765/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-010-making-3d-type-with-repousse.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/250606/i-have-finished-recording-my-video-course-photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-fundamentals.php http://gurusunleashed.com/250606/i-have-finished-recording-my-video-course-photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-fundamentals.php#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:15:45 +0000 deke Hello friends: Just a note to let you know that I finished recording my modest Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Fundamentals… video course for lynda.com. I say "modest" because, instead of 250 movies (as in the case of my unexpectedly]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/250606/i-have-finished-recording-my-video-course-photoshop-cs5-extended-one-on-one-3d-fundamentals.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/250574/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-009-building-a-synthetic-starfield-from-scratch.php http://gurusunleashed.com/250574/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-009-building-a-synthetic-starfield-from-scratch.php#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:15:08 +0000 deke This week, I and my beloved video publisher lynda.com have a special treat for you: I show you how to create a galaxy of stars, solar flare, and space gas from nothing more than a layer of black pixels. And…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/250574/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-009-building-a-synthetic-starfield-from-scratch.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/250389/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-008-reflecting-a-face-in-shattered-glass.php http://gurusunleashed.com/250389/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-008-reflecting-a-face-in-shattered-glass.php#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:15:43 +0000 deke This week I take a photo of an everyday average woman screaming her brains out and double-map her onto a photograph of shattered glass (both from the Fotolia image library). Is she singing so loudly she breaks a mirror? Or…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/250389/deke%e2%80%99s-techniques-008-reflecting-a-face-in-shattered-glass.php/feed 0