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A collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects from computer graphics guru Deke McClelland.

Introduces the basic features of Illustrator CC: sizing and arranging artboards; accessing panels, menus, and tools; and creating your first illustrations with line art, shapes, and type.

A personalized tour of the basic tools and techniques that lie behind great images and graphic design in Photoshop CC, in an update to Deke McClelland's flagship series.

Introduces the latest and greatest features in the ever-evolving Photoshop CC.

Become more efficient, exact, and creative with the advanced tools like pattern brushes, Gradient Mesh, and opacity masks in Illustrator.

Deke McClelland puts his own spin on the most powerful features in Photoshop, from HDR imaging and video editing to animation and automated actions.

Deke McClelland offers a comprehensive sneak peek at the new features in Photoshop CS6.

A collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects from computer graphics guru Deke McClelland.

The third course in Deke McClelland's Illustrator CS6 One-on-One series, which takes a project-based learning approach to the key features in Adobe Illustrator, including Recolor Artwork, transparency, masks, blend modes, strokes and fills, and dynamic effects.

Discover how to take advantage of the next level of dynamic features in Illustrator CS6, such as patterns, complex gradients, and the Pathfinder operations, in the second installment of Deke McClelland's Illustrator CS6 One-on-One series.

Follow industry pro Deke McClelland as he plunges into the workings of Photoshop, from Smart Objects and sharpening to smart selections.

Industry pro Deke McClelland teaches you how to build on your basic knowledge and achieve next-level effects in the premiere image-editing program from Adobe, Photoshop CS6.

The first in a four-part series by industry-pro Deke McClelland on creating elegant, optimized graphics with the tools in Illustrator CS6 and Deke's special, branded techniques.

Covers the image editing process from the very beginning and progresses through the concepts and techniques that every photographer or graphic designer should know.

A collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects from computer graphics guru Deke McClelland.

Shows how to select hair—down to the individual strands—and composite portraits against new backgrounds.

Explores blending options in Photoshop and shows how to use them to create sophisticated effects and seamless compositions.

Shows how to make selections, refine the selections with masks, and then combine them in new ways.

Shows how to design a variety of vibrant 3D type effects in Photoshop Extended.

Shows how to create stunning imagery in Photoshop in the shortest time possible.

Shows how to create eye-catching designs and graphic art in Photoshop, in the shortest time possible.

Shows how to create professional-quality illustrations for print and electronic output, in the shortest time possible.

Shows how to design polished multi-page documents for print and electronic output, in the shortest time possible.

Shows how to build, illuminate, and render realistic 3D scenes in Photoshop CS5 Extended.

Previews three new iPad apps that interface directly with Photoshop CS5.

Drawing six kinds of objects and manipulating them in 3D space.

Create textured type and drawing objects that can be manipulated in 3D space in Photoshop.

Shows how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS5.

Take advantage of the wide array of dynamic features in Illustrator CS5.

Demonstrates the most powerful and empowering features of Photoshop CS5.

Dives into the advanced workings of Photoshop CS5.

An exploration of Adobe’s vector graphics program.

Explores such indispensable Photoshop features as resolution, cropping, color correction, retouching, and layers.

Covers five of the most important new features in Photoshop CS5.

Counts down 40 top tools, commands, and concepts that allow users to get the most out of Photoshop.

Walks through the four primary purposes of Smart Objects, and focuses on one of their most practical advantages, non-destructive transformations.

Teaches the new features for sharpening in CS4, focusing on the OpenGL support.

Teaches how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS4, including Live Paint, Live Trace, and actions.

Explores some of Illustrator's most powerful and least understood features, including how to create complex ones with the Pathfinder palette and align paths to create schematic illustrations.

A deep dive into the strongest features that Photoshop has to offer, including Smart Objects and Photomerge.

The second part of the popular and comprehensive series delving into Photoshop CS4.

Deke McClelland shows users how to get into the Illustrator mindset and overcome its learning curve.

Deke examines the essential capabilities of the application, from correcting color to retouching portraits.

Deke McClelland introduces the new features in CS4 while emphasizing core concepts.

Provides a concise but thorough examination of core Illustrator concepts.

A concise demonstration of techniques used to assemble text and images into multi-page documents that can be published in various formats.

Deke McClelland covers the latest developments in Adobe's powerhouse image editor, Photoshop CS4.

Deke McClelland explores how to use Lab color to make bad photographs great and great photographs even better

Demonstrates why InDesign's style sheets are far more powerful than anything found in any other page layout program.

Deke McClelland teaches a host of sharpening and noise reduction techniques, including using filters.

Alpha channels are used to build transitional blended layers, fashion a depth map, and make edge adjustments.

Breaks down complex techniques for using alpha channels to maximize results in Photoshop.

Demonstrates the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS3 and how to apply them to live, editable text.

Deke McClelland explores some of Illustrator's most powerful and least known features.

Teaches the key features of Illustrator CS3 in a way that anyone can understand, and reveals the "Illustrator mindset."

Deke McClelland explores such topics as navigation, color correction, resolution, and retouching in Photoshop CS3.

Deke McClelland teaches the most powerful, flexible, and unconventional features of Photoshop CS3.

Photoshop guru Deke McClelland teaches such tools as masking, filters, layers, blend modes, Liquify, and Vanishing Point.

Essential Photoshop CS3 skills, such as making selections, retouching, managing layers, and applying layer effects.

A comprehensive lesson in alpha channels, which inform almost every aspect of Photoshop.

Deke McClelland shows how to use Photoshop Elements 5 and its three main workspaces to create professional-looking images.

Key principles and techniques for mastering raw photography with Adobe Camera Raw.

Learn how to save time by recording actions and automating common tasks in Photoshop.