Design Techniques

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

Take a 10-minute recess every week and join Bert Monroy for a fun, self-contained project in Photoshop or Illustrator.

Learn to toggle between Illustrator and Photoshop and take advantage of the strongest features in each program.

Legendary author and artist Bert Monroy, a digital art pioneer, walks through basic artistic concepts that are critical for creating great art and designs.

Teaches designers how to maximize the potential of filters with use of Smart Objects, blending modes, and filter masks.

Simulate the look of anti-aliased fonts in your next website mockup with Photoshop.

The third installment of Bert Monroy's Dreamscapes series shows how to transport your photos into otherworldly territory, like an underwater coral reef, an enchanted forest, or even a menacing factory, all with Photoshop.

Learn to edit video and add custom graphics and animations to your projects with Photoshop CS6 Extended.

Join Bert Monroy in the second installment of his Dreamscapes series, and learn how to transform your photos into incredible scenes filled with imaginary creatures, ancient ruins, and more.

Learn to think like a painter as you transform photographs into paintings using the latest digital artist's tools.

Take an unexciting photo and begin to transform it into an amazing dream sequence using compositing and painting techniques in Photoshop.

Describes various approaches to illustrating concepts with type, translating them into digital techniques in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Focuses on the different tools and features in Photoshop designed for choosing, applying, and editing color.

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

Create textures that create visual interest, heighten realism, and add dimension to Photoshop artwork.

Covers the ins and outs of creating professional designs and artwork using crisp, scalable vector graphics in Photoshop.

Explains the fundamental concepts and techniques for working with type in Photoshop.

Create editable, non-destructive effects such as shadows, glows, textures, and much more with layer effects in Photoshop.

Bert Monroy shows how he created the hyperrealistic portrayals of the dozens of people inhabiting his painting, many of which he drew from real-life friends and family.

Shows the steps Bert Monroy took in Photoshop and Illustrator to create the lifelike detail in his incredible portrait of Times Square.

Digital painter Bert Monroy demonstrates how he uses the brushes, filters, and textures in Photoshop to create his photorealistic portrait of Times Square.

Explains the basic principles of perspective and how they apply to working in Photoshop.