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Deke McClelland

About the Author

An award-winning author and educator, Deke McClelland is a titan of image editing and graphic design.

Deke McClelland is the author of more than 50 video courses on creative imaging, graphics, 3D, and design for the industry-leading lynda.com. One of the most award-winning writers in the business, Deke has written over 80 books translated into 24 languages, with more than 4 million copies in print. These have included The Photoshop Bible, several For Dummies books, and his own One-on-One series published under Deke Press. In his spare time, Deke runs dekeOnline (deke.com), where he posts episodes of his popular lynda.com weekly series, Deke's Techniques. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his two sons.

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

93h 3m Intermediate Views: 1,636,517
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Illustrator CC 2015 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
Master the advanced features of Adobe Illustrator CC 2015. Deke takes you through tools and techniques for creating, tracing, scaling, and coloring artwork in these one-on-one project-based tutorials.

15h 35m Advanced Views: 206,782
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Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
Take your Photoshop skills to the next level. This installment of Deke's flagship Photoshop training series covers more advanced features and techniques: refining selections and masks, transforming and distorting subjects, working with blend modes, and more.

18h 2m Advanced Views: 434,511
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Illustrator CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Learn how to create amazing works of art and design with Adobe Illustrator CC. The first in a series of three courses by industry pro Deke McClelland, teaching the fundamentals of the program: working with artboards, drawing, and painting.

17h 19m Beginner Views: 1,077,141
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Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Learn everything you need to know about Photoshop, in the order you need to know it, in this top-to-bottom overview of the world's most powerful image editing software, Adobe Photoshop CC.

14h 54m Beginner Views: 1,981,503
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Photoshop: 2015 Creative Cloud Updates
with Deke McClelland
Get the most out of the new features and enhancements in Photoshop CC 2015.

4h 52m Intermediate Views: 235,010
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Eight Things Everyone Should Know about Photoshop
with Deke McClelland
Learn about the eight things that make Photoshop Photoshop: layers and channels, sharpening, selections and masks, the retouching tools, blend modes, color modes, Smart Objects, and layer masks.

1h 33m Intermediate Views: 68,817
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Adobe Pen Tool: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Learn how to draw with the Pen tool more effectively in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

3h 50m Beginner Views: 205,691
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Creating and Adapting a Logo
with Deke McClelland
Learn how to create an eye-catching logo and adapt it to fit a variety of device-independent applications, from business cards to banner ads, using Illustrator and Photoshop.

3h 29m Intermediate Views: 133,223
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Enhancing Underwater Photos with Photoshop
with Deke McClelland
Learn how to make your underwater photographs sharper, more colorful, and more compelling with the photo editing and enhancement tools in Photoshop.

5h 59m Advanced Views: 35,096
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Introducing InDesign
with Deke McClelland
Get a thorough introduction to InDesign. Learn how to assemble text and images into multipage documents that can be published in print, on the web, and in many other electronic formats, with this industry-standard page-layout program.

4h 52m Appropriate for all Views: 465,635
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Photoshop: 2014 Creative Cloud Updates
with Deke McClelland
Learn about the new features added to Photoshop CC. New chapters released for every major update!

2h 36m Intermediate Views: 68,541
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Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Mastery
with Deke McClelland
Master Illustrator's advanced tools and hidden powers, including symbols, gradient meshes, opacity masks, and 3D effects.

7h 27m Advanced Views: 312,382
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Photoshop CC One-on-One: Mastery
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland shares step-by-step tutorials and expert-level insights on the most powerful features in Photoshop CC, from HDR imaging and video editing to animation and automated actions.

9h 4m Advanced Views: 388,158
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Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
A project-based learning approach to the advanced features in Illustrator CC, including Recolor Artwork, transparency, masks, blend modes, strokes and fills, and dynamic effects.

11h 35m Advanced Views: 399,486
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Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with 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.

10h 45m Beginner Views: 1,706,638
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Photoshop CC 2013 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
Follow industry pro Deke McClelland as he plunges into the inner workings of Photoshop, from Smart Objects to smart selections.

12h 39m Advanced Views: 673,112
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Photoshop CC 2013 One-on-One: Intermediate
with Deke McClelland
Build on your basic knowledge and achieve next-level effects in Photoshop CC.

10h 37m Intermediate Views: 660,086
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Photoshop CC 2013 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
A personalized tour of the basic tools and techniques that lie behind great images and graphic design in Photoshop CC, in an update to the flagship series.

7h 45m Beginner Views: 1,463,820
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Designing and Animating a Mind-Bending Illusion
with Deke McClelland
Learn what it takes to design your own mind-bending illusion with Illustrator and Photoshop.

1h 26m Intermediate Views: 30,171
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Designing a Retro-Style Superhero
with Deke McClelland
Learn to create a silver-age superhero.

4h 57m Intermediate Views: 28,812
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Introducing Photoshop: 3D
with Deke McClelland
Learn the basics of Photoshop's 3D capabilities with Deke. Discover how to build simple 3D objects, add materials and lighting to your scene, and even create 3D type.

4h 33m Beginner Views: 184,056
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Designing Your Own Online Avatar
with Deke McClelland
Learn to create a cartoon online avatar of yourself with Illustrator.

3h 37m Intermediate Views: 95,002
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Draw Better and Faster with Illustrator CC
with Deke McClelland
Draw better, faster, and easier with the new tools in Illustrator CC.

1h 52m Appropriate for all Views: 153,697
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Introducing Photoshop: Photography
with Deke McClelland
Learn how to use Photoshop for everyday, frequently needed photo-editing tasks with no prior experience needed.

4h 51m Beginner Views: 178,605
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Designing Gradient Dot Patterns with Illustrator
with Deke McClelland
Learn to create custom gradient dot patterns with Illustrator.

1h 19m Intermediate Views: 35,240
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Photoshop: 2013 Creative Cloud Updates
with Deke McClelland
Introduces the latest and greatest features in the ever-evolving Photoshop CC.

4h 6m Intermediate Views: 142,970
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Introducing Illustrator
with Deke McClelland
Quickly learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to create digital illustrations with no experience required.

3h 55m Appropriate for all Views: 635,118
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Introducing Photoshop: Design
with Deke McClelland
Quickly learn how to use Photoshop for everyday design tasks—combining text and artwork, replacing backgrounds, and more.

4h 35m Appropriate for all Views: 661,701
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Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Intermediate
with Deke McClelland
Learn how to take advantage of the next level of dynamic features in Adobe Illustrator CC.

11h 37m Intermediate Views: 555,002
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Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Mastery
with Deke McClelland
Become more efficient, exact, and creative with the advanced tools like pattern brushes, Gradient Mesh, and opacity masks in Illustrator.

6h 38m Advanced Views: 226,298
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Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Mastery
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland puts his own spin on the most powerful features in Photoshop, from HDR imaging and video editing to animation and automated actions.

7h 54m Advanced Views: 298,903
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Photoshop CS6 New Features
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland offers a comprehensive sneak peek at the new features in Photoshop CS6.

3h 20m Appropriate for all Views: 560,349
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Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Advanced
with 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.

11h 2m Advanced Views: 391,917
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Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Intermediate
with Deke McClelland
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.

11h 8m Intermediate Views: 547,148
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Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
Follow industry pro Deke McClelland as he plunges into the workings of Photoshop, from Smart Objects and sharpening to smart selections.

11h 9m Advanced Views: 713,475
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Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Intermediate
with Deke McClelland
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.

9h 25m Intermediate Views: 862,910
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Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
The first in a four-part series by industry-pro Deke McClelland on creating elegant, optimized graphics with the tools in Illustrator CS6.

9h 19m Beginner Views: 1,803,367
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Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Covers the image editing process from the very beginning and progresses through the concepts and techniques that every photographer or graphic designer should know.

6h 39m Beginner Views: 2,717,008
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Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Hair
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to select hair—down to the individual strands—and composite portraits against new backgrounds.

3h 6m Intermediate Views: 337,881
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Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Advanced Blending
with Deke McClelland
Explores blending options in Photoshop and shows how to use them to create sophisticated effects and seamless compositions.

4h 3m Intermediate Views: 311,166
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Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to make selections, refine the selections with masks, and then combine them in new ways.

11h 36m Intermediate Views: 1,328,996
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Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to design a variety of vibrant 3D type effects in Photoshop Extended.

5h 51m Intermediate Views: 133,986
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Up and Running with Photoshop for Photography
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to create stunning imagery in Photoshop in the shortest time possible.

3h 32m Appropriate for all Views: 196,668
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Up and Running with Photoshop for Design
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to create eye-catching designs and graphic art in Photoshop, in the shortest time possible.

3h 36m Appropriate for all Views: 294,450
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Up and Running with Illustrator
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to create professional-quality illustrations for print and electronic output, in the shortest time possible.

2h 52m Appropriate for all Views: 305,464
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Up and Running with InDesign
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to design polished multi-page documents for print and electronic output, in the shortest time possible.

2h 31m Appropriate for all Views: 359,963
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Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Scenes
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to build, illuminate, and render realistic 3D scenes in Photoshop CS5 Extended.

8h 51m Intermediate Views: 136,614
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Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Objects
with Deke McClelland
Drawing six kinds of objects and manipulating them in 3D space.

6h 1m Intermediate Views: 155,283
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Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Create textured type and drawing objects that can be manipulated in 3D space in Photoshop.

5h 17m Intermediate Views: 377,779
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Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery
with Deke McClelland
Shows how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS5.

13h 5m Advanced Views: 616,660
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Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
Take advantage of the wide array of dynamic features in Illustrator CS5.

14h 53m Intermediate Views: 764,052
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Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Mastery
with Deke McClelland
Demonstrates the most powerful and empowering features of Photoshop CS5.

20h 1m Advanced Views: 1,128,402
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Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
Dives into the advanced workings of Photoshop CS5.

26h 24m Intermediate Views: 1,350,463
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Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
An exploration of Adobe’s vector graphics program.

23h 12m Beginner Views: 2,599,742
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Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Explores such indispensable Photoshop features as resolution, cropping, color correction, retouching, and layers.

17h 33m Beginner Views: 3,390,220
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Photoshop CS5 Top 5
with Deke McClelland
Covers five of the most important new features in Photoshop CS5.

1h 9m Intermediate Views: 92,701
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Photoshop Top 40
with Deke McClelland
Counts down 40 top tools, commands, and concepts that allow users to get the most out of Photoshop.

7h 12m Intermediate Views: 410,889
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Photoshop Smart Objects
with Deke McClelland
Walks through the four primary purposes of Smart Objects, and focuses on one of their most practical advantages, non-destructive transformations.

8h 5m Intermediate Views: 459,255
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Photoshop CS4: Sharpening Images New Features
with Deke McClelland
Teaches the new features for sharpening in CS4, focusing on the OpenGL support.

58m 41s Intermediate Views: 97,955
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Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Mastery
with Deke McClelland
Teaches how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS4, including Live Paint, Live Trace, and actions.

13h 15m Advanced Views: 561,319
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Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
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.

12h 54m Intermediate Views: 599,707
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Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Mastery
with Deke McClelland
A deep dive into the strongest features that Photoshop has to offer, including Smart Objects and Photomerge.

13h 7m Advanced Views: 760,900
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Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Advanced
with Deke McClelland
The second part of the popular and comprehensive series delving into Photoshop CS4.

20h 57m Intermediate Views: 1,127,648
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Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland shows users how to get into the Illustrator mindset and overcome its learning curve.

16h 48m Beginner Views: 1,547,531
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Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals
with Deke McClelland
Deke examines the essential capabilities of the application, from correcting color to retouching portraits.

14h 21m Beginner Views: 2,486,581
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InDesign CS4 Getting Started
with Deke McClelland
A concise demonstration of techniques used to assemble text and images into multi-page documents that can be published in various formats.

1h 24m Beginner Views: 291,062
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Photoshop CS4 Getting Started
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland introduces the new features in CS4 while emphasizing core concepts.

2h 4m Beginner Views: 585,566
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Illustrator CS4 Getting Started
with Deke McClelland
Provides a concise but thorough examination of core Illustrator concepts.

1h 56m Beginner Views: 484,537
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Photoshop CS4 New Features
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland covers the latest developments in Adobe's powerhouse image editor, Photoshop CS4.

1h 37m Intermediate Views: 320,508
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Photoshop CS3 Mastering Lab Color
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland explores how to use Lab color to make bad photographs great and great photographs even better

6h 25m Intermediate Views: 289,160
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InDesign CS3 One-on-One: Style Sheets
with Deke McClelland
Demonstrates why InDesign's style sheets are far more powerful than anything found in any other page layout program.

5h 33m Intermediate Views: 285,269
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Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland teaches a host of sharpening and noise reduction techniques, including using filters.

10h 36m Intermediate Views: 542,722
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Photoshop CS3 Channels & Masks: Advanced Techniques
with Deke McClelland
Alpha channels are used to build transitional blended layers, fashion a depth map, and make edge adjustments.

20h 47m Advanced Views: 961,694
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Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks: The Essentials
with Deke McClelland
Breaks down complex techniques for using alpha channels to maximize results in Photoshop.

12h 29m Intermediate Views: 1,492,847
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Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: Advanced Techniques
with Deke McClelland
Demonstrates the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS3 and how to apply them to live, editable text.

8h 33m Advanced Views: 550,242
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Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: Beyond the Basics
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland explores some of Illustrator's most powerful and least known features.

10h 47m Intermediate Views: 811,876
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Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials
with Deke McClelland
Teaches the key features of Illustrator CS3 in a way that anyone can understand, and reveals the Illustrator mindset.

9h 36m Beginner Views: 1,260,796
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Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland explores such topics as navigation, color correction, resolution, and retouching in Photoshop CS3.

8h 42m Beginner Views: 2,871,545
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Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: Advanced Techniques
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland teaches the most powerful, flexible, and unconventional features of Photoshop CS3.

9h 36m Advanced Views: 812,001
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Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: Beyond the Basics
with Deke McClelland
Photoshop guru Deke McClelland teaches such tools as masking, filters, layers, blend modes, Liquify, and Vanishing Point.

10h 47m Intermediate Views: 1,358,763
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Photoshop CS3 New Features
with Deke McClelland
Essential Photoshop CS3 skills, such as making selections, retouching, managing layers, and applying layer effects.

1h 34m Intermediate Views: 245,265
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Photoshop CS2 Channels & Masks
with Deke McClelland
A comprehensive lesson in alpha channels, which inform almost every aspect of Photoshop.

21h 47m Intermediate Views: 607,059
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Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training
with Deke McClelland
Deke McClelland shows how to use Photoshop Elements 5 and its three main workspaces to create professional-looking images.

12h 56m Beginner Views: 190,864
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Photoshop CS2 Mastering Camera Raw
with Deke McClelland
Key principles and techniques for mastering raw photography with Adobe Camera Raw.

11h 48m Intermediate Views: 221,418
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Photoshop CS2 Actions and Automation
with Deke McClelland
Learn how to save time by recording actions and automating common tasks in Photoshop.

18h 18m Advanced Views: 258,970

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Deke's Techniques

Illustrator CC 2015 One-on-One: Advanced

Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Advanced

Illustrator CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Photoshop: 2015 Creative Cloud Updates

Eight Things Everyone Should Know about Photoshop

Adobe Pen Tool: Fundamentals

Creating and Adapting a Logo

Enhancing Underwater Photos with Photoshop

Introducing InDesign

Photoshop: 2014 Creative Cloud Updates

Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Mastery

Photoshop CC One-on-One: Mastery

Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Advanced

Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Photoshop CC 2013 One-on-One: Advanced

Photoshop CC 2013 One-on-One: Intermediate

Photoshop CC 2013 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Designing and Animating a Mind-Bending Illusion

Designing a Retro-Style Superhero

Introducing Photoshop: 3D

Designing Your Own Online Avatar

Draw Better and Faster with Illustrator CC

Introducing Photoshop: Photography

Designing Gradient Dot Patterns with Illustrator

Photoshop: 2013 Creative Cloud Updates

Introducing Illustrator

Introducing Photoshop: Design

Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Intermediate

Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Mastery

Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Mastery

Photoshop CS6 New Features

Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Advanced

Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Intermediate

Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Advanced

Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Intermediate

Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Hair

Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Advanced Blending

Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals

Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects

Up and Running with Photoshop for Photography

Up and Running with Photoshop for Design

Up and Running with Illustrator

Up and Running with InDesign

Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Scenes

Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Objects

Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Fundamentals

Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery

Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Advanced

Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Mastery

Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced

Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Photoshop CS5 Top 5

Photoshop Top 40

Photoshop Smart Objects

Photoshop CS4: Sharpening Images New Features

Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Mastery

Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Advanced

Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Mastery

Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Advanced

Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals

InDesign CS4 Getting Started

Photoshop CS4 Getting Started

Illustrator CS4 Getting Started

Photoshop CS4 New Features

Photoshop CS3 Mastering Lab Color

InDesign CS3 One-on-One: Style Sheets

Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images

Photoshop CS3 Channels & Masks: Advanced Techniques

Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks: The Essentials

Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: Advanced Techniques