Last year, Deke released episode 723, “Creating a faux hedcut in Photoshop,” in which he showed how to automate the creation of a hedcut effect like The Wall Street Journal. Later, Deke designed a series of five actions to automate the entire process. In this video, combine those five child actions into one parent action, then modify the child actions and watch the parent action update automatically.
- [Instructor] In this movie, we're going to take a closer look…at that action that I showed you how to play…in the one-minute movie, and I'm…also going to show you how to create a kind…of parent action, that plays a bunch…of other children actions, and that way,…if you edit any of the children,…the parent updates automatically.…All right, so here we are, looking…at a portrait photo from the Dreamstime image library,…about which you could learn more at dreamstime.com/deke.php.…And a couple of things to note.…This guy obviously has some fairly large pores…in his face, but otherwise, his skin is very smooth,…and that is going to give you the best results,…by the way, so if your portrait does…not have absolutely smooth skin,…you may want to retouch the image in advance.…
Now, my actions depend on there being an additional layer…above the portrait, and so that layer,…in our case the dreamstime layer,…needs to be selected for everything to work out.…Next, go up to the Window menu…and choose the Actions command…in order to bring up the Actions panel,…
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Deke McClelland
Updated
10/15/2019Released
1/13/2011This course is a collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects that can be completed in ten minutes or less. The series is taught by computer graphics guru Deke McClelland, and presented in his signature step-by-step style. The intent is to reveal how various Photoshop and Illustrator features can be combined and leveraged in real-world examples so that they can be applied to creative projects right away.
Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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A: We publish a new tutorial or tutorials for this course on a regular basis. We are unable to offer a Certificate of Completion because it is an ever-evolving course that is not designed to be completed. Check back often for new movies.
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