Design Something Every Day: Tilt Shift Disneyland

Another little test with tilt shift fakery from a picture I took while riding the Dumbo Ride overlooking Fantasyland at Disneyland a couple of years ago. I've learned from this experiment, that tilt shift techniques work much better with shots...

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Design Something Every Day: Another Tilt Shift Test

More experimentation with faking tilt shift images.

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Faking Tilt Shift Photography with a Painting

I saw these amazing images that used a faked version of tilt shift photography on some paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. These great images were created by Mathieu S of theswedishbed.com. I thought it was a cool idea to...

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Adobe PhotoShop (really) Quick Tips

Adobe PhotoShop Really Quick Tip Here’s a handy little keyboard shortcut I learned from Deke McClelland, master of all things digital imaging. This little tip is pretty handy when you want to experiment with layer...

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The Essential Approach to Masking with Deke McClelland

Masking an image is one of the most difficult things to do convincingly in Photoshop. If you are interested in effective masking techniques, you need to watch this video! In it you will be guided by PhotoShop guru Deke...

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Updated Free Survivor Tribal Color Swatches for Illustrator and Photoshop

Another season of Survivor, my favorite television show, has run its course. In a surprise to me and most of the fans of the show, the conniving and brilliant tactician Russell Hantz won everything but the game, being defeated...

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The New Yorker cover created on an iPhone

The New Yorker Magazine has a tradition of excellent, challenging and often times controversial covers for its weekly magazine. This was evident during the previous American election, with two covers illustrating the stereotypes of both candidates (see here and...

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Twitter Background Templates for Illustator & Photoshop

Twitter is all the rage, but how can you make a great looking twitter page? Twitter gives the user limited, yet flexible design options. As social networking sites go, this gives you the ability to create a unique look...

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A few secrets from the Deke Lounge, you ‘betcha!

When you visit the Deke Lounge to experience some liquid learning make sure you take off your shoes. The incomparable Deke McClelland and Colleen Wheeler do another bang up job in the Lounge this week. Joining them again are...

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