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Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual
by Barbara Brundage
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Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual
by Lesa Snider
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Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One
by Deke McClelland
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Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual
by Barbara Brundage
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Photoshop CS4 Photographer's Handbook Photoshop CS4 Photographer's Handbook
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Photographic Multishot Techniques Photographic Multishot Techniques
by Jürgen Gulbins, Rainer Gulbins
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Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One
by Deke McClelland
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Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual
by Lesa Snider
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The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers
by Derrick Story
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Build a Better Photograph Build a Better Photograph
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Architectural Photography Architectural Photography
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Ryan Benedetti Ryan Benedetti holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Montana and teaches in the Liberal Arts Department at Salish Kootenai College (SKC) on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Ron Bilodeau Ron Bilodeau is a graphic designer specializing in book template design and digital media.

Rick Sammon Rick Sammon has published 28 books, including his latest, Face to Face – Rick Sammon’s Complete Guide to Photographing People. Other Rick Sammon titles include: Idea to Image, Rick Sammon's Travel and Nature Photography, Rick Sammon’s Complete Guide to Digital Photography 2.0, Rick Sammon’s Digital Imaging Workshops and Flying Flowers – the…

Lesa Snider Lesa Snider is chief evangelist for iStockphoto, is on a mission to teach the world to create better graphics. She’s an author for KelbyTraining.com (From Photo to Graphic Art, Practical Photoshop Elements) and Lynda.com (Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals), plus writes regularly for Photoshop User, Elements Techniques, and Macworld magazines. You can…

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dekePod 18: Photoshop and the Andy Warhol Silkscreen Effect

dekePod 18: Photoshop and the Andy Warhol Silkscreen Effect
By Sara Peyton
June 11, 2009

Have you ever wanted to create an authentic looking Andy Warhol silkscreen? One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Warhol was known for his avant-garde paintings and screenprintings. If you want the real thing, join Deke McClelland in the final episode of this dekePod series, as he dissects Warhol's process, and shows you how to use Photoshop to render your favorite portrait in bona-fide Warhol magnificence.

Ignite Show: @MSG on Some Images are REALer Than Others

By Brady Forrest
May 21, 2009

Snopes became a household word by debunking fake internet images -- like this wonderful shark attack. These images are the product of programs like Photoshop or Aviary. In this Ignite Show Michael Galpert shows us how to detect these fake images. For more reading on this check out eHow's article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share...

Using Helpers and Blocks to easily add design to your site

By Eric Berry
April 8, 2009

I bought the program Coda by Panic software. It is a pretty cool app, even though it is not my preferred editor. One thing that I love about Panic software is they make beautiful interfaces. In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create a 'sheet' similar to those found in Coda.

The Droplet Song--The Next Hilarious Music Video Now on dekePod

The Droplet Song--The Next Hilarious Music Video Now on dekePod
By Sara Peyton
March 19, 2009

Digital imaging master and unlikely crooner Deke McClelland tenders an original new love song to kick off the next round of his popular video podcast series, dekePod. Titled "The Droplet Song (A Love Song to a Lost Feature in Photoshop)," Deke's goofily romantic new tune honors one of Photoshop's most arcane but useful automation features. Watch dekePod now.

Got Tablet?

By Rick Sammon
February 1, 2009

As a Photoshop instructor and author, I need to be skilled at using both Mac and Windows machines. And like most of my Photoshop instructor friends, I use a stylus and a tablet for maximum brush control. For my Mac, I use a Mac Book Pro, and I tote my WACOM table everywhere I go. For my Windows machine, I use the Lenovo W700 Think Pad. What's especially cool about this machine is that is has a built-in tablet and stylus. How cool is that.

Changes

By Harold Davis
January 31, 2009

Since the world is always changing, photography is largely about capturing states of things---scenes, objects, or people---in the process of change. A single image can intimate the before, and the after, and resonate with events to come. This sense of time is what gives many photographic images their power. My process of working on photos after they've been taken is...

From Architecture to Fantasy

By Harold Davis
January 21, 2009

Between committments at Macworld at the Moscone Center I wandered over and indulged my dome photography habit by photographing the dome in the Westfield shopping mall in downtown San Francisco. I believe the dome itself is antique, but it's placed in an entirely modern shopping mall. Cameo, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's easy with most domes...


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