dekePod

Deke McClelland's uncensored, unregulated, and frankly unwise once-every-other-weekly videos on the topics of computer graphics, digital imaging, and the unending realm of creative manipulations. Draw the blinds, hide the babies, hope for the best. Or just watch, wonder, and (if all goes according to plan) learn. We think you'll agree, what dekePod lacks in subtlety, it makes up for in a lack of tact. Sponsored by O'Reilly Media and lynda.com, who, if pressed, deny everything.

Video production by Flying Moose Pictures.

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dekePod Episode 004: Stretching a Photo in Illustrator

by Deke McClelland
August 20, 2008

Have you ever wanted to stretch a photo's background but leave the foreground unchanged? Or turn a horizontal photo into a vertical one without making a mess of it? You can't do it in Photoshop CS3, but you can in its companion program, Adobe Illustrator. Deke shows you how in a way that'll make you so happy, you'll think you're on drugs. And wait till you see the new look! Deke is dreamy.

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dekePod Episode 003: Don't Fear the Lab Mode

by Deke McClelland
August 06, 2008

Color models like RGB and CMYK are frightening enough on their own. But the fact that there's one called CIEL*a*b* D50 (or just Lab), and Photoshop actually encourages you to use it, is terrifying. But Deke says not to worry. RGB and CMYK are for machines. The Lab mode is for you.

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dekePod Episode 002: Stealth 'Shop, The Virgin Histogram

by Deke McClelland
July 23, 2008

Imagine yourself walking down a lovely San Francisco street, whistling a merry tune, only to be confronted by the sudden appearance of a menacing robot packing a shockingly massive and entirely unnecessary... ray gun, of sorts. What would you do? If you were Deke, you'd snap a picture and correct its colors. And not in any standard way, either, but in a way that permits you to apply radical color adjustments while leaving a virgin-like histogram in your wake.

dekePod Episode 001: Metadata Forensics, What a Crock

dekePod 001: Metadata Forensics, What a Crock

by Deke McClelland
July 09, 2008

dekePod Pilot #2: 101 Photoshop Tips in 5 Minutes

dekePod Pilot #2: 101 Photoshop Tips in Five Minutes

by Deke McClelland
June 24, 2008

dekePod Pilot #1: How to Scan Money in Photoshop

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by Derrick Story
May 03, 2006