In this episode, Deke investigates how to simulate an extreme-detail HDR portrait -- which would otherwise require you to shoot multiple exposures of a person locked down in a body brace. These are the depths of scariness we go to.

Deke makes the startling claim that Illustrator is better than a Spirograph. Using nothing but half an ellipse and a few live, editable effects, Deke shows you how to construct something truly amazing.

Have you ever wanted to stretch a photo's background but leave the foreground unchanged? Deke shows you how in a way that'll make you so happy, you'll think you're on drugs.

Color models like RGB and CMYK are frightening enough on their own. But Deke says not to worry. RGB and CMYK are for machines. The Lab mode is for you.

In this episode, I pass along a technique of such magnitude, it will blow your mind. Because inasmuch as I every so often allude to another anatomical detail, the brain is what this video is all about.

We all know digital photos can be modified. But at least one facet of a digital photo, a variety of metadata called EXIF, is supposed to be secure. Learn how to cook your own EXIF in this episode of dekePod.