The latest from PixelPerfect: Episode 97 - The Power of Rust: Creating An Old Control Panel

Episode 96 - Photoshop Pharaohs: Building an Egyptian Room
August 18th, 2008 - Bert goes back to Ancient Egypt this week and creates an Egyptian room from scratch

Episode 95 - Add Magic to Photoshop - Part II
August 11th, 2008 - This week, Bert continues his quest to create an enchanted dagger.

Episode 94 - Add Magic to Photoshop
August 4th, 2008 - This week, Bert gets in touch with his Medieval side when creating an enchanted dagger from scratch.

Episode 93 - HDR Secrets: Amazing Photography Tricks Part 2
July 28th, 2008 - Bert delves deeper into how to use High Dynamic Range (HDR) with expert, Ben Willmore, part II

Episode 92 - HDR Secrets: Amazing Photography Tricks
July 21st, 2008 - Photoshop expert Ben Willmore reveals the tips, tricks and secrets behind creating amazing images using High Dynamic Range techniques.

Episode 91 - Create clouds over a sea...of love
July 14th, 2008 - This week, Bert creates majestic clouds over a beautiful awe-inspiring sea - all with Photoshop.

Episode 90 - License Plate
July 7th, 2008 - Bert creates a fancy license plate using paths, text tool and layer effects

Episode 89 - Build a 3D Rocket with Photoshop and Illustrator
June 30th, 2008 - How to use the 3D pen tool, gradients and the spatter brush to build a better space craft.

Episode 88 - A Watercolor Paining for the Whole Family
June 23rd, 2008 - This week, Bert transforms a regular image into a magnificent watercolor painting.

Episode 87 - Secrets of Photoshop Hair Brushes
June 16th, 2008 - This week, Bert magically creates hair and fur from scratch with the pen tool and brush engine.

Episode 86 - Retouching: The Good Kind
June 9th, 2008 - Bert uses retouching for good this week (no acts of physical violence involved) to fix commercial pieces.

Episode 85 - Pimp Your Ride... In Photoshop
June 2nd, 2008 - Use brush tools, gradient, filters and more to create an awesome automobile headlight, and more.

Episode 84 - The Secrets of Color Correction
May 26th, 2008 - Bert shows us how to change colors on shirts, on cars and in our lives, through colorization.

Episode 83 - How to Create 3D Objects in a 2D Plane
May 19th, 2008 - Bert transforms a city's skyline using Illustrator, Photoshop and the concept of perspective.

Episode 82 - Photoshop Reflections
May 12th, 2008 - Bert creates reflections from scratch this week with the help of the distortion filter.

Episode 81 - Back to Kindergarten with Photoshop
May 5th, 2008 - Bert goes back to Kindergarten this week to show us how to create a childlike paper illustration using Adobe Photoshop.

Episode 80 - How To Create a Virtual Pool Table Using Photoshop.
April 28th, 2008 - Bert creates an 8-ball on a pool table from scratch with Adobe Photoshop. The pool table is made using the noise filter, pixelate>facet feature and the gradient tool.

Episode 79 - How to give someone bruises using Photoshop's cloning tool and liquify filter.
April 21st, 2008 - This week, Bert promotes physical violence...through Photoshop. A once pleasant headshot is tragically retouched with bruises, discoloration and swellings, by utilizing the clone stamp tool and liquify filter.

Episode 78 - Create a Unique Logo With Photoshop
April 14th, 2008 - Learn how to design and create a stunning and unique logo for your business or website, using the gradient tool and texturizer feature.

Episode 77 - How to create a movie poster in Photoshop
April 7th, 2008 - This week, Bert invades Tinseltown. Learn how to create your own Hollywood movie poster.

Episode 76 - Secrets of Photoshop's Cloning Tool
March 31st, 2008 - How to use Photoshop's cloning tool to remove things from your pictures

Episode 75 - How to Create a Reptilian Evil Eye in Photoshop
March 24th, 2008 - This week, Bert heads to the dark side and teaches you how to create a reptile-like evil eye.

Episode 74 - Photoshop an Ice Cream Bar, a Tablet for Travelling
March 17th, 2008 - This week, Bert shows off his new Wacom Cintiq tablet and learn how to create a photo realistic ice cream bar.

Episode 73 - Going 3-D
March 10th, 2008 - Bert welcomes Morty, the Illustrator expert to discuss designing creatively in 3-D with Illustrator.

Episode 72 - Creating A New Scene
March 3rd, 2008 - Bert delves deeper into re-touching with Photoshop and shows us how to create two moody scenes from different images.

Episode 71 - Re Touching
February 25th, 2008 - No, not cleaning up blemishes, but modifying the overall look of a photo. Bert's example in this episode takes a snow covered window eave and adds some children and their reflections to the inside along with falling sno...

Episode 70 - Symbols
February 18th, 2008 - Bert invites his friend Morty to the show again for more fun with Adobe Illustrator, specifically the world of symbols and how you can work with them in your designs.

Episode 69 - Glass
February 11th, 2008 - In this week's episode of PixelPerfect, Bert delves into the world of glass. Many useful techniques are used in creating a detailed bottle of nail polish.

Episode 68 - Adobe Illustrator Live Trace
February 4th, 2008 - Morty Golding is back again to show us how to utilize Adobe Illustrator's live trace tool to convert bitmaps into vector drawings.

Episode 67 - Drawing in Illustrator
January 28th, 2008 - Bert invites Morty Golding to offer a tutorial on drawing within Adobe Illustrator utilizing the pencil tool. Follow along and start using some of Illustrator's advanced features!

Episode 66 - A Cosmic Scene
January 21st, 2008 - Bert shows us how to create a breathtaking cosmic scene with a planet, rings, stars, and a nebula.

Episode 65 - Camera Raw
January 14th, 2008 - Bert interviews world renowned photographer Jeff Schewe in this special episode of PixelPerfect to discuss camera raw.

Episode 64 - Photoshop Warp Tool
January 7th, 2008 - Bert shows us how to utilize Photoshop's warp tool to manipulated images. Download the sample files and play along with Bert!!

Episode 63 - The Adobe Illustrator Gradient Mesh Tool
December 31st, 2007 - Bert's tutorial on Adobe Illustrator's Gradient Mesh tool.

Episode 62 - Lightroom Questions: Import, Storage, Renders and New Features
December 24th, 2007 - You fired off a ton of Lightroom questions for Bert, so Adobe's Frederick Johnson is back to talk about where can store files in Lightroom, how it keeps track of your adjustments, and new features in version 1.3

Episode 61 - Reflections
December 17th, 2007 - Exploring the 3d abilities of Illustrator, Bert demonstrates a reflection effect.

Episode 60 - 3D Concepts in Illustrator: Map Art on 3D Invisible Shapes
December 10th, 2007 - You've asked for help with 3D concepts in Illustrator: Bert's going to show you how to wrap an invisible 3 dimensional shape made in the 3D Extrude and Bevel tool with Map Art tool. Curled ribbons for campaign posters ar...

Episode 59 - Working With Textures
December 3rd, 2007 - This episode is all about textures. Watch and learn how to create original graphics using simple textures within Photoshop.

Episode 58 - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Part 2
November 26th, 2007 - Bert invites Frederick Johnson back to offer a more in-depth look at Adobe Lightroom

Episode 57 - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
November 19th, 2007 - Does Adobe Photoshop Lightroom replace Photoshop? What's the difference between Lightroom and Bridge? Do you need it to manage your photos? Bert Monroy has a special guest on to give you a tour of Lightroom!

Episode 56 - Pagecurl
November 12th, 2007 - Page Curl? You don't need a plugin to make a page curl in Photoshop. You need the warp tool... and a bit of detail work. Bert walks you thru a 2D and a 3D version in this special viewer request edition!

Episode 55 - Smoking Gun
November 5th, 2007 - In this episode, Bert shows us how to create a smoking gun from scratch... along with swirling and wispy smoke..

Episode 54 - Retouching
October 29th, 2007 - Sometimes, a project requires you to go back and fix or adjust something. Today, Bert takes us with him as he fills a once empty water glass, and fixes a reflection on one of his older pieces using the spherize tool.

Episode 53 - Twisted
October 22nd, 2007 - Bert answers some viewer mail requesting a way to make a double helix or twisted wire. Using illustrator and the powerful pattern brush, he takes us through the steps from a wavy line to a realistic wire effect.

Episode 52 - Flowing Water and Splash Effect
October 15th, 2007 - In this episode of Pixel Perfect, Bert shows us how to create flowing water and a photo-realistic splash effect. Download the sample files and play along with Bert!!

Episode 51 - Distress
October 8th, 2007 - Doc Brown is back for another lesson. This time, he shows us how to destroy text, the pirate way.

Episode 50 - Photoshopping Video
October 1st, 2007 - Bert invites Dr. Brown back to show off Photoshop CS3's video capabilities. Watch and learn how to enhance your videos with Photoshop CS3!!

Episode 49 - Dr. Brown
September 24th, 2007 - Bert invites wacky Dr. Brown, aka Russell Brown, Senior Art Director at Adobe, to demonstrate Photoshop CS 3's auto blend layer tool. For infotainment at its peak, download and ejoy!!

Episode 48 - Warp Factor 9!
September 17th, 2007 - Photoshop's Warp command transforms layers into a predefined shape. Bert Monroy used it on the glasses in Lunch in Tiberon, here he types the word "Digg" and demonstrates many of the effects you can create with it.

Episode 47 - Outer Glow
September 6th, 2007 - Outer glow? It's all about manipulating Photoshop layers independently from the layer they are attached to. Bert revisits the creation of "Lunch in Tiburon" and shows you how to use an often ignored feature in layer styl...

Episode 46 - Ice
August 30th, 2007 - Frozen Blue Letters. Melting in the August Sun. Digg the Tips from Bert

Episode 45 - Perspective 2
August 23rd, 2007 - Perpective redux. Long lines set the point of view. Horizon Meet-up

Episode 44 - Compositing
August 16th, 2007 - Learn compositing. Photoshopping D. Prager. Bert's demonstration.

Episode 43 - The Clone Tool
August 9th, 2007 - Regular donut. Transformed to jelly donut. Cloning made easy.

Episode 42 - Realistic Rain
August 2nd, 2007 - The source of life. The universal solvent. Depicted in fine art.

Episode 41 - Working with Layerstyles
July 26th, 2007 - Layer on layer. The true picture emerges. A master at work.

Episode 40 - Vanishing Points
July 19th, 2007 - Emulate 3D. Utilizing vanishing points. Within Photoshop.

Episode 39 - Illustrator Brush Engine
July 12th, 2007 - Metal on metal. Interleaved loops of raw steel. Bert's got the answer.

Episode 38 - Masking In Illustrator
July 5th, 2007 - Bert explains masking. Original examples. In Illustrator

Episode 37 - Illustrator 3D
June 28th, 2007 - Make a wine bottle. In realistic 3D. With Illustrator.

Episode 36 - Headlines
June 21st, 2007 - Come watch Bert Monroy. Demonstrate Illustrator. Create cool headlines.

Episode 35 - Illustrator
June 14th, 2007 - More than Photoshop. Vector based Illustrator. The first of four parts.

Episode 34 - Lunch In Tiburon Part 2
June 7th, 2007 - Lunch in Tiburon. Debuted in Photoshop World. How to make pepper.

Episode 33 - Lunch in Tiburon Part 1
May 31st, 2007 - After taking a week off, Bert is back!! He is refreshed and fully recharged and is ready to Rock n' Roll. In this episode, our Photoshop virtuoso will introduce his latest painting, Lunch In Tiburon, which he debuted ...

Episode 32 - Complex Interlocking Patterns
May 17th, 2007 - Interlocked patterns. Little holes cut in metal. Perfect symmetry

Episode 31 - Shadows
May 10th, 2007 - What lurks in the shadows? Is it something scary and frightening? Nothing so nefarious in this insightful episode of PixelPerfect in which Bert casts light upon the mysteries behind creating advanced shadow effects wit...

Episode 30 - 3D Text
May 3rd, 2007 - 2D might be cool for Flat Stanley, but it isn't for text. In previous episodes, Bert showed us how to bling and pimp our text and in this episode he is going to demonstrate how we can add a whole new dimension to our wo...

Episode 29 - Swirls
April 26th, 2007 - In this episode of PixelPerfect, Bert digs into his Adobe toolbox and employs Illustrator to create swirls and conjure up a weird and bizarre glow swirl effect with his Photoshop magic. Grab a chair, load up Illustrator ...

Episode 28 - Water Reflections
April 19th, 2007 - The universal solvent is back yet again. One of its great properties is its reflection of light. In this week's episode, Bert reflects on how to make photo-realistic water reflections whether it be up close or from a d...

Episode 27 - Chrome
April 12th, 2007 - Pimp my text!! We've all seen those car and videogame ads with the pimped out chromed text effect. Guess what? You don't need to go out and pay professional designers thousands of dollars for it. All you need to inve...

Episode 26 - Photoshop CS3
April 5th, 2007 - Photoshop CS3 is out and there are so many new features and changes! Bert scratches the surface by showing off the new tools interface, non-destructive filters, and Martin Sargent. Martin Sargent?? Well, you'll have ...

Episode 25 - The Brush Engine
March 29th, 2007 - Sure, lots of video games have a physics engine -- ho-hum look at gravity and inertia work their magic. None of them have what photoshop has: a brush engine. The brush engine was developed back in Photoshop 7 (before ...

Episode 24 - Rain
March 22nd, 2007 - The universal solvent is back. It looms, floating in a condensed visible mass, then bursts from its vaporous state, streaking to the earth at teminal velocity. Those blurred droplets called rain are a pretty simple thi...

Episode 23 - Fire
March 15th, 2007 - HOT!! HOT!! HOT!! This episode is smoking hot. By popular demand, Bert works his magic and shows us how to create fire. It is not quite as simple as lighting a match, but as Bert demonstrates, it is not too much more ...

Episode 22 - Marquee
March 8th, 2007 - Now Playing: PixelPerfect with Bert Monroy. If this show was at a vintage movie theater, that might be the sign on the marquee outside. In this episode, Bert demonstrates how to create a marquee with lettering. The le...

Episode 21 - Woodshop and Metalshop
March 1st, 2007 - Watch as Bert manipulates filters, among other things, to create (completely from scratch) a wooden plaque with a brass plate that has a name on it.

Episode 20 - Perspective
February 22nd, 2007 - A very important thing to keep in mind when you're creating images from scratch or even putting things into existing images is the concept of perspective. Bert goes back to basics to teach this concept, starting with a ...

Episode 19 - Banners
February 15th, 2007 - No, not advertising banners on websites, but banners in the original sense of the word such as described in the current wikipedia definition: "A banner is a flag or other piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or ...

Episode 18 - The Pen Tool
February 8th, 2007 - The pen tool is a very powerful tool, but a very misunderstood tool and very difficult to use. Bert spends this entire episode teaching just how the pen tool works.

Episode 17 - Displacement
February 1st, 2007 - It might take Einstein to help explain the complex physics of bending light, but when it comes to bending pixels, it is an art commonly referred to in Photoshop as displacement. Displacement can let you use the lumonosi...

Episode 16 - Colorizing
January 25th, 2007 - Bert shows how to take drawings (like comics) and/or black and white photos and apply color where color does not exist. Amazingly simple and very cool.

Episode 15 - The Extract Command
January 18th, 2007 - Bert demonstrates how to pull things and objects out of an image using Photoshop's Extract Tool.

Episode 14 - Rapid Weathering
January 10th, 2007 - All the steps for creating rusty and corroded type... old, broken-up and degraded.

Episode 13 - Drops of Water
January 3rd, 2007 - The universal solvent takes center stage as Bert demonstrates how to create realistic looking water droplets and explains how in imaging it is important to study reality in order to re-create it.

Episode 12 - Inside Damen 3 of 3
December 28th, 2006 - Bert draws attention to the textures used in his huge digital painting, Damen. See how beams and bolts and all the rusty details within them are created.

Episode 11 - Inside Damen 2 of 3
December 20th, 2006 - Bert continues with his behind the scenes look at his 1.7GB digital painting, Damen, by demonstrating how his use of Illustrator and vector graphics played a role in the creation of the artwork.

Episode 10 - Inside Damen 1 of 3
December 14th, 2006 - Bert explains how his work of art, Damen, has over 15,000 layers and 500 alpha channels by focusing on the level of detail in just a part of the train at the station.

Episode 9 - Layer masks & Alpha channels
December 7th, 2006 - Bert uses examples to explain the difference between layer masks and alpha channels. Both work the same way, but for a totally different purpose.

Episode 8 - The Ray Gun
November 27th, 2006 - Bert delves into the dark side to show off the danger of weaponized digital pyrotechnics.

Episode 7 - From the Shadows
November 20th, 2006 - In this episode, Bert shows us how to use light, shadows and reflections to change the way an object looks in any given environment.

Episode 6 - A Series of Tubes
November 11th, 2006 - Bert shows us how to make realistic looking neon tubes. Never blow glass again.

Episode 5 - Making Bling-Bling with Filter Tricks
November 3rd, 2006 - Make effects by getting creative with filters and combining filters -- the results may even be a girl's best friend.

Episode 4 - Type Treatments
October 26th, 2006 - There's more to type than just the font. Bert applies a little fluffy, pillowy, and bubbly treatment. What's that mean? Watch the show and find out.

Episode 3 - The Lamp
October 18th, 2006 - Bert explains the thought process that goes into making a piece of art. We'll see a complete project and then focus on Bert's attention to detail in creating a lamp in the corner of the larger piece of work using textur...

Episode 2 - Patterns and Animations
October 6th, 2006 - Watch as Bert teaches how Photoshop is also capable of animation.

Episode 1 - Lightning
September 26th, 2006 - Using photoshop in fantasy art. Create lightning, sparkles, and a mystical vortex the same way professional effects and movie matte artists do.