Pixel Perfect

Episode #141, "Smart Objects Are Pretty Smart," marks the third and final episode of Bert Monroy's Pixel Perfect in which I appear. (For now, anyway.) And this time, Bert lets me freeform. It's a little bit smart objects, a little Camera Raw, with some live type that inverts everything in back of it thrown in for good measure. Click the movie above to see what I mean. Read more » 

Oh, man, today is one of those days where I feel like my blog is going to eat me up and spit out the bones. Yesterday was Photoshop Top 40, tomorrow is Martini Hour, I have to finish up my biweekly newsletter. And then, just to make me whimper, the incomparable Bert Monroy invites me back to his weekly Revision3 podcast "Pixel Perfect." And when I say "whimper," I mean whimper with joy.

(Check out the podcast above. Note that it starts with an ad or two. Including one with a couple of dorks and a half-dressed lady, the last of whom never really makes sense in the context of the odd narrative. Oh well, gotta pay the rent. Be patient.) Read more » 

Photo-realist Bert Monroy is one of my closest friends in the industry. It isn't just that Bert is a regular, down-to-earth guy. Or that we've shared some great times in half a dozen different countries. But Bert was responsible for my entry into the Photoshop arena. Two decades ago--years before the two of us actually met--Bert unwittingly helped a 28-year-old me get my first copy of Photoshop. For free. What a guy!

(Check out the podcast above. Note that it starts with an ad or two. Be patient.) Read more »