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 invest is about 10 minutes and watch this episode of Pixel Perfect and see how easy...

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. revision3.com

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!!

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. revision3.com

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.

Interlocked patterns. Little holes cut in metal. Perfect symmetry

Josh Villegas gives us a taste of how to be the Technical Director on Pixel Perfect and then we hear a few words from the host himself, Bert Monroy.

In this episode, Bert shows us how to use light, shadows and reflections to change the way an object looks in any given environment. revision3.com

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 within Photoshop.

The source of life. The universal solvent. Depicted in fine art.