The latest from PixelPerfect: Episode 109 - What's New in CS4 - Part 2 of 3

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.