When I was growing up, I can remember watching TV on Saturday afternoon with my dad. One of the shows he always liked to watch was The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross. Recently Revision3 relaunched and simultaneously added some new content to their network(?). One of those shows is called Pixel Perfect. It’s hosted by Bert Monroy, the Photoshop guru.
I didn’t think much of it. The first episode didn’t strike me as anything I’d watch on a regular basis, even though I do spend some time in Photoshop for both work and play. I wrote it off and forgot about it.
The other day, I was adding podcasts into iTunes on my new laptop (because I often listen to them at work and hey, iTunes comes installed by default) and I tossed Bert’s show into the list. I’ve since become a big fan. I’m saying it right now; Bert Monroy is the new Bob Ross. You can sit down and learn something useful, but it’s also fun to just watch him work. If you want to just watch the master use his skills, you can. If you want to follow along, you can. Best of all, it’s just a movie file on your computer, so if you want to pause, see something again while you’re following along, that is easily possible.