Bert Monroy
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United States
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artist
Artist
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best known for his skill in using Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
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and Adobe Illustrator
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Monroy is considered by most PixelPerfect viewers to be one of the pioneers of digital art
Digital art
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. Much of his work is photorealistic
Photorealism
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. He has published several books, including the first on the use of Photoshop (The Official Adobe Photoshop Handbook, coauthored with David Biedny), and is also an accomplished lecturer. He was a frequent guest on The Screen Savers
The Screen Savers
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, where he gave brief Photoshop tutorials. In 2004 he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame. He also hosted a web TV show, PixelPerfect, on Revision3. Monroy hosted his last PixelPerfect show on 1/11/10 citing that he needs to spend time on current projects.