Bert Monroy is considered one the world’s leading Photoshop painters. In
this presentation, he will teach you many of the techniques he has
developed in the creation of his internationally renowned work.

If you think you know everything there is to know about Photoshop, you
must attend this event. Bert will teach you features of Photoshop most
people overlook — not just how things work, but, most importantly, why.
You'll come away with a solid foundation for moving to the next step in
Photoshop.

Bert will show you how to use filters in ways you never thought possible.
He will show you how to take a blank screen and create imagery that will
force the viewer to question whether the image is real or an illusion.

ALSO: Bert will also show new exciting 3D workflows for creative designers who want to learn about Photoshop CS4 Extended’s 3D capabilities. There are many simple 3D effects one can use for many different creative outputs that many people aren’t aware of and Bert will wow us with these techniques.

This event promises to be not only educational but inspirational. You will
be left with the motivation to take Photoshop and your imagination to
heights you never thought possible.

More about Bert:

Bert Monroy is considered one of the pioneers of digital art. His work has
been seen in many magazines and scores of books. He has served on the
faculty of many well known institutions, lectured around the world,
written many books and appeared on hundreds of TV shows. Bert hosts a
weekly podcast called “Pixel Perfect” for Revision3.com.

He co-authored “The Official Adobe Photoshop Handbook”, the first book on
Photoshop plus many other books since. His latest books, “Photoshop Studio
with Bert Monroy: Digital Painting” has gotten critical acclaim around the
world. Bert writes a column for Photoshop User and Layers magazines.

Bert serves a client list that includes Apple Computer, Adobe Systems,
AT&T, American Express, Pixar Animation, Disney Animation and
Lockheed/Martin. Bert has also worked in the motion picture industry for
Industrial Light and Magic, Pacific Data Images, and R/Greenberg.

In 2004 Bert was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

We are very excited to have Bert join us!

Be sure not to miss our grand May meeting before we take a short break for the summer. We will resume meetings again in August.

AMD will be sponsoring our excellent food and drinks for May. Also, (drum roll please...) AMD is giving away an AMD video card, winner's choice!! We will have special entry forms before the meeting for this raffle.

More details and agenda to come. We hope you will join us!!!!