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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


            About Against The Clock                           About the Author

            Against The Clock, long recognized as one of the nation’s leaders   Erika Kendra holds a BA in History and a BA in English Lit-
            in courseware development, has been publishing high-quality   erature from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career
            educational materials for the graphic and computer arts indus-  in the graphic communications industry as an editor at Graphic
            tries since 1990. The company has developed a solid and widely   Arts Technical Foundation, and has been a full-time professional
            respected approach to teaching people how to effectively use   graphic designer since 1999.
            graphics applications, while maintaining a disciplined approach to
            real-world problems.                              Erika is the author or co-author of more than forty books about
                                                              Adobe graphic design software. She has also written several books
            Having developed the Against The Clock and the Essentials for De-  about graphic design concepts such as color reproduction and
            sign series with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, ATC drew from   preflighting, and dozens of articles for industry online and print
            years of professional experience and instructor feedback to develop   journals. Working with Against The Clock for almost twenty years,
            The Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe Creative   Erika was a key partner in developing The Professional Portfolio
            Suite. These books feature step-by-step explanations, detailed   Series of software training books.
            foundational information, and advice and tips from professionals
            that offer practical solutions to technical issues.


            Contributing Editors and Artists
            A big thank you to the people whose comments and expertise   Project 5:
            contributed to the success of these books:        back-faqs.jpg by Jordan Connor on Unsplash.com.
              •  Tony Cowdrey, technical editor               back-food.jpg by Aaron Paul on Unsplash.com.
                                                              back-home.jpg by Yvette de Wit on Unsplash.com.
              •  Roger Morrissey, technical editor
                                                              back-mailing.jpg on Unsplash.com.
              •  Gary Poyssick, technical editor
                                                              back-schedule.jpg on Unsplash.com.
              •  Andrew Clark, copy editor                    burger.jpg by Niklas Rhöse on Unsplash.com.
              •  Grace Veach, copy editor                     deli.jpg by Eaters Collective on Unsplash.com.
                                                              japanese.jpg by Erik Lundqvist on Unsplash.com.
            Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public   pizza.jpg by Alexandra Gorn on Unsplash.com.
            domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow:  southern.jpg by Eaters Collective on Unsplash.com.
                                                              taco.jpg by Christine Siracusa on Unsplash.com.
            Project 1:
            burger.jpg by Jakub Bziubak on Unsplash.com.      Project 6:
            chips.jpg by Jessica To’oto’o on Unsplash.com.    julia.jpg by Nicholas Ladino Silva on Unsplash.com.
            cutting-board.jpg by Katie Smith on Unsplash.com.  dog1.jpg by Jairo Alzate on Unsplash.com.
            fruit.jpg by Brooke Lark on Unsplash.com.         dog2.jpg by Alexandru Rotariu on Unsplash.com.
            ploughman.jpg by Brooke Lark on Unsplash.com.     dog3.jpg by Matthew Henry on Unsplash.com.
            table.jpg by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash.com.       dog4.jpg by Josef Reckziegel on Unsplash.com.
            taco.jpg by Christine Siracusa on Unsplash.com.   portrait1.jpg by Thanh Tran on Unsplash.com.
                                                              portrait2.jpg by Hybrid on Unsplash.com.
            Project 2:
            Background image by Marcus dePaula on Unsplash.com.  portrait3.jpg by Daniel Apodaca on Unsplash.com.
                                                              portrait4.jpg by Anton Darius Sollers on Unsplash.com.
            Project 3:
            adults.jpg by Alex Jones on Unsplash.com.         Project 7:
            chalk.jpg photo by Tina Floersch on Unsplash.com.  Images copyright Erika Kendra.
            pencils background image by Stefan Schweihofer on Pixabay.com.  Project 8:
                                                              background.jpg photo by Benjamin Davies on Unsplash.com
            Project 4:
            All images used in this project are courtesy of the Getty’s Open   bmx.jpg photo by Joe Neric on Unsplash.com
            Content Program: getty.edu/about/whatwedo/opencontentfaq.html  jetski.jpg photo by Quino Al on Pixabay.com
                                                              waterski.jpg photo by Steven Welch on Unsplash.com
                                                              river-surfing.m4v by NGSOFT IT on videos.pexels.com



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