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Acknowledgements
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 Litera-
in courseware development, has been publishing high-quality ture from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career in
educational materials for the graphic and computer arts industries the graphic communications industry as an editor at Graphic Arts
since 1990. The company has developed a solid and widely- Technical Foundation before moving to Los Angeles in 2000.
respected approach to teaching people how to effectively use
graphics applications, while maintaining a disciplined approach Erika is the author or co-author of more than thirty books about
to real-world problems. Adobe graphic design software. She has also written several books
about graphic design concepts such as color reproduction and
Having developed the Against The Clock and the Essentials for preflighting, and dozens of articles for industry online and print
Design series with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, ATC drew journals. Working with Against The Clock for more than fifteen
from years of professional experience and instructor feedback to years, Erika was a key partner in developing The Professional Port-
develop The Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe folio Series of software training books.
Creative Suite. These books feature step-by-step explanations,
detailed foundational information, and advice and tips from pro-
fessionals 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, Against The Clock, Inc., technical editor back-food.jpg by Aaron Paul on Unsplash.com.
back-home.jpg by Yvette de Wit on Unsplash.com.
• Dan Someone, Against The Clock, Inc., technical editor
back-mailing.jpg on Unsplash.com.
• Roger Morrissey, Against The Clock, Inc., technical editor
back-schedule.jpg on Unsplash.com.
• Susan Chiellini, copy editor burger.jpg by Niklas Rhöse on Unsplash.com.
deli.jpg by Eaters Collective on Unsplash.com.
Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public japanese.jpg by Erik Lundqvist on Unsplash.com.
domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow: pizza.jpg by Alexandra Gorn on Unsplash.com.
Project 1: southern.jpg by Eaters Collective on Unsplash.com.
Images copyright Erika Kendra. taco.jpg by Christine Siracusa on Unsplash.com.

Project 2: Project 7:
Background image by Marcus dePaula on Unsplash.com. julia.jpg by Nicholas Ladino Silva on Unsplash.com.
dog1.jpg by Jairo Alzate on Unsplash.com.
Project 3: dog2.jpg by Alexandru Rotariu on Unsplash.com.
adults.jpg by Alex Jones on Unsplash.com. dog3.jpg by Matthew Henry on Unsplash.com.
chalk.jpg photo by Tina Floersch on Unsplash.com. dog4.jpg by Josef Reckziegel on Unsplash.com.
pencils background image by Stefan Schweihofer on Pixabay.com. portrait1.jpg by Thanh Tran on Unsplash.com.
portrait2.jpg by Hybrid on Unsplash.com.
Project 4: portrait3.jpg by Daniel Apodaca on Unsplash.com.
All images used in this project are courtesy of the Getty’s Open portrait4.jpg by Anton Darius Sollers on Unsplash.com.
Content Program: getty.edu/about/whatwedo/opencontentfaq.html
Project 8:
Images copyright Erika Kendra.

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