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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

About Against The Clock Contributing Editors and Artists

Against The Clock, long recognized as one of the nation’s leaders A big thank you to the people whose comments and expertise
in courseware development, has been publishing high-quality contributed to the success of these books:
educational materials for the graphic and computer arts indus- • Dan Cristensen, technical editor
tries since 1990. The company has developed a solid and widely • Roger Morrissey, technical editor
respected approach to teaching people how to effectively use • Gary Poyysick, technical editor
graphics applications, while maintaining a disciplined approach to
real-world problems. • Grace Veach, copy editor

Having developed the Against The Clock and the Essentials for De-
sign series with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, ATC drew from Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public
years of professional experience and instructor feedback to develop domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow:
The Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe Creative Project 5:
Suite. These books feature step-by-step explanations, detailed Einstein mural photo by Sidney Perry on Unsplash.com
foundational information, and advice and tips from professionals DNA image by vitstudio on Publicdomainpictures.net
that offer practical solutions to technical issues.
Project 7:
Artwork by Chance Hoffman
About the Author
Project 8:
Erika Kendra holds a BA in History and a BA in English Lit- Guitar photo used to create the header background illustration by
erature from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career Dark Rider on Unsplash.com
in the graphic communications industry as an editor at Graphic
Arts Technical Foundation, and has been a full-time professional
graphic designer since 1999.

Erika is the author or co-author of more than forty books about
Adobe graphic design software. She has also written several books
about graphic design concepts such as color reproduction and
preflighting, and dozens of articles for industry online and print
journals. Working with Against The Clock for almost twenty years,
Erika was a key partner in developing The Professional Portfolio
Series of software training books.

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