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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- • Roger Morrissey, technical editor
tries since 1990. The company has developed a solid and widely • Gary Poyssick, technical editor
respected approach to teaching people how to effectively use • Andrew Clark, copy editor
graphics applications, while maintaining a disciplined approach to
real-world problems.
Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public
Having developed the Against The Clock and the Essentials for De- domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow:
sign series with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, ATC drew from
years of professional experience and instructor feedback to develop Project 5:
The Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe Creative Einstein mural photo by Sidney Perry on Unsplash.com
Suite. These books feature step-by-step explanations, detailed DNA image by vitstudio on Publicdomainpictures.net
foundational information, and advice and tips from professionals
that offer practical solutions to technical issues. Project 7:
Artwork by Chance Hoffman

About the Author Project 8:
Guitar photo used to create the header background illustration by
Erika Kendra holds a BA in History and a BA in English Lit- Dark Rider on Unsplash.com
erature from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career
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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