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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 educational mate-  erature from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career

            rials for the graphic and computer arts industries since 1990. The   in the graphic communications industry as an editor at Graphic
            company has developed a solid and widely respected approach to   Arts Technical Foundation, and has been a full-time professional
            teaching people how to effectively use graphics applications while   graphic designer since 1999.

            maintaining a disciplined approach to real-world problems.
                                                              Erika is the author or co-author of more than forty books about
            Having developed the Against The Clock and the Essentials for De-  Adobe graphic design software. She has also written several books

            sign series with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, ATC drew from   about graphic design concepts such as color reproduction and

            years of professional experience and instructor feedback to develop   preflighting and dozens of articles for graphics and print industry


            The Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe Creative   journals. Working with Against The Clock for almost twenty years,


            Suite. These books feature step-by-step explanations, detailed   Erika was a key partner in developing The Professional Portfolio
            foundational information, and advice and tips from professionals   Series of software training books.

            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:        barrier-reef.tif photo by Frauke+Feind on Goodfreephotos.com
              •  Tony Cowdrey, technical editor               cave.tif photo by Andrew McMillan on Wikimedia Commons
                                                              clownfish.tif photo by Jan Derk on Wikimedia Commons

              •  Roger Morrissey, technical editor
                                                              coastline.tif photo by MartinaFotos on goodfreephotos.com
              •  Matthew Woodring, technical editor
                                                              kangaroo.psd photo by Vera Kratochvil on
              •  Grace Veach, copy editor                        Publicdomainpictures.net
                                                              koala.tif photo by Wikimedia Commons
            Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public   opera-house.tif photo by Goodfreephotos.com
            domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow:
            Project 1:                                        Project 6:

            coffee.tif photo by Polymanu on Pixabay.com       chalk.jpg photo by Tina Floersch on Unsplash.com

            creampuffs.tif photo by la-fontaine on Pixabay.com  charcoal.jpg photo by pixel2013 on Pixalbay.com
            fruit.tif photo by Luke Michael on Unsplash.com   clay.jpg photo by Luis Alex Jones on Unsplash.com
            peppers.tif photo by DXT_91 on Pexels.com         eyes.jpg photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash.com
            spices.tif photo by Akhil Chandran on Unsplash.com  leaves.jpg photo by Glen McCallum on Unsplash.com
                                                              mural1.jpg photo by Alex Holyoake on Unsplash.com
            Project 2:                                        mural2.jpg photo by Luis Alfonso Orellana on Unsplash.com
            guitar.jpg photo by Suvan Chowdhury on Pexels.com  mural3.jpg photo by Sidney Perry on Unsplash.com
                                                              mural4.jpg photo by Lucas Gallone on Unsplash.com
            Project 3:                                        mural5.jpg photo by Mec Rawlings on Unsplash.com
            U.S. Navy Blue Angels photos copyright Erika Kendra
                                                              mural6.jpg photo by Scott Webb on Pexels.com
            Moon-landing photo is a NASA photo in the public domain.
            Scanning by NASA Johnson and post-processing by Kipp Teague  Project 7:
                                                              dirtbike.jpg photo by Joe Neric on Unsplash.com
            Aircraft images used in the supplied PDF ad were taken by govern-  jetski.jpg photo by Quino Al on Pixalbay.com
            ment employees and as such are in the public domain:  sailing.jpg photo by Saad on Pexels.com
               B-2: U.S. Navy photo/Jordon R. Beesley         skateboard.jpg photo by Josh Marshall on Unsplash.com
               F-117: Bobbi Zapka                             skatepark.jpg photo by David Whittaker on Pexels.com

               F-22: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers  surfing.jpg photo by meineresterampe on Pixabay.com

               SR-71: U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty
                                                              waterski.jpg photo by Steven Welch on Unsplash.com
            Project 4:                                        Project 8:
            All images used in this project are courtesy of the Getty’s Open   Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.

            Content Program: getty.edu/about/whatwedo/opencontentfaq.html


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