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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 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:        barrier-reef.tif photo by Frauke+Feind on Goodfreephotos.com
                 •  Tony Cowdrey, Against The Clock, Inc., technical editor  cave.tif photo by Andrew McMillan on Wikimedia Commons
                                                                 clownfish.tif photo by Jan Derk on Wikimedia Commons
                 •  Debbie Davidson, Against The Clock, Inc., technical editor
                                                                 coastline.tif photo by MartinaFotos on goodfreephotos.com
                 •  Roger Morrissey, Against The Clock, Inc., technical editor
                                                                 kangaroo.psd photo by Vera Kratochvil on
                 •  Susan Chiellini, 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 6:
               Project 1:                                        chalk.jpg photo by Tina Floersch on Unsplash.com
               coffee.tif photo by Polymanu on Pixabay.com       charcoal.jpg photo by pixel2013 on Pixalbay.com
               creampuffs.tif photo by la-fontaine on Pixabay.com  clay.jpg photo by Luis Alex Jones on Unsplash.com
               fruit.tif photo by Luke Michael on Unsplash.com   eyes.jpg photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash.com
               peppers.tif photo by DXT_91 on Pexels.com         leaves.jpg photo by Glen McCallum on Unsplash.com
               spices.tif photo by Akhil Chandran 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 are copyright Erika Kendra.  mural6.jpg photo by Scott Webb on Pexels.com
               Moon-landing photo is a NASA photo in the public domain;   Project 7:
               scanning by NASA Johnson and post-processing by Kipp Teague.
                                                                 dirtbike.jpg photo by Joe Neric on Unsplash.com
               Aircraft images used in the supplied PDF ad were taken by gov-  jetski.jpg photo by Quino Al on Pixalbay.com
               ernment 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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