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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

About Against The Clock About the Author
Against e 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. e 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 e ectively 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 e 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 pre ighting and dozens of articles for graphics and print industry
e Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe Creative journals. Working with Against e Clock for almost twenty years,
Suite. ese books feature step-by-step explanations, detailed Erika was a key partner in developing e Professional Portfolio
foundational information, and advice and tips from professionals Series of software training books.
that o er 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
• Dan Christensen, technical editor cave.tif photo by Andrew McMillan on Wikimedia Commons
clown sh.tif photo by Jan Derk on Wikimedia Commons
• Tony Cowdrey, technical editor
coastline.tif photo by MartinaFotos on goodfreephotos.com
• Roger Morrissey, technical editor
kangaroo.psd photo by Vera Kratochvil on
• Matthew Woodring, technical editor Publicdomainpictures.net
• Jaclyn Garver, copy editor koala.tif photo by Wikimedia Commons
opera-house.tif photo by Goodfreephotos.com
Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public
domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow: Project 6:
Project 1: chalk.jpg photo by Tina Floersch on Unsplash.com
co ee.tif photo by Polymanu on Pixabay.com charcoal.jpg photo by pixel2013 on Pixalbay.com
creampu s.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
mural2.jpg photo by Luis Alfonso Orellana on Unsplash.com
Project 2: mural3.jpg photo by Sidney Perry on Unsplash.com
guitar.jpg photo by Suvan Chowdhury on Pexels.com mural4.jpg photo by Lucas Gallone on Unsplash.com
mural5.jpg photo by Mec Rawlings on Unsplash.com
Project 3: mural6.jpg photo by Scott Webb on Pexels.com
U.S. Navy Blue Angels photos copyright Erika Kendra
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
jetski.jpg photo by Quino Al on Pixalbay.com
Aircraft images used in the supplied PDF ad were taken by govern- sailing.jpg photo by Saad on Pexels.com
ment employees and as such are in the public domain: skateboard.jpg photo by Josh Marshall on Unsplash.com
B-2: U.S. Navy photo/Jordon R. Beesley skatepark.jpg photo by David Whittaker on Pexels.com
F-117: Bobbi Zapka sur ng.jpg photo by meineresterampe on Pixabay.com
F-22: U.S. Air Force photo/Sta Sgt. Samuel Rogers waterski.jpg photo by Steven Welch on Unsplash.com
SR-71: U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty
Project 8:
Project 4: Images used in this project are copyright Against e Clock, Inc.
All images used in this project are courtesy of the Getty’s Open
Content Program: getty.edu/about/whatwedo/opencontentfaq.html

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