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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 high-quality   erature from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career
            educational materials for the graphic and computer arts indus-  in the graphic communications industry as an editor at Graphic
            tries since 1990. The company has developed a solid and widely   Arts Technical Foundation, and has been a full-time professional
            respected approach to teaching people how to effectively use   graphic designer since 1999.
            graphics applications, while maintaining a disciplined approach to   Erika is the author or co-author of more than forty books about
            real-world problems.                              Adobe graphic design software. She has also written several books

            Having developed the Against The Clock and the Essentials for   about graphic design concepts such as color reproduction and
            Design series with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, ATC drew   preflighting, and dozens of articles for industry online and print
            from years of professional experience and instructor feedback to   journals. Working with Against The Clock for almost twenty years,
            develop The Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe   Erika was a key partner in developing The Professional Portfolio
            Creative Suite. These books feature step-by-step explanations,   Series of software training books.
            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 4:
            contributed to the success of these books:        Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.
                •  Roger Morrissey, technical editor          Roshambo.jpg photo by Charlie Essers.
                •  Gary Poyssick, technical editor            Project 5:
                •  Rob McAllister, copy editor                Photos used in this composition are by skeeze on Pixabay.com
            Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public
            domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow:  Project 6:
                                                              Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.
            Interface Project:                                Images in the supplied banner ad are photos by Jesse Darland and
            glass.jpg photo by Free-Photos on Pixabay.com     Dark Rider on Unsplash.com
            potter.jpg by Marcel Kessler on Pixabay.com
                                                              Project 8:
            weaver.jpg by Wei Zhu on Pixabay.com              culture1.jpg by Pixabay.com
            welder.jpg by Janno Nivergall on Pixabay.com
                                                              culture2.jpg by Liam Penjur on Pexels.com
            Project 1:                                        culture3.jpg by skeeze on Pixabay.com
            Sunrise.jpg photo by Stefan Kunze on Unsplash.com.  culture4.jpg by Miguel Bruna on Unsplash.com
            Lightning.jpg photo by David Mourn on Unsplash.com  fantasy1.jpg by Anthony Tran on Unsplash.com
            Tornado.jpg photo by Jean Beaufort on Publicdomainpictures.net  fantasy2.jpg by Ambar Simpang on Unsplash.com
            Project 2:                                        fantasy3.jpg by Darcy Delia on Pexels.com
            amg.jpg photo by Mike on Pexels.com               fantasy4.jpg by Couleur on Pixabay.com
            inset1.jpg photo by Kyle Murfin on Unsplash.com   feature1.jpg by Joy Anne Pura on Pexels.com
                                                              feature2.jpg by Vinicius Vilela on Pexels.com
            inset2.jpg photo by Jake Weirick on Pexels.com
            inset3.jpg photo by Sergiusz Rydosz on Publicdomainpictures.net  feature3.jpg by Kathleen Sullivan on Pexels.com
            tires.jpg photo by Imthaz Ahamed on Pexels.com    theater1.jpg by Sasint on Pixabay.com
                                                              theater2.jpg by Cesira Alvarado on Unsplash.com
            Project 3:                                        theater3.jpg by A. Zuhri on Unsplash.com
            Museum images in this project are courtesy of the Metropolitan
            Museum of Art’s Open Access Program, which makes images of
            artworks it believes to be in the public domain widely and freely
            available for unrestricted use. www.metmuseum.org/about-the-
            met/policies-and-documents/image-resources


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