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Acknowledgements

About AgAinst the CloCk About the Author
Against The Clock, long recognized as one of the nation’s Erika Kendra holds a BA in History and a BA in English
leaders in courseware development, has been publishing Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. She began
high-quality educational materials for the graphic and her career in the graphic communications industry as an
computer arts industries since 1990. The company has de- editor at Graphic Arts Technical Foundation before moving
veloped a solid and widely-respected approach to teaching to Los Angeles in 2000. Erika is the author or co-author
people how to effectively use graphics applications, while of more than thirty books about Adobe graphic design
maintaining a disciplined approach to real-world problems. software. She has also written several books about graphic
design concepts such as color reproduction and preflight-
Having developed the Against The Clock and the Essentials ing, and dozens of articles for industry online and print
for Design series with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, journals. Working with Against The Clock for more than
ATC drew from years of professional experience and in- fifteen years, Erika was a key partner in developing The Pro-
structor feedback to develop The Professional Portfolio Series, fessional Portfolio Series of software training books.
focusing on the Adobe Creative Suite. These books feature
step-by-step explanations, detailed foundational informa-
tion, and advice and tips from industry professionals that Contributing Authors,
offer practical solutions to technical issues.
Artists, And editors
Against The Clock works closely with all major software A big thank you to the people whose artwork, comments,
developers to create learning solutions that fulfill both and expertise contributed to the success of these books:
the requirements of instructors and the needs of students.
Thousands of graphic arts professionals — designers, illus- • Joseph A. Staudenbaur, Dakota State University
trators, imaging specialists, prepress experts, and produc- • Beth Rogers, Nossi College Of Art
tion managers — began their educations with Against The • Debbie Davidson, Sweet Dream Designs
Clock training books. These professionals studied at Baker • Winona Ganey, Against The Clock
College, Nossi College of Art, Virginia Tech, Appalachian • Charlie Essers, photographer, Lancaster, Calif.
State University, Keiser College, University of South
Carolina, Gress Graphic Arts Institute, Kean University, Finally, thanks to Angelina Kendra, editor, and Liz Bleau,
Southern Polytechnic State University, Brenau University, copy editor, for making sure that we all said what we meant
and many other educational institutions. to say.

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