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Acknowledgements
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 3:
contributed to the success of these books: Museum images in this project are courtesy of the Getty’s Open
• Dan Cristensen, technical editor Content Program: getty.edu/about/whatwedo/opencontentfaq.html
HDR image exposures by Charlie Essers.
• Debbie Davidson, technical editor
• Jose Moncada, technical editor
• Roger Morrissey, technical editor Project 4:
Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.
• Susan Chiellini, copy editor
Roshambo.jpg photo by Charlie Essers.
Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public
domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow: Project 5:
Project 1: Photos used in this composition are by skeeze on Pixabay.com
Sunrise.jpg photo by Stefan Kunze on Unsplash.com.
Lightning.jpg photo by David Mourn on Unsplash.com Project 6:
Tornado.jpg photo by Jean Beaufort on Publicdomainpictures.net
Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.
Images in the supplied banner ad are photos by Jesse Darland and
Project 2: Dark Rider on Unsplash.com
amg.jpg photo by Mike on Pexels.com
inset1.jpg photo by Kyle Murfin on Unsplash.com
inset2.jpg photo by Jake Weirick on Pexels.com Project 8:
inset3.jpg photo by Sergiusz Rydosz on Publicdomainpictures.net Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.
tires.jpg photo by Imthaz Ahamed on Pexels.com

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