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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements

About AgAinst the CloCk Contributing editors And Artists
Against The Clock, long recognized as one of the nation’s leaders A big thank you to the people whose comments and expertise
in courseware development, has been publishing high-quality contributed to the success of these books:
educational materials for the graphic and computer arts industries • Tony Cowdrey, technical editor
since 1990. The company has developed a solid and widely- • Dan Cristensen, technical editor
respected approach to teaching people how to effectively use
graphics applications, while maintaining a disciplined approach • Debbie Davidson, technical editor
to real-world problems. • Jose Moncada, technical editor
• Roger Morrissey, technical editor
Having developed the Against The Clock and the Essentials for • Susan Chiellini, copy editor
Design series with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, ATC drew
from years of professional experience and instructor feedback to
develop The Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public
Creative Suite. These books feature step-by-step explanations, domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow:
detailed foundational information, and advice and tips from pro- Project 4:
fessionals that offer practical solutions to technical issues. Sunrise.jpg photo by Stefan Kunze on Unsplash.com.
Lightning.jpg photo by David Mourn on Unsplash.com
Tornado.jpg photo by Jean Beaufort on Publicdomainpictures.net
About the Author
Erika Kendra holds a BA in History and a BA in English Litera- Project 5:
ture from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career in amg.jpg photo by Mike on Pexels.com
the graphic communications industry as an editor at Graphic Arts inset1.jpg photo by Kyle Murfin on Unsplash.com
Technical Foundation before moving to Los Angeles in 2000. inset2.jpg photo by Jake Weirick on Pexels.com
inset3.jpg photo by Sergiusz Rydosz on Publicdomainpictures.net
Erika is the author or co-author of more than thirty books about tires.jpg photo by Imthaz Ahamed on Pexels.com
Adobe graphic design software. She has also written several books
about graphic design concepts such as color reproduction and
preflighting, and dozens of articles for industry online and print Project 6:
journals. Working with Against The Clock for more than fifteen Museum images in this project are courtesy of the Getty’s Open
years, Erika was a key partner in developing The Professional Port- Content Program: getty.edu/about/whatwedo/opencontentfaq.html
folio Series of software training books. HDR image exposures by Charlie Essers.
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coffee.tif photo by Polymanu on Pixabay.com
creampuffs.tif photo by la-fontaine on Pixabay.com
fruit.tif photo by Luke Michael on Unsplash.com
peppers.tif photo by DXT_91 on Pexels.com
spices.tif photo by Akhil Chandran on Unsplash.com

Project 8:
guitar.jpg photo by Suvan Chowdhury on Pexels.com
Project 9:
U.S. Navy Blue Angels photos are copyright Erika Kendra.
Moon-landing photo is a NASA photo in the public domain;
scanning by NASA Johnson and post-processing by Kipp Teague.
Aircraft images used in the supplied PDF ad were taken by gov-
ernment employees and as such are in the public domain:
B-2: U.S. Navy photo/Jordon R. Beesley
F-117: Bobbi Zapka
F-22: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers
SR-71: U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty
Project 10:
Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.

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