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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 4:
            contributed to the success of these books:        culture1.jpg by Pixabay.com
              •  Roger Morrissey, technical editor            culture2.jpg by Liam Penjur on Pexels.com
              •  Gary Poyssick, technical editor              culture3.jpg by skeeze on Pixabay.com
                                                              culture4.jpg by Miguel Bruna on Unsplash.com
              •  Andrew Clark, copy editor
                                                              fantasy1.jpg by Anthony Tran on Unsplash.com
              •  Grace Veach, copy editor                     fantasy2.jpg by Ambar Simpang on Unsplash.com
                                                              fantasy3.jpg by Darcy Delia on Pexels.com
            Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public
            domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow:  fantasy4.jpg by Couleur on Pixabay.com
                                                              feature1.jpg by Joy Anne Pura on Pexels.com
            Project 1:                                        feature2.jpg by Vinicius Vilela on Pexels.com

            Images used in this project are copyright Against  e Clock, Inc.  feature3.jpg by Kathleen Sullivan on Pexels.com
                                                              theater1.jpg by Sasint on Pixabay.com
            Project 2:                                        theater2.jpg by Cesira Alvarado on Unsplash.com
            Images in this project are from PublicDomainPictures.net.  theater3.jpg by A. Zuhri on Unsplash.com
            Project 3:                                        Project 5:
            Images used in this project are copyright Against  e Clock, Inc.  Images copyright Erika Kendra.

            Roshambo.jpg photo by Charlie Essers.
                                                              Project 6:
                                                              Background image by Marcus dePaula on Unsplash.com.

                                                              Project 7:
                                                              adults.jpg by Alex Jones on Unsplash.com.
                                                              chalk.jpg photo by Tina Floersch on Unsplash.com.
                                                              pencils background image by Stefan Schweihofer on Pixabay.com.

                                                              Project 8:
                                                              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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