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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 Images used in the projects throughout this book are in the public
develop The Professional Portfolio Series, focusing on the Adobe domain unless otherwise noted. Individual artists’ credit follow:
Creative Suite. These books feature step-by-step explanations,
detailed foundational information, and advice and tips from pro- Project 1:
fessionals that offer practical solutions to technical issues. Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.

Project 2:
About the Author Images in this project are from PublicDomainPictures.net.
Erika Kendra holds a BA in History and a BA in English Litera-
ture from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career in Project 3:
the graphic communications industry as an editor at Graphic Arts Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.
Technical Foundation before moving to Los Angeles in 2000. Roshambo.jpg photo by Charlie Essers.
Erika is the author or co-author of more than thirty books about
Adobe graphic design software. She has also written several books Project 4:
about graphic design concepts such as color reproduction and Images used in this project are copyright Against The Clock, Inc.
preflighting, and dozens of articles for industry online and print
journals. Working with Against The Clock for more than fifteen Project 5:
years, Erika was a key partner in developing The Professional Port- Images copyright Erika Kendra.
folio Series of software training books.
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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