Peter Bauer - Photoshop CC For Dummies

Photoshop CC For Dummies

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About the Author

Peter Bauer is a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame, an award-winning fine-art photographer, and the Help Desk director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). He has authored more than a dozen books on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, computer graphics, and photography. Pete is also the host of video-training titles at Lynda.com and a contributing writer for Photoshop User magazine. He appears regularly as a member of the Photoshop World Instructor Dream Team, hosting Help Desk Live! As NAPP Help Desk director, Pete personally answers thousands of e-mail questions annually about Photoshop and computer graphics. He has contributed to and assisted on such projects as special effects for feature films and television, major book and magazine publications, award-winning websites, and fine art exhibitions. He serves as a computer graphics efficiency consultant for a select corporate clientele, and shoots exclusive photographic portraiture. Petes prior careers have included bartending, theater, broadcast journalism, professional rodeo, business management, and military intelligence interrogation. Pete and his wife, Professor Mary Ellen OConnell, of the University of Notre Dame Law School, live in South Bend, Indiana.

Dedication

I have written (and John Wiley & Sons has published) this book for you the many who learn and live by the written word. Whether on paper or tablet, these words and illustrative figures were put here for you. There is no irony in the fact that youll use these words to produce pictures.

Authors Acknowledgments

First, Id like to thank Bob Woerner, Paul Levesque, and the rest of the superb crew at John Wiley & Sons that put the book together. Id also like to acknowledge Scott and Kalebra Kelby, Jean Kendra, Larry Becker, and Dave Moser of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). With their support, Im the Help Desk director for NAPP, and get to share my Photoshop knowledge with tens of thousands of NAPP members and with you. I also thank my Help Desk colleagues Nicole S. Young (Nicolesy) and Rob Sylvan for their support during the development of this project.

Another great group from whom I continue to receive support are my colleagues on the Photoshop World Instructor Dream Team. If you havent been to Photoshop World, try to make it soon. Rather than Photoshop conference, think Photoshop festival. Where else can you see suits and slackers, side by side, savoring every single syllable? Its more than just training and learning: Its a truly intellectually invigorating environment. And, of course, I thank my wife, the wonderful Professor Mary Ellen OConnell of the Notre Dame Law School, for her unwavering support during yet another book project.

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