About the Authors
Barbara Obermeier: Barbara is the principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in Ventura, California. She is the author of the Photoshop All-in-One For Dummies series and has contributed as author or coauthor on more than 30 books on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft PowerPoint, and digital photography for John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Peachpit Press, and Adobe Press. She is currently the Chair of the Visual Arts Department at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.
Ted Padova: Ted is semi-retired; he still writes and teaches some photo classes. He has written more than 70 computer books on subjects such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign.
Authors’ Acknowledgments
We would like to thank our excellent project editor, Susan Christophersen, who kept us on track throughout the development of this work; Elizabeth Stillwell, our acquisitions editor; Doug Sahlin, technical editing wizard, who made what we wrote sound better; and all the dedicated production staff at Wiley.
Barbara Obermeier: A special thanks to Ted Padova, my coauthor and friend, who always reminds me there is still a 1 in 53 million chance that we can win the lottery.
Ted Padova: First and foremost, I’d like to thank Barbara Obermeier for asking me to join her in this journey on exploring Photoshop Elements — now in our 17th collaboration on this project. Also, special ...