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Andrew Shalat – Contributing Author |
 Andrew Shalat is the author of Mac Design Out of the Box (Peachpit), CNET’s Do It Yourself Mac Projects (with Joli Ballew, on McGraw-Hill), and the upcoming How To Do Everything with Online Video (McGraw-Hill). He is a designer, writer, author, illustrator and consultant. He is heard weekly on InsideMac Radio, giving graphic design tips and keeping listeners up to date on new design related technologies and whatever is stuck in his craw for that week. He has been working as a graphic and commercial designer and a writer for over twenty years. He also teaches graphic design as an adjunct professor at Sessions.edu, an online design school.View my profile. |
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Jay Nelson – Contributing Author |
 Design Tools Monthly is the executive summary of graphic design news (www.design-tools.com). As its editor for the past 14 years, Jay Nelson has specialized in separating the real from the hype, and delivering real-world advice that saves time and increases your profit — often adding a little fun. He contributes regularly to Macworld, Layers, InDesign and X-Ray magazines, and speaks at such events as Macworld, Graph Expo, Mac Live and the HOW Design conference. Jay is the author and presenter of the brief training video that Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7, and is also the author of “QuarkXPress 7: New Features for Print Designers”, a self-paced online training video and DVD from Lynda.com.View my profile. |
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Eric Berkow – Contributing Author/Reviewer |
 Eric started in the graphic arts when he was in high school. He was the only person on the yearbook staff who knew how to use Photoshop; so they made me lean how to use Pagemaker 6. From there he attended RIT from 1999-2004. Then received an AAS in Photography, and a BFA in Visual Media, as well as completing a Certificate course in Business Management. Now the Prepress manager for Bargainprinting.com. |
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Sabine Lenz – Contributing Author/Expert Panelist |
 Sabine Lenz is the founder of PaperSpecs, the first online paper database specifically designed for paper specifiers. Growing up in Germany, she started her design career in Frankfurt, before moving on to Australia and the US.Lenz worked on design projects ranging from corporate identities to major road shows and product launches. From start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, her list of clients included Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Deutsche Bank, IBM and KPMG.Seeing designers struggle worldwide to stay current with new papers and paper trends inspired Lenz to create PaperSpecs, an independent and comprehensive web-based paper database and weekly e-newsletter. and to publish a weekly e-newsletter, PaperTalks. She is also a speaker on paper issues and educational topics related to the paper industry. View my profile. |
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Colin Smith – Contributing Author/Expert Panelist |
 Colin Smith is a best-selling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He is founder of the world’s most popular Photoshop resource site, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts over three million visitors.With over 10 years of experience in the design industry, Colin was formerly Senior Editor and Art Director for VOICE magazine. He is a regular columnist for Photoshop User magazine, PlanetPhotoshop.com, and the official site of the National Association for Photoshop Professionals. He also contributes to a number of other graphic art publications and Web sites, such as Mac Design magazine, Web Designer magazine and Computer Arts Magazine. View my profile |
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Andrew Darlow – Contributing Author/Expert Panelist |
 Andrew Darlow is a photographer, educator and digital imaging consultant. For over 15 years, he has consulted on the topics of digital photography, digital output and color management. He has written and edited numerous articles and reviews on the topics of digital and fine art photography, inkjet printing, and Photoshop techniques, and his work has been included in many photography publications, web sites and books. He has lectured and conducted seminars and workshops around the world at conferences, and for photography organizations and schools, including the Arles Photo Festival, School of Visual Arts, and the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. His work has been widely exhibited and his inkjet prints are held in numerous private collections. View my profile |
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Shan Canfield a.k.a Photoshop Mama – Contributing Author |
 Shan Canfield a.k.a Photoshop Mama or simply “Mama Shan” has been instructing all levels of digital imaging since 1999 at Nashville State Community College. She is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and has written several articles for SBS Digital Design and has had several tutorials and images published in three of Katrin Eismann’s books.Mama Shan has been sharing her work and knowledge freely since 2001, with the launch of her first Web site, www.shanzcan.com. View my profile |
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Rick Littrell – Contributing Author/Expert Panelist |
 Rick Littrell is President/CMO of Magicomm LLC. a rapidly growing direct marketing solutions company focused on developing innovative strategy, creative and technical implementations of high value marketing solutions leveraging personalized, multi-channel marketing communication systems.Magicomm won the 2006 PODi Best Practices Award for Relevant Marketing and was winner (honorable mention) of a 2005 Printing Innovation with Xerox Imaging award (PIXi). These awards are multinational competitions created to recognize innovation and excellence in digital printing applications. View my profile |
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Steve Weinrebe – Contributing Author/Expert Panelist |
 Steve Weinrebe is a photographer, videographer, author and teacher. As an Adobe Certified Photoshop Instructor he has helped thousands of students to become comfortable with Photoshop in their work. His book, “Adobe Photoshop & the Art of Photography” (Cengage- Delmar Learning) introduces Photoshop to photography students and novices, keeping the software rooted in the tradition of photographic tools. Steve has won a Videographer Award for DVD training on the video applications of Photoshop. He has served as adjunct faculty at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and has recently joined the faculty of the Maine Media Workshops. As a professional photographer he has won numerous awards over his 30 year career and has been published internationally. View my profile |
