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Peter Lourekas

<>Peter Lourekas is a graduate of the architecture school of the University of Virginia and of the New York Studio School; Elaine Weinmann is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. They have been writing, designing, and illustrating best-selling computer graphics books for Peachpit Press since 1992 on such topics as Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Painter, and Live Motion.

 

Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold more than 2.1 million copies worldwide. They have also been instructors in New York City at Cooper Union School of Art, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Manhattan, and The New School.  

Peter Lourekas

As an expert author, Peter Lourekas knows the power of visual learning. For two decades, he has been a co-author (with Elaine Weinmann) of the best-selling Visual QuickStart guides to Photoshop and Illustrator—the top choice in college classrooms and the go-to reference for design professionals. These guides have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide.

Peter has co-authored the Photoshop and Illustrator courseware for the MyGraphicsLab digital learning product series published by Pearson Education and has taught at Cooper Union School of Art, the New School, and Parsons School of Design.

A long-time New Yorker, Peter now lives in North Carolina.

Elaine Weinmann

Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas have also written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guides to Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold more than 2.1 million copies worldwide. They have also taught at Pratt Manhattan, the Cooper Union School of Art, the New School Computer Instruction Center, and the Parsons School of Design.

Elaine Weinmann

Along with Peter Lourekas, Elaine Weinmann has written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guides to Photoshop, Illustrator, and Painter. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold close to 3.5 million copies worldwide. She has also taught at Pratt Manhattan and the New School Computer Instruction Center.