David Blatner

David Blatner is an internationally respected author or coauthor of 15 books, including Adobe InDesign CS/C2 Breakthroughs, Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs, and Real World Adobe Photoshop CS2. His books have sold more than half a million copies worldwide and consistently win him awards and praise from readers.

Nine authors contributed to the update of this edition. They include: Kelly Anton, Stephen Beals, Pariah Burke, Shellie Hall, Ted LoCascio, Claudia McCue, Patti Schulze, Glen Turpin, and Chuck Weger.

David Blatner

David Blatner is the author of 15 books on topics such as InDesign, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress—including Real World InDesign, InDesign Breakthroughs, Real World Photoshop, and the groundbreaking The QuarkXPress Book. He is the co-host of InDesignSecrets.com, as well as the editorial director of InDesign Magazine and The InDesign Conference. Over a half a million copies of his books are in print in 12 languages, winning him awards and praise from readers. He has spoken at conferences and workshops around North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Africa. You can find him at www.63p.com.

Olav Martin Kvern

Olav Martin Kvern is an award-winning illustrator, graphic designer, software developer, and writer. He contributed to the design of the InDesign software and wrote the first draft of the users manual for Adobe's User Education Department. He is the author of Real World Adobe InDesign 1.5

David Blatner is a Seattle-based graphic arts consultant He is the author or co-author of a number of books from Peachpit Press, including Real World Adobe Photoshop 6, Real World Scanning and Halftones 2nd Edition, and The QuarkXPress 4 Book. He speaks at conferences and seminars around North America and Japan, including Seybold, Macworld, Thunderlizard, and more.

Olav Martin Kvern

Olav Martin Kvern is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, software designer, and writer. He coauthored the ground-breaking Real World PageMaker. He has written for Macworld, Publish, and Adobe magazines. In addition, he has designed many books for Peachpit Press and is currently on the Adobe InDesign Developer Technologies team. David Blatner is an internationally respected author or co-author of more than 15 books, including Adobe InDesign Breakthroughs, Adobe Photoshop Breakthroughs, and Real World Adobe Photoshop. He also wrote the world's best-selling book on QuarkXPress, Real World QuarkXPress.