About the Author

Scott is Editor, Publisher, and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine, host of the top-rated weekly videocast Photoshop User TV, and co-host of D-Town TV (the weekly videocast for DSLR shooters).

Scott Kelby

He is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), the trade association for Adobe^® Photoshop^® users, and he’s President of the training, education, and publishing firm, Kelby Media Group, Inc.

Scott is a photographer, designer, and award-winning author of more than 50 books, including The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers, The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers, Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks, The Photoshop Channels Book, The iPhone Book, The iPod Book, and The Digital Photography Book, vols. 1, 2 & 3.

Scott’s book, The Digital Photography Book, vol. 1, is the best-selling book ever on digital photography. In 2010, Scott became the #1 best-selling author across all photography book categories. From 2004–2009, he held the honor of being the world’s #1 best-selling author of all computer and technology books, across all categories.

His books have been translated into dozens of different languages, including Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Taiwanese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese, among others, and he is a recipient of the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award.

Scott is Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and Conference Technical Chair for the Photoshop World Conference & Expo. He’s featured in a series of Adobe Photoshop online courses and DVDs at KelbyTraining.com and has been training Adobe Photoshop users since 1993.

For more information on Scott, visit his daily blog, Photoshop Insider, at www.scottkelby.com.