About the Author

Scott Kelby

Scott is Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine, Editor-in-chief of Nikon’s Capture User magazine, Executive Editor of Photoshop Elements Techniques, and Editor-in-Chief of Mac Design Magazine. He is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), the trade association for Adobe^® Photoshop^® users, and he’s President of KW Media Group, Inc., a Florida-based software education and publishing firm.

Scott is author of the best-selling books Photoshop CS Down & Dirty Tricks, Photoshop Photo-Retouching Secrets, The Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers and co-author of Photoshop CS Killer Tips, all from New Riders Publishing. He’s a contributing author to the books Photoshop Effects Magic, also from New Riders; Maclopedia, the Ultimate Reference on Everything Macintosh from Hayden Books; and Adobe Web Design and Publishing Unleashed from Sams.net Publishing. Scott has authored two best-selling Macintosh books: Mac OS X Panther Killer Tips, and the award-winning Macintosh: The Naked Truth, both also from New Riders; and the new Mac OS X Conversion Kit: 9 to 10 Side-by-Side from Peachpit Press.

Scott introduced his first software title in 2003 called “Kelby’s Notes for Adobe Photoshop” which adds the answers to the 100 most-asked Photoshop questions, accessed from directly within Photoshop.

Scott is Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour, Conference Technical Chair for the PhotoshopWorld Conference & Expo, and he is a speaker at graphics trade shows and events around the world. He is also featured in a series of Adobe Photoshop training videos and DVDs and has been training Adobe Photoshop users since 1993.

For more background info on Scott, visit www.scottkelby.com.