About the Authors

Barbara Obermeier is the principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in Ventura, California. She is the author of Photoshop All-in-One For Dummies series and has contributed as author or co-author on over two dozen books on Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Illustrator, PowerPoint, and digital photography for John Wiley & Sons, Peachpit Press, and Adobe Press. She is currently the interim Program Director of the Graphic Design Department in the School of Film and Communication at Brooks Institute.

Ted Padova is the former chief executive officer and managing partner of The Image Source Digital Imaging and Photo Finishing Centers of Ventura and Thousand Oaks, California. He has been involved in digital imaging since founding a service bureau in 1990. He retired from his company in 2005 and now spends his time writing and speaking on Acrobat, PDF forms, LiveCycle Designer forms, and Adobe Design Premium Suite applications.

Ted has written 60 computer books and is the world’s leading author on Adobe Acrobat. He has written books on Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Reader, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe Illustrator. Recent books published by John Wiley & Sons include Adobe Acrobat PDF Bible (versions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and X), Acrobat and LiveCycle Designer Forms Bible, Adobe Creative Suite Bible (versions CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, and CS5), Color Correction for Digital Photographers Only, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies: Just ...

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