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Author's Acknowledgments

The fact that you're holding this book right now is more a testament to the multitude of people who made it possible than just the person who put the words to paper.

My deepest thanks go to Pete Bauer, for not only taking me on to the NAPP Help Desk, mentoring me over the years, and providing support during the writing of this book, but for opening doors to new worlds. I owe a special debt of gratitude to my Help Desk counterpart Jeanne Rubbo, who undoubtedly picked up my slack over the last few months! Of course, without NAPP I would not be where I am today, and so I would also like to extend my thanks to Scott and Kalebra Kelby, Jim Workman, Jean Kendra, Larry Becker, Jeff Kelby, and Dave Moser for creating and maintaining the most amazing professional resource I have had the pleasure of being associated with. I am also grateful to all the NAPP members who have sent in their Photoshop and Lightroom questions over the years; you served as the voice in the back of my mind as I wrote.

My undying gratitude goes to the awesome team at Wiley. To the folks I worked with directly, Bob Woerner, Paul Levesque, Brian Walls, and Steve Holmes, as well as all those behind the scenes, many thanks for your patience, support, professionalism, and most of all, for making this all come together!

Thanks to the Lightroom team at Adobe for mixing your passion and brilliance into this fantastic tool for digital photographers.

To all my friends at iStockphoto for starting me down ...