The Designer’s Apprentice: Automating Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 3

Acknowledgments

I could not have even contemplated writing this book if it were not for Julie A. Wilson. She is my mentor, my friend, my partner. She opened the door to a new life in which something like this is possible. She pushed me to follow this dream, and for that I can never repay her. She cared for our farm and animals for the too many months it took to write this book, and she never complained. She gave me invaluable feedback on and corrections to the text. And her photography graces this book almost literally from cover to cover, helping me bring my ideas to life with grace and beauty.

I would like to thank Rebecca Freed for being my editor. Although I wouldn’t have blamed her had she tossed this first-time author out on his ear, she ...