About the Author

Scott Kelby

Scott is Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine, Editor-in-Chief of Nikon Software User magazine, and Editor and Publisher of Layers magazine (the how-to magazine for everything Adobe).

Scott is President and co-founder of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and is President of the software training, education, and publishing firm KW Media Group.

Scott is a photographer, designer, and award-winning author of more than 30 books, including Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks, The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, Photoshop Classic Effects, and is Series Editor for the Killer Tips book series from New Riders. For the past two years (2004 and 2005), Scott has been the world's #1 best-selling author of all computer and technology books, across all categories.

Scott is Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and Conference Technical Chair for the Photoshop World Conference and Expo. He's featured in a series of Adobe Photoshop training DVDs and has been training Adobe Photoshop users since 1993.

For more information on Scott, visit scottkelby.com.