Russell Preston Brown, Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems Incorporated, facilitates the exchange between digital designers and software developers that is vital to Adobe's product development. Russell has been a creative force at Adobe for the last 19 years -- a key contributor to the launch and feature development of both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator software. Perched at the cutting edge, Russell designed and produced the first four-color Adobe PostScript publication on the globe. Today, as resident Photoshop creative expert and evangelist, Russell joyfully shares his message of digital design mastery with the world's leading photographers, publishers, art directors, and digital artists.

A true spellbinder, often inspired by toys and old movies, Russell has mesmerized audiences at conferences and seminars worldwide. Entertainment and fun are the key ingredients of Russell's events at MacWorld, Seybold, AIGA Design, Photoshop World, and the MdN conferences in Japan.

Russell's wacky and whimsical design work has been published in Design Graphics magazine, the MdN Graphics magazine in Japan, and on the Web at www.adobe.com and www.apple.com. Always delighting in testing the creative limits of his tools, Russell is the prolific creator of Photoshop tips and tricks. His double treat of great information presented in a bold, zany style has won him a regular following among beginning, intermediate, and advanced users alike.

Jack Davis is best known as the coauthor of the award-winning and best-selling guide to Photoshop, The Photoshop Wow! Book, as well as being an award-winning designer, photographer, and contributing editor to numerous other books and magazines on digital tools and the creative process. Magazines he contributes to include Photoshop User, Nikon Capture User, and PEI. His latest book, How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography, written with Ben Willmore, showcases his addiction with digital cameras, and the process of going beyond what was captured, to what was experienced.

For over 20 years Jack has been an internationally-recognized creative spokesperson on digital imagery. He has given keynote address' at conferences and universities throughout the US, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Brazil, and Australia as well as leading numerous hands-on workshops around the U.S. and abroad. Jack routinely teaches as part of the "Dream Team" at the National Association of Photoshop Professional's Photoshop World Conferences, where was recently inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame for his life-time contributions in the field of education and digital imagery.

Jack has undergraduate degrees in Graphic Design and an MA and MFA in Digital Imagery and when he's not in his studio he's usually on the beach somewhere in Polynesia with digital camera and analog paints soaking up the local color.

Pioneering electronic publishing expert Deke McClelland is the author the bestselling Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One and Adobe InDesign CS One-on-One (both Deke Press/O'Reilly). Each full-color tutorial includes sample files and two hours of integrated video training.

Deke has written more than 70 titles in 25 languages with 3 million copies in print. He is perhaps best known for Photoshop Bible and the hard-bound Photoshop Bible, Professional Edition (both Wiley), which remain the bestselling guides on digital imaging. Other titles include Photoshop For Dummies and Photoshop Elements For Dummies (both Wiley). Deke is one of the most award-winning writers in the business, including a total of seven honors from the Computer Press Association.

In addition to his books, Deke hosts the video training series "Total Training Presents: Adobe Photoshop Elements" and "QuarkXPress to InDesign: Making the Switch" as well as the in-depth "Total Training for Adobe Photoshop" and "Total Training for Adobe Illustrator" (all www.totaltraining.com). He is a contributing editor for Photoshop User magazine and a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team. In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Bert Monroy was born and raised in New York City where he spent 20 years in the advertising industry as an art director and creative director for various agencies.

Upon discovering computers with the introduction of the Macintosh 128 in 1984, he embarked on a new digital career. He embraced the computer as an artistic medium and is considered one of the pioneers of digital art. Bert's work has been seen in every major trade publication of the computer industry. His work has also been featured in scores of books which include Making Art on a Macintosh, The Photoshop WOW Book, The Illustrator WOW Book, The Art of Digital Painting, The Grey Book, and The Photoshop A to Z in Japan. Bert has also done a considerable amount of film work for Industrial Light & Magic, Pacific Data Images, and R/Greenberg Assoc.

Bert co-authored The Official Adobe Photoshop Handbook, which was the first book ever written on Photoshop. In 2000 he released is first solo book from New Riders called Bert Monroy: Photorealistic Techniques with Photoshop and Illustrator. His most recent book is entitled Commercial Photoshop with Bert Monroy. In this book, Bert concentrates on the techniques and work habits that have made him a sought-after commercial illustrator and photo manipulator.

Bert currently teaches at San Francisco State University. He continues to serve his installed base of clients which include Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, Pioneer Electronics, Fujitsu, SONY, AT&T, Chevron, and American Express. Bert has been a regular guest on many TV shows world wide. He recently celebrated three years as a monthly guest on The Screen Savers for TechTV.