Jennifer Alspach is an expert on Adobe technologies, having written or co-authored many books on the subject, including: "Acrobat 7 Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press), "Illustrator CS Bible" (Wiley), Acrobat 6 Visual QuickStart Guide", "TeachYourself Photoshop 5.0/5.5" (IDG), "Photoshop and Illustrator Synergy Studio Secrets" (IDG), and "Illustrator 7 Complete" (Hayden). She is a world renowned artist and has spoken at many conferences and trade shows.

Shari Nakano is a web and graphics designer who has been in the computer industry for over 10 years. She uses a variety of applications in her work, including most of the Adobe Creative Suite products (Acrobat, Photoshop, GoLive and Illustrator),Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks as well as various Microsoft office products. A long-time user of Adobe Acrobat for both personal and business uses, she recently completed her first book, "Adobe Acrobat 7: In a Snap" for Sams Publishing. She is currently the webmaster for a large agricultural firm in California's Central Valley where she uses GoLive to create and maintain the company's internal website. She also does web design and consulting for other Central Valley customers.

Steve Samson has 16 years of experience in teaching computer software, and has conducted over a thousand classes and seminars on Adobe creative software, Microsoft Office software and other productivity applications. Past clients include Adobe Systems, Bank of America, McDonnel-Douglas, Aetna, ExecuTrain and the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Steve now serves as a consultant for Adobe Systems's annual Tech Summit, a gathering of 200+ engineers and other technicalpersonnel from all over the world. He has also served as an author, technical writer, and technical editor for a dozen titles, including "Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite All-in-One" (SAMS), "Photoshop 5.5 Classroom in a Book" (Adobe Press), and "Kai's Power Tools Studio Secrets" (IDG Books).