CS Magic co-founder, Steve Werner, has developed and taught classes in QuarkXPress, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, and Photoshop since the early 90’s. He co-authored Moving to InDesign with David Blatner and Christopher Smith, and Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2 with Sandee Cohen. He has been an instructor at many industry conferences—including Seybold Conferences, Creative Suite Conference, and InDesign Conference. In the Bay Area, he teaches at AcademyX and the Printing Industry of Northern California classrooms. He is a regular contributor to InDesignSecrets.com and InDesign Magazine, and is an Adobe Certified Instructor and Adobe Certified Expert.

• Adobe® Certified Instructor

• Adobe® Certified Expert in InDesign®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Illustrator®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Acrobat®

CS Magic co-founder, Mark Atchley, has an extensive printing background, and since the early 90’s has transitioned his career from Macintosh trouble shooting, to web mastering for a graphic arts software developer, to product marketing for a color management developer. Mark has also been a web imaging and PDF software evangelist for a prominent graphic arts software company. He now uses his expertise and experience in helping his clients and students take advantage of new technology options available to the print and publishing industry. With an Adobe Certified Expert achievement in both InDesign and Acrobat his focus is on Adobe PDF and page layout applications and their respective plug-ins.

• Adobe® Community Champion

• Adobe® Certified Expert in InDesign®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Acrobat®

• InDesign User Group Chapter Leader

Sandee Cohen has been teaching computer graphics for over 20 years. In 1999 she was approached by Adobe Systems to beta test the first version of InDesign. From that she wrote the InDesign Visual Quickstart Guide. She has written VQS books on every version of the InDesign since as well as books on Adobe Illustrator, the Creative Suite, and printing. She has taught at private computer graphics schools, universities, publishing houses, and design studios in New York City and the United States. She is the senior contributing editor to InDesign Magazine. Her column, InQuestion, answers readers' questions about InDesign. She has spoken at many printing, computer graphics and InDesign conferences around the world.

April Clark, owner of Nuance Consulting LLC, is a consultant and trainer for web and print publishing professionals. April is an Adobe Certified Expert, an Adobe Certified Instructor, an Adobe Community Expert, and co-founder of the Cleveland InDesign User Group. April specializes in helping graphic designers take advantage of the entire Adobe Creative Suite. She has taught classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland State University and Cuyahoga Community College.

• Adobe® Community Professional

• Adobe® Certified Expert

• Adobe® Certified Instructor

• InDesign User Group Chapter Leader

Chris Converse is a graphic designer and multimedia developer specializing in websites, interactive media, print and CD-ROMs. Chris is co-founder of Codify Design Studio, which specializes in both graphic design and the technologies that make the design happen across mediums. Their portfolio includes work for such organizations as the University of Pennsylvania, Adobe Systems, Bloomsbury, Blue Cross, The Wharton School, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Wyeth, Campbell's and Comcast.

Chris is also a featured speaker of the HOW Design Conferences, Adobe MAX Conferences, and is currently doing a Dreamweaver seminar tour based on his new book, Bring Your Web Design to Life, which is targeted specifically at bringing web designers up to speed with converting their designs to HTML and CSS.

James Lockman, Owner of James Lockman Consulting, is an Adobe Certified Creative Suite Master and Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Consultant. His expertise in Acrobat and web-based collaboration makes companies like agencies and newspapers more agile in today’s electronic document workflows. He is a frequent presenter at industry events and online, and is the host of Total Training for Acrobat 9 Essentials, InDesign CS4 and CS5 Essentials, and Creative Suite 5 Design Workflow.

• Adobe® Certified Instructor

• Adobe® Community Professional

• Adobe® Certified Expert in InDesign®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Photoshop®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Flash Professional®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Illustrator®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Acrobat®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in InCopy®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Dreamweaver®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Lightroom®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Connect Professsional®

• Enfocus® Certified Trainer and Reseller

Claudia McCue is a nationally recognized consultant, trainer, and graphic arts production expert. Combining more than 20 years of real-world production experience -- from paste-up through early electronic prepress to current Mac- and PC-based systems -- she specializes in teaching both creative and production professionals. Her national client base includes printers, design firms, agencies and in-house marketing departments. She is the author of “Real World Print Production with Adobe Creative Suite Applications” (Peachpit Press, 2009), and a frequent presenter at graphic arts conferences, including the InDesign and Creative Suite conferences.

• Adobe® Certified Instructor (CTT+)

• Adobe® Certified Expert in InDesign®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Photoshop®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Illustrator®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in Acrobat®

Gabriel Powell is the author of Instant InDesign and Learn Adobe Photoshop CS4 by Video. He is also a contributing author to InDesign Magazine and the producer of the Instant InDesign Video Podcast. As the Training Director for Metafusion Training, Gabriel teaches InDesign, InCopy, and other applications to creative professionals throughout the United States and Western Europe. He specializes in automated publishing, template building, and streamlining publishing workflows. Gabriel is also the founder of the Portland InDesign User Group and the founder and chapter leader of the Amsterdam InDesign User Group.

• Adobe® Certified Instructor

• Adobe® Certified Expert in InDesign®

• Adobe® Certified Expert in InCopy®

• Adobe® Community Expert

• InDesign User Group Chapter Leader