Expert Team to Deliver Adobe Creative Suite 2 Seminars Across U.S.

BOSTON -- A team of highly respected authors, speakers, and instructors has joined together to deliver high-powered seminars on Adobe's latest software tools in 10 U.S. cities. The Adobe(R) Creative Suite 2 seminars provide a fast way to learn about the powerful creative tools included in the latest versions of InDesign(R), Illustrator(R), and Photoshop(R). At the seminar attendees will discover tips, tools, and techniques for creating content that can be easily published in multiple formats, including on-line and print. There are separate one-day seminars for InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Participants can attend any single day, or all three days. More information is available on-line at www.creativeprofessional.org or by calling 800 851-9237.

The seminars are led by industry experts who are published authors and highly regarded instructors. Seminar presenters include:

--Mordy Golding, author of Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 2 All in One and former product manager at Adobe Systems, Inc. for Adobe Illustrator.

--David Blatner, author of Real World InDesign and numerous other books on electronic publishing software.

--Jennifer Smith, the author of Creative Suite 2 for Dummies and lead author Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Adobe GoLive Classroom CS2 in a Book.

--Michael Ninness, former Adobe product manager and presenter of many lynda.com video training titles.

--Christopher Smith, author of Moving to InDesign and InDesign CS2 Classroom in a Book.

--Larry Happy, technical editor for Adobe's Classroom in a Book series.

The seminars are sponsored by a number of leading firms that support the needs of creative and communications professionals. These include Logitech, iStockphoto, American Graphics Institute, WoodWing, lynda.com, enfocus, Esko, CADTools, John C. Otto, Design Responsibly, and Creative Professionals Association. At most seminar locations attendees can meet with a local Apple(R) Specialist who will be showing the latest Macintosh products and solutions.

The Creative Suite 2 seminars will visit the following cities this summer:

New York, NY: July 10-12

Philadelphia, PA: July 17-19

Atlanta, GA: July 17-19

Baltimore, MD: July 24-26

Tampa, FL: July 24-26

Boston, MA: July 31-August 2

Chicago, IL: July 31-August 2

Kansas City, KS: August 7-9

Minneapolis, MN: August 7-9

Columbus, OH: August 21-23

The Creative Professionals Association, an independent professional association supporting the Adobe(R) community, is presenting the tour.

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