World-Class Seminar Instructors

Scott is editor and publisher of Photoshop User magazine and Layers magazine (the how-to magazine for everything Adobe). He also is the president and co-founder of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and president of the software training, education, and publishing firm Kelby Media Group.

Scott is a photographer, designer, and an award-winning author of more than 40 books, including Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers, The Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers, The 7-Point System, The Photoshop Channels Book, Photoshop Classic Effects, and The Digital Photography Book.

Since 2004, Scott has been awarded the distinction of being the world’s #1 best–selling author of all computer and technology books, across all categories. His books have been translated into dozens of different languages, including Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Taiwanese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese, among others, and he is a recipient of the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award.

In addition, Scott is training director for Kelby Training and technical chair for the Photoshop World Conference & 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.

Although his official title is Senior Developer, Education and Curriculum for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, on his business card it simply says “Dave Cross, Chief Photoshop Guy”. Dave is involved in all aspects of the training that is provided to NAPP members, including the content of seminars, conferences, workbooks, and the NAPP members’ website. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS5 and is a Certified Technical Trainer.

Prior to joining the NAPP, Dave lived in Canada and trained thousands of users across North America. Dave has co-authored several books and is the author of the Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book and Photoshop Finishing Touches. Dave writes for Photoshop User magazine, teaches at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo and is the Lead Instructor for the Kelby Training Live Photoshop Seminar Tour. He is also featured on a series of DVDs, Kelby Online Training and is one of the “Photoshop Guys” on Adobe Photoshop User TV. In 2009 Dave was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Bert Monroy is considered one of the pioneers of digital art. He co-authored The Official Adobe Photoshop Handbook, which was the first book on Photoshop and the only one for almost 2 years. He has authored and co-authored many books since. His current book, Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy: Digital Painting, concentrates on the techniques he’s developed in the creation of his work. He is a contributing columnist for Photoshop User and Layer’s magazines, and has lectured at many institutions and conferences around the world. He has appeared on many television shows internationally and for three and a half years, he was a monthly regular on The Screen Savers show on TechTV. He currently hosts a weekly podcast for Revision3 called Pixel Perfect that has been running for over three years. Bert has also done a considerable amount of film work for Industrial Light & Magic, Pacific Data Images and R/Greenberg Assoc. Bert was inducted into NAPP’s Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2004.

Photoshop Hall of Famer, Ben Willmore, has taught over 100,000 Photoshop users on five continents. His bestselling books, DVDs, and hit seminars have established Ben as one of America’s favorite Photoshop instructors, and he is often a standing-room-only speaker at design and photography conferences throughout the world. He writes for numerous digital imaging publications, including a monthly column for Photoshop User magazine, and his audience-winning training techniques have helped multitudes of design and photography professionals make the transition from blindly following step-by-step techniques, to “Ah-ha! I finally GET Photoshop!”

From 1994 until 1998, he was LIFE magazine’s staff photographer, the first one in 23 years. His most well known series is the “Faces of Ground Zero” Giant Polaroid Collection, a collection of 246 giant Polaroid portraits shot in the Moby c Studio near Ground Zero in a three-week period shortly after 9/11. A large group of these historic, compelling life-size (9×4″) photos were exhibited in seven cities in 2002, seen by almost a million people. The sale of 55,000 copies of the exhibit book, printed by LIFE, raised over $2 million for the 9/11 relief effort. This collection is considered by many museum and art professionals to be the most significant artistic endeavor to evolve to date from the 9/11 tragedy.

McNally is known worldwide for his ability to produce technically and logistically complex assignments with expert use of color and light. He conducts numerous workshops around the world as part of his teaching activities, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Alfred Eisenstadt Award for outstanding magazine photography, as well as Pictures of the Year International, and World Press Photo Foundation Award (awarded first place in Portraits in 1997). Most recently, McNally has been selected as one of 10 photographers worldwide to work on promotion of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.publications, including a monthly column for Photoshop User magazine.

Terry has been with Adobe for over a decade and has extensive knowledge of Adobe’s Creative Professional product line. In his current position as Sr. Product Specialists Manager for North America, Terry leads a team of Solution Engineers that focus on Professional Publishing, Web Authoring, and Digital Video.

Terry is an Adobe Certified Expert and Creative Suite Master, and has been active in the industry for over 20 years. He is the founder and president of MacGroup Detroit – Michigan’s largest Macintosh users group and is a columnist for Layers magazine and X-Ology Magazine.

Terry is the host of the top–ranked Adobe Creative Suite Podcast, and the best selling author of Secrets of the Adobe Bridge and co–author of InDesign CS/CS2 Killer Tips. Terry is a key presenter at major industry shows around the world.

Matt Kloskowski is the Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He has authored and co-authored 5 books on Photoshop and Illustrator, and teaches an advanced Photoshop course for Sessions.edu. In addition to being an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, and Macromedia Flash Certified Developer, Matt is a regular contributor to Photoshop User and Layers magazines and writes weekly columns for several digital imaging websites.

Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since version 2, his expertise and creativity has evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.