Barbara Obermeier is the founder and principal of Obermeier Design in Ventura, California. She is the writer of Adobe Master Class: Illustrator Illuminated, Photoshop 7 For Dummies, and Illustrator 10 For Dummies, as well as the creator of Photoshop Album For Dummies. She has worked on a number of books as a writer, technical editor, or layout designer. Barb also instructs at Brooks Institute, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Ventura College in computer graphics.