Joe Dockery has taught for 27 years in the Snoqualmie Valley School District (WA) and currently leads the Digital Media Academy at Mount Si High School. His work has earned him numerous teaching awards from Washington State, the International Society for Technology in Education, and other groups. Joe is an Adobe Education Leader (AEL) and is ACA certified.

Conrad Chavez (book author) is an author and photographer with over two decades of experience with Adobe digital media workflows. During his time at Adobe Systems Inc., Conrad helped write the user guide for Adobe Premiere (the precursor to Adobe Premiere Pro). He is the author of several titles in the Real World Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Classroom in a Book series, and he writes articles for websites such as CreativePro.com and Peachpit.com. Visit his web site at conradchavez.com.