Peachpit has been publishing top-notch books on the latest in graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web publishing, and general computing since 1986. Our award-winning books feature step-by-step explanations, timesaving techniques, savvy insider tips, and expert advice for computer users of all sorts. Ever cracked open a Visual QuickStart Guide? That's us. We're also home to the best-selling Classroom in a Book series from Adobe Press as well as a ton of other popular series, titles, and authors. Scott Kelby ring a bell? The Peachpit family has grown over the years to encompass an elite collection of the world's top computer book imprints specializing in graphics and design, including our flagship, Peachpit Press, as well as New Riders, Adobe Press, and Macromedia Press, among others. Peachpit is a part of Pearson Education, the world's largest integrated educational publisher. DVPA Members Receive a 30% discount!   _______________________________________________________ Upcoming Conferences PHOTOSHOP WORLD September 6-8 Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Las Vegas, NV Photoshop World is the ultimate Adobe Photoshop experience. It brings together photographers, designers, artists, educators, motion graphics designers, and Photoshop users of every kind for a three-day Photoshop love fest of training, learning, and fun. The conference includes 80+ informative and inspiring classes taught by a dream team of 40 of the industry's most renowned Photoshop and digital photography legends. You'll experience the most comprehensive Photoshop training on the planet, including the latest techniques using Adobe's Photoshop CS3 with InDesign, and Illustrator, and more. Plus, check out the new track featuring Photoshop CS3 Extended sessions added for Vegas. For more info visit: http://www.photoshopworld.com/ FLASHFORWARD2007 September 19-21 Marriott Copley Place Boston, MA Flashforward2007 includes three days of intensive education, inspiration, community, and networking. You'll live, breathe, eat, and sleep Flash, Flex, ActionScript and Apollo. Learn how Flash integrates with other Adobe applications to create Flash video, rich internet applications in and out of the browser, animation, audio, games, data visualization, database integration, mashups, and much more. Flashforward celebrates its 7th year as the largest user gathering of Adobe Flash users on the planet. Produced by lynda.com events and sponsored by Adobe Systems. For more info visit: http://www.flashforwardconference.com/ VOICES THAT MATTER: GOOGLE WEB TOOLKIT December 3-6, 2007 San Francisco, CA Presented by Addison-Wesley Professional and Prentice Hall Professional The Voices That Matter: Google Web Toolkit conference will introduce you to the team at Google, including Google Web Toolkit (GWT) creators Bruce Johnson and Joel Webber, who are living and breathing GWT every day. You will learn from them and see for yourself how enthusiastic they are about GWT and the members of its strong and growing developer community. To view the line-up of speakers and for more conference info visit: http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/gwt2007/index.html Visit Peachpit at http://www.peachpit.com/