The secret to the popularity of Peachpit's bestselling Visual Quickstart Guide series (over 1,000,000 copies now in print) is that each book provides exactly what the title implies -- a fast, simple way to get up and running a new program. The books use a format in which illustrations predominate, with text playing a supporting role. Once you have learned a program, you can continue to use a Visual Quickstart Guide as an easy reference on particular functions and features.
Elaine Weinmann and her co-author, Peter Lourekas, write, design, and illustrate the best-selling Visual QuickStart Guides to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Their books have been translated into 25 languages and have sold more than 2.4 million copies worldwide. She has also taught computer graphics courses at the New School Computer Instruction Center and Pratt Manhattan; he has taught at the Cooper Union School of Art and Parsons School of Design. View their blog at elaineandpeter.com Twitter @elaineweinmann
