Tanya Staples is a freelance author and educator teaching traditional and digital art. She has a bachelor’s degree in fine art and art history and a bachelor’s degree in education. Tanya is the author of Photoshop CS and ImageReady CS for the Web Hands-On Training as well as numerous video-based training titles in the lynda.com Online Training Library, covering Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, and Keynote. As the former program manager for the Corel Painter product line, Tanya designed, taught, and wrote about graphics software. Tanya lives in Ottawa, Canada with her husband Matt and son Erik.
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