Russell Brown

As Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems Incorporated, Russell Preston Brown facilitates the exchange between digital designers and software developers that is so vital to Adobe’s product development. With complete mastery and breathtaking style, Russell Brown shows users how to work—and play—with Adobe software.

A graduate of the University of Washington with a BFA in graphic design and an M.A. from the Art Center College of Pasadena, California, Russell has been a creative force at Adobe for the last 19 years. Russell was a key contributor to the launch and feature development of both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator software. Perched at the cutting edge, Russell designed and produced the first four–color Adobe PostScript publication on the globe. Today, as resident Photoshop creative expert and evangelist, Russell joyfully shares his message of digital design mastery with the world’s leading photographers, publishers, art directors, and digital artists.

A true spellbinder, often inspired by toys and old movies, Russell has mesmerized audiences at conferences and seminars worldwide. Entertainment and fun are the key ingredients of Russell’s events at MacWorld, Seybold, AIGA Design, Photoshop World, and the MdN conferences in Japan. As Russell himself says, “Being bored to death as you are learning is out of the question!”

Russell’s wacky and whimsical design work has been published in Design Graphics magazine, the MdN Graphics magazine in Japan, and on the Web at www.adobe.com and www.apple.com. Always delighting in testing the creative limits of his tools, Russell is the prolific creator of Photoshop tips and tricks. His double treat of great information presented in a bold, zany style has won him a regular following among beginning, intermediate, and advanced users alike. To quote Russell: “It’s not what you know, but how you perform what you know that makes the difference. People love a performance and entertainment. That’s what I’m here for.”

To find out more about Russell Brown and his new book, The Photoshop Show Starring Russell Brown, visit www.russellbrown.com

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