David Blatner
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David Blatner is a writer and speaker specializing in desktop publishing
software, such as Adobe InDesign
, Adobe Photoshop
, and QuarkXPress
. Blatner has written 15 books about various subjects with over a half-million books in print, including The Joy of Pi
, The Flying Book, Judaism For Dummies, and Silicon Mirage: The Art and Science of Virtual Reality.
He also wrote the bestselling book on QuarkXPress
in the 1990s, The QuarkXPress Book (winner of the 1991 Benjamin Franklin award for technical writing; later titled Real World QuarkXPress,) but changed allegiances in the 21st century to Adobe InDesign
, about which he has now written or co-written several books (including Real World InDesign). A cofounder of the InDesignSecrets Web site, he cohosts a podcast by the same name and helps direct InDesign Magazine and the "Print and ePublishing Conference".
Blatner--the son of American psychiatric pioneer Adam Blatner
-- was also among the first to explore the needs of saving web sites of people after they died, in his 1997 article "Things to Do on the Web When You're Dead".
Desktop publishing
Desktop publishing is the creation of documents using page layout software on a personal computer.The term has been used for publishing at all levels, from small-circulation documents such as local newsletters to books, magazines and newspapers...
software, such as Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign is a software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. In conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite InDesign can publish content suitable for tablet devices...
, Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...
, and QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress is a computer application for creating and editing complex page layouts in a WYSIWYG environment. It runs on Mac OS X and Windows. It was first released by Quark, Inc...
. Blatner has written 15 books about various subjects with over a half-million books in print, including The Joy of Pi
Pi
' is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter. is approximately equal to 3.14. Many formulae in mathematics, science, and engineering involve , which makes it one of the most important mathematical constants...
, The Flying Book, Judaism For Dummies, and Silicon Mirage: The Art and Science of Virtual Reality.
He also wrote the bestselling book on QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress is a computer application for creating and editing complex page layouts in a WYSIWYG environment. It runs on Mac OS X and Windows. It was first released by Quark, Inc...
in the 1990s, The QuarkXPress Book (winner of the 1991 Benjamin Franklin award for technical writing; later titled Real World QuarkXPress,) but changed allegiances in the 21st century to Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign is a software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. In conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite InDesign can publish content suitable for tablet devices...
, about which he has now written or co-written several books (including Real World InDesign). A cofounder of the InDesignSecrets Web site, he cohosts a podcast by the same name and helps direct InDesign Magazine and the "Print and ePublishing Conference".
Blatner--the son of American psychiatric pioneer Adam Blatner
Adam Blatner
Adam Blatner, MD, is a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, doubly Board Certified in Child/Adult Psychiatry), a Certified Trainer of Psychodrama and a psychology theorist. He is the author of the book Acting In, first published in 1973, which became the primary textbook for...
-- was also among the first to explore the needs of saving web sites of people after they died, in his 1997 article "Things to Do on the Web When You're Dead".