About Ted LoCascio

Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer and an expert in Photoshop, Bridge, Version Cue, Photoshop Elements, InDesign, Illustrator, Font Management, and QuarkXPress. He served as senior designer at KW Media and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years, and has created layouts and designs for many successful software training books, videos, and magazines.

He is the author of Mastering Photoshop CS3 for Print Design and Production, InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips, The InDesign Effects Book, and Combining Images with Photoshop Elements: Selecting, Layering, Masking, and Compositing (all from Sybex publishers, a division of John Wiley and Sons). He has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine, Creativepro.com, the Quark Xtra newsletter, and InDesign Magazine, and has taught at the Adobe CS Conference and PhotoshopWorld.

Ted is also the author of several graphics software video training titles available on CD-ROM and through the online training library at Lynda.com. Video topics include: Bridge CS3, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, Quark Interactive Designer, Expression Design, and Font Management.

A graphic designer for more than ten years, Ted's designs and illustrations have been featured in several national newsstand and trade magazines, such as Photoshop User, Mac Design (now called Layers), Nikon’s Capture User, Great Output, Interiorscape, AAA Going Places, and Florida Trend. As a professional designer, he has used a variety of graphics software applications to create layouts for magazines, books, and various advertising and marketing materials, including brochures, product packaging, posters and signs, and interactive PDFs.

A Chicago native (born a hopeless Cubs fan) and Columbia College alumnus, Ted relocated to the Tampa Bay area in 1994. He currently resides in Tarpon Springs, Florida with his wife Jill and their son Enzo.