Meet the 2009 Punctum Day Awards Judges

Chris & Trish Meyer

Trish & Chris Meyer are the founders of Crish Design (formerly CyberMotion). CyberMotion was one of the first studios to create major-release film opening titles using desktop tools, and they have also created promotional videos for corporate clients from Apple Computer to Xerox. Their design and animation work has also appeared on shows and promos for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, The Learning Channel, HBO, and PBS, and in unusual format such as IMAX, CircleVision, the NBC AstroVision sign in Times Square, and the four-block-long Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. Many know them for their books - "Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects" and "After Effects Apprentice" — which are valued references for many After Effects artists, both new and established.

Trish had an extensive career in print as a magazine art director for music technology magazines. Her partner Chris specializes in sound design and 3D work as well as dealing with multi-format technical issues. Both Trish and Chris have backgrounds as musicians, and a close relationship between sound and picture informs much of their work.

Russell Brown

As Sr. Creative Director at Adobe Systems Incorporated, Russell Preston Brown holds a unique position in the computer industry. Brown maintains a vital presence in the digital design and publishing community, facilitating the exchange between the user and software developer that is so essential to Adobe's software development. With complete mastery and breath taking style, Brown shows users how to work – and play – with Adobe software. He has given the world's leading photographers, publishers, art directors, and artists a strong grasp of the software tools that, by virtually all accounts, have led to Adobe's applications becoming the standard by which others are measured. Remember, what Russell always says "Learning about Adobe Photoshop should never be boring."

Scott Kelby

Scott is Editor, Publisher, and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine, Editor-in-Chief of Layers magazine (the how-to magazine foreverything Adobe), and is the host of the top-rated weekly video podcast Photoshop User TV, and the host of D-Town TV, the weekly show for Nikon DSLR users).

He is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), the trade association for Adobe® Photoshop® users, and he’s President of the training, education, and publishing firm, Kelby Media Group, Inc.

Scott is a photographer, designer, and award-winning author of more than 50 books, including The Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers, Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks, Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop, The Photoshop Channels Book, Photoshop Classic Effects, The iPhone Book, The iPod Book, and is author of the all time bestselling book on digital photography, "The Digitial Photography Book (from Peachpit Press). For five years straight, Scott has been honored with the distinction of being the world’s #1 best-selling author of all computer and technology books, across all categories. His books have been translated into dozens of different languages, and he is a recipient of the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award.

Scott is Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and Conference Technical Chair for the Photoshop World Conference & Expo. He’s featured in a series of Adobe Photoshop training DVDs and online courses at KelbyTraining .com and has been training photographers and Photoshop users since 1993.

For more information on Scott, visit his daily blog, The Photoshop Insider, at scottkelby.com.