Peter Bauer

Who is Peter Bauer?

Peter Bauer is a computer graphics professional. He perhaps best known as the Help Desk Director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is the author of "Photoshop for Dummies," as well as a number of other books on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, digital photography, and computer graphics. He also contributes to a number of graphics-related magazines and Internet sites. He received the Photoshop Pioneer award in September 2005 and was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame in September 2010.

Bauer is a member of both the Professional Photographers of America and the Professional Photographers of Indiana, and his photography has won numerous awards, both nationally and internationally. He teaches Photoshop in the University of Notre Dame's Department of Art, Art History and Design.

Bauer is a native of Detroit, Michigan and a graduate of the University of Detroit High School and Excelsior College. He served 11 years in the United States Army as a military intelligence interrogator, including combat duty during the Gulf War.