THIRD ANNUAL MAC DESIGN CONFERENCE & DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXPO IS COMING TO TAMPA

TAMPA, FL. - Jan. 19, 2005 - KW Media Group, the publisher of Mac Design Magazine, is excited to announce that it's bringing its premier professional design and digital photography conference to Tampa. With an expanded digital photography educational track, organizers have changed the name of the conference to Mac Design Conference & Digital Photography Expo. The Mac Design Conference & Digital Photography Expo (www.macdesignconference.com) will be held at the Tampa Bay Convention Center, June 21 - 23, 2005. Sponsors include CDW MacWarehouse, Adobe Systems, B&H, Wacom, Peachpit, and Extensis.

"Building on the overwhelming success of last year's conference and the digital photography boom, the conference has expanded to include multiple new learning tracks focused on digital photography, design and video." said Dave Moser, chief operating officer of KW Media Group. "The instructor lineup is a who's who of the hottest digital photography and design gurus in the field today."

The three-day conference offers world-class training from the most creative, and gifted designers, digital photographers, and videographers in the industry. More than 50 workshops offer in-depth, real-world training on Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, After Effects, QuarkXPress, and Final Cut Pro. The conference expo offers attendees the chance to get the first look at the latest breaking technology and products available today, making this the largest, most exciting design and digital photography conference to date. For more information go to www.macdesignconference.com

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Mac Design Magazine is the leading Macintosh-based graphics magazine dedicated to teaching readers the latest design techniques. Each issue features the hottest design tips, hidden shortcuts, and step-by-step tutorials for working in today's graphics and multimedia applications. Mac Design also provides readers with current industry news and product reviews. For more information, visit Mac Design's website at http://www.macdesignonline.com .