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John has been widely involved in the graphics world from graphic designer and owner of a large photographic studio, graphics trainer and system integrator of graphics software and networks to managing the creative concept and development of graphic software. He has worked at Scitex, MetaCreations, and UCLA and has taught at corporations and movie studios, recording companies, and advertising agencies including Paramount, Disney, Columbia, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Chiat Day, 30sixty design, R.R. Donnelley, Toyota, and TransAmerica Corp. He started teaching computer graphics with PageMaker 1.0, and QuarkXPress, set up a Quark Authorized Training Center, and has since taught on the Windows, Unix and Macintosh platforms. He co-founded the Adobe User Group in LA and the Digital Prepress Committee for the PIA and co-authored the first industry standards for digital graphics for the printing industry. At UCLA, he created and taught the Digital Prepress curricula. John has lectured and taught at graphic and computer conferences, including AIGA, Comdex, Seybold, MacWord and E3 and has been active in developing on-line communities.

Erma is an award winning painter and graphic designer. At Wheatley Design some of her clients have included 20th Century Fox, Digital Domain, Kodak, Boeing, Naropa University, Kaiser Permanente, Hansens and The Colorado Federation of the Arts. She has done research for Caltech and Paramount Pictures, and helped pioneer the use of computers to the graphic world as a graphics trainer and computer consultant for designers and studios. She is actively involved in the fine arts, design and computer organizations.