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# CreativePro Week

The Essential How-To Conference for CreativePros

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- [Welcome](https://creativeproweek.com/different/) - Attendee Assets Hi , thanks for logging in! This page gives you access to special CreativePro Week attendee assets, such as the PDF handouts and online video access to conference sessions. Surveys/Evaluations Certificate of Attendance Session Handouts: Latest versions Note: Open the Session Handout PDF in Adobe Acrobat or Reader so you can access
- [Free Webinar: Illustrator Graphic Styles for Workflow Magic](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-illustrator-graphic-styles-for-workflow-magic/) - Join us for a free 1-hour webinar to explore one of Illustrator’s most powerful and overlooked features: Graphic Styles.
- [Free Webinar: Photoshop Power Hour](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-photoshop-power-hour/)
- [Free Webinar: Demystifying InDesign Table and Cell Styles](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-demystifying-indesign-table-and-cell-styles/) - Join us for a free 1-hour webinar on Tuesday, April 14 at 10 am Pacific to learn how InDesign’s table and cell styles can simplify formatting, reduce repetitive work, and give you consistent, professional results.
- [Free Webinar: Wrangle Your Adobe Swatches](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-wrangle-your-adobe-swatches/) - Join us Tuesday, March 3 at 10 am Pacific for our free 75-minute webinar to learn how to create, organize, and share color palettes efficiently in your designs.
- [CreativePro Week 2027 July Special: Save $300 on a Five-Day Platinum Pass](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2027-july-special-save-300-on-a-five-day-platinum-pass/)
- [6 Things I'm Looking Forward to at CreativePro Week 2026](https://creativeproweek.com/top-6-things-2026/) - With CreativePro Week 2025 just around the corner, CreativePro Network CEO David Blatner shares his list of ten things he’s looking forward to at the event.
- [Top Six Things for Designers to Do in Nashville, TN](https://creativeproweek.com/top-things-to-do-in-nashville-for-designers/) - Explore the top things to do in Nashville for designers—from Hatch Show Print to top museums, murals, and creative spots near CreativePro Week.
- [CreativePro Week 2026 Agenda Announced](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2026-agenda-announced/) - This year’s agenda includes 70+ expert-led sessions focused on the workflows, techniques, and practical problem-solving you can use immediately in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, AI tools, video and motion, accessibility, and more.
- [Free Webinar On Demand: Cross App Power Hour with Illustrator, InDesign, and Firefly](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-cross-app-power-hour-with-illustrator-indesign-firefly/)
- [CreativePro Podcast: The Making of the CreativePro Week 2026 Agenda](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-podcast-the-making-of-the-creativepro-week-2026-agenda/) - Theresa Jackson and David Blatner take a look at how the agenda for CreativePro Week 2026 in Nashville all came together and how this annual event is at the heart of the CreativePro community.
- [Scenes from the Desert: The CreativePro Week Photo 2025 Walks](https://creativeproweek.com/scenes-from-the-desert-the-creativepro-week-photo-2025-walks/) - CreativePro Week is about more than just learning and connecting, it's also about creating, as these attendee photos show.
- [Free Webinar: Top Tips for InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-top-tips-for-indesign-photoshop-and-illustrator/) - Join us Tuesday, February 18 at 10 am Pacific for our free 1-hour webinar to learn how to work faster and smarter in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
- [Free Webinar: Adobe Illustrator Essentials](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-adobe-illustrator-essentials/) - Join us Tuesday, May 6 at 10 am Pacific for our free 75-minute webinar to discover the time-saving tips and best practices every Illustrator user should know.
- [Free Webinar: Saving Time in InDesign with Anchored Objects](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-indesign-anchored-objects/) - Join us Tuesday, April 15 at 10 am Pacific for our free webinar for designers who create catalogs, manuals, or documents with threaded text and location-specific graphics.
- [Three-minute solutions from CreativePro Week 2024 to increase your efficiency](https://creativeproweek.com/three-minutes-max-2024-highlights/)
- [10 Things I'm Looking Forward to at CreativePro Week 2025](https://creativeproweek.com/top-10-things-2025/) - With CreativePro Week 2025 just around the corner, CreativePro Network CEO David Blatner shares his list of ten things he’s looking forward to at the event.
- [Top 7 Things to Do in Phoenix for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/top-7-things-to-do-in-az-for-designers/) - Phoenix, AZ, has so many amazing places to visit! However, we know that CreativePro Week attendees (and everyone who loves design) will appreciate these.
- [CreativePro Week 2025 Agenda Announced](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2025-agenda-announced/) - Join us for an unforgettable week of learning, connection, and growth. See the CreativePro Week 2025 agenda, and start planning your schedule today!
- [Super Early Bird Discount—48 hours only, starts September 10](https://creativeproweek.com/super-early-bird-2025/) - Register in the first 48 hours and get $400 off any multi-day pass with the discount code FIRST48. Registration opens Tuesday, September 10.
- [Top 10 Things to Do in Washington DC for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/top-10-things-to-do-in-dc-for-designers/) - Washington, D.C., has so many amazing places to visit that it's hard to pick just ten! However, we know that CreativePro Week attendees (and everyone who loves design) will appreciate these.
- [Free Webinar: 8 Quick InDesign Tips to Boost Your Productivity](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-8-quick-indesign-tips-to-boost-your-productivity/) - Join us Tuesday, April 23 at 10 am Pacific for our 60-minute free webinar to learn eight mind-blowing tips and tricks to boost your productivity and efficiency in InDesign.
- [Free Webinar—Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign: Three Apps Working as One](https://creativeproweek.com/free-webinar-photoshop-illustrator-indesign-three-apps-working-as-one/) - Join us Tuesday, June 4 at 10 am Pacific for our 75-minute free webinar to learn essential techniques for using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator together.
- [Three-minute solutions from CreativePro Week 2023 to increase your efficiency](https://creativeproweek.com/three-minutes-max-2023-highlights/)
- [Three-minute solutions from CreativePro Week 2022 to increase your efficiency](https://creativeproweek.com/threeminutesmax-2023/) - Get a taste for the incredible lessons CreativePro Week has to offer with six quick tutorials from industry-leading experts.
- [CreativePro Week 2024 Sneak Peeks](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2024-sneak-peeks/) - Get a taste of the mind-blowing tips and techniques you can learn at the event with our special Sneak Peek video tutorials from some of our industry-leading experts.
- [9 Can’t-Miss CreativePro Week 2024 Sessions](https://creativeproweek.com/9-cant-miss-creativepro-week-2024-sessions/) - With over 70 sessions to choose from, we asked Mike Rankin, CreativePro Editor in Chief, to share which ones he was most looking forward to.
- [CreativePro Week 2024 Agenda Announced](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2024-agenda-announced/) - With over 75 HOW-TO sessions, CreativePro Week 2024 is your gateway to mastering InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more.
- [Introducing The InDesign + Long Documents Summit](https://creativeproweek.com/introducing-the-indesign-long-documents-summit/)
- [The Presentation Design Conference Agenda Released](https://creativeproweek.com/the-presentation-design-conference-agenda-released/)
- [The Design + AI Summit Agenda Released](https://creativeproweek.com/the-design-ai-summit-agenda-released/) - In 12 valuable sessions from industry-leading experts, you’ll walk away practical, HOW-TO techniques to help you master a wide range of GenAI tools
- [Super Early Bird Discount—48 hours only, starts September 7](https://creativeproweek.com/super-early-bird-2024/) - Register in the first 48 hours and get $400 off any multi-day pass with promo code FIRST48. Registration opens Thursday, September 7.
- [Watch Our Free InDesign Styles Webinar On-Demand](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-on-demand-indesign-styles-webinar/) - Sign up to watch our free webinar, “InDesign Paragraph and Character Styles from Start to Finish.”
- [Save the date: July 8–12, 2024](https://creativeproweek.com/savethedate2024/) - Mark your calendars! Join us July 8–12 in Washington, D.C. for CreativePro Week 2024.
- [CreativePro Week 2023 On-Demand Passes On Sale Now!](https://creativeproweek.com/2023ondemand/) - CreativePro Week 2023 was a huge success! If you weren’t able to participate, don’t worry—we’ve got your back.
- [Rebranding CreativePro](https://creativeproweek.com/rebranding-creativepro/)
- [12 Things I'm Looking Forward to at CreativePro Week 2023](https://creativeproweek.com/top-12-things-2023/) - With CreativePro Week 2023 just around the corner, CreativePro Network CEO David Blatner shares his list of twelve things he’s looking forward to at the event.
- [Save the date: June 5–9, 2023](https://creativeproweek.com/savethedate2023/) - Mark your calendars! Join us June 5–9 in Phoenix for CreativePro Week 2023.
- [CreativePro Week Sneak Peek: Khara Plicinic](https://creativeproweek.com/sneak-peek-khara-plicinic/) - This video is a sneak peek into the topics Khara will cover at her CreativePro Week 2023 sessions.
- [CreativePro Week Sneak Peek: Chris Converse](https://creativeproweek.com/sneak-peek-chris-converse/) - This video is a sneak peek into the topics Chris will cover at his CreativePro Week 2023 sessions.
- [CreativePro Week Sneak Peek: Laurie Ruhlin](https://creativeproweek.com/sneak-peek-laurie-ruhlin/) - This video is a sneak peek into the topics Laurie will cover at her CreativePro Week 2023 sessions.
- [CreativePro Week Sneak Peek: Nigel French](https://creativeproweek.com/sneak-peek-nigel-french/) - This video is a sneak peek into the topics Nigel will cover at his CreativePro Week 2023 sessions.
- [CreativePro Week Sneak Peek: Theresa Jackson](https://creativeproweek.com/sneak-peek-theresa-jackson/) - This video is a sneak peek into the topics Theresa Jackson will cover at her CreativePro Week 2023 sessions.
- [CreativePro Week Sneak Peek: Dave Clayton](https://creativeproweek.com/sneak-peek-dave-clayton/) - This video is a sneak peek into the topics Dave will cover at his CreativePro Week 2023 sessions.
- [Designers: Join us for our free webinar](https://creativeproweek.com/why-attend-webinar-2023/) - Watch our information-filled conversation to learn why we say CreativePro Week is “the essential HOW-TO conference for CreativePros.”
- [CreativePro Week 2023 Agenda Announced](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2023-agenda-announced/) - This year’s sessions cover a wide range of topics, including accessibility, infographics, 3D, typography, A.I., forms, automation, presentation design, interactive documents, and much, much more.
- [Join us at The Design + PowerPoint Summit 2023](https://creativeproweek.com/join-us-at-the-design-powerpoint-summit-2023/) - The essential HOW-TO event for designers who need to build successful slide decks, interactive experiences, and presentation graphics. Join us online February 16–17, 2023.
- [Super Early Bird Discount — 48 hours only, starts October 24](https://creativeproweek.com/super-early-bird-2023/) - Register in the first 48 hours and get $400 off any multi-day pass with promo code FIRST48. Registration opens Monday, October 24.
- [The agenda for The Design + Accessibility Summit 2022 is here!](https://creativeproweek.com/da11y22-agenda/) - We’re thrilled to share the full agenda for The Design + Accessibility Summit, the essential HOW-TO event for design professionals who need to master accessibility.
- [Announcing The Design + Accessibility Summit 2022](https://creativeproweek.com/announcing-the-design-accessibility-summit-2022/) - The essential HOW-TO event for design professionals who need to master accessibility. Join us online November 29–December 2.
- [The Adobe Illustrator Summit 2022 agenda and speaker roster is here!](https://creativeproweek.com/ai22-agenda/) - We’re thrilled to share the full agenda for The Adobe Illustrator Summit — the essential HOW-TO event to help you create better, produce faster, and finish more accurately — coming to a device near you September 22–23.
- [Announcing The Adobe Illustrator Summit 2022](https://creativeproweek.com/announcing-the-adobe-illustrator-summit-2022/) - Join us online September 22–23 to learn how to create better, produce faster, and finish more accurately in Adobe Illustrator.
- [CreativePro Week 2022 On-Demand Passes On Sale Now!](https://creativeproweek.com/2022ondemand/) - CreativePro Week 2022 was a huge success! If you weren’t able to participate, don’t worry—we’ve got your back.
- [Watch our free CreativePro Week 2022 session, “Three Minutes Max: InDesign”](https://creativeproweek.com/three-minutes-max-indesign-2022-free/) - In this CreativePro Week 2022 session entitled, “Three Minutes Max: InDesign,” 8 InDesign expert speakers competed to see who could share the best quick tip in under three minutes.
- [The Design + Marketing Summit agenda and speaker roster is here!](https://creativeproweek.com/design-marketing-speakers-agenda/)
- [Creatives: Join us for our free webinar](https://creativeproweek.com/should-i-attend-2022/) - Join us Wednesday, March 30 at 10AM Pacific for a fun, information-filled conversation, and you’ll learn why we say CreativePro Week is “the essential HOW-TO event where it all comes together.”
- [CreativePro Week’s 2022 roster of experts continues to grow…](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-weeks-2022-roster-of-experts-continues-to-grow/) - We’re thrilled to announce 11 additional speakers have been confirmed to join us at CreativePro Week, May 9–13 in Washington, D.C. (and online).
- [Introducing The Design + Marketing Summit](https://creativeproweek.com/introducing-the-design-marketing-summit/) - Join us online July 18–19 for The Design + Marketing Summit, the essential HOW-TO event to master design and production techniques for social media, email, print, and more.
- [CreativePro Week 2022 Agenda Announced](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2022-agenda-announced/) - This year’s event features 100+ HOW-TO sessions on need-to-know topics, including accessibility, infographics and data visualization, typography, presentation design, essential scripts and plugins, styling and patterns, and much, much more.
- [The Design + PowerPoint Summit agenda and speaker roster is here!](https://creativeproweek.com/design-powerpoint-summit-agenda-announcement/) - We are thrilled to share the full agenda and speaker roster for The Design + PowerPoint Summit, coming to a device near you March 10–11.
- [9 more speakers confirmed for CreativePro Week 2022](https://creativeproweek.com/9-more-speakers-confirmed-for-creativepro-week-2022/) - These world-class experts will teach you how to get the most out of the tools you use every day.
- [Introducing The Design + PowerPoint Summit](https://creativeproweek.com/introducing-the-design-powerpoint-summit/)
- [The full agenda for The Design + Accessibility Summit is here!](https://creativeproweek.com/the-full-agenda-for-the-design-accessibility-summit-is-here/)
- [Introducing our first 11 speakers](https://creativeproweek.com/introducing-our-first-11-speakers/) - We’re excited to announce the first speakers that will be joining us to share their tips, tricks, and secrets at CreativePro Week 2022, being held May 9–13 in Washington, D.C. (and online).
- [Super Early Bird Discount — 48 hours only, starts October 14](https://creativeproweek.com/super-early-bird-2022/)
- [Introducing The Design + Accessibility Summit—An Online Event, November 16–19, 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/introducing-the-design-accessibility-summit/)
- [The Adobe Illustrator Summit agenda is here!](https://creativeproweek.com/the-adobe-illustrator-summit-agenda-is-here/)
- [Introducing The Adobe Illustrator Summit—An Online Event, August 26–27, 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/introducing-the-adobe-illustrator-summit-an-online-event-august-26-27-2021/)
- [Save the date: May 9–13, 2022](https://creativeproweek.com/savethedate2022/) - Mark your calendars! Join us next May 17—21 in Washington, D.C. for CreativePro Week 2021.
- [Introducing The InDesign + Type Summit—An Online Event, July 29–30](https://creativeproweek.com/introducing-the-indesign-type-summit-an-online-event-july-29-30/)
- [CreativePro Week 2021 On-Demand Passes On Sale Now!](https://creativeproweek.com/2021ondemand/) - CreativePro Week: An Online Event was a huge success! If you weren’t able to participate, don’t worry—we’ve got your back.
- [CreativePro Week Sneak Peeks](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-sneak-peeks/)
- [Three-minute solutions from CreativePro Week 2020 to increase your efficiency](https://creativeproweek.com/threeminutesmax-2021/) - Three Minutes Max is a fun—and competitive—session at our annual CreativePro Week conference. Here’s how it works: speakers have three minutes to wow the audience with their best Photoshop, PowerPoint, InDesign, or Illustrator power moves, and attendees vote on which expert’s tip is the best. For more sessions like this, join us May 17–21, 2021 at CreativePro Week: An
- [Watch our “Should I Attend” Webinar on-demand](https://creativeproweek.com/should-i-attend-webinar-monday-march-29/)
- [Announcing 14 more experts that will help you raise your skillset to the next level](https://creativeproweek.com/announcing-14-more-experts-that-will-help-you-raise-your-skillset-to-the-next-level/) - We’re thrilled to announce 14 additional speakers have been confirmed to join us at CreativePro Week: An Online Event, May 17–21. These world-class experts will teach you how to get the most out of the tools you use every day. Joining our already-announced, world-renowned talent: Here’s just a taste of what these experts will be covering at
- [Creative Pros: You're 3 minutes away from working smarter](https://creativeproweek.com/threeminutesmax/) - Three Minutes Max is a fun—and competitive—session at our annual CreativePro Week conference. Here’s how it works: speakers have three minutes to wow the audience with their best Photoshop, PowerPoint, InDesign, or Illustrator power moves, and attendees vote on which expert’s tip is the best. Below you'll find just a few of our expert tips from previous conferences. Subscribe to our CreativePro
- [Announcing 12 More Experts Confirmed to Speak at CreativePro Week 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/announcing-12-more-experts-confirmed-to-speak-at-creativepro-week-2021/)
- [CreativePro Week 2021 Agenda Announced](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2021-agenda-announced/)
- [CreativePro Week 2021 Goes Online](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2021-goes-online/) - CreativePro Week: An Online Event will still feature 80+ amazing HOW-TO sessions from 40+ world-class presenters, along with in-depth interactive Q&A sessions and learning opportunities to help you master the tools of design.
- [PowerPoint Presentation Design Deep Dive: A CreativePro Online Event, Feb 18–19](https://creativeproweek.com/powerpoint-presentation-design-deep-dive-a-creativepro-online-event-feb-18-19/) - The essential HOW-TO event for designers who need to build successful slide decks, interactive experiences, and presentation graphics. Join us online February 18–19, 2021.
- [Announcing the first 10 experts who will be speaking CreativePro Week 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/first10speakers2021/) - Introducing the first 10 experts that have confirmed they will be joining us to share their tips, tricks, and secrets at CreativePro Week 2021.
- [David and Anne-Marie’s InDesignSecrets Holiday Special: A CreativePro Online Event](https://creativeproweek.com/holiday-special/) - Join us online Tuesday, December 15 for a fun-filled, educational celebration of All Things Adobe InDesign, hosted by David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción—arguably the best-known InDesign experts in the world—as they share their favorite tips and techniques for getting the most out of our favorite page-layout program. And that’s not all! We’ll see special guest stars from around the globe,
- [Introducing The InDesign + Accessibility Summit: A CreativePro Online Event](https://creativeproweek.com/introducing-the-indesign-accessibility-summit-a-creativepro-online-event/) - Join us November 19-20, 2020 for The InDesign + Accessibility Summit, the essential HOW-TO online event for InDesign professionals who need to master accessibility. Ensuring your documents are accessible is not just a good idea: it's the law. No matter what sector you work in — from government to legal, finance to health care, engineering
- [CreativePro Week 2021 Passes On Sale Now!](https://creativeproweek.com/2021-on-sale-now/)
- [Super Early Bird Discount — 48 hours only, starts September 8](https://creativeproweek.com/super-early-bird-2021/)
- [Save the date: May 17–21, 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/savethedate2021/) - Mark your calendars! Join us next May 17—21 in Washington, D.C. for CreativePro Week 2021.
- [CreativePro Week 2020 Post-Conference Passes Now Available!](https://creativeproweek.com/2020postconferencepassesnowavailable/) - CreativePro Week: An Online Event was a huge success! If you weren’t able to participate, don’t worry—we’ve got your back.
- [CreativePro Week Goes Online](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-goes-online/) - By offering CreativePro Week as an online, virtual event, we are still able to provide you with great information and help you stay up-to-date with the tools you use, even while you work from home.
- [CreativePro Week and Coronavirus: Update](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-coronavirus/) - We are writing today to keep you up to date on our planning for CreativePro Week 2020, considering the news and health guidelines have been changing rapidly. Our event is in June — two and a half months away — and a lot can happen in that time. We are staying optimistic, but at the
- [Now included: Certification Testing at CreativePro Week!](https://creativeproweek.com/now-included-certification-testing-at-creativepro-week/) - Free Certification Testing at CreativePro Week 2020 courtesy of Certiport! We're thrilled to announce that CreativePro Week has partnered with Certiport, the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic and career opportunities for learners, to offer FREE Adobe certification testing to all CreativePro Week 2020 attendees! An Adobe certification is an industry-recognized credential. Seating
- [Announcing 11 more world-renowned experts confirmed for CreativePro Week 2020](https://creativeproweek.com/announcing-11-more-world-renowned-experts-confirmed-for-creativepro-week-2020/) - Our CreativePro Week 2020 roster of experts keeps getting bigger and better! We’re thrilled to announce 11 more speakers have been confirmed to join us this June in Austin. These experts will show you how to master your design tools, and learn new, advanced skills to keep you ahead of the curve. Space is limited–we
- [2020 Poster Contest Announced!](https://creativeproweek.com/2020-poster-contest-announced/) - Announcing our third annual CreativePro Week Poster Contest! Use your design chops to win a complimentary 5-day Platinum Pass to CreativePro Week, June 1–5 in Austin… and more! Our 2019 poster contest featured many amazing and inspiring designs, and we can’t wait to see what everyone will be creating in 2020. THE GRAND PRIZE 1 Five-Day Platinum Pass to
- [CreativePro Week 2020 Agenda Announced!](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2020-agenda-announced/) - One week, 80+ amazing sessions to enrich your skill set. We’re excited to announce we have posted the agenda for CreativePro Week 2020. If you use InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, or other creative tools, this is one event you can't afford to miss. The 80+ sessions include: Infographics and Illustrator, Tony Harmer The Best of InDesign Secrets, David Blatner and
- [Announcing the next 14 world-renowned experts confirmed for CreativePro Week 2020](https://creativeproweek.com/announcing-the-next-14-world-renowned-experts-confirmed-for-creativepro-week-2020/) - CreativePro Week 2020 is excited to announce the next 14 world-renowned experts that have been confirmed for this year’s event, June 1–5 in Austin. The in-depth sessions presented by these experts will help you become more efficient and effective in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Microsoft PowerPoint. See all of our confirmed speakers here. Below
- [Announcing first round of speakers at CreativePro Week 2020](https://creativeproweek.com/announcing-first-round-of-speakers-at-creativepro-week-2020/) - CreativePro Week 2020 is excited to announce the first confirmed speakers who will be sharing their knowledge, June 1–5 in Austin. The in-depth sessions presented by these experts will help you become more efficient and effective in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Microsoft PowerPoint. CreativePro Week is the best place to be face-to-face with
- [2020 Registration is Now Open!](https://creativeproweek.com/2020-registration-is-now-open/) - One city, one week, four premier conferences, dozens of expert presenters, and hundreds of creative pros from around the world.
- [Super Early Bird Discount — 48 hours only, starts August 15](https://creativeproweek.com/2020-super-early-bird/) - Registration opens for CreativePro Week Austin on August 15 On Thursday, August 15, we’ll open registration for CreativePro Week 2020, and for just 48 hours you can get $400 off any multi-day pass. (Actually, it's $400 off the normal "early bird" price — which is $100 off normal regular pricing. So really, you're saving $500 off
- [Save the date: CreativePro Week 2020, June 1-5 in Austin](https://creativeproweek.com/savethedate-austin2020/) - We’re bringing CreativePro Week to Austin, June 1-5, 2020! Everything’s bigger in Texas, and CreativePro Week 2020 in Austin is bound to be our biggest and best event yet. Join us next June for the essential “how-to” events for CreativePros, including: The InDesign Conference Ps/Ai: The Photoshop + Illustrator Conference for Designers PePcon: Bridging Print
- [Ten Tips Every Beginning InDesigner Needs to Know<br> A Free 30-minute Webinar with David Blatner](https://creativeproweek.com/ten-tips-every-beginning-indesigner-needs-to-know-a-free-30-minute-webinar-with-david-blatner/) - Are you new to Adobe InDesign? Join David Blatner, author of "InDesign Essential Training," as he explores 10 tips every beginning user needs to know. From tool techniques to essential workspace changes, David puts the "FUN" in fundamentals! How to join this 30-minute webinar: Click here on Thursday, May 30th just before 10 am Pacific.
- [Visit These Awesome Spots While in Seattle](https://creativeproweek.com/awesome-seattle-activities-to-spend-your-savings-on/) - Coming to CreativePro Week 2019? We’ve got you covered with some awesome activities you can do this June in Seattle! The Great Wheel Take a ride on the iconic Seattle Great Wheel on Pier 57 and see the city of Seattle like never before. Each gondola can fit 8 people and provide an amazing ride
- [Top 10 Things to Do in Seattle for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/top-10-things-to-do-in-seattle-for-designers/) - Seattle is chock full o' awesome-ness for people who love design. Here are 10 of our favorite places to visit: Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum The Pacific Northwest is home to one of the world's greatest glass artists—Dale Chihuly—and you can find some of his incredible work here. The museum is on the grounds of
- [Free InDesign Plug-ins for Every CreativePro Week Attendee](https://creativeproweek.com/emsoftware2019/) - News flash: Our partner, Em Software, is offering every CreativePro Week 2019 attendee a complimentary subscription for their InDesign workflow plugins, WordsFlow and DocsFlow! These plugins create live links to Microsoft Word documents or Google Docs, and allow you to update the files in a way that is simply not possible any other way. Just think: designers can
- [InDesign Styles: Beyond the Basics!<br> A Free 30-minute Webinar with Anne-Marie Concepciòn](https://creativeproweek.com/indesign-styles-beyond-the-basics/) - Join Anne-Marie “Her Geekness” Concepcion, co-host of CreativePro Week, this Thursday, May 16th at 10 am Pacific for a FREE fast-paced tour of her favorite text style tips and tricks. From the under-appreciated Redefine Style (the best way to clean up broken styles!) through Based On, Next Style, Nested Styles, and the world’s easiest GREP
- [A Coffee Lover’s Guide to CreativePro Week 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/a-coffee-lovers-guide-to-creativepro-week-2019/) - [Guest post by Jeff Carlson] When I travel to another city, one of my first questions is: where can I find good coffee? Sure, there’s coffee in the hotel, and especially here in Seattle you don’t have to stumble far before running into one or more Starbucks stores—but this is a coffee city! Much of
- [Getting To and Around Seattle](https://creativeproweek.com/getting-to-and-around-seattle/) - I’m so excited for CreativePro Week this year! For all the usual reasons, of course, but also because everyone will be coming to my city. I’ve only been here 2 years, but I love it, and am excited to share it with old friends and new. One of the great things about Seattle is the
- [2019 Virtual Pass Now Available](https://creativeproweek.com/virtual-pass-now-available/)
- [Ask The Expert: Laurie Ruhlin - Thursday, April 11th at 10am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-laurieruhlin/) - Join us this Thursday, April 11th at 10 am Pacific for another “Ask the Expert Live!” CreativePro Week speaker Laurie Ruhlin will be joining David Blatner for this live event. Laurie has been teaching, creating and speaking about Adobe software for over 20 years. She is an Adobe Certified Instructor in InDesign and Illustrator. Laurie
- [Ask The Expert: David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción - Thursday, March 28th at 10am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-david-annemarie/) - Join us Thursday, March 28th for a fun, fast-paced session on Facebook Live -- David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion will share some of their favorite InDesign tips and tricks (and tell you where you can learn even more).
- [Ask The Expert: Thomas Phinney - Thursday, March 14th at 10am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-thomasphinney/) - Join us this Thursday, March 14th at 10 am Pacific for another “Ask the Expert Live!” Thomas Phinney will be joining David Blatner for this live event.
- [Ask The Expert: Jole Simmons - Thursday, February 21 at 10am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-jolesimmons/) - Join us Thursday, February 21st at 10 am Pacific as CreativePro Week co-host Anne-Marie Concepción chats with presentation designer Jole Simmons.
- [CreativePro Week 2019 Agenda Announced](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2019-agenda-announced/) - We’re excited to announce the release of the full agenda for CreativePro Week 2019. If you use InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, or other creative tools this is one event you do not want to miss. Check out these great “how-to” sessions: Designing and Producing Logos with Von Glitschka Accessibility and InDesign with Dax Castro Infographics and Illustrator with Tony Harmer Typography:
- [2019 Poster Contest Announced!](https://creativeproweek.com/2019-poster-contest-announced/) - Announcing our second annual CreativePro Week Poster Contest! Use your design chops to win a complimentary 5-day Platinum Pass to CreativePro Week, June 10-14 in Seattle… and more! Our 2018 poster contest featured many amazing and inspiring designs, and we can't wait to see what everyone will be creating in 2019. THE GRAND PRIZE: 1
- [Ask The Expert: Lisa Carney - Thursday, January 31 at 10am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/askthexpert-lisacarney/) - Join us this Thursday, January 31st at 10 am pacific for another “Ask the Expert Live” Lisa Carney will be joining David Blatner for this live event. Lisa is a retoucher extraordinaire who has spent over two decades working with the most dynamic players in the print, motion picture, and television industries. Send your questions
- [WATCH: New Video for Click: The Presentation Design Conference](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-new-video-for-click-the-presentation-design-conference/) - Click: The Presentation Design Conference is a two-day event focusing on “how to” use PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides to build engaging, informative, and persuasive presentations; techniques for creating beautiful charts and infographics; building animated, interactive presos; why presentations are different from traditional design… and how to take advantage of those differences. For more information,
- [Ask The Expert: Tony Harmer - Thursday, January 10 at 10am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-tonyharmer/) - Join us Thursday, January 10th at 10am Pacific as David Blatner chats with Tony Harmer. Tony is an illustrator, designer, and learning-content author and is known as The Design Ninja! If you’ve ever wanted to ask questions of a ninja, now is your chance! Send your questions for Tony to asktheexpert@creativepro.com and join us live
- [Nine more speakers announced—and a gift for you! 🎁](https://creativeproweek.com/nine-more-speakers-announced-and-a-gift-for-you-🎁/) - Featuring Nigel French, Laura Coyle, Chris Converse, Richard Goring, and Chad Chelius, Tony Harmer, Lisa Carney, Conrad Chavez, and Dian Holton!
- [Ask The Expert: Diane Burns - Thursday, December 13 at 10am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-dianeburns/) - Join us Thursday, December 13 at 10 am Pacific as CreativePro Week co-host David Blatner chats with InDesign and publishing expert Diane Burns. From interactivity to print to digital publishing, come ask Diane your burning InDesign questions! Send us your questions for Diane in advance to: asktheexpert@creativepro.com or ask a question live next Thursday! Tune
- [Ask The Expert: Keith Gilbert - Thursday, November 29 at 9 am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-keithgilbert/) - Join us Thursday, November 29 at 9 am Pacific as CreativePro Week co-host Anne-Marie Concepción welcomes design and publishing guru Keith Gilbert here on Facebook Live!
- [Ask The Expert: Von Glitschka - Thursday, November 15 at 10 am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-vonglitschka/) - Join us Thursday, November 15 at 10 am Pacific as CreativePro Week co-host David Blatner sits down to chat with the wonderfully talented Von Glitschka! Send us your questions for Von in advance to: asktheexpert@creativepro.com or ask a question live next Thursday! Watch the live stream below or on the CreativePro Week Facebook Page!
- [Ask The Expert Live with David Blatner and Erica Gamet](https://creativeproweek.com/ask-the-expert-live-with-david-blatner-and-erica-gamet/) - Join CreativePro Week Host David Blatner and "InDesign Superhero" Erica Gamet for our latest Ask the Expert Live session TODAY, Tuesday, September 18th at 10AM PT/1PM! Get your questions answered! Watch here, or on our Facebook page!
- [Announcing the first 9 confirmed speakers for CreativePro Week 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/announcing-the-first-9-confirmed-speakers-for-creativepro-week-2019/) - We’re excited to announce our first nine speakers who'll be sharing their knowledge so you can make the most of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Microsoft PowerPoint at CreativePro Week 2019. CreativePro Week is the best place to be face-to-face with these experts who'll help you stay on top of your game. You can’t afford to miss
- [Ask The Expert: Mark Heaps - Thursday, November 1 at 10 am PT](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpert-markheaps/) - Get your questions answered by our amazing experts! Join us Thursday, November 1 at 10 am PT with special guest Mark Heaps!
- [What's New with CC 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/new-cc-2019/) - Adobe just announced significant updates to InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator—including new features and practices that will make a huge difference in the way you work. Below you'll find a few of the great new features. But just knowing about what’s new is not enough. You also have to learn how to apply it to your
- [Two for one: Register for CreativePro Week 2019 and get a free 2018 Virtual Pass](https://creativeproweek.com/septemberspecial/) - Two CreativePro Weeks for the price of one! Register for a 5-day Platinum Pass to CreativePro Week 2019 by September 30 and get a FREE Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2018. The Virtual Pass gives you access to all video recordings of the sessions from CreativePro Week 2018—a $1,250 value. Join us in Seattle, June
- [Creative Pro Week 2019 Registration Now Open!](https://creativeproweek.com/creative-pro-week-2019-registration-now-open/) - One city, one week, four premier conferences, dozens of expert presenters, and hundreds of design professionals from around the world. CreativePro Week 2019 features five days of expert sessions, all designed to recharge your creative chops and keep you on top of the latest techniques and best practices:
- [Save the date: CreativePro Week 2019, June 10-14 in Seattle](https://creativeproweek.com/save-the-date-creativepro-week-2019-june-10-14-in-seattle/) - We’re bringing CreativePro Week to Seattle, June 10–14, 2019! We have confirmed our 2019 dates and venue! Join us in the Emerald City next June for CreativePro Week, featuring: The InDesign Conference Ps/Ai: The Photoshop + Illustrator Conference for Designers PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference Click: The Presentation Design Conference CreativePro Week is five jam-packed days of
- [Ask the Expert Live with John McWade (May 10th)](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpertjohnmcwade/) - Meet internationally renowned design guru John McWade, in conversation with David Blatner! John is presenting a "Design Deep Dive" at CreativePro Week 2018
- [Ask the Expert Live with Jessica Bellamy (May 3rd)](https://creativeproweek.com/asktheexpertjessicabellamy/) - Get to know new CreativePro Week speaker Jessica Bellamy, an Adobe Creative Resident and gifted infographic designer, in this fun and informal interview with conference co-host Anne-Marie Concepcion.
- [Virtual Pass to CreativePro Week 2018 Now Available!](https://creativeproweek.com/virtual-pass-to-creativepro-week-2018-now-available/) - Can’t make it to New Orleans this June? We've got you covered with the CreativePro Week Virtual Pass! Gain access to 65+ recorded sessions with handouts from top InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and print/digital publishing experts, access to the private forum, alumni discounts, and more. You can register for all five days, any any individual days of
- [Ask the Expert Live with Jesús Ramirez (8 March)](https://creativeproweek.com/ask-the-expert-live-with-jesus-ramirez-8-march/) - Meet Jesús Ramirez, designer, Photoshop guru, and presenter at Ps/Ai: The Photoshop + Illustrator Conference for Designers! Learn what's new in Photoshop for Designers, and find out more about this amazing trainer.
- [Agenda Announced for CreativePro Week 2018](https://creativeproweek.com/agenda-announced-for-creativepro-week-2018/) - We are excited to announce we just posted the full agenda for CreativePro Week 2018, and if you use InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, or other creative tools, you do not want to miss this event! The 70+ sessions include: “Professional Typography” with Nigel French “Effective Images for Social Media” with Russell Brown “Illustrator Vector Art with Organic
- [Ask the Expert Live with Mark Heaps (2/22/18)](https://creativeproweek.com/ask-the-expert-live-with-mark-heaps-2-22-18/) - Meet Mark Heaps, designer, photographer, presentation expert, and emcee of Ps/Ai: The Photoshop + Illustrator Conference for Designers and our brand new event, Click: The Presentation Design Conference. This is going to be fun!
- [Ask the Expert Live with Erica Gamet (2/15/18)](https://creativeproweek.com/ask-the-expert-live-with-erica-gamet-2-15-18/)
- [Our CreativePro Week 2018 Speaker Line-Up Keeps Getting Better!](https://creativeproweek.com/creativepro-week-2018-team-keeps-getting-better/) - We are so excited to confirm another 17 amazing experts to our inspiring roster at CreativePro Week 2018! Welcome back Bart Van de Wiele, Bert Monroy, Chad Chelius, Colin Smith, Dave Cross, Diane Burns, Jesús Ramirez, John McWade, Laura Brady, Nellie McKesson, and Sandee Cohen. And brand new to our conferences: Bill Jelen, Khara Plicanic, Jeff Witchel, Ken Jones, Laurie Ruhlin, and Steve

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- [Register](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2027/register/) - Registration Details for CreativePro Week 2027, June 7–11 in Phoenix, AZ (and online)
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- [Watch On Demand: Photoshop Power Hour](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-on-demand-photoshop-power-hour/) - Thank you for joining us for our free CreativePro Week webinar. Access to the recording will be available until June 26, 2026.
- [Watch On DemandIllustrator Graphic Styles for Workflow Magic](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-on-demandillustrator-graphic-styles-for-workflow-magic/) - — This webinar is now closed — To view our upcoming webinars and events, visit CreativePro.com/events Watch On Demand Illustrator Graphic Styles for Workflow Magic Thank you for joining us for our free CreativePro Week webinar. Access to the recording will be available until June 26, 2026. Be sure to download Laura Coyle’s session handout PDF and bonus
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- [Why Attend?](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2027/why-attend/) - See for yourself why you need to join us in Phoenix (or online!)
- [CreativePro Week 2027 Agenda](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2027/agenda/) - With over 70 how-to sessions, this year’s event is your gateway to mastering InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more. Join us June 7–11 in Phoenix, AZ (or online).
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- [CreativePro Week 2026 Answers](https://creativeproweek.com/nashville-2026/answers/)
- [Adobe Certified Professional Certification Lab at CreativePro Week](https://creativeproweek.com/certiport/) - Get certified in Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign at CreativePro Week—with free, on-site Adobe Certified Professional exams for in-person attendees.
- [Watch On Demand: Illustrator Graphic Styles for Workflow Magic](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-on-demand-illustrator-graphic-styles-for-workflow-magic/) - Free Webinar: Illustrator Graphic Styles for Workflow Magic, hosted by Laura Coyle
- [Location](https://creativeproweek.com/nashville-2026/location/) - Join us June 29–July 3 in Nashville, TN (or online).
- [Certification Testing at CreativePro Week 2020](https://creativeproweek.com/certiport2020/) - Free Certification Testing at CreativePro Week 2020 courtesy of Certiport! This page is out of date. For new Certiport certification information, see this page: https://creativeproweek.com/certiport/ We're thrilled to announce that CreativePro Week has partnered with Certiport, the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic and career opportunities for learners, to offer FREE
- [Why Attend?](https://creativeproweek.com/nashville-2026/why-attend/) - See for yourself why you need to join us in Nashville (or online!)
- [How Do You Stay Current](https://creativeproweek.com/stay-current/) - CreativePro Week is a 5-day, expert-led conference for designers who want practical skills, better workflows, and real momentum in their work.
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- [CreativePro Week 2025 Agenda](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2025/agenda/) - With over 70 HOW-TO sessions, this year’s event is your gateway to mastering InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more. Join us June 2–6, 2025 in Phoenix, AZ (or online).
- [Phoenix 2025](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2025/) - CreativePro Week is the essential how-to conference for CreativePros. Master Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and more.
- [Watch On Demand: Adobe Illustrator Essentials](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-on-demand-adobe-illustrator-essentials/) - Thank you for joining us for our free CreativePro Week webinar. Access to the recording will be available until May 30, 2025.
- [CreativePro Week 2026](https://creativeproweek.com/2026-nashville/) - CreativePro Week is the essential how-to conference for CreativePros. Master Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and more.
- [Creative Developers Summit 2026](https://creativeproweek.com/nashville-2026/creative-developers-summit/) - The Creative Developers Summit is the premier annual event for anyone who creates or implements custom software solutions for creative professionals. The Summit is the place to meet, share, and learn about our industry's tools, resources and direction.
- [Why Attend?](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2025/why-attend/) - See for yourself why you need to join us in Phoenix, AZ. (or online!).
- [Speakers](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2025/speakers/) - Join over 35 experts from around the world as we delve deep into InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more!
- [CreativePro Week 2025 Answers](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2025/answers/)
- [Watch On Demand: Top Tips for InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-on-demand-top-tips-for-indesign-photoshop-and-illustrator/)
- [CreativePro Week 2025 Agenda](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2025/agenda3/) - With over 70 HOW-TO sessions, this year’s event is your gateway to mastering InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more. Join us June 2–6, 2025 in Phoenix, AZ (or online).
- [Watch On Demand: Saving Time in InDesign with Anchored Objects](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-on-demand-saving-time-in-indesign-with-anchored-objects/)
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- [Register](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2024/register-2/) - Registration Details for CreativePro Week 2024 — July 8–12, 2024, Washington, D.C. + Online
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- [Watch On Demand: Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign: Three Apps Working as One](https://creativeproweek.com/watch-on-demand-photoshop-illustrator-indesign-three-apps-working-as-one/)
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- [CreativePro Week 2022 Agenda](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/agenda/) - 100+ essential HOW-TO sessions to master the tools of design. Join us May 9–13 in D.C. + Online.
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- [Why Attend?](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2024/why-attend/) - See for yourself why you need to join us in Washington, D.C. (or online!).
- [CreativePro Week 2024 Agenda](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2024/agenda/) - With over 75 HOW-TO sessions, this year’s event is your gateway to mastering InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more. Join us July 8–12, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (or online).
- [Speakers](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2024/speakers/) - Join over 30 experts from around the world as we delve deep into InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more!
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- [Phoenix 2023](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2023/) - The essential HOW-TO conference for CreativePros. Master Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and more.
- [Watch On-Demand: InDesign Paragraph and Characters Styles from Start to Finish](https://creativeproweek.com/indesign-styles-webinar/) - This session and PDF is just a small taste of the mind-blowing content you learn at CreativePro Week 2023, June 5–9 in Phoenix, AZ (and online).
- [Register On Demand 2023](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2023/register/) - Registration Details for CreativePro Week 2023 — June 5–9 in Phoenix, Arizona + online
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- [Speakers](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2023/speakers/) - Join over 30 experts from around the world as we delve deep into InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more!
- [Location](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2023/location/) - Join us at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix, Arizona, June 5–9, 2023
- [Why Attend?](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2023/why-attend/) - See for yourself why you need to join us in Phoenix (or online!)
- [Creative Developers Summit 2023](https://creativeproweek.com/phoenix-2023/creative-developers-summit/) - The Creative Developers Summit is the premier annual event for anyone who creates or implements custom software solutions for creative professionals. The Summit is the place to meet, share, and learn about our industry's tools, resources and direction.
- [CreativePro Week 2023 Sneak Peeks](https://creativeproweek.com/sneak-peeks-2023/) - Get a taste of the incredible tips, techniques, and best practices you’ll learn at CreativePro Week with 6 special Sneak Peek videos from our experts.
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- [Free Resource: Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign: Three Apps Working as One](https://creativeproweek.com/threeappsasone2022/) - This session is just a taste of the amazing things you’ll learn at CreativePro Week 2023, the essential HOW-TO conference for creative professionals who design, create, or edit in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, or PowerPoint.
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- [Why Attend?](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/why-attend/) - See for yourself why you need to join us in Washington D.C. or online this May.
- [DC 2022](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/) - The essential HOW-TO conference for CreativePros. Master Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and more.
- [Register](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/register/) - Registration Details for CreativePro Week 2022
- [Location](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/location/) - Join us in Washington, D.C. + Online, May 9–13, 2022
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- [Speakers](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/speakers/) - Join over 40 experts from around the world as we delve deep into InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more!
- [Ps/Ai: The Photoshop + Illustrator Conference for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/psai/) - Part of CreativePro Week 2021. A master class in everything from logo design to selections and masking, social media to building UI/UX/web elements.
- [PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/pepcon/) - Join the world’s top publishing designers and developers this coming June 4–5!
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- [Click: The Presentation Design Conference](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2022/click/) - Part of CreativePro Week 2021. Master design within PowerPoint, Keynote, and a whole lot more.
- [ONLINE 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/online-2021/) - The essential HOW-TO conference for CreativePros who use Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
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- [Speakers](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2021/speakers/) - Join over 40 experts from around the world as we delve deep into InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more!
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- [The InDesign Conference](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2021/indesign/) - Part of CreativePro Week 2021. Join the world's top InDesign experts & members of the Adobe InDesign team for the InDesign Event of the Year.
- [Ps/Ai: The Photoshop + Illustrator Conference for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/dc-2021/psai/) - Part of CreativePro Week 2021. A master class in everything from logo design to selections and masking, social media to building UI/UX/web elements.
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## Sessions

- [Portfolio Critique](https://creativeproweek.com/session/portfolio-critique/) - Join Nigel French and Theresa Jackson for a live portfolio critique of attendee work. In this interactive session, selected pieces will be reviewed and discussed with practical, constructive feedback you can apply immediately. Expect thoughtful insights on design decisions, visual communication, and presentation choices, along with broader takeaways that will benefit everyone watching. Whether your
- [The Human Touch: Hands-On Creativity for Digital Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-human-touch-hands-on-creativity-for-digital-designers/) - In a world of polished presets and AI-generated perfection, creating with your human hands is more powerful and important than ever. This session invites digital designers to step away from the screen and rediscover the creative power of analog processes. You’ll see how rolling up your sleeves and letting go of your mouse can not
- [Practical Use Cases for Firefly Boards](https://creativeproweek.com/session/practical-use-cases-for-firefly-boards/) - In this session, Kevin Stohlmeyer introduces Firefly Boards from a practical, real-world perspective, focusing on where they fit in creative corporate workflows. Learn how teams use Firefly Boards to support early creative thinking, align ideas, and collaborate more effectively. You’ll see how Firefly Boards can help teams explore ideas, respond to feedback, and move concepts
- [Build Agentic Solutions for the Work You Dread (Part 2)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/build-agentic-solutions-for-the-work-you-dread-part-2/) - This is part 2 of a two-part, hands-on workshop demonstrating how to use AI to automate tedious, time-consuming tasks. (See Part 1 for additional details.) In Part 2: Build + Apply, you will: Build a complete agentic project from start to finish Connect inputs, actions, and outputs into a working workflow Adapt the agents in
- [Build Agentic Solutions for the Work You Dread (Part 1)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/build-agentic-solutions-for-the-work-you-dread-part-1/) - This two-part, hands-on workshop demonstrates how to use AI to automate tedious, time-consuming tasks that no creative pro enjoys doing. Over two sessions, you’ll learn what AI agents are, see practical examples, and build an agentic solution together from start to finish. These sessions are focused on hands-on building. You’ll follow along step by step
- [Reinventing Yourself Through Digital Collage](https://creativeproweek.com/session/reinventing-yourself-through-digital-collage/) - Follow along in a creative exploration of identity, transformation, and visual storytelling. In this session, Guillermo invites you into his collage-driven process, blending analog techniques with digital tools to rethink how images, portraits, and surfaces can evolve. You’ll see how cutting, layering, drawing, and texture reshape an image, then how those ideas translate into a
- [Adobe Bridge: Practical, Hands-On Workflows](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-bridge-practical-hands-on-workflows/) - When your files are scattered, productivity takes a hit. This session shows why understanding Adobe Bridge matters—and how it can simplify the way you work with creative assets. In this hands-on workshop, Melissa Piccone introduces Bridge as a visual command center for your files. You’ll see how it helps you stay organized, move faster, and
- [Adobe Sponsored Lunch Session: What’s New in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-sponsored-lunch-session-whats-new-in-indesign/) - This session is sponsored by Adobe. Join members of the Adobe InDesign product team for a fast-paced look at the newest features, workflow improvements, and future direction of InDesign. Bring your questions. The team wants to hear from you.
- [The Power of Print: Amplifying Your Marketing Impact](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-power-of-print-amplifying-your-marketing-impact/) - In an increasingly digital-first world, print has become more powerful, not less! In this session, Vicki Strull reframes how marketers and designers think about print, showing why physical experiences now carry more weight, credibility, and memorability than ever before. Drawing from decades of Sappi’s publishing and print strategy work, Vicki explores how print captures attention,
- [Discover Your Creative Advantage in Hidden Dimensions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/discover-your-creative-advantage-in-hidden-dimensions/) - In this session, Tony Harmer invites you to rethink everyday design challenges by embracing 3D thinking inside familiar Adobe environments. This isn’t about becoming a 3D expert or learning a new pile of tools. It’s about shifting how you think, explore, and experiment—then realizing how much easier and more flexible your design process can be.
- [Creative Leadership in the Age of AI](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-leadership-in-the-age-of-ai/) - Creative direction is about vision, judgment, and the ability to guide ideas toward meaningful outcomes. As AI accelerates production and multiplies options, the role of creative leadership becomes even more critical. In this session, Vincent Wanga explores what it means to lead creatively when speed, automation, and generative tools are part of everyday work. Vincent
- [From Brief to Finished: The Process Behind the Project](https://creativeproweek.com/session/from-brief-to-finished-the-process-behind-the-project/) - Guillermo Flores Pacheco pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to turn a global creative brief into an iconic visual seen by millions. This keynote presents a real-world case study following the creative journey behind the Photoshop 2025 splash screen—from early notes and visual exploration through collaboration, revision, and final execution. See how
- [Creative Cloud Mix Tape](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-cloud-mix-tape/) - Kick off CreativePro Week with a high-energy, music-themed morning keynote. Chris riffs on the idea of creative cross-training by mixing InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Canva (and more!) in ways you wouldn’t expect. Think fast-paced demos, playful surprises, and a healthy dose of rock-and-roll attitude. Each segment spins a new challenge and a new app,
- [I Didn’t Know Acrobat Could Do That!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/i-didnt-know-acrobat-could-do-that/) - If you think you know everything Acrobat can do, think again. In this session, Bart Van de Wiele reveals how Acrobat can go far beyond viewing and commenting to become a powerful, time-saving part of your everyday workflow. Learn how to work smarter with PDFs from start to finish. Spend less time fixing files, and
- [PowerPoint’s Vector Toolkit: Built for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoints-vector-toolkit-built-for-designers/) - Leave aside your pixels, your JPEGs, and your PNGs, and dive into all that PowerPoint can do with vector content. In this session, you’ll shift your mindset from pixels to paths and learn how to build graphics that stay editable, scalable, and lightweight. Explore how PowerPoint handles shapes, illustrations, icons, charts, and type as true
- [Photoshop Curves: Pro-Level Tone and Color Control](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-curves-pro-level-tone-and-color-control/) - Photoshop Curves is the most powerful and most misunderstood tool for photo editing. When you understand how Curves actually work, they become a precise, flexible way to control tone and color that no other adjustment can match. This session demystifies Curves and shows why experienced professionals rely on them every day. In this session, Ben
- [Laying the Foundation: Building Efficient InDesign Layouts](https://creativeproweek.com/session/laying-the-foundation-building-efficient-indesign-layouts/) - The choices you make when you start building an InDesign layout will determine how smoothly the rest of the project goes. In this session, Laurie Ruhlin focuses on the foundational layout decisions that make InDesign documents easier to design, revise, and maintain over time. You’ll learn how thoughtful structure reduces rework, prevents layout breakdowns, and
- [Automation Tips in InDesign: Work Smarter, Not Harder](https://creativeproweek.com/session/automation-tips-in-indesign-work-smarter-not-harder/) - InDesign is built to handle repetition, consistency, and flexibility to change—when you know how to let it do the work. In this session, Laurie Ruhlin shares practical ways to use InDesign’s automation-friendly features to speed up common tasks. You’ll see how familiar tools can be used more strategically, along with a few less-obvious workflows that
- [Certiport Sponsored Lunch Session: Prepare for Adobe Certification](https://creativeproweek.com/session/certiport-sponsored-lunch-session-prepare-for-adobe-certification/) - This session is sponsored by Certiport. Take advantage of free Adobe certification testing at CreativePro Week, offered by Certiport. Learn what to expect and how to prepare so you can test with confidence. Join Chana Messer for a clear, practical breakdown of how the Adobe Certified Professional exams work for Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. You
- [Accessibility Quickstart Podcast](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessibility-quickstart-podcast/) - Join us for this fun, live recording of the CreativePro Podcast, in a special crossover episode with the Chaxchat, the #1 accessibility podcast. If you're new to accessibility and don't know where to start, you just found the perfect session!
- [InDesign Users Meet-up](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-users-meet-up/) - Attention all InDesign users: Join us for a fun and educational evening of tips, tricks, and insights, open to all CreativePro Week attendees. Presenters include Alan Bell, David Blatner, Erica Gamet, Nigel French, and InDesign experts from around the world! All attendees will be entered into a drawing for prizes (including some of David Blatner's
- [Adobe Sponsored Breakfast Session: What’s New in Adobe Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-sponsored-breakfast-session-whats-new-in-adobe-illustrator/) - This session is sponsored by Adobe. Start the week off with a dive into the latest features and improvements in Adobe Illustrator that facilitate graphic design workflows. From major releases to hidden gems designed to streamline your process, this session highlights practical tools, performance upgrades, and new capabilities from the past year.
- [Mind-Blowing Presentations with PowerPoint—Really!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mind-blowing-presentations-with-powerpoint-really/) - PowerPoint can do far more than most people ever see. In this session, Richard Goring shows how bold visuals, smart motion, and creative thinking can completely transform how presentations look, feel, and perform. Expect big ideas, astonishing techniques, and moments that challenge what you think PowerPoint can do. This session focuses on possibility. See how
- [PageProof Sponsored Breakfast Session: Imagine a Proof That Marks Itself](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pageproof-sponsored-breakfast-session-imagine-a-proof-that-marks-itself/) - This session is sponsored by PageProof. Creative review is entering a new era. Join PageProof co-founder and CTO Marcus Radich for a fast-paced 25-minute look at how PageProof Intelligence (PI) uses AI-suggested markup and brand-trained PI Agents to deliver smarter reviews at scale. Plus, a special announcement for CreativePro Week attendees. Easy as PI.
- [InDesign Styles: Beyond Text Formatting and Into Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-styles-beyond-text-formatting-and-into-design/) - Styles are often treated as basic text formatting—fonts, sizes, spacing, alignment—but they can do far more. Built into styles are powerful design features like borders, shading, rules, and corner effects that let you create callouts, highlights, dividers, and branded design elements directly inside your layouts. This session shows how to design with styles to create
- [Scripting Success: Finding and Creating Your Own Automated Solutions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/scripting-success-finding-and-creating-your-own-automated-solutions/) - If your InDesign workflow fails you at a certain point, you don’t have to wait around hoping that Adobe will fix it in the next version. You can do it right now—with the help of scripts (even if you don’t know the first thing about coding). This fun and collaborative session will include where to
- [Maker Morning: Baubles and Things](https://creativeproweek.com/session/maker-morning-baubles-and-things/) - Baubles galore! Join us to craft your own, one-of-a-kind pair of earrings, necklace, or keychain from flattened bottle caps and paper. Experiment with color, pattern, and texture as you transform everyday materials into wearable works of art. Whether you lean bold and graphic or quirky and eclectic, you’ll leave with a unique piece that captures
- [Maker Morning: Carve, Stamp, Repeat: Simple Pattern Play](https://creativeproweek.com/session/maker-morning-carve-stamp-repeat-simple-pattern-play/) - Join us for a morning of ink-redible fun! Carve your own rubber stamp and start creating bold, playful patterns right away. Use your stamp to build abstract designs and repeatable compositions. Keep things simple or layer multiple stamps for more complex results. This session will spark your creativity and give you the means to leave
- [Photo Walk: Nashville in the Morning](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photo-walk-nashville-in-the-morning/) - Get outside for fresh air, new sights, and good company before the sessions begin. Join Tony Harmer and Celeste Guidice for a relaxed photo walk through downtown as the city comes to life. Capture bold morning light, long shadows, architectural details, and the energy of a city waking up. Bring the camera you’re most comfortable
- [Maker Morning: A–Z Nashville: A Collaborative Lettering Experience](https://creativeproweek.com/session/maker-morning-a-z-nashville-a-collaborative-lettering-experience/) - We're making an artistic alphabet and you're invited! Choose a letter and turn it into your own custom piece of art, drawing inspiration from Nashville’s music, signage, and local character. Then, add your piece to a shared A–Z installation displayed during the event. This session will spark your creativity, encourage collaboration, and celebrate your unique
- [Maker Morning: Intro to Calligraphy](https://creativeproweek.com/session/maker-morning-intro-to-calligraphy/) - Unlock the elegance of calligraphic art. Join us for a hands-on introduction to calligraphy, where we’ll cover everything from proper pen grip to mastering foundational strokes and letterforms. This fun, interactive session, led by Chris Converse, will help you transform ink into art, leaving you with the skills to create your own stunning script.
- [Maker Morning: DIY Pinback Buttons](https://creativeproweek.com/session/maker-morning-diy-pinback-buttons/) - Kick off an amazing week of learning by creating unique wearable art. Use our button maker machine to quickly design and press your own 1.25" pinback buttons. Choose from dozens of fun preprinted graphics, or design some one-of-a-kind ice-breaking flair for your lanyard.
- [Photo Walk: Nashville at Night](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photo-walk-nashville-at-night/) - Wrap up your first full day by stepping out of the conference and into the energy of downtown Nashville. Join Tony Harmer and Celeste Guidice for an evening photo walk through glowing neon and vibrant street scenes. Capture the character of the city as it comes alive after dark—reflections, motion, signage, and all. Bring the
- [Walsworth Sponsored Breakfast Session: Print Design Fundamentals](https://creativeproweek.com/session/walsworth-sponsored-breakfast-session-print-design-fundamentals/) - This session is sponsored by Walsworth. Learn how to set up your documents properly to avoid delays and unnecessary revision costs. We’ll cover the most common prepress issues and show you how to review your files to ensure they’re ready for production.
- [Smarter, Faster Photoshop: New Tools, Real Results](https://creativeproweek.com/session/smarter-faster-photoshop-new-tools-real-results/) - Work faster, cleaner, and with more control in Photoshop using tools and workflows most users overlook! In this session, Jesús Ramirez from the Photoshop Training Channel shows how modern Photoshop features, including Beta tools and AI-powered workflows, actually fit into real professional work. This is not a feature tour. Every technique shown is used in
- [Hidden Photoshop Features Designers Love](https://creativeproweek.com/session/hidden-photoshop-features-designers-love/) - Photoshop is packed with powerful features that are rarely discussed, yet professionals rely on them every day. In this session, Jesús Ramirez pulls back the curtain on lesser-known Photoshop tools, features, and techniques that can dramatically improve your design workflow. These are not tricks for the sake of tricks. Each feature solves a real problem
- [Workflows for InDesign and Adobe Express](https://creativeproweek.com/session/workflows-for-indesign-and-adobe-express/) - Adobe Express isn’t a replacement for InDesign, but it can be a powerful extension of your workflow. In this session, Bart Van de Wiele shows when Adobe Express makes sense for social, internal communications, and marketing handoffs—and when it doesn’t. You’ll see real examples of how Express fits into professional design workflows, especially when stakeholders
- [Vibe Building with AI for Creatives](https://creativeproweek.com/session/vibe-building-with-ai-for-creatives/) - Now that you have started adopting AI tools into your creative production workflows—generating images or ideating concepts—let’s take it one step further. In this session you'll begin building your first applications with vibe code environments. We'll look at some of the options available to you and how to customize your applications by choosing models and
- [Mastering Masking in Lightroom & Camera Raw](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mastering-masking-in-lightroom-and-camera-raw/) - In modern non-destructive editing workflows, masking is the single most powerful tool for achieving precise, localized control over any image. This session explores the full masking ecosystem shared between Lightroom Classic/desktop and Adobe Camera Raw (integrated directly in Photoshop), making it highly relevant for production designers who use these tools for final asset refinement, color
- [Adobe Sponsored Breakfast Session: Breakfast with the Builders](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-sponsored-session-breakfast-with-the-builders/) - This session is sponsored by Adobe. Kickstart your week with the Adobe team in a lively town hall environment and meet the minds behind your favorite creative tools, see the latest breakthroughs in action, meet the Adobe team members, preview new Illustrator and InDesign features, and learn about opportunities for connecting with the team throughout
- [Fun, Fast, and Fearless Illustrator Workflow](https://creativeproweek.com/session/fun-fast-and-fearless-illustrator-workflow/) - Illustrator should feel fluid, expressive, and energizing. In this session, Thaddeus Coates reframes how you approach Illustrator so ideas move faster and friction fades into the background. Explore how thoughtful setup, flexible habits, and a simplified approach to core tools can transform the way you work. The focus stays on building momentum, staying loose, and
- [Three Minutes Max: AI](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-ai/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don’t miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite AI tip for design—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held
- [From Paper to Possibility](https://creativeproweek.com/session/from-paper-to-possibility/) - Step away from your screens in this hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to turn sheets of paper, napkins, newspapers, playing cards, and more into clever puzzles, addictive toys, and delightful magic tricks that spark conversation and connection. This is a lively, approachable session ideal for professional development, creative warm-ups, and team collaboration—no special skills required.
- [PowerPoint: Your Swiss Army Design Tool](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-your-swiss-army-design-tool/) - PowerPoint might be the most underestimated design tool on your computer. In this session, Amanda Dalton shows how to turn a familiar app into a surprisingly powerful instrument for real-world design. Learn how to create polished layouts, simple graphics, and fast visual mockups. Amanda focuses on practical techniques that work with PowerPoint’s strengths. With humor,
- [AI in Design: Helpful, Overrated, or Both?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-in-design-helpful-overrated-or-both/) - AI shows up everywhere in creative workflows today—and sometimes it’s helpful, sometimes it's distracting, and very often it’s misunderstood. For designers juggling many tools, projects, and expectations, the real question isn’t whether to use AI, but how to use it without losing your human judgment, authorship, and creative intent. In this session, Michael Flarup shares
- [Serious Animation for Seriously Fun Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/serious-animation-for-seriously-fun-presentations/) - In this session, Jole Simmons shows how animation can be bold, polished, and genuinely fun when it’s used with intention. You’ll see how motion in PowerPoint can guide attention, control pacing, and add clarity and personality to your slides—without feeling gimmicky or overdone. Expect a fast-moving, design-first session filled with playful experimentation and “wait… that’s
- [Hack Your Workflow: Unexpected Uses for InDesign’s Features](https://creativeproweek.com/session/hack-your-workflow-unexpected-uses-for-indesigns-features/) - InDesign is more than a layout tool—it’s a powerful problem-solving engine hiding in plain sight. This session explores unexpected ways to use InDesign’s native features, turning familiar tools into clever workflow solutions. From repurposing the Table of Contents for nontraditional lists to using Data Merge to build dynamic storyboards, you’ll see how to push InDesign
- [Acrobat Studio: An AI Solution for Document Overwhelm](https://creativeproweek.com/session/acrobat-studio-an-ai-solution-for-document-overwhelm/) - Ever feel overwhelmed by your own documentation? Even content you created yourself can take hours—or days—to review when you’re managing hundreds of pages. This session cuts through the noise to show you a practical, safe approach to AI integration using Adobe Acrobat Studio’s AI Assistant. Discover how to leverage AI as your productivity ally—not a
- [Pro Tips for Stunning, Innovative, and Fast Presentation Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pro-tips-for-stunning-innovative-and-fast-presentation-design/) - In this fast-paced session, the Design Doctor shows you how to transform blank pages, messy slides, and lackluster layouts into stunning, professional designs—quickly. Using a mix of timeless design principles and modern techniques, you’ll learn practical “pro hacks” to elevate your work in minutes, not hours. Whether you’re stuck with a blank canvas or a
- [No Fear Premiere for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/no-fear-premiere-for-designers/) - Design no longer lives in a static world. Motion shows up everywhere—from brand systems and websites to social media and marketing. In this beginner-friendly session, Amanda Dalton shows how video editing fits squarely within a designer’s skill set. Learn how familiar design principles like hierarchy and visual flow translate directly into Adobe Premiere. Learn how
- [Writing Alt Text Without Overthinking It](https://creativeproweek.com/session/writing-alt-text-without-overthinking-it/) - Alt text doesn’t have to be intimidating, overly technical, or perfect to be effective. It just needs to be clear, intentional, and written by someone who understands the content. In this session, Dax Castro breaks down alt text in a way that feels practical, human, and doable. You’ll learn how to describe images with confidence,
- [Step by Step: Building an Animated Brand System](https://creativeproweek.com/session/step-by-step-building-an-animated-brand-system/) - Designing motion for a brand is rarely a straight line. It’s a collaborative process shaped by creative interpretation, iteration, and feedback. In this session, Chris Converse shares an inside look at how CreativePro’s video bumpers were developed and refined into a cohesive motion brand system using Illustrator and After Effects. This session blends a real-world
- [Cinematic Presentations: Creating Dynamic, Immersive Content](https://creativeproweek.com/session/cinematic-presentations-creating-dynamic-immersive-content/) - The best presentations make a lasting impression on your audience and change their behavior. To do that, you need to engage, inspire, and motivate. PowerPoint offers some terrific techniques to do just that. In this session, you’ll see how to create dynamic and immersive content, suitable for viewing anywhere from a small laptop to a
- [After Effects for Graphic Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/after-effects-for-graphic-designers/) - After Effects isn’t just for video pros, and it doesn’t have to feel intimidating. With a small set of core concepts, designers can create simple, effective motion that enhances everyday design work. Learn how to get things moving quickly using familiar assets from Photoshop and Illustrator. Build practical motion skills that deliver immediate results, from
- [You’ve Got This: Designer’s Easy Guide to Motion](https://creativeproweek.com/session/youve-got-this-designers-easy-guide-to-motion/) - Knowing how to work with motion is quickly becoming a must for every designer. Thankfully, it’s not as difficult as you think! Emmy-winning motion designer Kyle Hamrick is passionate about guiding beginners through their first steps into this exciting and rapidly-growing corner of the design world. By the end of this session, you’ll be armed
- [Closing Session](https://creativeproweek.com/session/closing-session-2026/) - It’s time to bring this five-day CreativePro extravaganza to a close. Join us for one last opportunity to catch a tip, win a prize, and learn what’s next on the horizon.
- [Three Minutes Max: InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-indesign-2026/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite InDesign tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Accessible PDFs: Mastering the Tags Tree](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-pdfs-mastering-the-tags-tree/) - For anyone responsible for delivering final accessible PDFs, understanding the Tags Tree is essential to ensuring content is readable, navigable, and usable with assistive technology. In this session, Chad Chelius explains how the PDF Tags Tree defines document structure and reading order, and why it is central to effective PDF accessibility. You’ll see where common
- [Why Your Print File Failed (and How to Fix It)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/why-your-print-file-failed-and-how-to-fix-it/) - Print files fail for reasons that aren’t always obvious, even to experienced designers. Amybeth Menendez breaks down why print problems happen and how to prevent them. Learn how transparency settings, ICC profiles, and PDF standards interact, and where issues most often appear. Amybeth focuses on real-world scenarios designers face every day, explaining what’s happening behind
- [Smart Color Decisions for Accessible Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/smart-color-decisions-for-accessible-design/) - Color choices affect far more than aesthetics. They shape readability, clarity, hierarchy, and whether people can actually use what you design. In this session, Dax Castro shows how to make smarter, more intentional color decisions that support accessibility without flattening creativity or forcing dull, “safe” palettes. This session focuses on building awareness and confidence—so your
- [Microsoft Word for Designers: Layout Fundamentals](https://creativeproweek.com/session/microsoft-word-for-designers-layout-fundamentals/) - Sooner or later, your client or boss is going to insist that you design something in Microsoft Word. Don’t freak out! Instead, learn about Word’s built-in graphic elements such as shapes, icons, SmartArt, and charts. While Word is not InDesign, it has tools to create practical building blocks for professional layouts that non-designer clients can
- [InDesign’s Top Ten Type Tips and Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesigns-top-ten-type-tips-and-tricks/) - InDesign offers even more text control than most users realize. With a few targeted tips, you can speed up everyday work, simplify text management, and feel more confident handling complex documents. In this session, Nigel French shares his favorite InDesign text tips and tricks, focusing squarely on speed, control, and smarter workflows. Expect practical insights,
- [Document Accessibility Starts with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/document-accessibility-starts-with-indesign/) - Accessibility is a design responsibility that starts the moment a document is created. For anyone working in InDesign, early decisions directly affect how usable that content will be for everyone who reads it. In this session, Chad Chelius explains why accessible documents begin in InDesign—not in Acrobat, not in downstream fixes, and not after problems
- [Transforming Wordy Slides into Clear Visual Stories](https://creativeproweek.com/session/transforming-wordy-slides-into-clear-visual-stories/) - Text overload is a presentation killer and the #1 frustration for designers and communicators. In this energizing session, you’ll learn five pro techniques to fix cluttered slides fast. Discover how to go from wordy to worthy, maintain credibility, and satisfy even the most text-committed authors while improving clarity and engagement. Perfect for anyone who wants
- [Three Minutes Max: Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-illustrator-2026/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite Illustrator tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Three Minutes Max: Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-photoshop-2026/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don’t miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite Photoshop tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Maintaining Brand Consistency](https://creativeproweek.com/session/maintaining-brand-consistency/) - In this session, Nicte Cuevas shares how professional designers can build a practical brand system that works for both internal teams and clients. See how to use Creative Cloud Libraries alongside Illustrator, Photoshop, and Adobe Express to create a connected brand ecosystem that supports designers and non-designers alike. Nicte shows how brand assets and brand
- [Illustrator Power Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-power-techniques/) - Illustrator offers an enormous number of tools and options—so the challenge is knowing which ones are worth your attention! In this fast-moving, idea-rich session, Laura Coyle shares her carefully chosen set of Illustrator “power moves” that make a noticeable difference in everyday work. You’ll see tools and techniques you may have skipped past, shortcuts that
- [Photoshop and Illustrator: Playing Nice Together](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-and-illustrator-playing-nice-together/) - Photoshop is amazing of course, but Adobe Illustrator does some things much better. To expand our creative toolkit and the range of looks and styles we can achieve, we can combine Photoshop with its close cousin, Illustrator. By understanding the similarities and the differences of these powerhouse programs, we can take advantage of the strengths
- [Easy Text Clean Up with GREP in Find/Change](https://creativeproweek.com/session/easy-text-clean-up-with-grep-in-find-change/) - If text cleanup is a regular part of your InDesign work, and you spend much of your day handling long documents, inconsistent copy, or late-stage edits, this session is for you. When text-heavy projects pile up, manual fixes slow everything down and increase the risk of errors. In this session, Erica Gamet focuses on a
- [Creative Cloud Tips and Tricks to Boost Productivity](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-cloud-tips-and-tricks-to-boost-productivity/) - This session is packed with time-saving shortcuts and lesser-known features across Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. You'll learn practical techniques that experienced Adobe users often overlook, including smarter style setups, hidden panels, and efficient cross-app workflows. You’ll also see how Creative Cloud Libraries can become a central hub for assets, styles, and consistency across projects—saving time
- [Illustrator for InDesign Users: You’ve Got This](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-for-indesign-users-youve-got-this/) - You love InDesign: It makes sense. It behaves! But Illustrator? That’s usually a “hold your breath and click carefully” situation. In this session, Tony Harmer helps InDesign power-users feel far more at home inside Illustrator. You’ll learn how to navigate Illustrator with confidence, spot the features that save time, and stop treating it like a
- [Beyond Compositing: Creative Workflows Powered by AI](https://creativeproweek.com/session/beyond-compositing-creative-workflows-powered-by-ai/) - In this session, you’ll explore practical, cross-application techniques that blend Photoshop with AI-driven workflows. You’ll also see how exploratory and experimental approaches can spark new ideas and push composites beyond conventional solutions. Learn how familiar design skills translate into more flexible and expressive workflows when combined with technologies such as Firefly and Firefly Boards. Expect
- [Welcome Reception](https://creativeproweek.com/session/welcome-reception-2026/) - Join us for drinks, nibbles, and a fun opportunity to meet the speakers and your fellow attendees!
- [AI Roundtable Discussion](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-roundtable-discussion/) - You have questions… let’s discuss them! We’ve assembled the perfect blend of experts—professional creatives who were both early AI adopters and who have worked with some of the world’s best known brands. We’ll explore the fears, rumors, assumptions, and predictions we’ve all been talking about. Speakers: Mark Heaps, Amy Balliet, Amybeth Menendez
- [Embracing a Punk Rock Attitude for Modern Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/embracing-a-punk-rock-attitude-for-modern-design/) - You can design stronger, clearer work by questioning assumptions and designing with intent. In this session, Michael Mondragon shares a mindset-driven approach to modern design rooted in clarity, purpose, and judgment. Using a “punk rock” attitude as a metaphor—not a visual style!—Michael challenges autopilot thinking, over-templated solutions, and trend-chasing. The focus is on making deliberate
- [Making Confident Color Choices in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-confident-color-choices-in-illustrator/) - In Illustrator, color flexibility and creativity go hand in hand, making it easy to explore ideas, tweak palettes, and revamp color as your design evolves. But with Illustrator’s incredible spectrum of color tools at your fingertips, how do you know which features move your work forward, and which leave you, hours later, still spinning your
- [Adobe or Affinity? Why Not Both?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-or-affinity-why-not-both/) - For most professional designers, Adobe Creative Cloud is the undisputed king. No one wants to dump the tools, workflows, and skills they’ve used over their entire careers. But what if you didn’t have to ditch Adobe to take advantage of some uniquely powerful features in Affinity? Wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds? Can
- [Crafting Custom Lettering and Fonts with Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/crafting-custom-lettering-and-fonts-with-photoshop/) - Don’t limit your type choices to the font menu! In this session, you’ll learn how to create expressive, custom lettering and DIY fonts directly inside Photoshop using hand-drawn, painted, or otherwise found letterforms. We’ll explore how to capture your lettering, refine it with Photoshop’s tools, and turn it into flexible typographic assets you can reuse
- [Microsoft Word for Designers: Text Fundamentals](https://creativeproweek.com/session/microsoft-word-for-designers-text-fundamentals/) - Although Word is built for documents such as reports, letters, and resumés, many clients expect designers to create professional, reusable templates inside it. Jennifer Parkinson helps InDesign-savvy designers understand Word’s text tools, styles, and layout controls so they can create clean, functional Word documents clients can actually use. You’ll learn how Word handles typography, what
- [Creative Cloud Enterprise Accounts: What You Need to Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-cloud-enterprise-accounts-what-you-need-to-know/) - If you’ve ever wondered why your Creative Cloud features look different from a colleague’s, this session is for you. In this session, Kevin Stohlmeyer provides a clear, plain-language overview of Creative Cloud Enterprise accounts from the end-user perspective. You’ll learn how these accounts are structured, why certain tools or services may be limited, and how
- [Business Skills for Confident Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/business-skills-for-confident-designers/) - Every designer needs a set of business superpowers: the ability to attract the right opportunities, communicate value, negotiate fair compensation, spot red flags early, and build strong, lasting professional relationships. In this session, Michael Flarup shares lessons drawn from two decades of independent creative work, distilling the skills that separate reactive designers from confident, in-demand
- [Wait… That’s Vector? Photorealism in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/wait-thats-vector-photorealism-in-illustrator/) - Photorealistic vector artwork can feel unattainable until you see how it’s built. In this session, José J. Semidei shares his approach to creating strikingly realistic illustrations entirely in Adobe Illustrator. You’ll see how lifelike results emerge from careful planning, observation, and intentional construction. José breaks down how to analyze a subject, identify key visual components,
- [InDesign Secrets—LIVE!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-secrets-live/) - If you're an InDesign Secrets podcast fan (or even if you're not!) you don't want to miss this rare live-audience recording with InDesign gurus David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción! Laughs and learning go hand-in-hand as these two teachers explore the intricate workings of our favorite page-layout program. Winner of the "most annoying feature" contest Interviews with
- [Accessibility in InDesign and Acrobat](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessibility-in-indesign-and-acrobat/) - InDesign and Acrobat are powerful tools for creating accessible documents—but to use them successfully, it's crucial to understand a few basics first. We'll dive into key features, best practices, and techniques for ensuring your PDFs are universally accessible and compliant with the latest standards. Key Takeaways: Understanding the structural elements of accessible PDFs Techniques for
- [From Bland to Grand: Slide Design Makeovers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/from-bland-to-grand-slide-design-makeovers/) - Watch average, "been there done that" designs be transformed into visually stunning slides in real time! This session walks you through a step-by-step process, revamping poorly designed slides into clear, compelling visuals that captivate audiences and elevate your messages. Learn practical tips and techniques to turn bland slide decks into grand designs. You'll learn: Practical
- [Advanced Construction Techniques in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/advanced-construction-techniques-in-illustrator/) - Ready to take your Illustrator skills to the next level? This intensive course delves into powerful techniques that will transform your designs from ordinary to extraordinary. Whether you’re a graphic designer, illustrator, or creative enthusiast, this class will equip you with the advanced tools and workflows to create stunning vector graphics easily. Topics include: Blend
- [Designing for a Neurodiverse Audience](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-for-a-neurodiverse-audience/) - According to studies, 10–30% of the general population may be considered neurodivergent, so it's incredibly important for designers to consider this audience! In this session, we'll explore the importance of designing for neurodiverse audiences and learn how to create inclusive and accessible experiences for neurodivergent individuals and those with diverse cognitive abilities. You'll also gain
- [The Power of Print 2018](https://creativeproweek.com/session/power-of-print/)
- [Microsoft Sponsored Breakfast Session: Mastering Copilot in PowerPoint for Next-Level Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/microsoft-sponsored-breakfast-session-mastering-copilot-in-powerpoint-for-next-level-presentations/) - This session is sponsored by Microsoft Ready to level-up your slide game? In this interactive session, we’ll unlock the full potential of Copilot in PowerPoint and its latest AI-powered features. Whether you’re a designer, marketer, or communicator, you’ll walk away with proven strategies, creative tips, and hands-on demos to save time and elevate your work.
- [Ignite CreativePro 2025](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ignite-creativepro-2025/) - Come join us for dessert, plus a heaping helping of tips, tricks, and fun! Or sign up to present 20 slides in 5 minutes. It’s your opportunity to have five minutes of fame, in the relaxed and friendly confines of an after-hours get-together with your colleagues. When: Tuesday, June 3, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Where:
- [Simplify, Stylize, and Supercharge with InDesign’s Next, Nested, and GREP Styles](https://creativeproweek.com/session/simplify-stylize-and-supercharge-with-indesigns-next-nested-and-grep-styles/) - Julie Shaffer is your leader on a transformative journey into the heart of InDesign’s styling capabilities. This session will delve deep into paragraph styles, specifically exploring Next Style, Nested Styles, and GREP Styles, the unsung heroes of text layout efficiency. And, when you add object style capabilities, you’ll see how these powerful features can simplify
- [Just Wow! Cross-Training Photoshop, Illustrator, and Beyond](https://creativeproweek.com/session/just-wow-cross-training-photoshop-illustrator-and-beyond/) - Discover how combining familiar tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator with new technologies (both AI-driven and not) can unlock amazing creative possibilities. This session is packed with practical techniques and inspiring examples to help you explore fresh design approaches. Walk away with new ideas and methods to take your work to the next level. You’ll
- [Photoshop Composition: Smooth Moves & New Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-composition-smooth-moves-new-tricks/) - Ready to shake up your Photoshop workflow? In this high-energy session, Kladi dives into the art of modern compositing—blending proven techniques with the latest creative tools to unlock smarter, faster, and more imaginative results. You’ll explore new ways of working across Creative Cloud, including Project Neo and parallel workflows that break the boundaries of traditional
- [Mind = Blown: The Latest and Greatest in Ps, Ai, and Beyond](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mind-blown-the-latest-and-greatest-in-ps-ai-and-beyond/) - In this fast-paced, idea-driven session, Kladi Vergine explores the latest tools, AI features, and Creative Cloud workflows—from Firefly, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Whether you’re designing on the go, collaborating in real time, or discovering the newest tech, this session will show you how to rethink your creative process for maximum efficiency and flow. Step into the
- [PageProof Sponsored Breakfast Session: 6 Next-Level Breakthroughs for Fast, Creative Approval Workflows](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-pageproof-2025/) - This session is sponsored by PageProof. Take your creative approval process to new heights with PageProof online proofing! Discover 6 next-level powerful proofing features you can’t live without. If getting fast approvals without having to herd cats resonates with you, then don’t miss this session – it’s the productivity boost you’re looking for.
- [Wrangle Your Swatches](https://creativeproweek.com/session/wrangle-your-swatches/) - Take your color workflows to the next level by mastering Adobe Illustrator’s Swatches, the most powerful tool for managing and organizing colors across your design projects. While Illustrator offers the best functionality for swatch management, this session goes beyond just one app. We’ll also explore how swatches work in InDesign and Photoshop, comparing their strengths
- [Power Up Your Searches with InDesign’s Find/Change](https://creativeproweek.com/session/power-up-your-searches-with-indesigns-find-change/) - In this session, we will dive into InDesign’s Find/Change feature and take a step-by-step approach to investigate its often overlooked power. See how it can be your secret weapon for fixing problems with text, objects, colors, and more. And—since no one likes to do the same thing over and over—we’ll cover saving search queries so
- [CreativePro Partner Panel](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativepro-partner-panel-2025/) - We all know that Adobe makes powerful tools. But these days, the only way to be truly efficient and productive is to think outside the box and look at the ecosystem of services, resources, and third-party tools that are available to you. Join us for a panel discussion that looks at how to expand efficiency,
- [Walsworth Sponsored Breakfast Session: Lessons from the Prepress Trenches](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-walsworth-2025/) - This session is sponsored by Walsworth. Properly setting up your document is crucial; however, there are instances where prepress intervention may be necessary. In this session, you will learn about the adjustments that can be made and the limitations that may arise. Additionally, you will discover how to prevent some of the most frequent mistakes,
- [Illustrator Magic (a.k.a. Harry Plotter and the Claimer Of Secrets)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-magic/) - Join Tony Harmer for a fun, fast-paced session where he’ll show you some Illustrator wizardry. You'll see how to use Illustrator’s tools, functions, and commands to make your work so slick that to the casual observer you look like you've got magic superpowers. Magic-level proficiency in Illustrator is gained by confidence in the application based on
- [Creativity and Problem Solving with AI in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativity-and-problem-solving-with-ai-in-photoshop/) - Photoshop’s AI tools can help you with everything from speeding up everyday grunt work to supercharging your creativity. Whether you’re a graphic designer, photographer, or image editor (or all three), this session will help you unlock what’s possible with AI in Photoshop. You’ll learn: Jaw-dropping examples of how to use AI and Generative Fill in
- [Creative Wow!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-wow/) - Come see and/or share amazing software demos from around the world! CreativeWow is an informal and fun lunchtime event where designers and developers can connect and find ways to make magic.* Designers: Do you enjoy finding ways to become more efficient and productive? Do you like seeing amazing technology? Bring your lunch and see what cool
- [Text Effects in Photoshop and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/text-effects-in-photoshop-and-illustrator/) - Unlock the creative potential of text with this eye-popping session on crafting stunning text effects in both Photoshop and Illustrator. Learn how to combine advanced techniques with design principles to create bold, professional typography for any project. Topics include: Master layer styles and blending options in Photoshop for striking text effects Create editable, scalable text
- [Paper Party: Let's Get Tactile!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/paper-party-lets-get-tactile/) - Paper is as distinctive as fonts—each type of paper has its own “voice” and personality. And yet, the only way to truly understand paper and printing is to feel it with your own hands. In the old days there were plenty of opportunities for design professionals to experience a wide variety of paper stocks, so
- [Actually, There's a Script for That](https://creativeproweek.com/session/actually-theres-a-script-for-that/) - One of the best ways to improve your productivity and efficiency is to use scripts — and scripts are really easy to use! You just need to know where to find them. In this session, you’ll see a ton of must-have free and low-cost scripts for InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop; as well as sources for
- [Project Neo and 3D Viewer](https://creativeproweek.com/session/project-neo-and-3d-viewer/) - Designers have struggled with 3D tools for decades, but Adobe has some new (and currently free!) tools that make building and using 3D art not just much easier… but even fun! Stop trying to “make it pop” with old style drop shadows and start bringing your art to life with real 3D objects that you
- [Approachable Animation in After Effects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/approachable-animation-in-after-effects-2025/) - The ability to add motion to your designs is almost a must these days, and After Effects is the industry-standard app that can truly bring your creative vision to life. Emmy-winning motion designer Kyle Hamrick will guide you through the fundamentals of this often-intimidating program, and demonstrate approachable techniques you can use right away to
- [You Got This: Video for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/you-got-this-video-for-designers/) - Video creation is more accessible than ever, but once you dive in, you may realize it’s more involved than you thought! Join Emmy-winning video creator Kyle Hamrick to learn the essentials of planning, capturing and editing a video project, and learn how you can incorporate video into your work across a variety of formats and
- [Illustrator Brushes, Symbols, and Patterns—Oh My!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-brushes-symbols-and-patterns-oh-my/) - Illustrator brushes, symbols, and patterns are wildly versatile—if you know how to use them! Don’t miss this chance to learn how to integrate them into your workflow to create highly detailed and scalable designs without sacrificing efficiency or flexibility. You’ll learn how to: Create textured outlines for symbols or pattern shapes with brushes Make intricate
- [Design for Minds: The Neuroscience of Impact](https://creativeproweek.com/session/design-for-minds-the-neuroscience-of-impact/) - Design isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about transforming how information is processed and retained. By understanding the neuroscience behind perception, designers can create work that not only captures attention but also enhances learning and memory. This session will equip your team with the knowledge to optimize cognitive load, apply neuropsychological principles, and design with the brain’s
- [Figma for InDesigners](https://creativeproweek.com/session/figma-for-indesigners/) - Are you an InDesign user who's Figma-curious? This session is for you! You'll learn about the various differences and similarities between the two layout and productions apps, along with core foundations, best practices, key workflows, and a few add-ons and tricks that are tough to discover on your own. Topics include: How Figma handles files,
- [Table It Up: Mastering Tables in InDesign with Style and Precision](https://creativeproweek.com/session/table-it-up-mastering-tables-in-indesign-with-style-and-precision/) - Ready to turn ordinary data into extraordinary—and functional—tables in InDesign? In this dynamic session Laurie Ruhlin will give you the keys for creating, formatting, and editing tables with ease! Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned designer, this workshop will improve your skills and transform the way you present information. In addition to crafting clean,
- [InDesign Layers: Your Secret Weapon](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-layers-your-secret-weapon-2025/) - In this session, we'll dive into the hidden treasures of InDesign's layers, where creativity meets organization. With this often-underused tool, we'll discover how layers simplify your workflow by keeping content organized and harmonious. Layers offer unparalleled flexibility, from safeguarding headers and footers to watermarking, guides, and in-house printing. Get ready to uncover the hidden potential
- [Creating Cool Charts and Groovy Graphs With Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creating-cool-charts-and-groovy-graphs-with-illustrator/) - Illustrator has an incredible toolset but if you started out with the chart and graph tools you may well question that. On first glance they are old and creaky (I know what you're thinking and stop it, cheeky) but with a little knowledge they can be not only useful, but super fun, too! In this session, we’ll cover everything
- [AI on the Move: Unlocking the Potential of AI in Video](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-on-the-move-unlocking-the-potential-of-ai-in-video/) - By now, using AI for image generation may feel like yesterday’s news. Buckle up because that same AI power is reshaping the landscape of video design. AI in video offers designers new ways to elevate their creative output while streamlining workflows. Whether you’re working on promotional content, branded videos, motion graphics, or cinematic storytelling, AI
- [Transformative InDesign: Little Things Make a Big Difference!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/transformative-indesign-little-things-make-a-big-difference/) - Take your production skills to the next level with these small but mighty tips for transforming objects, frames, and lines in InDesign. We’ll explore how to use a reference point (a.k.a. the “waffle pocket’) to precisely size and position frames on a page. Get ready to take control of your layouts and transform the way you work
- [The Bridge that Holds Creative Cloud Together](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-bridge-that-holds-creative-cloud-together/) - Most people are confused about Adobe Bridge and how it fits in with the rest of the Creative Cloud — and no, it’s not the same thing as Lightroom! If you use InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop, you owe it to yourself to learn how this digital asset manager can make your life so much easier. Adobe
- [The Photo Editing Tool You’re Not Using… But Should Be](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-photo-editing-tool-youre-not-using-but-should-be/) - If you think that Camera Raw is just for photographers, you need this session. Come discover the full potential of this incredible editing tool. In this session, you’ll follow a complete start-to-finish editing process, including Camera Raw’s powerful masking tools. Whether you’re new to Camera Raw or looking to refine your skills, this session will
- [AI for Designers: The Ultimate How-To Guide](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-for-designers-the-ultimate-how-to-guide/) - You know you should be making the most of AI tools, right? But which ones? And how? Amy Balliett shares best practices, techniques, and tools for everything AI-related, from prompting to ideating. You’ll learn to make the most of your creativity with an AI assist. You’ll discover: Tools to help with every stage of design
- [Making it Fun: Lessons from a Career in Creativity](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-it-fun-lessons-from-a-career-in-creativity/) - Join Michael Flarup for an inspiring journey through the highs and lows of a career in creativity. Drawing on more than two decades as a designer, iconist, author, and game developer, Michael reveals how playful exploration, intentional work, and an unyielding pursuit of joy can help you find success and creative fulfillment. You’ll learn how
- [Superpowered Visuals: Escaping Blah-Mageddon](https://creativeproweek.com/session/superpowered-visuals-escaping-blah-mageddon/) - Visuals aren’t about making things pretty—they’re about communicating ideas quickly, clearly, and effectively. And they’re your secret weapon for telling stories that people connect with. The right visuals help your audience see themselves in your message through an emotional connection or a clear call to action. It’s time to stop letting your visuals sit there
- [Accessible PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-powerpoint/) - If you're not making your PowerPoint accessible, you're excluding people from your audience, plain and simple. It doesn’t matter if you are just presenting or exporting to PDF. There are specific accessibility considerations you must use to have an inclusive presentation. This session will explore the built-in accessibility tools, some “hidden features” and the best
- [Accessible Forms and Tables](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-forms-and-tables/) - Adobe InDesign is a powerhouse for creating accessible forms and tables, but it can be tricky to get started without some key foundations. Join Dax Castro for a walk through of the basics of creating accessible tables and PDFs with InDesign. You'll learn: How and why to define tags when exporting to PDF How and
- [Closing Session](https://creativeproweek.com/session/closing-session-2025/) - It’s time to bring this five-day CreativePro extravaganza to a close. Join us for one last opportunity to catch a tip, win a prize, and learn what’s next on the horizon.
- [A Master Class in Digital Art and Photoshop Innovation](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a-master-class-in-digital-art-and-photoshop-innovation/) - Join Photoshop legend Bert Monroy for a tour of his hyper-realistic compositions—including a piece he created based on his experience at CreativePro Week 2023! Known for blurring the line between photography and painting, Bert shares the insights behind his process, workflow, and philosophies that bring everyday subjects to vivid, almost tangible life. You’ll discover: Lessons
- [A Curious Commitment: Building Habits That Foster Creativity, Learning, and Success](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a-curious-commitment-building-habits-that-foster-creativity-learning-and-success/) - For many of us, CreativePro Week is a peak experience, where we are inspired to connect and learn more than any other time of the year. But after you get home, it’s what you do with the next 51 weeks that will determine your level of success. How do you overcome feelings of constant busyness,
- [Awesome Animation](https://creativeproweek.com/session/awesome-animation/) - Stop making boring, static slides and bring your presentations to life with animation! In this fast-paced, fun presentation, Jole Simmons will show you how to use animation to keep your audience engaged, make your story more compelling, and take your presentations to the next level. From basic text and object animations to more advanced motion
- [Hands-On Creativity and Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/hands-on-creativity-and-design/) - As designers, our software skills are a huge advantage, making it easy for us to branch out into new creative realms, but—only if we're willing to put down our mouse now and then. After all, studies show that creating with our hands is as good for the brain as it is for the soul! In
- [Charts in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/charts-in-indesign/) - Sooner or later, the time comes for every InDesign user when we need to create or insert charts into our documents. But sadly, even after all these years, Adobe hasn't given us a way to do that natively with the program. Fortunately, in this session, Nolan Haims will take you on a deep dive into
- [12 Awesome PowerPoint Techniques for Better Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/12-awesome-powerpoint-techniques-for-better-presentations/) - PowerPoint is an essential tool for all types of communication, but it’s almost universally used poorly. Revolutionize your content with amazing visuals, engage your audience with compelling animations, and impress them with beautiful, professional designs—all using only PowerPoint. In this session, you’ll see a host of visual storytelling techniques, all demonstrated live, that you can
- [Advanced Interactivity in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/advanced-interactivity-in-powerpoint/) - Most boring PowerPoint presentations are linear: just one slide after another. Learn how to break out of the mold and create a stunning, non-linear, interactive experience with PowerPoint! In this session, Chris Converse will show you strategies for creating a global navigation structure and an interactive table of contents that will dramatically help you navigate
- [Word Craft](https://creativeproweek.com/session/word-craft/) - You may not have “copywriter” in your job title, but that doesn't mean you can't craft your words more effectively. Sharpen some fundamentals, and you’ll be able to put them to good use—whether you’re captioning social media posts, writing emails and landing pages, or building compelling marketing messages. In this session, you’ll discover how to: Speak to
- [Three Minutes Max: PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-powerpoint-2025/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite PowerPoint tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Effective Visual Communication Using PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/effective-visual-communication-using-powerpoint/) - Few people enjoy creating, delivering, or even watching PowerPoint presentations… and yet everyone is forced into doing these things sooner or later. Even worse, some presentations are too wordy, text-based, and generally dull. They don’t tell stories that engage, excite, or inspire; and they do little to actually help people learn. This session addresses these
- [Designing for Print](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-for-print/) - Far from being dead, print is a tactile, immersive medium that demands a different approach than screen design. Chris Carls walks you through the key principles, tools, and techniques for elevating your designs of everything from brochures and business cards to large-format posters and packaging. We'll cover everything from color theory and resolution to prepress
- [Animating Static Images](https://creativeproweek.com/session/animating-static-images/) - Motion and animation are incredibly important in digital design, and yet the vast majority of our designs and images are usually static. Join us in this fascinating look at how to bring your images and designs to life. Topics include: Learn techniques to add animation to static photographs and illustrations Add video and animations to
- [Automating Your Layouts](https://creativeproweek.com/session/automating-your-layouts/) - While humans will always have a part in designing and creating, we too often forget why we use computers in the first place: because they're good at doing things that we're not so good at, including automating mind-numbing tasks! This is your chance to uncover the secrets of the InDesign power users and learn how
- [PowerPoint Templates that Work](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-templates-that-work/) - Learn to make intuitive, easy-to-use, professional PowerPoint templates quickly. Great templates mean better presentations, but unfortunately, most do not work and are often misused. Avoid common traps and mistakes. Get the tips, tricks, and secrets the pros use to design and deliver PowerPoint templates that everyone can use the right way. You'll learn how to:
- [The Power of Print](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-power-of-print-2025/) - Sure, digital is great, but in many situations, print is far more effective! Join us as we explore when and why print excels, as well as how best to take advantage of new (and old!) print techniques for phenomenal results and maximum visual impact. Topics include: Why print results in measurably better returns than onscreen
- [PowerPoint for InDesign Users: Getting Up to Speed](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-for-indesign-users-getting-up-to-speed/) - PowerPoint is the app that creative pros love to hate. And yet, we all have to use it sooner or later! The truth is that once you learn how PowerPoint works, you’ll find it’s incredibly powerful and can perform some tasks even better than Adobe’s tools. If you’ve ever feared or hated PowerPoint… if you've
- [Bulletproof Templates in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/bulletproof-templates-in-indesign/) - A well-built InDesign template can help you and your co-workers create consistently formatted documents that adhere to your brand standards while being easy and efficient to assemble. Setting up templates correctly so they're easy to understand and use is an art. This session will explore techniques you can start using right away to build bulletproof
- [Three Minutes Max: InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-indesign-2025/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite InDesign tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Info with Impact in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/info-with-impact-in-indesign/) - While organizing simple, basic information in an impactful way may be a routine task—it doesn't have to be boring! Learn how to create clean, professional infographics, organizational charts, and tables in Adobe InDesign. We’ll cover best practices for organizing data and visualizing information in an easy-to-read format, while also diving into powerful tools and techniques
- [Interactive InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-indesign/) - InDesign offers an array of features for creating interactive documents— features for creating buttons, alternate content, animation, and more. This interactivity can be published in documents on the web and beyond. Topics include: How to get started adding buttons, multi-state objects, animation, and video clips to your document Examples of real-world interactive documents that demonstrate
- [Advanced GREP](https://creativeproweek.com/session/advanced-grep/) - In the Intro to GREP session, we learned the fundamentals of working with GREP in InDesign. Now, it’s time for some in-depth GREP expressions to put into your toolkit. When it comes to automating text in your InDesign documents, using GREP can give you that boost you need to improve your accuracy, consistency, and productivity. Learn
- [Editorial Workflows with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/editorial-workflows-with-indesign/) - Unless you’re writing text directly inside your InDesign layout, chances are someone else is using Microsoft Word or Google Docs and you need to flow and format it in InDesign. In this fast-paced session, we’ll show you how to quickly fix the most common problems you’ll encounter. You’ll be amazed to see how most of the
- [So You Think You Know Illustrator?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/so-you-think-you-know-illustrator/) - Sure, you’ve been using Illustrator for years. But even as a pro, how do you know what you don’t know? By coming to this session, of course! Join Chris Carls for a good-natured look at features you’ve likely been overlooking in Illustrator. With nothing to lose and knowledge to gain—you won’t want to miss this
- [Using GREP in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-grep-in-indesign/) - Learn the fastest, most powerful, and most reliable way to find (and replace!) text in your InDesign documents. We'll cut through acronyms and spoon out alphabet soup — enough to give you a taste of when and how to use GREP in both design and production for accuracy and timesaving. Topics include: GREP searches vs.
- [InDesign Tips and Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-tips-and-tricks/) - We all know InDesign is a treasure chest of production power, but are you truly aware of its hidden gems? In this session, Erica Gamet shares her favorite InDesign tips and tricks to streamline your workflow, elevate your designs, and give you a whole new perspective on what’s possible. Whether you’re a beginner or a
- [All Design is Experience Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/all-design-is-experience-design/) - Whether you're designing a business card or a billboard, an app or an appliance manual, you're creating an experience for an audience. Design is, at its core, all about intentionally improving your audience's experience—making it easier to understand, more quickly digestible and clear. In this session, we'll look at the power of design and community
- [Photoshop Power Hour](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-power-hour/) - Check out the latest and greatest in Photoshop with the one and only Jesús Ramirez. You’ll learn the best ways to tap into Photoshop’s newest tools, how to make the most of recent updates, as well as inspiring and creative ways to do things better—whether you’re making a selection, blending a composite, or retouching a
- [Three Minutes Max: Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-illustrator-2025-2/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite Illustrator tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [AI in Ai](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-in-ai/) - When people think AI in Adobe apps, they usually think Photoshop. But AI can boost your productivity and creativity in Illustrator too! Author and expert instructor Jason Hoppe shows you how to integrate AI into your Illustrator work and create innovative visual solutions. Learn to become a more efficient and effective designer, delivering outstanding results
- [Acrobat Power Tips: Beyond the Basics](https://creativeproweek.com/session/acrobat-power-tips-beyond-the-basics/) - Ready to take your Acrobat skills to the next level? No more fumbling around with basic tools! We’ll take a deep dive into advanced techniques that will help you get more done in less time, all while working smarter with PDFs, including everything from using hidden tools to setting up secure, automated workflows that’ll make
- [Welcome Reception 2025](https://creativeproweek.com/session/welcome-reception-2025/) - Join us for drinks, nibbles, and a fun opportunity to meet the speakers and your fellow attendees!
- [Three Minutes Max: Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-photoshop-2025/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite Photoshop tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Digital Accessibility in the Analog World](https://creativeproweek.com/session/digital-accessibility-in-the-analog-world/) - Accessibility can extend far beyond our digital devices to include various unexpected media forms, including billboards, board games, and print media. By addressing often-overlooked areas of design, we can highlight opportunities for innovation and inclusivity in spaces that are typically marginalized. You’ll be inspired by insights from diverse industry professionals and innovative examples of accessible
- [People Pleasing: Photoshop Retouching and Production Workflows](https://creativeproweek.com/session/people-pleasing-photoshop-retouching-and-production-workflows/) - In this session, Photoshop guru Lisa Carney will show you how to create images that make people stop scrolling and how to process them in Photoshop so they look great every single time. Whether you’re working on headshots, product images for e-commerce, or just something on spec, Lisa will guide you through the entire process, sharing all her go-to
- [The Foundations of Accessibility](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-foundations-of-accessibility/) - By now, you've certainly heard that designing for accessibility is a must, but where do you start? What tools do you need? And how do you know if you’re doing it right? Accessibility expert Dax Castro is here with a crash course for absolute beginners on how to start designing accessibly. Topics include: The meaning
- [So You Think You Know InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/so-you-think-you-know-indesign/) - You may have been using InDesign for years (or decades!), but there may still be a surprising number of things you don’t even know you don’t know—y'know? Join Prescott Perez-Fox for a fun eye-opening journey that will make you see a familiar app in a whole new way. Topics Include: Best practices in InDesign Hidden
- [The Ultimate 5-Star Workflow: Making the Most of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Express, and Firefly](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-ultimate-5-star-workflow-making-the-most-of-photoshop-illustrator-indesign-express-and-firefly/) - Welcome to the future of creative workflows! In this session, you'll learn how to harness the full power of five incredible Adobe tools—Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Express, and Firefly—so you can work faster, smarter, and more creatively than ever before. It's the dream team of Adobe apps, working together in perfect harmony to make your
- [CreativePro Partner Panel: Finding Solutions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativepro-partner-panel-finding-solutions-2024/) - We all know that Adobe makes powerful tools. But these days, the only way to be truly efficient and productive is to think outside the box and look at the ecosystem of services, resources, and third-party tools that are available to you. Join us for a panel discussion that looks at how to expand efficiency,
- [Microsoft Lunch Session: Presentation Design in the Copilot Era](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-lunch-session-microsoft-2024/) - This session is sponsored by Microsoft. Get an inside look at how the PowerPoint team sees design of presentations evolving with AI and Copilot. Watch the session here: https://vimeo.com/982816913?share=copy
- [Microsoft Breakfast Session: Meet Microsoft Designer—Your Creative Partner](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-microsoft-2024/) - This session is sponsored by Microsoft. Learn about the new Microsoft Designer, and how you can leverage it in your work and personal life to generate engaging graphics and images with AI. Watch the session here: https://vimeo.com/980983435?share=copy
- [PageProof Breakfast Session: 5 Game Changers for Creative Workflow Efficiency](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-pageproof-2024/) - This session is sponsored by PageProof. Unlock massive efficiency gains with PageProof! Discover 5 groundbreaking features designed to revolutionize your creative workflow. Harness best-in-class creative collaboration, seamless design tool integration, and AI-powered productivity boosts. Perfect for design and creative teams facing increasing workloads, this session will show you how to achieve more with less effort.
- [Walsworth Breakfast Session: Getting It Right, Right From the Start](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-walsworth-2024/) - This session is sponsored by Walsworth. When you begin any print project, it's very important to set your document up correctly, using the right trim size, margins, bleeds, and other settings. Join us for tips, tricks, and best practices for building documents destined for professional print output. Whether you’re building a catalog with hundreds of
- [Santa Cruz Software Breakfast Session: Scaling Banner Ad Creation with AI](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-santa-cruz-software-2024/) - This session is sponsored by Santa Cruz Software. Join Luis Mendes as he showcases the power of BannersUI, an automated banner ad creation tool from Santa Cruz Software. Using AI, BannersUI resizes, repositions objects, and then exports various ad sizes while ensuring brand consistency. Transform your ad creation workflow with cutting-edge automation for maximum efficiency
- [GREP: You Know You Need This](https://creativeproweek.com/session/grep-you-know-you-need-this/) - GREP is one of the most powerful features in InDesign, but sadly it’s one of the least used! In this introductory session, Erica Gamet will get you up to speed with this amazing tool for finding, changing, and formatting text patterns. You'll learn essential GREP techniques, such as: The basics of creating an expression to easily
- [Level Up Your Photoshop Layer Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/level-up-your-photoshop-layer-techniques/) - Needless to say, working with layers is one of the essential skills in Photoshop. In this session, Julieanne Kost will share all her favorite tips, shortcuts and often-overlooked layer techniques. By the end of this class your knowledge of layers will skyrocket! Sneak Peek: How to Make Layer Comps in Photoshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyBg8WjFU1E
- [Add-ons, Plug-ins, and Extensibility for Creatives](https://creativeproweek.com/session/add-ons-plug-ins-and-extensibility-for-creatives/) - Have you ever said, “I should really look into using some plug-ins for my work in InDesign (or Illustrator or Photoshop)…” and then forgot about it? This session is your chance to see some great demos of time-saving solutions that other people have invented to save you clicks in your day-to-day workflows. From the shortest
- [Ignite CreativePro 2024](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ignite-creativepro-2024/) - Come join us for dessert, plus a heaping helping of tips, tricks, and fun! Or sign up to present 20 slides in 5 minutes. It's your opportunity to have five minutes of fame, in the relaxed and friendly confines of an after-hours get-together with your colleagues. When: Tuesday, July 9, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Where:
- [Fast Photo Fixes with AI](https://creativeproweek.com/session/fast-photo-fixes-with-ai/) - Generative Fill in Photoshop and Firefly have received a huge amount of attention, but there are many other AI-enabled image tools that are just as amazing. Join rockstar Lisa Carney as she shares powerful methods for retouching, editing, and improving images quickly. Topics include: Utilizing Generative Fill in Photoshop How to use AI for real
- [25 Years of Timeless Tips and Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/25-years-of-timeless-tips-and-tricks/) - Since 1999, CreativePro has been dishing out amazing tips and tricks to help graphic designers work more efficiently, be more creative, and have more fun. In this session, CreativePro Editor in Chief Mike Rankin will share his favorite tips that have stood the test of time. This is no trip down Memory Lane; these tips
- [Closing Session](https://creativeproweek.com/session/closing-session-2024/) - It’s time to bring this five-day CreativePro extravaganza to a close. Join us for one last opportunity to catch a tip, win a prize, and learn what’s next on the horizon.
- [Illustrator Features You Don't Know You Don't Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-features-you-dont-know-you-dont-know/) - When your time for learning Illustrator is limited, what wins out? The shiny new features or the tried and true classics? In this session, Illustrator instructor Laura Coyle will deliver a curated mix of new and timeless Illustrator tools, tips, and features in innovative combinations. Regardless of your experience level with Illustrator, this session is
- [Three Minutes Max: Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-photoshop-2024/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite Photoshop tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Welcome Reception](https://creativeproweek.com/session/welcome-reception/) - Join us for drinks, nibbles, and a fun opportunity to meet the speakers and your fellow attendees!
- [Long Document Essentials](https://creativeproweek.com/session/long-document-essentials/) - Learn valuable tips and techniques to make designing and producing long, repetitive, or complex documents easier, faster, and more enjoyable. Topics include: Practical parent (master) page tricks Why Keep Options should be your best friend Tips for anchoring objects to the text flow Best practices for creating and applying styles Using object styles, snippets, and libraries
- [AI in Adobe Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-in-adobe-illustrator/) - When people think AI in Adobe apps, they usually think Photoshop. But AI can boost your productivity and creativity in Illustrator too! Beloved instructor Jason Hoppe shows you how to integrate AI into your Illustrator work, covering topics such as: Making the most of Generative Recolor Generating vectors from text prompts Bringing type back to
- [Color Through the Lens of Culture](https://creativeproweek.com/session/color-through-the-lens-of-culture/) - Do you think color is just about what looks good? Think again! There's far more to color than a pretty palette or a fashion statement. Color gives rise to feelings, forges connections to one’s heritage, brings people together, and can be a key component of effective communication. We can create deeper relationships when we become
- [Bullets and Numbering in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/bullets-and-numbering-in-indesign/) - You’ve found the buttons to apply bullets and/or numbering to your lists in InDesign, but getting them to behave the way you want can be wildly frustrating… until you learn the secrets in this session! Join Laurie Ruhlin as she demystifies this crucial InDesign skill. Topics include: Tricks and essential tips for applying bullets and
- [The Power of Paper and Print](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-power-of-paper-and-print/) - Sure, digital is great, but in many situations, print is far more effective! Join us as we explore when and why print excels, as well as how best to take advantage of new (and old!) print techniques for phenomenal results and maximum visual impact. Topics include: Why print results in measurably better returns than onscreen
- [Paper Party: Exploring PaperSpecs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/paper-party-exploring-paperspecs/) - Paper is as distinctive as fonts—each type of paper has its own "voice" and personality. And yet, the only way to truly understand paper and printing is to feel it with your own hands. In the old days there were plenty of opportunities for design professionals to experience a wide variety of paper stocks, so
- [Make an Impact! How Designers Can Promote Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion](https://creativeproweek.com/session/make-an-impact-how-designers-can-promote-diversity-equality-and-inclusion/) - We know that diversity and inclusiveness are crucial components of every design. But what does that look like in practice and how do you know if you're doing it right? In this session, designer and brand strategist Nicte Cuevas shares best practices and strategies for: Approaching designs with mindfulness to create more effective and authentic
- [PowerPoint Add-Ins](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-add-ins/) - Are you using PowerPoint add-ins? You should be! Add-ins are third-party plug-ins that expand PowerPoint's capabilities and solve loads of problems, for users of every skill level from beginner to advanced. There are a lot of add-ins out there including some unbelievably great free ones. But how do you know which are worth having and
- [AI Roadmap](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-roadmap/) - AI is like the Wild West right now—a vast, sometimes unruly expanse of potential, just begging to be explored by those eager for adventure. But, just like the Wild West, there is so much still to be discovered, so many methods of exploration, and plenty of outlaws waiting in the wings to take advantage of
- [Graphic Styles for Workflow Magic](https://creativeproweek.com/session/graphic-styles-for-workflow-magic/) - Discover the time-saving and creative world of Graphic Styles in Illustrator. In this session, you’ll learn the basics along with more advanced techniques for creating your own amazing styles. You’ll come away with a new appreciation for Graphic Styles plus a library of styles you can use in your own work! Sneak Peek: How to
- [Figma—What’s the Hype About?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/figma-whats-the-hype-about/) - You’ve heard everyone talking about Figma, but what exactly is it? Join us in this introductory session where we’ll explore Figma from the perspective of a Creative Cloud user. We’ll start with the interface and design techniques, then expand into the truly unique features of Figma, including components, dynamic layouts, collaboration, and even prototyping. Check
- [Creative Problem Solving with AI in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-problem-solving-with-ai-in-photoshop/) - Ready to explore creative and time-saving AI features in Photoshop? In this session, Adobe Certified Instructor Rob de Winter leads you through the hidden gems of the latest addition to Photoshop: Generative AI. Learn how AI in Photoshop can not only speed up your workflow, but also how it can fuel your creativity! Sneak Peek:
- [Hands-On Design & Creativity](https://creativeproweek.com/session/hands-on-design/) - Studies show that creating with our hands is as good for the brain as it is for the soul. As designers, our software skills are a huge advantage, making it easy for us to branch out into new creative realms, but—only if we're willing to put down our mouse now and then. In this session,
- [Creative Cloud Unleashed](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-cloud-unleashed/) - Explore new avenues for your creativity with professional-level design tools on the iPad. Photoshop and Illustrator have been re-imagined for a touch-enabled experience — and offer a whole new dimension for designing unique and engaging content. Whether you use your fingers, or Pencil, you’ll discover new ways to seamlessly work across your desktop and iPad
- [Making Sense of Creative Cloud Libraries](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-sense-of-creative-cloud-libraries/) - Creative Cloud Libraries sound great in theory, but don't always work the way you might expect them to. However they are incredibly useful for storing artwork, colors, text, styles, patterns, and more, and then using this content across different Adobe apps. Join Keith Gilbert for strategies to make CC Libraries work for you, not against
- [Using After Effects as a Photoshop Plug-in](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-after-effects-as-a-photoshop-plug-in/) - If your client asks for something “new” or “out of the box,” take a look at using After Effects. It works just like Photoshop, and can be used for any design project . . . even still images with no video! This session we’ll explore quick-and-easy techniques to create jaw-dropping graphics for any design project. In
- [Augmenting Reality with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Aero](https://creativeproweek.com/session/augmenting-reality-with-photoshop-illustrator-and-aero/) - In the coming years, augmented reality promises to be as game-changing as the first graphic user interface. But what is it, exactly? And how can you start experimenting with it? Rob de Winter shows you how to make the leap and some inspiring and creative ways to use it. Topics include: Taking your Photoshop and
- [Transformative Tools for CreativePros](https://creativeproweek.com/session/transformative-tools-for-creativepros/) - Want to get super-efficient and productive? Come learn about a wide range of utilities, apps, and services that can help make you a rockstar! Sometimes it's the little things that make the biggest difference. Theresa Jackson showcases a collection of productivity tools for Mac and Windows, curated from the recommendations of over a dozen fellow
- [Bringing It All Together: CC Workflows](https://creativeproweek.com/session/bringing-it-all-together-cc-workflows/) - This session uncovers the secrets to maximizing your design prowess by highlighting the power of Creative Cloud’s online services. Adobe’s Bart Van de Wiele will teach you how to work faster, collaborate with others, and say goodbye to email reviews using a variety of possibilities. Topics include: Ideate and collaborate using generative AI with Adobe
- [Taking the Fear Out of InDesign and Illustrator Scripts](https://creativeproweek.com/session/taking-the-fear-out-of-indesign-and-illustrator-scripting/) - A carefully curated collection of scripts is guaranteed to up your game in both InDesign and Illustrator. In this session, you'll discover how easy it is to find, install, and use an enormous variety of helpful scripts for both InDesign and Illustrator. You’ll learn: The easy way to reliably download and install any script in
- [Pocket Guide to Design Law in the Age of AI](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pocket-guide-to-design-law-in-the-age-of-ai/) - In this session, legal expert Kathryn Goldman will delve into the three pivotal legal areas every designer must navigate: contract, copyright, and trademark. As AI continues to revolutionize the design industry, understanding its impact on these legal domains has never been more crucial. Kathryn will break down top-line best practices, offering a clear, concise guide
- [AI in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-in-powerpoint/) - AI is everywhere these days, even in the world of presentation design—both inside PowerPoint and in dozens of standalone apps and services. Discover how to leverage AI to help you create effective presentations in record time. Streamline your process with help from AI to generate everything from a basic outline or storyboard to custom graphics
- [Buried Treasure: Mining Your Fonts for Gold](https://creativeproweek.com/session/buried-treasure-mining-your-fonts-for-gold/) - Don’t know your Unicode from a unicorn? Think Stylistic Sets are a Philadelphia soul group? This session is for you. We'll discuss finding elusive glyphs, getting the most out of Adobe Fonts, understanding those obscure OpenType features, and explore when and why to use special fonts like Variable or Color Fonts. Topics include: Accessing alternate
- [Accessible PDFs from InDesign Part 2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-pdfs-from-indesign-part2/) - We all know Adobe InDesign is an incredibly powerful tool from both a design and an accessibility standpoint. But it's no secret that InDesign falls short in a few areas. In this session, Chad will share advanced accessibility tips for making documents compliant and providing the most robust user experience possible.
- [Diagram This!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/diagram-this/) - Have you ever struggled with the intricacies of creating diagrams or infographics, or felt bogged down by the process? Fear not! The one and only Tony Harmer is here to help you streamline your process by leveraging styles, symbols, and libraries to save time and boost impact. Topics include: Unlocking the power of styles in
- [Designing for the Real World](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-for-the-real-world/) - Working on a screen all day is one thing, but bringing your work into the physical world and creating with your hands (using something other than a mouse) is something else entirely! Atlanta-based illustrator and muralist, George Baker III, shares what he's learned from transforming your digital world into real-world, physical designs. You'll discover: Why
- [Designing Accessibly: Your Power to Make a Change Starts Today!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-accessibly-your-power-to-make-a-change-starts-today/) - In this engaging session, we will explore the immediate impact designers can have on creating inclusive experiences for all users. Discover practical strategies, actionable insights, and the tools you need to initiate change in your design practices today. Join us as we shatter barriers, empower users, and unveil the immense potential within your grasp to
- [Resolution: How Well Do You Really Understand It?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/resolution-how-well-do-you-really-understand-it/) - Resolution is one of those things that you think you understand, until you have to explain it. So what exactly is it? How is it related to image size? When is an image big enough—and when is it too big? How do you know? Theresa takes you on a deep dive to deliver answers to
- [Grids: The Backbone of Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/grids-the-backbone-of-design/) - We know we should be using grids in our designs, but which ones? How do you choose? Where do you even start? Join Nigel as he shares invaluable insights, practical tips, and real-world examples to demystify the complexities of grid-based design. By the end of the session, you'll not only understand the importance of grids
- [InDesign—The “Right” Way](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-the-right-way/) - You get there in the end, but is it always in the most efficient way? Under the hood, would your InDesign documents stand up to scrutiny? If there are serious edits to be made, would your document fall down like a house of cards? This session looks at ways to make InDesign’s document infrastructure and
- [Advanced Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts to Increase Your Productivity in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/advanced-tips-tricks-and-shortcuts-to-increase-your-productivity-in-photoshop/) - In this fast-paced, information-packed session tailored for intermediate to advanced Photoshop users, Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost will showcase her favorite Photoshop tips, tricks, and techniques. She’ll uncover hidden gems for working with layers and masking, compositing and retouching, type, vectors and more, to help you become more efficient and reach your creative vision
- [Making the Most of PowerPoint Templates](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-the-most-of-powerpoint-templates/) - Okay, we can all admit that making PowerPoint templates makes us nervous. Can we delete that layout? How should we handle page numbers? What about the color palette? Why can't we set a font theme on a Mac? Will the client call us up in six months saying complaining about their bullet points formatting? Templates
- [Agile Infographics](https://creativeproweek.com/session/agile-infographics/) - Nowadays the ability to design professional infographics isn't enough—you need to do it quickly and efficiently. One way to achieve this is to adopt Agile methods. This cutting-edge workshop shows step-by-step how to use Agile techniques to turn words into professional, compelling infographics quickly. Learn the proven techniques and tools the pros use to do
- [Storytelling in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/storytelling-in-powerpoint/) - Like any children's book, engaging novel or award winning film, a good story should be the backbone of your presentation. But what separates a good story from a not-so-good one? In this session, you’ll discover the essential structure and elements you need to craft engaging and memorable stories. Then, learn how to bring your story
- [Three Minutes Max: PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-powerpoint-2024/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite PowerPoint tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Make it Move: Animation in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/make-it-move-animation-in-powerpoint/) - PowerPoint’s animation tools are incredibly powerful and capable of far more than you might expect. Veteran PowerPoint instructor Jole Simmons shares his favorite tips and tricks for bringing your deck to life with professional animation techniques. You’ll learn how to: Embrace animation and learn when it's appropriate to use it Find ways to simplify concepts
- [Slidedeck Remix: Before & After](https://creativeproweek.com/session/slidedeck-remix-before-after/) - Watch this immersive, real world, step-by-step slide deck makeover. Get practical tips, techniques, and tools you can use immediately to make professional slides quickly. Mike walks you through how he transformed a cluttered, ineffective client slide deck into a powerful and professional presentation in only 5 hours. Be even more of a superstar. Walk away
- [Approachable Animation in After Effects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/approachable-animation-in-after-effects/) - Having the ability to animate your designs is becoming a must these days, and After Effects is the app that can truly bring your creative vision to life. Emmy-winning motion designer Kyle Hamrick will guide you through the fundamentals of this often-intimidating program, and demonstrate approachable techniques you can use right away to boost your
- [Amped Up PowerPoint: Working Smarter and Faster](https://creativeproweek.com/session/amped-up-powerpoint-working-smarter-and-faster/) - In this session, Nolan will reveal his favorite time-saving tricks, secrets, and hacks for working faster and more efficiently in PowerPoint. You'll see simple (but powerful) keyboard shortcuts, important undocumented features, even how to completely customize the PowerPoint UI. If you've ever said to yourself, "There has to be a better way," this session is
- [Getting Started with Video for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/getting-started-with-video-for-designers/) - We might all be walking around with a video creation device in our pockets, but when asked to create or use video professionally, you might realize it’s more involved than you thought! Join Emmy-winning video creator Kyle Hamrick to learn the essentials of video editing and post-production, and ways you can incorporate video into your
- [Game-Changing Techniques for Anchored Objects and Object Styles in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/game-changing-techniques-for-anchored-objects-and-object-styles-in-indesign/) - This session is a must for anyone creating catalogs, manuals, or working with threaded text and related, location-specific graphics. It includes practical and imaginative tips for working with anchored objects in InDesign will save you a ton of time and completely blow your mind. Laurie will share real-world problems and their anchored-object solutions, such as
- [Three Minutes Max: InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-indesign-2024/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite InDesign tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Leveraging Metadata Across Adobe Apps](https://creativeproweek.com/session/leveraging-metadata-across-adobe-apps/) - Did you know that every Adobe file you work with can contain hidden information that describes your file? Did you know that the Adobe applications give you the ability to leverage that metadata in other applications? In this session, you'll learn what metadata is and how to use it your everyday work. You'll also learn
- [Problem Solving with AI in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/problem-solving-with-ai-in-indesign/) - Believe it or not—in addition to all the other apps, AI can also help you shine—in InDesign! With intelligent features that have existed for awhile, such as Subject-Aware Text Wrap, Content-Aware Fit, and newer innovations, your workflow is about to get a major boost. Don't miss this session with Jason Hoppe for an insightful look
- [Demystifying Table and Cell Styles](https://creativeproweek.com/session/demystifying-table-and-cell-styles/) - Are you tired of wrestling with data tables in your design projects? Join us for an illuminating presentation that unravels the mysteries of InDesign's tables and transforms your relationship with data-driven design. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned designer, this session offers invaluable insights that will streamline your workflow.
- [Making Data Merge Magic](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-data-merge-magic/) - Data Merge is InDesign’s built-in, go-to tool for creating direct mail campaigns, business cards, sequential stationery, and many other “data publishing” documents. Using techniques already present in InDesign, it is possible to take a regular template to another level and provide a truly unique experience for each recipient. Topics include: Best practices for preparing Data
- [Adobe Express for Pro Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-express-for-pro-designers/) - Adobe Express is not a replacement for the Adobe apps we all know and love, but rather, an additional tool that complements existing workflows while dramatically expanding your output and effectiveness. Social media posts, flyers, invitations, your next promotional video . . . Adobe Express can do it all! And best part is that it all comes with
- [Three Minutes Max: Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-illustrator-2024/) - This crowd favorite is back and better than ever! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session where each of our instructors will have just three minutes to share their favorite Illustrator tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Essential AI Resources for Every Designer](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-ai-resources-for-every-designer/) - There are new AI apps and tools popping up every day, from AI-generated music and video scripts, to voiceovers, to tools that help with presentation design. But how do you know what’s worth checking out and what’s not? Amy Balliett has done the work for you and she’s here to share some of her favorite AI
- [Accessibility in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessibility-in-powerpoint/) - PowerPoint has become a staple of our business environment. Ensuring your presentations are accessible can be a major challenge if you are not familiar with some key features (and bugs) within the program. Dax will walk you through all the tools and roadblocks you need to know to create inclusive and accessible content. By the
- [I Can't Believe It's Not Photoshop!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop/) - We often focus on the latest and greatest innovations and features of Illustrator and forget how to make the most of foundational tools and techniques that are crucial for developing not only your own style, but also for continued learning and growth. Join renowned Illustrator phenom, Orlando Arocena (Mexifunk), for a look at why approaching
- [Simplify and Supercharge with InDesign Styles](https://creativeproweek.com/session/simplify-and-supercharge-with-indesign-styles/) - Join Julie for a transformative journey into the heart of Adobe InDesign’s styling capabilities. In this session, you’ll delve deep into paragraph styles, specifically exploring Next, Nested, and GREP, the unsung heroes of text layout efficiency. Prepare to see how these powerful features can simplify your workflow, add flair to your designs, and easily tackle
- [Get Onboard with Accessibility Basics](https://creativeproweek.com/session/get-onboard-with-accessibility-basics/) - You know accessibility is important, but you're not even sure where to start? Then pull up a chair and strap yourself in! This class is perfect for you. Dax will start at the very beginning, with the basics of accessible documents and give you the building blocks to create accessible PDFs that everyone can read.
- [Accessible PDFs from InDesign Part 1](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-pdfs-from-indesign-part-1/) - If you’ve been tasked with creating accessible PDFs from InDesign in your day-to-day job, you won't want to miss this session. Chad will walk you through all the ins and outs of creating accessible PDFs. You’ll leave this session with an understanding of the requirements for document accessibility and why each one is important.
- [Advanced Accessibility: Solving Complex Tag Challenges](https://creativeproweek.com/session/advanced-accessibility-solving-complex-tag-challenges/) - Put on your thinking caps and roll up your sleeves: This class will take you beyond the basics of tagging content for accessibility. Attendees will learn advanced techniques for dealing with unique situations. We will cover: Block vs. Inline: Why, when, where, and how Tips for manually fixing table structures Understanding List and nested lists
- [Breaking Bad Photoshop Habits](https://creativeproweek.com/session/breaking-bad-photoshop-habits/) - There are lots of ways to use Photoshop. Some are effective and some are . . . not so much. In this session, Photoshop Hall of Famer Dave Cross will reveal the most common “bad habits” you should avoid—and alternatives that are quicker, more accurate, and more flexible. In this session, you'll learn best practices to take your
- [Interactive PDF and Alternatives](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-pdf-and-alternatives/) - While interactive PDFs have a time and a place, oftentimes they're more like using a flip phone in a smartphone world. Join Tony Harmer for a look at why it's high time to bid adieu to this outdated format and embrace the exciting alternatives available. Key Takeaways: Understand the limitations of Interactive PDFs and why
- [InDesign Workflow Tune-up](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-workflow-tune-up/) - Do you consider yourself a seasoned Adobe InDesign user, but sometimes feel stuck in your ways? Do you ever wonder if you're wasting precious time on everyday tasks that could be handled faster and easier? Then join this session where you’ll learn time-saving tips and techniques for working on brochures, catalogs, posters, and many other
- [10 InDesign Features and 3 Free Add-Ons You Should be Using](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-indesign-features-and-3-free-add-ons-you-should-be-using/) - You’ve been using InDesign for years, but are you using it right? Join internationally-renowned InDesign guru David Blatner as he uncovers 10 amazing features that most InDesign users don’t even know about. But that's not all! He’ll also reveal three free InDesign add-ons you’ll want to download immediately. Topics include: Building libraries of reusable page
- [InDesign Layers: Your Secret Weapon](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-layers-your-secret-weapon/) - In this session, we'll uncover the hidden treasures of InDesign's layers, where creativity meets organization. Discover how using layers can simplify your workflow by keeping content organized and harmonious. Get ready to uncover the hidden potential of InDesign's layers and supercharge your design game!
- [Illustrator for Noobs: Everything Is Shapes!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-for-noobs-everything-is-shapes/) - Are you an InDesign or Photoshop user who’s told yourself time and time again that you’d cozy up to Illustrator “someday?” Today is the day! Join Khara for a fun and approachable session that will get you up to speed quickly with the world's best vector drawing tool! Topics include: Making the mental shift from pixels
- [The State of Design and Art of Community](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-state-of-design-and-art-of-community/) - Welcome to CreativePro Week 2024! We're all living in an age of artificial intelligence, automation, and overload! Join us for this opening session, where we'll explore simple solutions for not just surviving, but thriving. Topics include: Why being human is more important than ever in the field of design Sometimes AI is smarter than us…
- [Walsworth Breakfast Session: Make the Prepress Process Smoother](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-walsworth-2023/) - This session is sponsored by Walsworth. InDesign has powerful built-in preflight capabilities which helps you achieve better results, greater time savings, and lower production costs. The Preflight Panel alerts you to potential production problems in real time—directly within your layout. We will also cover PDF Export settings including whether to convert RGB to CMYK. Watch
- [Microsoft Breakfast Session: Generative Design Tools with the AI First Microsoft Designer](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-microsoft-2023/) - This session is sponsored by Microsoft. Let’s get our hands dirty. In this session, you will see a few of the most popular generative text and visual tools included in Microsoft Designer. Whether you are a designer, creative or a business owner, these powerful tools can take your designs to the next level. Watch Now
- [Microsoft Lunch Session: PowerPoint Copilot](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-lunch-session-microsoft-2023/) - This session is sponsored by Microsoft. Come learn more about PowerPoint Copilot and how we imagine using AI to enable our customers to tell their best stories. Watch Now on Demand! https://vimeo.com/834808333?share=copy
- [Adobe Lunch Session: Creativity in the Blink of an AI: Preparing Designers for Tomorrow](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-lunch-session-adobe-2023/) - This session is sponsored by Adobe. Technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are hurtling the design industry forward into uncharted territory. So what do you need to know about current trends, technologies, and tools that will best prepare you for the future? In this presentation, Adobe’s Danielle Morimoto will show the latest tools and generative
- [PageProof Breakfast Session: The #1 Game-changer for Design Teams](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-pageproof-2023/) - This session is sponsored by PageProof In this dynamic presentation, we explore why online proofing is the #1 game-changer for design teams in our ever-evolving digital world. Harness the power of platforms like PageProof to transform the way you handle feedback and approvals, resulting in faster delivery of brand-compliant content. Discover the versatility of online
- [CreativePro Week Welcome Reception, sponsored by Adobe](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativepro-week-2023-welcome-reception/) - Meet our speakers and your fellow attendees over drinks and nibbles at our Monday Welcome Reception. Participate in a fun activity by scanning the QR code on your napkin to view the design that Adobe Design Manager Danielle Morimoto will use during her Adobe Lunch session. Using Adobe Illustrator’s new Share for Review
- [10 Essential Illustrator Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-essential-illustrator-tips/) - Sometimes, a single Illustrator tip is all it takes to rock your world—and in this session, you’ll learn TEN! How many do you know? Find out in this fun and fast-paced session with Illustrator guru, Laura Coyle. Topics include: Get inspired to use Recolor Artwork Shape Builder pro tips The iPad Pencil tool: Can it
- [CreativePro Partner Panel: Finding Solutions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativepro-partner-panel-2023/) - These days, the only way to be truly efficient and productive is to think “outside the box” and look at the ecosystem of services, resources, and third-party tools that are available to you. Join us for a panel discussion that looks at how to expand efficiency, improve workflows, and plan for a successful future. Panelists:
- [Microsoft 365 for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/microsoft-365-for-designers/) - You use both Microsoft and Adobe tools and services, right? But while you weren't looking they became a dynamic duo, with well-integrated technologies to make your workflow more successful and productive. If your organization uses Microsoft 365, this session will help improve your collaboration and efficiency, both within and outside of your creative team. We’ll
- [One Tool to Rule Them All: Adobe Bridge](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-bridge/) - Most people think Adobe Bridge is just for photographers. Not so! If you use InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop, you owe it to yourself to learn how this digital asset manager can make your life so much easier. Adobe Bridge is just waiting for its chance to save you time by cutting through the clutter of
- [Creative Inspiration Is Everywhere: Make the Most of it with Adobe Capture, Fresco, Photoshop, and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-inspiration/) - Where do you look for inspiration? How do you capture it? How do you convert those inspiring ideas into real usable design assets? Theresa Jackson shares her ideas and techniques with Adobe Capture, Fresco, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Don't miss this chance to be inspired and learn how to create usable design elements with this Adobe
- [The Art of Direction](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-art-of-direction/) - So, you know your way around the various Adobe apps and have years of experience as a veteran designer. Now what? Maybe you’ve thought about transitioning to a Director role at some point, but the specifics of what's involved and how to get there can feel ambiguous—at best. What does an Art Director or Creative Director really do, exactly?
- [The Power of Print: Touch = Value](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-power-of-print/) - Sure, digital is great, but in many situations, print is far more effective! Join us as we explore when and why print excels, as well as how best to take advantage of new (and old!) print techniques for phenomenal results and visual impact. Topics include: Why print results in measurably better returns than on-screen experiences
- [Getting Started with Video: Yes You Can](https://creativeproweek.com/session/getting-started-with-video/) - It's time to finally embrace video and all the creative joy and opportunity that come with it. In this session, Chris Converse will remove the hurdles you thought were in your way, and show you how to use what you already know to make the transition a smooth one. Chris will cover: Working with video
- [Powerful Add-Ons to Boost Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerful-illustrator-add-ons/) - At one time or another, every Illustrator user has said, “Why is this so hard?!" or, "The one feature I really need doesn't exist!" Dave Clayton wants you to know that he feels your pain—and he's here to help! In this jam-packed session, you'll discover powerful third-party tools and plug-ins (free and paid) to fill
- [Saving Time in InDesign with Anchored Objects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/anchored-objects/) - Get ready to have your mind blown with both practical and imaginative ways to save time with anchored objects in InDesign. This session is a must for anyone creating catalogs, manuals, or any document with threaded text and related, location-specific graphics. Laurie will share real world struggles and anchored object solutions, such as how to:
- [Just Your Type: Beautiful Typography Everywhere](https://creativeproweek.com/session/beautiful-typography-everywhere/) - Typography is at the core of design, underpinning everything — whether you’re designing books, magazines, presentations, marketing collateral, Publish Online documents, or fixed-layout EPUBs. Without a strong typographical foundation, your design is going to be wimpy and weak. Typeface combinations should be carefully considered, hyphenation and justification optimized, widows and orphans banished, baselines cross-aligned, and
- [Illustrator Under the Bonnet](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-under-the-bonnet/) - If your Illustrator graphics still look like stick figure drawings, it's time to take things up a notch! Unlocking the secrets of "unseen Illustrator" could transform your art from basic to breathtaking! See how to deconstruct Illustrator art to understand how it was created. Learn the steps to replicate the techniques of master illustrators in
- [Using Illustrator to Explain Everything](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-illustrator-to-explain-everything/) - If you’ve ever tried to build an explainer graphic, infographic, or other editorial image, you know that telling a story through visual design is not as straightforward as it might seem! Join international superstar Tony Harmer as he shows what you need to know. Topics include: Deconstructed examples Demonstrations of key techniques Useful plug-ins and
- [Ignite CreativePro](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ignite-creativepro-2023/) - Come join us for dessert, plus a heaping helping of tips, tricks, and fun! Or sign up to present 20 slides in 5 minutes. It's your opportunity to have five minutes of fame, in the relaxed and friendly confines of an after-hours get-together with your colleagues. When: Tuesday, June 6, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Where:
- [CreativePro Movie Night](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativepro-movie-night-2023/) - After a long day of learning and networking, come join us for a little dessert and watch a fun movie with your new friends! We'll watch Pressing On: The Letterpress Film Check out the preview now! https://vimeo.com/270485041
- [Branding: The Inside Story](https://creativeproweek.com/session/branding-the-inside-story/) - Steve Forbes (editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine) once said "Your brand is the single most important investment you can make in your business." Take a journey with branding strategist Nicte Cuevas and CreativePro president David Blatner as they explore the history and making of a brand.
- [Win From Within: Building Effective Mood Boards in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mood-boards/) - Creative teams are called on to transform abstract thoughts into actionable ideas. Our humble friend the mood board can express complex ideas, earn client buy-in, and build momentum within the design team. And here's the best part: You can build them quickly and easily with your existing tools, especially InDesign. Veteran art director and educator, Prescott Perez-Fox
- [Closing Session](https://creativeproweek.com/session/closing-session/) - It’s time to bring this five-day CreativePro extravaganza to a close. Join us for one last opportunity to catch a tip, win a prize, and learn what’s next on the horizon.
- [Masters of the Craft](https://creativeproweek.com/session/masters-of-the-craft/) - What better way to end CreativePro Week than to sit back and enjoy this review of inspirational artistry and design, brought to you by one of our European experts who has seen it all. But don’t worry: He’ll be including some last-minute “how-to” tips and tricks to help you get the most out of all
- [Making Magic in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-magic-in-powerpoint/) - They say a magician never reveals their secrets, but “they” never attended a CreativePro event! In this session, Nolan Haims reveals the techniques behind the magic he creates in PowerPoint. You’ll learn surprising tips and tricks that will leave your audience (and fellow designers) asking, “How’d you do that?!” Topics include: The ins and outs
- [Victory with Vectors in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-vectors/) - Learn about the power and awesomeness of vector graphics in PowerPoint. Use simple vector elements to make professional PowerPoint slides and graphics in minutes. Geek out with pro tips and techniques to make your job easier and to blow everyone away with incredible new skills. Topics include: Understanding vector graphics Making professional quality graphics Using
- [What the Font?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/what-the-font/) - There's more to fonts than many people realize. Are you getting the most from yours? The past few years have introduced new and exciting possibilities like built-in color, SVG fonts, and custom variability. Join Khara to discover: The amazing world of color fonts Where to find the best variable fonts How to easily build your
- [Interactive Infographics with Illustrator and Animate](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-infographics/) - Ready to take your infographics to the next level? Bring them to life with animation! In this session, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rob de Winter, explains how to create awe-inspiring interactive and animated infographics using a combination of Adobe Illustrator and Animate. You'll learn how to: Properly build and structure your design in Illustrator Import your
- [Wow 'em with PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/wow-em-with-powerpoint/) - What do you get when you use standard PowerPoint features in imaginative ways? Some serious WOW, that's what! PowerPoint legend Jole Simmons shares his tips and tricks for pulling off some amazing feats that will leave your audience (and everyone else) wondering how you did it! You'll learn how to: Create complex scenes effortlessly using
- [I Have a CC Library for That!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/i-have-a-cc-library-for-that/) - Creative Cloud Libraries can be game changing—if you know how to use them! Quick, readily available in any Creative Cloud app, and incredibly powerful, CC Libraries will change the way you work. Join Bart Van de Wiele to learn the ins and outs of using libraries and you’ll soon wonder how you ever lived without
- [Fonts Have Changed... Have You?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/fonts-have-changed/) - Most people don't think of fonts as software, but they are! Have you upgraded your "font software" recently? Do you know how to take advantage of the newest "font features"? Let's get geeky with fonts in this quick deep dive on what you need to know about font technology. Topics include: Type 1 is dying… what
- [Embracing Diversity and Inclusivity in Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/embracing-diversity-and-inclusivity-in-design/) - We know that diversity and inclusiveness is a crucial component of every design. But what does that look like in practice and how do you know if you're doing it right? In this session, designer and brand strategist Nicte Cuevas shares best practices and strategies for: Approaching designs with mindfulness to create more effective and
- [InDesign Long Document and Book Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-long-document-and-book-techniques/) - Building long documents in InDesign can be a quite a chore if you don’t use the right tools. Learn best practices for working with long documents, as well as some tips that can save your bacon when trouble arises. In this session you’ll see a real-life example of how to go about building a long
- [Using Adobe CC with PowerPoint and Google Slides](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-adobe-creative-cloud/) - Designers who use PowerPoint or Google Slides and Adobe's Creative Cloud apps shouldn't miss this in-depth tip-fest for getting all these tools to work together. You'll learn: Yes, you can have editable vectors from Illustrator! Photoshop Layers for PowerPoint animated builds Understanding workflow with Image Modes and more Iterating with Graphic Styles for PowerPoint Templates
- [Design Automation: Roundtable with Creative Developers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/design-automation-roundtable/) - Creating documents by hand, one by one, is okay if you have just a few. But when you need to create hundreds, or even hundreds of thousands, you need to turn to automation. Learn how the creative developers ecosystem of coders, consultants, and integrators can build a system to take your company to the next
- [Stop Their Scroll](https://creativeproweek.com/session/stop-their-scroll/) - Ready to create images and graphics so compelling that they stop viewers mid-scroll? In this session, you'll learn how to take advantage of motion, color, and a touch of playfulness to create irresistible social media content. Join Kladi as she walks you through the essential steps to create exciting content, including: Setting up a ready-for-animation
- [Acrobat Features You Never Learned (But Need to Know)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/acrobat-features-you-never-learned/) - Most designers use Acrobat for one thing: viewing PDFs. But that's like using InDesign as a text editor — Acrobat can do so much more! In fact, it's capable of an incredible number of things that most people simply don't know! Thankfully, Keith Gilbert isn't most people, and he's here to share his favorite Acrobat features
- [Editorial Team Workflows with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/editorial-team-workflows-with-indesign/) - Working remotely has forced many publishing teams to develop new methods of online collaboration. Whether your colleagues are across the hall or across the world, they can make use of the solutions presented in this session to streamline page production and proofing. You’ll be so encouraged and energized by what you learn that you’ll be
- [Incredible Infographics](https://creativeproweek.com/session/incredible-infographics/) - In this fast-paced session, you'll learn to turn words and ideas into clear, compelling infographics. Get curated inspiration and step-by-step instructions. Discover tools and techniques to render your new infographics. You'll learn to go beyond pretty pictures, and focus on goals, messaging, content, and story to engage your audience instantly. Discover how to: Make your
- [Adobe Express for Professional Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-express-for-professional-designers/) - Have you ever handed off your design assets to a client only to see them struggle to manage the brand's integrity? In this session, you'll learn how to use Adobe Express to work collaboratively with your team or clients—while keeping everything looking good and right on brand. You'll learn how to: Save time by leveraging
- [InDesign for Marketing Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-for-marketing-design/) - Why reinvent the wheel? You already know InDesign, the world’s best page-layout tool, so why not expand your definition of “page” to include a social media image! Explore how you can build artwork, automatically resize layouts, maintain brand identity, and export for the web and social media—right at home in InDesign. Don't miss your chance
- [PowerPoint for InDesign Users: Get Up to Speed Fast](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-for-indesign-users/) - PowerPoint is the app that creative pros love to hate. And yet, we all have to use it sooner or later! The big secret is that once you learn how PowerPoint works, you’ll find it’s actually incredibly powerful and can perform some tasks even better than Adobe’s tools. If you’ve ever feared or hated PowerPoint… if
- [Three Minutes Max: InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-indesign-2023/) - This crowd favorite is back! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session: Three Minutes Max! Each of our instructors will have no more than three minutes to share their favorite InDesign tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Next Steps in Interactive Documents for Sales and Marketing](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-documents-sales-marketing/) - Creating interactive content with InDesign is only the first half of the job: You also need to distribute it! In this session you'll learn about “Sales Enablement Platforms” and how they are ideal for InDesign-generated content. These apps enable you to easily distribute interactive sales and marketing materials to your sales team, ensuring that they
- [Putting It All Together: Styles, Scripts, GREP, and More](https://creativeproweek.com/session/styles-scripts-grep/) - If you’ve ever received a messy Microsoft Word file and needed to format it quickly in InDesign, then this session is for you. We'll take some messy text and show how to automate the clean-up process, format the content, and make it look great in InDesign. Topics include: Using pre-saved Find/Change queries to make changes
- [CC Gymnastics: How to Land on Your Feet Every Time](https://creativeproweek.com/session/cc-gymnastics/) - Imagine if you could jump in and out of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign with ease and perfect balance, moving your work fluidly from one app to the next without distraction, friction, or wasted time. In this session, you’ll learn several clever ways to accelerate and improve the way you work by taking advantage of Adobe's ecosystem of
- [Photoshop: A Designer’s Approach](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-a-designers-approach/) - What do you get when you combine a designer's eye with Photoshop know-how? Designs that are as beautiful as they are impressive! In this session, Nigel French shares his favorite techniques for elevating your work in Photoshop. Topics include: Adding mood with texture Exploring freely with non-destructive editing Understanding blend modes Combining disparate elements into
- [Adding Interactive Elements to Your InDesign Docs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-elements-indesign/) - If you’re curious how InDesign can create engaging interactive documents, this is the session for you! InDesign has a rich toolset for adding buttons and animation. But to really use these features well, you sometimes need to think outside the box. In this session, we’ll look at the “trickery” involved in producing a series of
- [InDesign Scripts You Need Now](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-scripts-you-need-now/) - If you’re not using scripts with InDesign, you're not being nearly as efficient as you could be. And scripts are really easy to use! In fact, a bunch of useful scripts come with InDesign—you just need to know where to find them and how to use them. Join us in this fast-paced session to learn:
- [Interactive Documents: Which Format is Right For You?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-documents-formtat/) - Are you interested in creating rich, interactive documents, but your background is primarily in print? It’s likely that your print design skills are more useful than you realize. This session will present an overview of your options, including interactive PDF, HTML, fixed-layout EPUB, Publish Online, and more! We’ll explore: What can and cannot be done
- [Taking the “Stock” out of Stock Photography](https://creativeproweek.com/session/taking-the-stock-out-of-stock-photography/) - As you know, stock photos can sometimes… suck. But just because they might be bland and unremarkable, doesn’t mean your work needs to be! Celebrated Photoshop legend, Jesús Ramirez, has more than a few tricks up his sleeve for using stock images creatively. Whether you need to extract a tricky subject, fix a color mismatch,
- [An InDesign User's Guide to GREP](https://creativeproweek.com/session/an-indesign-users-guide-to-grep/) - GREP is one of the most powerful features in InDesign, but sadly it’s one of the least used! In this introductory session, we’ll get you up to speed with this amazing tool for finding, changing, and formatting text patterns. We’ll look at some design samples and learn essential GREP techniques such as: The basics of creating
- [It's Time to Embrace 3D (It's not as hard as you think!)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/its-time-to-embrace-3d/) - Right now, you have the tools to create, import, and render 3D objects at your fingertips. It's time to take advantage of them! If you’ve never made or used 3D objects, you’re missing out on a potential game-changer. For example: Why waste time searching in vain for stock images of objects from exactly the right
- [Photoshop Wizardry](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-wizardry/) - Are you hungry for a collection of the hottest, juiciest Photoshop recipes? Join Colin Smith in the Photoshop kitchen, to discover exactly how to reproduce today's most requested effects for web and print. Along the way, you'll be fed a smorgasbord of tips and time-saving tricks. This session will keep you the edge of your
- [Best of InDesignSecrets, CreativePro, and Design Geek](https://creativeproweek.com/session/best-of-indesignsecrets-creativepro-and-design-geek/) - Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner have spent almost two decades publishing tips and tutorials about their favorite page-layout app in thousands of blog posts, podcasts, magazine articles, and videos. Watch as they battle to find the best of InDesignSecrets, CreativePro, and InDesign Tips for Design Geeks. Topics include: Obscure InDesign features that you really should be using Tricks
- [Three Minutes Max: Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-illustrator/) - This crowd favorite is back! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session: Three Minutes Max! Each of our instructors will have no more than three minutes to share their favorite Illustrator tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Making Illustrator Artwork Look Organic](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-illustrator-artwork-look-organic/) - We all know and recognize the clean, crisp lines created with Illustrator. But what if you want something that looks more... organic? Learn how to create trendy, handmade illustrations, replicas of traditional printing techniques, dirty grunge styles, or your own unique artistic style—all while maintaining the edibility and scalability we love in vector graphics. You'll
- [Virtual Photography: Creating Photos Instead of Shooting Them](https://creativeproweek.com/session/virtual-photography/) - Expose yourself to revolutionary photographic workflows that offer more creative freedom while saving valuable time. Learn to create reusable assets for an unlimited number of new projects — including photographs, animations, emails, social posts, web ads, and more. Join Lisa Carney and Chris Converse in this inspiring session where they’ll reveal new workflows they created
- [Power Up Your Production with Styles](https://creativeproweek.com/session/power-up-with-styles/) - Every InDesign user knows that styles are essential for efficiently formatting text because they allow us to quickly format content and easily make changes later on. Using styles is also a requirement if you want to take advantage of InDesign’s powerful automation features. But why do some of us continue to resist? In this session,
- [Get Productive with InDesign Forms and e-Signatures](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-forms-and-e-signatures/) - This session will teach you everything you need to know about designing beautiful PDF forms and web forms with InDesign. And while aesthetics are important, we'll mainly focus on what you can do with InDesign's form fields and how to take your forms to the next level, using unique text-tags from Acrobat Sign (included in
- [Make Photoshop Your Robot](https://creativeproweek.com/session/make-photoshop-your-robot/) - Some of the coolest things you can do in Photoshop require repeating the same mundane steps… over and over and over again. Stop the madness! You bought a computer so that you could tell it what to do, right? So it's time to speed up your work and make Photoshop your… um… robot. Learn how to automate
- [10 Essential InDesign Efficiency Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-efficiency-tips/) - Join us for a fast-paced, fun-filled, tip-a-palooza to boost your productivity! We’ll zip through a ton of handy tips and tricks that every InDesign user needs to know. Plus, you’ll get primed to soak up all the InDesign goodness the rest of the conference will bring. Topics include: If you’re not customizing InDesign, you’re missing out Essential
- [PowerPoint and Accessibility](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-and-accessibility/) - PowerPoint presentations are just a fact of life. However, making them accessible can be a struggle. It’s time to supercharge your skills for creating accessible PowerPoint presentations that reach more of your audience regardless of their abilities. We’ll cover the fundamentals of accessible presentation design including: Presentation layouts and color Program barriers to watch out
- [The Latest and Greatest in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-latest-greatest/) - The latest releases of Illustrator have introduced some game-changing features, but do you know what they are and how to get the most out of them? Laura Coyle does, and she’s here to share. Topics include: Unraveling the secrets of Intertwine Add dimension to your work with 3D effects The new History panel, plus bullets and numbering
- [Image Fixes in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/image-fixes-in-photoshop/) - Overwhelmed by Photoshop? Have too many images that need work, and too little time? Come learn some quick techniques for retouching, adjusting exposure, and fixing common image problems. You’ll be amazed how quickly you can get your files cleaned up! You'll learn how to: Apply the same adjustment to multiple images simultaneously Use the Clone Stamp, Healing
- [Production Disasters and How to Fix (or Prevent) Them](https://creativeproweek.com/session/production-disasters/) - Did you know your computer has a special sensor that can tell how close to a deadline you are? That's why the worst problems come when you're the most stressed already! OK, that's not true, but it seems like it, right? In this session, you'll learn how to avoid as many problems as possible, prepare
- [Three Minutes Max: Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-photoshop/) - This crowd favorite is back! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly educational, and mind-blowing session: Three Minutes Max! Each of our instructors will have no more than three minutes to share their favorite Photoshop tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this
- [Accessible PDFs: Critical Next Steps](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-pdfs/) - In Accessible InDesign Documents Part 1 and Part 2, we explored how to set up your file to export accessible PDFs. But there’s only so much InDesign can do! In this session, we’ll see the critical next steps you need to take in Acrobat. Topics include: The key items to check in every PDF Accessibility
- [Cheating in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/cheating-in-photoshop/) - Learn how to work smarter, not harder in Photoshop! Let Lisa Carney show you how to hack your production time with her all-time favorite Photoshop “cheats.” Lisa will cover: Automation made fun Utilizing Camera Raw for so much more than you thought Plug-ins and Actions that can help you create magic Filter hacks
- [Pixel Magic: Photorealistic Illustration Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photorealistic-illustration-techniques/) - You seriously don’t want to miss this in-depth and inspirational session where internationally renowned Photoshop superstar Bert Monroy explores the tools and methods for creating any image you can dream up! You will learn how to create photorealistic imagery from scratch, and how to use the tools in Photoshop to create images that can’t be
- [Accessible InDesign Documents, Part 2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-indesign-documents-part-2/) - In Part 1, we laid out the basics that you need to know to make accessible documents in InDesign. Now, let's take the next step and explore some of the most important rules for building accessible PDF files. Topics include: Working with accessible colors Best practices for accessible tables Accessible hyperlinks Exporting to PDF Checking
- [Generative AI: Ethical, Legal, and Practical Issues](https://creativeproweek.com/session/generative-ai/) - Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should! Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems give you unprecedented abilities for creating imagery, text, music, and more. But what should know before you dive in? Who stands to gain, and who will lose? What are the legal issues you should be aware of when creating and using
- [Production Essentials for the Rest of Us](https://creativeproweek.com/session/production-essentials/) - Technical stuff like color management, resolution, file size, and vector vs. bitmap can be intimidating. This is especially true when you work with multiple applications at the same time. With so many different pieces to the puzzle, it’s no wonder that getting your desired output can feel unnecessarily complicated. In this session, Theresa Jackson breaks down and simplifies
- [Accessible InDesign Documents, Part 1](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-indesign-documents-part-1/) - Ensuring that the PDF files you export from InDesign are accessible to everyone is not only a good idea, it’s the right thing to do! In this session, you'll learn what accessibility and “Section 508” means and how you can produce PDF documents that are accessible to all! This tutorial is split into three separate
- [AI Images: What’s a Designer To Do?](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-images/) - Artificial Intelligence is creating a once-in-a-generation revolution for designers and artists. Come learn how you can put the power of Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and other generative AI tools to work for you! Topics include: What is generative AI and how it works Getting started on the right foot Creating artwork you can use in any
- [Understanding and Adjusting Color in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/understanding-adjusting-color-in-photoshop/) - For most people, adjusting color in Photoshop is a never-ending exercise in frustration. Which tools should you use? And how can you use them without screwing up your images? In this session, you'll learn to intuitively interpret RGB color numbers so you can visualize and describe the color in any situation — even if you
- [PS + ID + AI: The Trifecta](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-id-ai-2023/) - We all have our favorite Adobe apps, but to really get the most out of them and maximize our efficiency, it's crucial to understand how they work together! Topics include: How to properly set up Photoshop and Illustrator files for InDesign Choosing between layers and artboards CC Libraries: the secret back door conduit Using cloud
- [InDesign Paragraph and Character Styles from Start to Finish](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-paragraph-and-characters-styles-from-start-to-finish/) - Every InDesign user knows that styles are essential for efficiently formatting text. They allow us to quickly format content and easily make changes later on. Using styles is also a requirement if you want to take advantage of InDesign’s powerful automation features. In this session, you'll learn how to use styles the right way! Topics
- [How to Let Other People Edit Your InDesign Docs (even if they don’t have InDesign)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-edit-docs/) - You’re an InDesign user but you’re surrounded by people who aren’t: editors, bosses, clients, stakeholders… Life would be so much easier if everyone had InDesign, but that’s not realistic. So what can you do? What tools, services, techniques, and workflows can you take advantage of to ensure that the right people can edit the right
- [How to Let Other People Edit Your InDesign Docs (even if they don’t have InDesign)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/edit-id-docs/) - You're an InDesign user but you're surrounded by people who aren't: editors, bosses, clients, stakeholders… Life would be so much easier if everyone had InDesign, but that's not realistic. So what can you do? What tools, services, techniques, and workflows can you take advantage of to ensure that the right people can edit the right
- [Three Minutes Max: PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-powerpoint-2023/) - This crowd favorite is back! Don't miss this fun-filled, action-packed, highly-educational, and mind-blowing session: Three Minutes Max! Each of our instructors will have no more than three minutes to share their favorite PowerPoint tip—then you get to vote for your favorite! In past years, some of the best tips have been held for this session…
- [Sponsored Breakfast Session: Why You Can't Live Without an Online Proofing Platform](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-pageproof-2/) - This session is sponsored by PageProof The founders of PageProof have experienced the frustration that creatives and marketing teams face when gathering feedback and approvals on work. Their mission: to enable faster execution of brand-approved content by removing the hurdles of giving feedback and approvals. In today’s hybrid marketing world, whatever you create can be
- [Sponsored Breakfast Session: How to Use Video to Maximize Your Impact in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-microsoft/) - This session is sponsored by Microsoft In a world where attention spans are short and we can’t always meet in person, video has become a vital way to land your message with impact. Video can be composed and layered with diverse content to create stunning effects. Within PowerPoint, we’ve seen the increased customer need in
- [CreativePro Partner Panel: Finding Solutions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativepro-partner-panel-finding-solutions/) - These days, the only way to be truly efficient and productive is to think “outside the box” and look at the ecosystem of services, resources, and third-party tools that are available to you. Join us for a far-reaching discussion, including a look at the future of publishing, with David Blatner, Marcus Radich (PageProof.com), and Mark
- [Wow-worthy Photoshop Projects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/wow-worthy-photoshop-projects/) - The word 'composite' shouldn't scare you. Join photographer and retoucher Kristina Sherk as she shares her top tips and techniques to improve your portraits using compositing. From initial concept all the way through execution, Kristina leaves no stone un-turned. Take your photos out of reality and into a whole new universe. The skills in this
- [Retouching Images](https://creativeproweek.com/session/retouching-images-2022/) - Speed up your retouching using some extremely powerful Photoshop tips and techniques. AI Technology is revolutionizing the way we retouch and you should be aware of all the time saving techniques Photoshop is silently integrating into their tools. Join retoucher Kristina Sherk as she shows you some of the new ways Photoshop is integrating AI
- [CreativePro Week 2022 Welcome Reception](https://creativeproweek.com/session/evening-reception-2022/) - Join us for drinks, nibbles, and a fun opportunity to meet the speakers and fellow attendees!
- [Accessibility Fundamentals for InDesign 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a11y-fundamentals/) - “Access to information is a fundamental human right” —George Kerscher, DAISY Consortium Ensuring that the PDF files you produce are accessible to all is not only a good idea, it’s the right thing to do! In this session, learn about what accessibility and “Section 508” means and how you can ensure that the PDF documents that
- [Three Minutes Max: PowerPoint 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-ppt-2021/) - It’s time for another game where instructors will share their best tip or trick for Presentation Design in under 3 minutes. There are always great tips attendees learn during this time, and we have a lot of fun.
- [Working Happier Not Harder with Photoshop and Illustrator 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/session/stop-this-ai/) - Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop are incredibly rich and deep apps, with a 25+ year history behind them. Many people still use them the way they were taught 10 or 20 years ago. Stop it! Get up to speed with the amazing new features that have appeared over the past few years, so that you can
- [Patterns: Find Them, Make Them, and Edit Them](https://creativeproweek.com/session/patterns-2022/) - Patterns are everywhere! Pattern features in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Adobe Capture make it easier than ever to create repeating artwork. In this session Laura and Theresa walk you through multiple options for generating inspiring patterns in Adobe Capture and Illustrator. Then they will show you how to put them into real-world projects using Illustrator and
- [Adobe Capture: the Swiss Army Knife Tool Every Designer Needs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-capture/) - Every designer needs to do two things: First, install Adobe Capture on their phone or mobile device. Second, learn how to use it! We can't help you with the first part, but we can definitely help with the second! In this session, we'll show you how you can use Capture to find inspiration for your
- [Next Steps in InDesign Accessibility 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-a11y-next-steps/) - This is part 2 of our full-day accessibility tutorial. (See this link for Part 1.) In this session, we'll explore: Managing tables, images, and forms Exporting PDF documents (including best practices for settings and presets)
- [Acrobat Tricks Every Designer Needs to Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/acrobat-tricks-every-designer-needs-to-know/) - Graphic designers usually use Acrobat at the end of the publishing process, to read or maybe comment on a PDF. But Acrobat can do so much more than that! Join us and learn how you can use this incredible and deep tool to be far more more productive with your PDFs. Topics include: Modifying PDFs for
- [Google Slides: What You Gotta Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/google-slides-what-you-gotta-know/) - For decades, most institutions have standardized on PowerPoint for presentations. However, in the last 10 years, some presentation designers have found themselves using Google Slides, and not always by choice! Perhaps your company has decided to use the Google Workspace suite of apps; or perhaps you felt you needed to use it to collaborate with
- [Animation Techniques for PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/animation-techniques-for-powerpoint/) - When you’re designing presentations, you need to think outside the box and act more like a filmmaker. Learn why you don’t need to be afraid to animate… in fact, you’ll actually start looking for places to use these tools. We’ll explore: Using animations in PowerPoint effectively to enhance storytelling and design Combining animations to create
- [The Best PowerPoint Features Nobody Knows Exist](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-best-powerpoint-features-nobody-knows-exist/) - PowerPoint has a reputation for being boring, and its functions really haven’t changed since flint was the cutting edge tool. But things have been really different since Office 365 came along. Now, there are new tools added every few weeks, and there are tremendous gains to be had from a whole host of functions. There
- [The Best PowerPoint Features That Nobody Knows Exist](https://creativeproweek.com/session/best-ppt-features/) - PowerPoint has a reputation for being boring, and its functions really haven’t changed since flint was at the cutting edge of cutting edges, but things have been really different since Office 365 came along. Now, there are new tools added every few weeks, and there are tremendous gains to be had from a whole host
- [Google Slides: What You Just Gotta Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/google-slides/) - The presentation design world is shifting rapidly, and many companies today are starting to use Google Slides alongside or instead of PowerPoint. Learn what you need to know to survive the transition, including: What translates and what doesn't Best practices for managing collaborations (and client/boss expectations) Hidden features and add-ons you need to know
- [Turning Data into Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/turning-data-into-design/) - Data Merge is InDesign’s built-in, go-to tool for creating direct mail campaigns, business cards, sequential stationery, and many other “data publishing” documents. Using techniques already present in InDesign, it is possible to take a regular “stencil” to another level and provide a truly unique experience for each recipient. Topics include: Best practices for preparing Data
- [Turning Data into Design in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/turning-data-to-design-21/) - If you think about it, all publishing is “data publishing,” but when you need to design and lay out text and graphics from a database or spreadsheet, the process can get quite tricky! Follow along as we learn about the different tools that focus on publishing catalogs and directories, as well as those that serve variable
- [Exporting PDF for Print and Digital Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/exporting-pdf-for-print-and-digital-documents/) - Making a good-quality PDF is one of the most critical steps in the design and production process, and yet most designers don’t have a good grip of this sometimes tedious process. Whether you’re making a PDF for commercial press, desktop printer, or on-screen viewing, it is important that you make the right choices in the export process! Topics include:
- [CreativePro Movie Night: 44 Pages](https://creativeproweek.com/session/movie-night-2022/) - It's been a long day of learning and networking. After dinner, come join us for a little dessert as you kick back and watch a fun movie with new friends! 44 Pages A cinematic portrait and history of the long-running American children's magazine, Highlights Magazine. https://youtu.be/-QX0PoINj90
- [Typography: Little Tricks for Big Improvements](https://creativeproweek.com/session/typography-little-tricks-for-big-improvements/) - Typography is the art of shaping space. Designers carve blank pages into dynamic layouts. Then, they adjust the space around letters, words, and lines of type. Join internationally renowned designer and typographer Ellen Lupton as she shows how to make better typography by activating key design principles—from macro to micro.
- [Essential InDesign Scripts](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-indesign-scripts/) - If you’re not using scripts with InDesign, you are not being nearly as efficient as you could be. And scripts are really easy to use! In fact, a bunch of useful scripts even ship with InDesign—you just need to know where to find them. Join us in this fast-paced session to learn: Where to find
- [Parent Pages and Flowing Text in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/master-pages-and-flowing-text-in-indesign/) - If you think of constructing a long document like building a house, the parent pages (also called master pages) are like the foundation, and flowing text is like putting up the walls. Make a mistake with either, and it'll cost you dearly down the line. In this session, we’ll explore building parent pages and flowing
- [Building Interactive Magazines, Web Ads, and Digital Pages with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/building-interactive-magazines-web-ads-and-digital-pages-with-indesign/) - Are you interested in creating rich, interactive documents? It’s likely that your print design skills are more useful than you realize. This session will present an overview of your options, from interactive PDF to HTML, fixed-layout EPUB, Publish Online, and more! We’ll explore: What can and cannot be done with interactive PDFs The strengths and
- [10 Essential PowerPoint Productivity Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-essential-powerpoint-productivity-tips-22/) - Anyone can use PowerPoint, but can you use it well? Learn the secrets of the PowerPoint masters in order to become more efficient and productive with this important tool. Topics include: Adjusting PPT settings that will save you time and heartache How to use BrightSlide to make your life so much easier Using built-in features
- [Lightroom Classic for Designers: Take the Leap](https://creativeproweek.com/session/lightroom-for-designers-take-the-leap/) - You don’t need to a be a photographer to get the benefits of Lightroom! Designers can (and should!) take advantage of its amazing file management and non-destructive image editing features. If you have to deal with thousands of images, Lightroom is a must. Topics include: Understanding the Lightroom catalog Importing and organizing your images Filtering
- [10 Essential Productivity Tips for Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-ps-tips/) - Join us in this information-packed session where we’ll share our best Photoshop tips and power shortcuts for designers! In this session, you’ll learn: Timesaving techniques Better ways to work with the tools that you already use Layer Panel and Blend Mode shortcuts Tips for using Layer Comps and Smart Object Tricks to automate tasks using
- [Get Up to Speed with Adobe Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/up-to-speed-photoshop/) - Photoshop is one of the most important pieces of software in the world, but few people really know their way around it well. If you always feel inadequate in this program, join us and get up to speed quick! Topics include: Fast fixes to turn a cruddy image into a good one Fundamental Layer Techniques
- [10 Essential InDesign Productivity Tips and Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-essential-indesign-productivity-tips/) - Let’s kick off Day 2 with a fast-paced, fun-filled tip-a-palooza to boost your productivity! We’ll zip through a ton of handy tips and tricks that every InDesign user needs to know. Plus, you’ll get primed to soak up all the InDesign goodness the rest of the conference will bring. Topics include: If you’re not customizing
- [Amazing Infographics](https://creativeproweek.com/session/amazing-infographics/) - If you’ve ever tried to build an infographic, you know that telling a story through visual design is not as straightforward as it might seem! This focused session will explore: Let’s get clear: what is an infographic (and what isn’t!) Why Illustrator is an excellent tool for creating many infographics Handy techniques for infographics with Illustrator
- [Powerful AI and Machine Learning for Creatives](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerful-ai-and-machine-learning-for-creatives/) - Each new release of Photoshop (and other Adobe apps) includes more features that rely on machine learning (ML), a.k.a artificial intelligence (AI). That could be cleanly enlarging images for print using Super Resolution, quickly making selections and masks based on the contents of an image (like a person or a sky), or smartly recomposing a
- [MSOs and More: Next Level InDesign Interactivity](https://creativeproweek.com/session/msos-and-more-next-level-indesign-interactivity/) - This session is packed with even more interactivity that you can add to your InDesign digital documents. We’ll learn about MSOs — Multi-State Objects — how to create them, and how to control which state is showing, using both buttons and arrows. We’ll also learn: How to create hyperlinks: to phone numbers, email, web, google maps – and embed
- [InDesign Animation and Interactivity](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-animation-interactive/) - If you’re curious how InDesign can create engaging interactive documents, this is the session for you! We’ll start with a quick overview of exporting an interactive document out of InDesign (including Interactive PDF, Publish Online and in5/HTML5). Then we’ll explore InDesign’s rich toolset for adding buttons, hyperlinks, and animation. We’ll take a look at what’s involved to producing a series
- [Object Styles: The Secret Power Tool](https://creativeproweek.com/session/object-styles-2022/) - Object styles tell a text frame, graphic frame, or path how to look and behave—stroke & fill, effects, size, position, etc. They can also format the content inside those frames—both text and pictures. Object styles can save you an enormous amount of time applying formatting—especially when you or the client makes a change. If you’re not using object styles now, you will
- [Spectacular (and Easy) Type Effects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/spectacular-type-effects/) - Typography can send a powerful message. In this session we’ll look at a number of easy-yet-impactful type effects you can create using Illustrator and Photoshop that will enhance your ability to capture eyeballs and attention.
- [Wow-worthy Type Projects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/wow-worthy-type-projects/) - It’s all about the type. If you can’t help but critique the typography of restaurant menus, need to pause Netflix to figure out the font that’s being used in your favorite drama, or get excited when you stumble upon a piece of ghost type or beautiful signage, then this session is perfect for you. In
- [Awesome GREP Tips and Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/awesome-grep-tips-2022/) - Once you get started with GREP, you keep finding more and more uses for it! In this session we share several amazing GREP tricks with you. Note: While these are advanced tips, any InDesign user can take advantage of them. Just copy and paste them from the handouts to achieve great results! This session includes:
- [Introduction to GREP in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/introduction-to-grep-2022/) - GREP is one of the most important features in InDesign, but sadly it’s one of the least used! In introductory session, we’ll get you up to speed with this amazing tool for finding, changing, and formatting text patterns. We’ll look at some design samples and learn essential GREP techniques such as: The basics of creating
- [Photoshop for Designers: What You Need to Know Today](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-for-designers-22/) - Photoshop is a deep application with tools for just about everyone and everything. Designers' needs are not the same as photographers, image editors, or retouchers… and that’s okay! Learn what you, as a designer, most need to know about Adobe Photoshop. You'll learn techniques to speed up your workflow and maintain consistency across your brand.
- [Presenting in the Metaverse: Stand Out by Staying on the Leading Edge](https://creativeproweek.com/session/presenting-in-the-metaverse/) - The metaverse has been all over the headlines, but why does it matter for design professionals? This session will explore what the metaverse is (and isn't), how it is poised to change how we work and connect with each other, and what that means for design, presentations, and interactive experiences. We’ll hop through some metaverse platforms, and
- [Design Law Triple Play: Contract, Copyright, and Trademark](https://creativeproweek.com/session/design-law-triple-play/) - Graphic designers are visual problem solvers, experience creators, communicators, and storytellers. But the stories they tell are not usually their own. Designers use their skills to express the ideas of their clients, often in collaboration with other creatives. When balancing the rights of the designer, the company, other creatives, and the client, the laws of
- [Building a Digital Mood Board to Get Your Team on the Same Page](https://creativeproweek.com/session/building-a-digital-mood-board/) - Aligning a project vision with your team is critical to producing the most successful and elegant designs. A mood board is where the rational and the creative aspects of a project come together to focus you team’s efforts towards a common goal. Join Kladi as she shows you how to create digital mood boards that
- [Microsoft 365 Meets Creative Cloud and Document Cloud](https://creativeproweek.com/session/document-cloud-microsoft/) - The two most important software developers for creative pros are Adobe and Microsoft, so it’s critical that you find ways to integrate their suites of apps. In this in-depth session, Bart Van de Wiele will explore how to use Adobe’s Document Cloud apps (Acrobat and Sign) and Creative Cloud products within the Microsoft suite of products
- [Accessible Long Docs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-long-docs/) - Creating accessible documents of any length can be a challenge. But when you’re working on long documents like books, reports, proposals, and other large publications, it’s critical that you build for accessibility from the start. Join internationally-renowned expert and art director Bevi Chagnon as she explains the best practices, and shows how to apply them.
- [Essential Tools and Services for Accessibility](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-tools-and-services-for-accessibility/) - When it comes to creating accessible documents, you can do most of what you need in InDesign and Acrobat… but a third-party tool or online resource can often help you work smarter and faster. Discover this art director and accessibility expert’s favorite add-ons and services that can upgrade your accessibility workflow from good to great.
- [Print Marketing: The Secret Sauce](https://creativeproweek.com/session/printed-direct-mail-the-secret-sauce/) - An all-digital strategy may seem appropriate in a virtual world, but did you know that 85% of consumers expect and appreciate a blend of digital and physical engagement with brands? In fact, combining direct mail with a digital strategy increases lift by an average of 20%! Print, when it’s done right, can deliver phenomenal results,
- [Next Steps in InDesign Accessibility](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a11y-indesign-next-steps-22/) - In the previous session (Accessibility Fundamentals for InDesign), we laid out the basics: what every InDesign user needs to know. Now, we'll take the next step and explore some of the most important rules for building accessible PDF files. Topics include: Working with Accessible Colors Best Practices for Accessible Tables Accessible Hyperlinks Exporting to PDF
- [Accessible PDF Files: Key Acrobat Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-pdf-files-key-acrobat-techniques/) - In the two earlier sessions (Accessibility Fundamentals for InDesign and Next Steps in InDesign Accessibility), we explored how to set up Adobe InDesign documents to export accessible PDFs. But there’s only so much InDesign can do! In this session, we'll see the critical next steps you need to take in Acrobat. Topics include: Key Checkpoints
- [Designers and Editors: Collaborating without Tears](https://creativeproweek.com/session/remote-and-virtual-workflows-for-design-and-creatives/) - Working remotely has forced many publishing teams to develop new ways to collaborate on projects online. Whether you're still working from a remote home office or are moving gradually to an in-office status, contributing freelancers and publishing teams can continue to use the best of these solutions to streamline page production and proofing. Join Anne-Marie
- [Favorite Tips from InDesignSecrets and DesignGeek](https://creativeproweek.com/session/favorite-tips-from-indesignsecrets-and-designgeek/) - Anne-Marie Concepción and David Blatner have spent almost two decades publishing tips and tutorials about their favorite page-layout app: literally thousands of blog posts, podcasts, magazine articles, videos… Watch as they battle to find the best of InDesignSecrets and and InDesign Tips for Design Geeks. Topics include: Little-used InDesign features that you really should be using Obscure
- [Get Up to Speed with Adobe Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/up-to-speed-illustrator/) - Are you an InDesign or Photoshop user, but you wish you knew Illustrator better? Join us for a fast-paced, fun session that will get you up to speed quickly with the world's best vector drawing tool! Topics include: Making the mental shift from pixels to vectors Everything is shapes! Drawing skills not required The Pen
- [Get Up to Speed with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/get-up-to-speed-with-indesign/) - You've always meant to learn InDesign, but never quite got to it. Well, this is your chance! Jump in to this fun, fast-paced lesson, and get up to speed with the world's best page-layout tool. You'll learn: Fundamentals of frames Understanding linking vs. threading Time saving tricks and best practices Exporting to PDF
- [CC Collaboration with Files, Libraries, and Cloud Docs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/cc-collaboration-with-files-libraries-and-cloud-docs/) - The Creative Cloud is far more than a bunch of cool apps… it’s an entire ecosystem of integrated tools, services, and resources. If you work on your own, it’s cool. But if you work with a team or collaborate with others, it’s life-changing. Topics include: CC Libraries: storing, sharing, collaborating, and more CC Files: how to
- [Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign: Three Apps Working as One](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-illustrator-indesign-22/) - It’s the ultimate Adobe power-trio: InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator! But you’ll never be efficient with any one of them if you don’t understand how they work with the others! Topics include: How to properly set up Photoshop and Illustrator files for InDesign Choosing between layers and artboards CC Libraries: the secret back door conduit When
- [Working Smart with Smart Objects in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/smart-objects-ps/) - The introduction of Smart Objects in Adobe Photoshop has truly revolutionized how we build Photoshop compositions. But many designers still don’t fully understand the limitless possibilities of this key-feature, first introduced a decade ago! And we can already say it does a lot more than applying a filter non-destructively. Join us to discover: How to
- [Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign: How Three Apps Work as One](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-ai-id-2021/) - It’s the ultimate Adobe power-trio: InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator! But you’ll never be efficient with any one of them if you don’t understand how they work with the others! Topics include: How to properly set up Photoshop and Illustrator files for InDesign Choosing between layers and artboards CC Libraries: the secret back door conduit Best
- [Dramatically Improve Your Vector Skills](https://creativeproweek.com/session/improve-vector-drawing/) - Drawing or constructing vector graphics in Illustrator can be challenging… until you learn these simple and fundamental techniques! If you’ve ever found yourself frustrated with Illustrator’s tools, this is the session for you.
- [Getting Microsoft Word and InDesign to Work Together](https://creativeproweek.com/session/getting-microsoft-word-and-indesign-to-work-together/) - Unless you’re the one writing the copy for the InDesign layouts you design, chances are someone else is using Microsoft Word and giving you the file to flow in. And there’s the rub: Two different software companies. Two different text engines. Two different ways to format text. And it’s up to you to solve it!
- [How to Build Single-Source InDesign Files for Print and EPUB Output](https://creativeproweek.com/session/how-to-build-single-source-indesign-files-for-print-and-epub-output/) - It is a ton of work to properly set up an InDesign document for professional print output. And to have to do that all over again just to get your EPUB file exported is just insanity. Let me show you how to build your InDesign documents so that they are ready for both outputs.
- [Illustrator for iPad: Take it Anywhere!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-for-ipad/) - You own a laptop but you still keep it on your desk, right? It's time to break free and move around… your body will thank you and your creativity will soar. The mobile version of Adobe Illustrator is amazingly good, not just for ideation or sketching, but even detail work. And you can always seamlessly
- [Collaboration Through Comment and Review](https://creativeproweek.com/session/collaboration-through-comment-and-review/) - Most of us have had the experience of leaving comments in a PDF. But there are a number of other options to aid in the comment and review process, including Share for Review, Send for Comments (Document Cloud), Import PDF Comments, and PageProof. Learn how easy it can be to set up an approval process,
- [PX: Designing Presentation Experiences](https://creativeproweek.com/session/px-designing-presentation-experiences/) - A presentation is more than just the speaker, the writing, or the visuals — it’s an entire experience that you’re creating. To make the best, most engaging and impactful experience, you have to follow a design path that looks a lot like the UX design cycle. Instead of thinking, “ok, time to open PowerPoint and design
- [Pitch Perfect Presentation Design: Make Your Message Sing](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pitch-perfect-presentation-design/) - Learn the tricks the pros use to get audience agreement and sell a product, solution, or idea. Use the latest behavioral psychology and neuromarketing techniques. Use what you learn during class to make a clear, compelling presentation that gets buy-in and improves your success rate. It’s easy—when you know how to do it.
- [Putting it Together: Books, Covers, and More](https://creativeproweek.com/session/books-covers-and-more/) - Long documents — such as books, proposals, or large reports — require a few special InDesign techniques. Learn from a master of book design and construction as we explore: Building books from multiple InDesign documents Synchronizing styles, parent pages, variables, and more Managing page numbers across documents Building an attractive cover (including front, back, and spine)
- [Tables of Contents, Indexes, and other Navigation in InDesign Files](https://creativeproweek.com/session/tables-of-contents-indexes-and-other-navigation-in-indesign-files/) - It’s no use filling your long documents with amazing information if the reader can’t find it! The good news is that InDesign has powerful tools for making indexes, tables of contents, bookmarks, and other navigation tools. The bad news is that these features are often confusing! Let’s investigate these features and explore how to use
- [InDesign for Building Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-for-building-presentations/) - You already have Adobe InDesign, so why not use it to help you make your presentations? After all, laying out a slide is very similar to laying out a page. Join us as we explore: Exporting InDesign documents to PowerPoint or Keynote Amazing plug-ins, scripts, and resources to help you build high-quality slides Why you
- [Headers, Captions, Numbering, and Sections for Long InDesign Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/headers-captions-numbering-and-sections-for-long-indesign-documents/) - Adding page numbers is easy in InDesign, but managing them well — along with your headers, footers, sections, numbering, and more — can be tricky! Let's take a deep dive into the world of headings and numbering, and see how InDesign's automation tools can help us produce long documents faster than ever before. Topics include: Building section
- [Three Minutes Max: PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-powerpoint/) - It’s time for our speakers to share their best tips and tricks for presentation design in under 3 minutes. This fast-paced and fun session is always full of mind-blowing tips and laughs. Don’t miss it!
- [Managing Images and Captions in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/managing-images-and-captions-in-indesign/) - If your documents include images (especially numbered figures and captions), you owe it to yourself to learn these from-the-trenches tips and techniques to speed up your work! Topics include: Using object styles to control images Managing captions with styles Using XMP metadata to create captions automatically Creating automatic figure or table numbering Flexible cross-referencing to
- [Accessibility and PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessibility-and-powerpoint/) - It’s time to level the presentation playing field. In this session we’ll dive into what an accessible PowerPoint document is and how to create one. Learn the fundamentals of accessible slide design, including using preset layouts, readable fonts, descriptive links, and alternative text. That way, you’ll offer everyone in your audience the chance to acquire
- [Easy Ways to Make Your Presentation Stand Out](https://creativeproweek.com/session/easy-ways-to-make-your-presentation-stand-out/) - Bullet points. Walls of text with tiny pictures. Predictable slide arrangements. Same size, same color, same repetitious layouts. You’ve lost your audience by slide three. How can you break the monotony of boring and bland presentations? How can you create visual excitement and design interesting slides that captivate audiences? This session will show you a variety
- [MSOs and More: Next Level InDesign Interactivity](https://creativeproweek.com/session/next-level-indesign-interactivity/) - In this info-packed session, we’ll explore more interactivity that you can add to your InDesign digital documents. You’ll learn about MSOs (Multi-State Objects): how to create them, and how to control which state is showing with buttons and arrows. You’ll also learn how to create: Hyperlinks to phone numbers, email, web addresses, or Google Maps
- [Creating Print and Downloadable Documents with PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creating-print-and-downloadable-documents-with-powerpoint/) - People call them handouts, leave-behinds, slide docs, or downloadables… critically important documents that act as add-ons to your presentation design. You could use InDesign, but PowerPoint is actually surprisingly powerful for repurposing and laying out your content—when you learn these tricks.
- [InDesign Animation and Interactivity](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-animation-and-interactivity/) - If you’re curious how InDesign can create engaging interactive documents, this is the session for you! InDesign has a rich toolset for adding buttons and animation. But to use these features well, sometimes you need to think outside the box. In this session, we’ll take a look at the “trickery” involved in producing a series
- [Beautiful Typography for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/presentation-typography/) - Do you feel limited by the type tools in PowerPoint? It’s time to take another look. In this session, we’ll explore ways of making your type shine, even when you’re stuck using system fonts. Topics include: Arranging type for improved legibility How to make system fonts feel more sophisticated Formatting tips and techniques Replicating today’s
- [Applying Racial Equity Awareness in Data Visualization](https://creativeproweek.com/session/applying-racial-equity-awareness-in-data-visualization/) - How can designers, analysts, and developers apply a race- and ethnicity-conscious lens to their data analysis and data visualization work? How can we take a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) perspective to our research, data, and visualizations? Just as we carefully consider our written words, we should be equally careful in how we visually
- [Three Minutes Max: InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-indesign/) - Yes, it’s time — once again! — for that fun-filled, action-packed, highly-educational, and mind-blowing session: Three Minutes Max! Each of our instructors will have no more than three minutes to share their favorite InDesign tip… and then you get to vote for a winner. In past years, some of the best tips have been held
- [Next Steps with PowerPoint for Pro Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/next-steps-with-powerpoint-for-pro-designers/) - In Part 1 of this three-part session, we learned how to get up to speed fast, navigate PowerPoint like a pro, and set up masters. Now, we face the hardest task of all: Figuring out why Microsoft hid all the most important tools (and discover where they hid them!)
- [Get Up to Speed: PowerPoint for Pro Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/get-up-to-speed-powerpoint-for-pro-designers/) - PowerPoint is the app that creative pros love to hate. And yet, we all have to use it sooner or later! The dirty secret is that once you learn how PowerPoint works, you’ll find it’s actually incredibly powerful and can perform some tasks even better than Adobe’s tools. If you’ve ever feared or hated PowerPoint,
- [Why You Can’t Live Without Adobe Bridge](https://creativeproweek.com/session/why-you-cant-live-without-adobe-bridge/) - Adobe Bridge may be the unsung hero in your Adobe Creative Cloud suite, waiting for its chance to save you time by cutting through the clutter of files and applications. Most people think Adobe Bridge is just for photographers, but no! If you use InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop, you owe it to yourself to learn how
- [Creating Impact: Editorial Design to Influence Change](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creating-impact-editorial-design-to-influence-change/) - Discover how freelance graphic designer Kieron Lewis uses InDesign to create a range of publications that push the boundaries of stereotypes about race and design. As Kieron shares his experiences working on publications that are designed to inspire and empower the African community and its diaspora, you’ll learn how he uses the power of collaboration
- [Advanced Lists and Numbering in InDesign: Easy as 1, 2, 3a](https://creativeproweek.com/session/advanced-lists-and-numbering-in-indesign/) - You’ve found the buttons to apply bullets and/or numbering to your lists in InDesign. But after they’re applied, you may be frustrated trying to control the position, style, color and start number of your list. In this quick, to-the-point session, we’ll add custom bullets, make a character style to apply a color, and control the
- [Automation Bliss: Style Your Unformatted Text in a Snap!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/automation-bliss/) - As an InDesign user, have you ever collaborated with content providers whose talents lay in areas other than text formatting? So, when you get their text content, it’s been manually formatted (for font size, bold, colors, etc.)? Are you spending hours reformatting text with paragraph and character styles, just so you can do your job?
- [Building Video and Animation for Social Media](https://creativeproweek.com/session/building-video-and-animation-for-social-media/) - Let’s bring it all together. In this final motion-graphics session of the day, we’ll look at combining techniques from Premiere Pro, Rush, Photoshop, After Effects, and Express to help you create the perfect assets for any social campaign. Learn how to leverage animations from a wide range or apps, including video from your phone, animated PowerPoint and
- [Straight Facts About Photoshop Vectors](https://creativeproweek.com/session/straight-facts-about-photoshop-vectors/) - We all know that Photoshop is primarily an image editor, designed to work with pixels, but what about vector content? In this session, Theresa Jackson shows you everything you need to know about vectors in Photoshop. You will learn when and why to use vectors instead of pixels, how to retain vector content, when vectors
- [Using Vectors in After Effects: Illustrator Users Rejoice](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-vectors-in-after-effects-illustrator-users-rejoice/) - Imagine… You’re in Illustrator, swinging those bezier curve handles around… have you ever wished that could be an animation?! Well, it can be if you import your Illustrator files into After Effects, which lets you animate anything you can imagine — including bezier curves, nodes, strokes, dashes, and much more. This session will show you how to
- [Adobe After Effects for Print and Web Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-after-effects-for-print-and-web-designers/) - You can WOW your clients with new and creative graphics in no time… with After Effects! Best of all, After Effects works just like Photoshop — and can be used for any print, web, or design project. In this session, we’ll explore quick-and-easy techniques to create jaw-dropping graphics for any creative project. We’ll remove colors from a photograph,
- [How to Prevent Misteaks from Ruining Evrything](https://creativeproweek.com/session/how-to-prevent-misteaks-from-ruining-evrything/) - See the errors in that headline? Of course you do. No matter how beautiful your design is, errors can ruin it. Your perfect color palette, your gorgeous typography, your fabulous imagery… if you have even one mistake in your finished product, it will demand attention, invite criticism, and dump toxic rain all over your parade.
- [Premiere Pro for Print and Web Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/premiere-pro-for-print-and-web-designers/) - Premiere Pro sounds scary and overwhelming — after all, it’s used by Hollywood studios and high-end pros around the world. But here’s a secret: In this one-hour session, you can get introduced to Premiere Pro from a designer’s perspective — which will help you get you up and running in no time. Upgrade your social media
- [Interactive PDF and Forms in InDesign: Opportunities and Limits](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-pdf-and-forms-in-indesign/) - Fillable PDF forms let your readers enter information on desktop and mobile devices, regardless of whether they have an internet connection. In this session, you’ll learn how to use InDesign to build PDF forms and then how to refine those forms in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. You’ll learn: Best practices for adding form fields in
- [A Photoshop User’s Guide to Motion and Video](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a-photoshop-users-guide-to-motion-and-video/) - Get started with animation in an app you already know! Photoshop has amazing features for both creating motion graphics and working with video. In this session, you’ll learn to work with video in the same way your work with photography — by making adjustments, using Smart Objects, and applying filters. We’ll also explore two different animation techniques
- [Deconstructing Illustrator Graphics: How’d They Do That?!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/deconstructing-illustrator-graphics/) - Join us for an educational and inspirational session, as we showcase some of the world’s most amazing vector illustrations. From infographics to diagrams, commercial art to crazy special effects, you’ll not only see the art, but how the art was made.
- [Three Minutes Max: Photoshop + Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-photoshop-illustrator/) - Everyone loves Photoshop and Illustrator tips — from amazing (but useful) special effects, to essential productivity enhancements, every trick helps! Join us as 8 experts from around the world each share their best Photoshop or Illustrator tip or trick in under 3 minutes. Even better: you get to vote for which one is best! This is traditionally
- [Coloring and Recoloring in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/coloring-and-recoloring-in-illustrator/) - Choosing the right colors for your project usually isn’t hard, but applying them properly to maximize efficiency and flexibility can be tricky! Even harder: hearing from your boss or client that the colors need to change. In this deep dive, you’ll learn the techniques of the Illustrator power users and never have to worry about
- [10 Essential Illustrator Productivity Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-ai-tips/) - Level-up your illustrator skills by learning how to enhance objects and type in ways that add detail, flexibility, and fun. In this session, we’ll share some of our favorite tricks for getting beautiful results while letting Illustrator do the heavy-lifting. We’ll explore: Appearance Panel and Graphic Styles skills Symbols and Brushes Creative problem-solving tips
- [Quality Selections and Masks in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/quality-selections-photoshop/) - One of the most important skills in Photoshop is making selections and masks – and doing it quickly without too much effort. In this two-part session, you’ll learn the most important tools and techniques for selecting and masking, and the role of channels. You’ll see how to use selection tools individually and together, how to
- [Photoshop Features You Never Learned (but need to know)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-features-you-need-to-know/) - We all know that Photoshop is one of the most complicated, overwhelming, powerful apps on the planet… and Adobe just keeps adding more and more amazing features! That’s great, except most of us can’t keep up. In this session, you’ll learn which new features from the past few years you should pay attention to, which
- [Accessibility Fundamentals for InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a11y-fundamentals-indesign-22/) - Ensuring that the PDF files you produce are accessible to everyone is not only a good idea, it’s the right thing to do! In this session, learn about what accessibility and “Section 508” means and how you can produce PDF documents that are accessible to all! Remember, as George Kerscher of the DAISY Consortium said,
- [Working Happier Not Harder with Photoshop and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/working-happier-not-harder-with-photoshop-and-illustrator/) - Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop are incredibly rich and deep apps, with a 25+ year history behind them. Many people still use them the way they were taught 10 or 20 years ago. Stop it! Get up to speed with the amazing new features that have appeared over the past few years, so that you can
- [Textile and Fashion Design with Photoshop and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/textile-fashion-2021/) - Do you need to design for fabric? Trying to create realistic textile or clothing? This session will act as a quick overview of the tools and skills you need to understand to be successful. Topics include: Scanning, coloring, and rendering hand-drawn illustrations Using filters and brushes to simulate textures such as linen, flannel, wool, denim,
- [Introduction to GREP](https://creativeproweek.com/session/intro-grep-2021/) - GREP is one of the most important features in InDesign, and sadly it’s one of the least used! In Part 1 of this three-session series, we’ll get you up to speed (from zero to 60!) with this amazing tool for finding, changing, and formatting text patterns. We’ll look at some design samples and learn—among other
- [Ignite CreativePro 2021](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ignite-creativepro-2021/) - We’re bringing back CreativePro Week Ignite! Come one, come all and join us for some lunch-time tips, tricks, and fun...IGNITE Style! All CPWeek attendees are invited and encouraged to sign up to present 20 slides in 5 minutes. It's your opportunity to have 5 minutes in the spotlight, in the relaxed and friendly confines of
- [Break Through Your InDesign Production Bottlenecks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/wordsflow-walk-through/) - This session is a 4-minute romp through WordsFlow, a workflow plugin for InDesign that solves your most common production problem: last-minute or ongoing changes by authors and editors using Word & Excel. WordsFlow works by providing live links to your Word & Excel documents, and performing its “magic merge” on link update, rather than losing
- [The Presentation Designer as Visual Translator: Interview](https://creativeproweek.com/session/visual-translator-2021/) - The role of the presentation designer is similar to being a translator standing between two people who don’t speak the same language. Your job is to understand both sides and find a way to help them communicate. Join us in this fascinating and insightful interview, as Mark Heaps discusses presentation design with Jef Tyler, Senior
- [Interactive PDF is Dead](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-session-interactive-pdf-is-dead/) - Have you ever exported an interactive PDF from InDesign only to find that the interactive parts were missing? It turns out that a PDF doesn't really support most of InDesign's interactive features. In this session, you'll learn why that is, and what options you do have to create interactivity without coding. In addition to PDF, we'll look
- [Design with Data, Present with Power](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-design-with-data-present-with-power/) - 3M has combined 30+ years of research informing our understanding of the human visual system with our expertise in machine learning and analytics to bring data-driven workplace solutions. Developed by expert neuro and data scientists to quickly and accurately simulate how people see your visuals within the first 3-5 seconds, 3M™ Visual Attention Software (VAS)
- [10 Essential Acrobat Productivity Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-essential-acrobat-tips/) - Most of us use Acrobat day in and day out, but never really learn to master this incredible and deep tool. It's time to learn about a variety of features that you probably never knew were hiding behind the scenes, and techniques that will make you more productive with your PDFs. Topics include: Powerful (but
- [What's New with Remote/Virtual Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/remote-virtual-presos/) - Today, your audience is more likely to be virtual than in-person. Learn practical skills for building presentations that succeed in this new world. Topics include: The new best practices in presentation design AV setup options remote presenters encounter Is 16x9 still the standard? What about font sizes? Can you use video? Slide transitions? Animations?
- [Remote and Virtual Workflows for Design and Creatives](https://creativeproweek.com/session/remote-workflows-part-1/) - For many designers and creatives, working remotely, away from the office, has been really difficult… and remote/virtual will be an ongoing reality for many of us for a long time to come. Fortunately, there are editorial and review solutions that can make your life easier, and work flow faster. The field of web-based collaboration and
- [Easy AR (Augmented Reality) for Print Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ar-for-designers/) - Augmented Reality (AR) is a new medium for designers and marketing professionals to explore and take advantage of. You'll learn: Steps for setting up AR scenes and triggers Best tools for building AR, including Adobe Aero How you can take your audience from print piece to web to AR in super easy steps
- [Print: The Surprisingly Powerful Partner of Digital Marketing](https://creativeproweek.com/session/print-impact/) - An all-digital strategy may seem appropriate in a virtual world, but did you know that 85% of consumers expect and appreciate a blend of digital and physical engagement with brands? In fact, combining direct mail with a digital strategy increases lift by an average of 20%! Print, done right, can deliver phenomenal results, visual impact,
- [Making Type Look Great in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ppt-great-type/) - Still feeling limited by the type tools in PowerPoint? It’s time to take another look. In this session, we’ll explore ways of making your type shine, even when you’re stuck using system fonts. Topics include: Arranging type for improved legibility How to make system fonts feel more sophisticated Formatting tips and techniques Replicating today’s typography
- [A Lifetime of Type: Interview with Roger Black](https://creativeproweek.com/session/lifetime-type-1/) - We use fonts everyday, often without remembering that behind each font there is a face, a personality, a life — a person with a drive to create and express. Pause for a moment to meet a star in the world of design and type, and gain a greater appreciation for the translation between inspiration and
- [Three Minutes Max: Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-ai-2021/) - We can't get enough tips and tricks! Come watch our favorite Illustrator experts compete in an epic battle for the title of "Best Tipster of 2021!" Remember: each tip can be no longer than 3 minutes long, and you — the audience — will be voting. Three Minutes Max is always fun, often funny, and
- [12 Principles of Animation for PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ppt-animation-2021/) - Animation is a critical component in presentations—it paces the flow of information, making things clearer for your audience. It supports more effective storytelling with the visuals and animations doing a lot of the work, helping people understand the key points. And it can be used to produce beautiful looking presentations, with the animation enhancing your
- [Three Minutes Max: InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-id-2021/) - Yes, it's time — once again! — for that fun-filled, action-packed, highly-educational, and mind-blowing session: Three Minutes Max! Each of our instructors will have no more than three minutes to share their favorite InDesign tip… and then you get to vote for a winner. In past years, some of the best tips have been held
- [You’re Just Not Efficient Without Adobe Bridge](https://creativeproweek.com/session/bridge-2021/) - Most people think Adobe Bridge is just for photographers, but no! If you use InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop, you owe it to yourself to learn how this digital asset manager can make your life so much easier. Adobe Bridge is just waiting for its chance to save you time by cutting through the clutter of files
- [Essential Tools and Services for Accessibility](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a11y-essential-tools/) - Sure, you can do most of what you need in InDesign and Acrobat… but you can often do it easier or quicker with a third-party tool. Discover these expert's favorite add-ons and services for stepping up your accessibility workflow, from good to great.
- [Crafting Navigational and Non-Linear Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/non-linear-presentations/) - Instead of a one-way linear slideshow, what if you could navigate your presentation content based on the audience's interests? Enter Navigational Slideshows! In this session, we’ll show you how to strategize presentation content to maximize alignment between what your speakers have to say and what your audience wants to hear. Then, we’ll show you how
- [Building Great Templates with InDesign, Part 3](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-templates-part-3/) - In Part 1 of this three-part tutorial, we learned about finding and editing pre-made templates; then in Part 2 we explored how to build our own custom templates, using styles, colors and masters. In part 3, we dive even deeper into: Add elements to Creative Cloud Libraries, sharing and using them Add anchored graphics to
- [Building Great Templates with InDesign, Part 2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/build-id-templates-part-2/) - In Part 1 of this 3-part tutorial, we saw how to find, edit, and—most importantly—begin to customize InDesign templates to your own needs. Now, in Part 2, we’ll dive deeper, exploring: How to set up margins so your text frames will move when margins are adjusted Set up page size, column guides, color swatches and
- [Building Great Templates with InDesign, Part 1](https://creativeproweek.com/session/build-id-templates-part-1/) - Creating a document in InDesign that can be used to build other documents, often by other people, requires an understanding of a wide range of InDesign features. In this three-part tutorial, we’ll explore the features you should know to set up a great template, how to set up files properly, and how to make use
- [From Surreal to Real: Building Composite Images in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/surreal-images/) - Come along my creative journey as I show you the steps to bring to life a Surreal photo composite in Photoshop and teach you real-world photo compositing techniques. Topics include: Various ways of selecting your subject Easy ways to remove the background from your subject Utilizing Layer Masks to blend two images together The diverse
- [Accessibility for PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ppt-a11y/) - Yes, PowerPoint can accessible. It doesn’t matter if you are just presenting or exporting to PDF. There are specific accessibility considerations you must use to have an inclusive presentation. This session will explore the built-in accessibility tools, some “hidden features” and the best way to get the most accessible PPT documents into PDF or for
- [Remote and Virtual Workflows for Design and Creatives, Part 2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/remote-workflows-part-2/) - In Part 1 of this two-part session, we explored a wide spectrum of remote workflows. Now, let's tackle editorial and review! The field of web-based collaboration and review is hot, hot, hot! If emailing PDFs out to remote clients and authors for review is slowing you down, you’ll be glad to learn about these newer, more streamlined
- [Outrageous: 30 Years of Images](https://creativeproweek.com/session/outrageous-30-years-of-images/) - Take a journey through 30 years of photographs, photocomposites, illustrations, social media, ads, and more! This session is half "how to" and half "how the heck…!" Join David Blatner as he interviews five amazing digital pioneers and we see their favorite works of the past three decades: Russell Brown: Sr. Creative Director at Adobe Systems, Emmy
- [Designing with Data](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ppt-data-design/) - Everyone who works with data needs to communicate their findings, their analysis, and their conclusions. It could be in an internal briefing or memo, a management report, an annual report or a scientific article. Learn the basics of how to how to use data visualization to more effectively communicate data, tell a story, highlight what’s
- [How To Hire an Artist for Original Work](https://creativeproweek.com/session/hire-artist-original-work/) - Sure, stock art agencies and sites are convenient for quick access and last-minute assets, but relying too much on stock art generally means sacrificing quality, originality, and that custom, bespoke feel that can mean the difference between "good enough" and "wow!" But how do you find and hire original work, especially when you're on a
- [Behind-the-Scenes With a World-Class Presentation Template](https://creativeproweek.com/session/great-ppt-templates/) - Ever wonder what goes into making a presentation template that more than 23,000 engineers, salespeople, designers, marketers and other employees need to use daily? Get a guided tour of the new Adobe corporate template and have a peek under the hood to see how it was constructed to balance ease of use with staying on
- [Integrating InDesign and WordPress](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-wordpress/) - InDesign is the most popular page-layout app in the world. WordPress is the most popular web app in the world. And many of us need to publish content to both! How can you easily move text and images from InDesign to WordPress and other popular web content management systems? Or move content from WordPress to
- [Collaboration Techniques: Working with Teams and Partners](https://creativeproweek.com/session/collaboration-techniques-ppt/) - Presentation design has changed dramatically in the past year, with designers, clients, and stakeholders often in different geographic locations and time zones. Fortunately, there are some terrific options for collaboration, using PowerPoint, Google Slides, and other design tools! Join us as we uncover some of the best tools, techniques, and takeaways for remote and collaborative
- [InDesign for Building Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-presentations/) - You already have Adobe InDesign, so why not use it to help you make your presentations? After all, laying out a slide is very similar to laying out a page. Join us as we explore: Exporting InDesign documents to PowerPoint or Keynote Amazing plug-ins, scripts, and resources to help you build high-quality slides Why you
- [From Sketch to Mockup: Designing in a Cross-App World](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sketch-to-mockup/) - Stop thinking about using “an app” and start thinking about using “the app ecosystem”! Join us for a fun and wild ride through the “cross-app world,” where you’ll get to see how to implement the power of working with Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign together in a practical and productive way. Keep your focus on the design
- [Adobe After Effects for Print and Web Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/after-effects-designers/) - Get to know the “other” design application in the Creative Cloud. Chances are you know Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. But did you know After Effects supports just as many file formats, provides amazing design and compositing features, and can be used in any print, web, animation, video, or photo compositing project? What you’ll learn: The
- [Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/learn-to-love-ppt-part-2/) - In Part 1 of this three-part session, we learned how to get up to speed fast, navigate PowerPoint like a pro, and set up masters. Now, we face the hardest task of all: Figuring out why Microsoft hid all the most important tools (and discover where they hid them!) By the end of the hour,
- [The Most Important Design App Ever is… Excel?!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/excel-2021/) - We know it sounds crazy, but every designer and production artist needs to know at least a little bit about Microsoft Excel! There is just so much you can do with this amazing tool. Join us as we cover some of our favorite Excel tricks for designers. This session includes: Embrace VLOOKUP for matching two
- [Premiere Pro for Print and Web Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/premiere-for-designers/) - Premiere Pro sounds scary and overwhelming — after all, it's used by Hollywood studios and high-end pros around the world. But here's a secret: In this one-hour session, you can learn everything you need to know to get up to speed and making videos. Topics include: How Premiere Pro is similar to Photoshop and other
- [Putting it Together: InDesign, HTML, Video, and More](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-html-video/) - In earlier sessions today, we've learned about creating animations and multi-state objects, adding timing and buttons, and more. Now, let's put it all together, incorporate video and custom HTML widgets, and create a rich, interactive document!
- [Quick Fixes for Bad Slides](https://creativeproweek.com/session/quick-fix-for-bad-slides/) - You've been given a PowerPoint deck and told to improve it before the big meeting this afternoon… Don't panic! Instead, make use of these simple yet highly effective techniques for making bad slides look great.
- [Animation and Video for Print and Web Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/animation-video-2021/) - Everything in the real world moves, so why should your designs and layouts stay still? Making stuff move with animation or video doesn't have to be scary or difficult with easy tools that you probably already have (or can easily get). In this fast-paced session, we will look at how to: Create video for social
- [Diversity and Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/diversity-and-design/) - Audiences are changing and becoming more diverse by the day, and their wants and needs of are evolving—as are the expectations of us as designers. Diversity, inclusion, and equity is a critical component of a healthy design community and workplace. Learn what you can do to do the right thing.
- [Time-Saving InDesign Practices That You're Probably Avoiding](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-time-saving/) - We get it: You're on deadline and you just gotta' get the project done, so there's no extra time. But here's the trick that InDesign pros know that you're forgetting: If you take a little time to set things up well now, you can save so much time later! In this session we'll walk through
- [Adding Personality with Typography](https://creativeproweek.com/session/typography-personality/) - Every font has a voice and personality. How you set that font on the page — size, color, caps, column width, and more — affects the voice, just like you can adjust your own voice, depending on what you're trying to say. In this short exploration of type and typography, we'll explore how sometimes subtle
- [Repurposing Content in PowerPoint](https://creativeproweek.com/session/repurposing-content/) - You've built a PowerPoint presentation — so that's where all your content is! So what do you do when you need to repurpose that content? In this session, learn how to repurpose your content into infographics, print, handouts/PDFs, interactive handbooks, slide docs, downloadables, HTML5, and more!
- [10 Essential PowerPoint Productivity Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-essential-ppt-tips/) - Anyone can use PowerPoint, but can you use it well? Learn the secrets of the PowerPoint masters in order to become more efficient and productive with this important tool. Topics include: Essential keyboard shortcuts you have to commit to muscle memory The add-ons you just have to have Three key PowerPoint features you may not
- [Building Interactive Magazines, Web Ads, and Digital Pages with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-documents/) - Are you interested in creating rich, interactive documents? It’s likely that your existing design skills are more useful than you realize. This session will present an overview of your options, from Interactive PDF to HTML, fixed-layout EPUB, Publish Online, and more! We'll explore: Creating online magazines Delivering rich media presentations to sales teams Building mobile
- [Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 1: 0–60 for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/learn-to-love-ppt-part-1/) - PowerPoint is the app that creative pros love to hate. And yet, we all have to use it sooner or later! The dirty secret is that once you learn how PowerPoint works, you’ll find it’s actually incredibly powerful and can perform some tasks even better than Adobe’s tools. If you’ve ever feared or hated PowerPoint,
- [Creating Effective Story Structures](https://creativeproweek.com/session/story-structures/) - It's fun to jump right in with both feet, but it's rarely the most effective or efficient approach in the long run! In this session, we'll get you started from the ground up, focusing on everything that needs to happen before you begin building the deck, including: Getting clear Establishing a presentation structure Preparing and
- [Spectacular and Easy Type Effects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/easy-type-fx/) - The human eye responds to seeing typography almost as powerfully as it recognizes human faces — but how you set the type, and what kinds of effects you apply can matter a huge amount. Let's look at a number of awesome type effects you can create using Illustrator and Photoshop that will enhance your ability
- [Essential InDesign Scripts, Part 3: Customizing and Scripting Fundamentals](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-id-scripts-part-3/) - Using InDesign without scripts is like cooking without spices—you can do it, but why would you?! In Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-session tutorial, we've looked at a wide variety of must-have InDesign scripts. Now, it's time to take it to the next level! Topics include: How to edit a script to customize
- [Super Simple Slide Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/super-simple-slide/) - You know the old adage: You can make slides fast, or you can make them good-looking, but not both—that is, it seems impossible to make good-looking slides fast. So join us for a fast-paced exploration of making the impossible possible, as we make great slides quickly and efficiently, with a minimum of hassle and a
- [Adobe Dimension for Graphic and Packaging Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/dimension-pacakge-design/) - The session focuses on how to get Photoshop and Illustrator designs into a 3D environment. Content includes: Finding models Basic shapes Decal vs material CC Libraries Linked graphics Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop artboards Lighting and rendering
- [8 Essential Steps You Should Take Before Printing or Exporting](https://creativeproweek.com/session/8-essential-steps/) - It feels so good to finish a layout… but wait! Before you export "myPage.Final_B_v2_ReallyFinalThisTime.indd" to PDF, or send it off to get printed, take just a moment and walk through this checklist of Eight Essential Steps. It doesn't have to take long, and you'll save so much time in the long run. Session topics include:
- [Down the Rabbit Hole with a Photoshop Legend, Part 1](https://creativeproweek.com/session/rabbit-hole-part-1/) - Bert Monroy has been working in Photoshop longer than almost anyone on Earth, and his artwork hangs in offices and museums around the world. From photorealistic imagery to commercial illustration, Bert has done it all, and he's here to share his secrets with you. A session with Bert is like falling down an Alice in
- [Down the Rabbit Hole with a Photoshop Legend, Part 2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/rabbit-hole-part-2/) - This is Part 2 of a three-part tutorial with Photoshop master Bert Monroy. In Part 1, Bert explored some of his recent artworks and we looked at masks, layers, and channels. Now, let's explore brushes and paths, and how sometimes the subtlest changes can make the most profound differences. See Part 3 here.
- [Logos and Icons, Part 2: Distilling Your Message in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/logos-icons-part-2/) - In Part 1 of this two-part session, we explored the creative act of building logos and icons, from ideation to final design. Now, let's explore the construction and critical fine-tuning work that must be done to deliver the final artwork.
- [Essential InDesign Scripts, Part 2: Text and Typography](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-id-scripts-part-2/) - In Part 1 of this three-part scripting-extravaganza, we looked at the fundamentals of using scripts. Now, let's discover a wide array of scripts you just have to have when working with text and type. Topics include: Super-powered find/change and text cleanup Inserting special (but commonly used) characters Splitting and merging frames Working with footnotes and
- [RGB vs CMYK: Let’s Put This Argument to Rest Right Now](https://creativeproweek.com/session/rgb-cmyk-2021/) - It’s the 21st century… are you really still converting images to CMYK in Photoshop? Are you picking the right CMYK at the right time? What the heck is InDesign’s “transparency blend mode” and should you choose RGB or CMYK? This is the session that every InDesign user needs to watch—at least the ones who care
- [Wow: Type Projects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/wow-type-projects/) - You can't help but love everything typographic! If the word fonts gets you excited and hearing about special ligatures and swashes makes your mouth water, then this session is perfect for you. In this fun, fact-filled, and educational hour, we won't just look at type — we'll explain it as we pull the designs apart and
- [The Most Important Skill in Photoshop: Quality Selections and Masks, Part 2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/selections-ps-part-2/) - In Part 1 of this two-part tutorial, we learned the basics of making great selections (masks) in Photoshop. Now, let's look at "next steps," including: How to end up with a great selection The power of channels for making challenging selections How to mask a mask
- [Advanced Pattern and Tessellation Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pattern-tessellation/) - In Part 1 of this tutorial, you learned how to make basic patterns in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Capture. Now, it's time to take it to the next level with tessellations (regularly repeating patterns)! Learn tricks of the trade by a professional with years of pattern-making experience! Making seamless repeating patterns Patterns that appear 3D The
- [Interactive PDF and Forms: Opportunities and Limits](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-pdf/) - Fillable PDF forms let your readers enter information on desktop and mobile devices, regardless of whether they have an internet connection. In this session, you’ll learn how to use InDesign to build PDF forms and then how to refine those forms in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. In this session, you’ll learn: Best practices for adding
- [The Most Important Skill in Photoshop: Quality Selections and Masks, Part 1](https://creativeproweek.com/session/selections-part-1/) - One of the most important skills in Photoshop is making selections (sometimes called masks) – and doing it quickly without too much effort. In this two-part session, you’ll learn the most important tools and techniques for selecting and masking, and the role of channels. You’ll see how to use selection tools individually and together, how
- [Patterns: Find Them, Make Them, Edit Them](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-patterns/) - Patterns are everywhere! But as much as Adobe wants you to think it’s easy as clicking a button, creating and using great patterns is an art as much as science. Whether you’re creating patterns for textile/fashion design or print, it’s critical that you understand what makes a great pattern work. Topics include: Big patterns: From wallpaper
- [10 Essential InDesign Productivity Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-essential-id-tips/) - Let’s kick off Day 2 with a fast-paced, fun-filled tip-a-palooza to boost your productivity! We’ll zip through a ton of handy tips and tricks that every InDesign user needs to know. Plus, you’ll get amped to soak up all the InDesign goodness the rest of the conference will bring. Topics include: If you’re not customizing
- [Accessibility Community Conversation](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a11y-community/) - Join us for an opportunity to connect with others who are working in the world of accessibility. Share ideas, explore new solutions, and find a community that helps each other throughout the year.
- [Logos and Icons, Part 1: From Ideation to Construction](https://creativeproweek.com/session/logos-icons-part-1/) - In this focused and inspirational talk, you'll walk you through the creative process — from ideation to color exploration, art direction, rejection, and ultimate usage of iconic brand designs. This is Part 1 of a two-part session. See Part 2 here.
- [Coloring and Recoloring in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/color-recolor-ai/) - Choosing the right colors for your project usually isn't hard, but applying them properly to maximize efficiency and flexibility can be tricky! Even harder: hearing from your boss or client that the colors need to change. In this great HOW-TO deep dive, you'll learn the techniques of the Illustrator power users and never have to
- [Three Minutes Max: Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/3-min-max-ps-2021/) - Everyone loves Photoshop tips — from amazing (but useful) special effects, to essential productivity enhancements, every trick helps! Join us as 8 Photoshop experts from around the world each share their best Photoshop tip or trick in under 3 minutes. Next: you get to vote for which one is best! This is traditionally one of the
- [Essential InDesign Scripts, Part 1: Images, Layout, and Workflow](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-id-scripts-part-1/) - If you’re not using scripts with InDesign, you are not being efficient. And scripts are really easy! In fact, a bunch of useful scripts even ship with InDesign—you just need to know where to look for them. Join us in this fast-paced session to learn: Where to find must-have scripts The fastest and easiest way
- [Fast Fixes for MS Word and Other Text Messes](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ms-word-text-fixes/) - Unless you’re the one writing the copy for the InDesign layouts you design, chances are someone else is using MS Word and handing the file off to you to flow in. And there’s the rub: Two different software companies. Two different text engines. Two different ways to format text. And it’s up to you to
- [Wow: Vector Projects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-wow/) - Join us for an educational and inspirational session, as we showcase some of the world's most amazing vector illustrations. From infographics to diagrams, commercial art to crazy special effects, you'll not only see the art, but how the art was made.
- [Awesome GREP Tips & Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/awesome-grep-tips/) - Once you get started with GREP, you keep finding more and more uses for it! We're picking out ten amazing GREP tricks to share with you. Note: while these are advanced tips, you don't have to be advanced to use them — any InDesign user can copy and paste them from the handouts to achieve
- [Wow: Photoshop Projects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-wow/) - You know what we're talking about: Those images where you just stop, stare, and say: wow. Here's a treat for every Photoshop user: an opportunity to go deeper and see how some of these "wow" images were created, constructed, shot, layered, and finished.
- [Acrobat PDF Accessibility](https://creativeproweek.com/session/acrobat-pdf-a11y/) - In Parts 1 and 2 of this multi-session tutorial, we explored how to set up Adobe InDesign to export accessible documents. But there's only so much InDesign can do! In this session, let's look at the proper next steps you need to take in Acrobat.
- [10 Essential Illustrator Productivity Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-essential-ai-tips/) - Level-up your illustrator skills by learning how to enhance objects and type in ways that add complexity, flexibility and fun. In this session, we'll share some of our favorite tricks for letting Illustrator do the heavy-lifting while getting beautiful results. We’ll explore: Appearance Panel and Graphic Styles skills Symbols and Brushes Creative problem-solving tips
- [Favorite Tips from InDesignSecrets](https://creativeproweek.com/session/favorite-id-secrets-tips/) - Anne-Marie Concepcion, Mike Rankin, and David Blatner have spent over a decade publishing tips and tutorials about our favorite page-layout app: literally thousands of blog posts, podcasts, magazine articles, videos… Watch as they battle to find the best of InDesign Secrets. Topics include: Little-used InDesign features that you really should be using Obscure tricks that
- [Improving Cruddy Vector and Image Graphics](https://creativeproweek.com/session/improve-graphics/) - Your client or boss just sent you a bunch of images for your marketing campaign… and they're terrible! Learn how to use the secret powers of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat to improve your graphics. Topics include: How to improve grainy low light mobile phone images What to do with low resolution and pixelated images
- [InDesign Styles and Masters Deep Dive, Part 2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-styles-part-2/) - In Part 1 of this two-part tutorial, we learned about master pages and creating solid and flexible documents. Now, in Part 2, you’ll learn all about styles and masters. Everyone knows that using styles in InDesign is key for efficient formatting of text and objects in a document. Not only do they save time and allow
- [Gradients and Blends in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/gradients-ai/) - If you have ever tried to make a great blend (or gradient, or vignette, or whatever you want to call it) in Illustrator, you know you need this session! We'll go beyond the basics here to explore the many different ways to blend objects and add gradients, and you'll learn how to use blends to
- [Making GREP Work for You in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/make-grep-work/) - In Part 1 of this three-part tutorial, we learned the fundamentals of working with GREP in InDesign. Now, it's time for some in-depth GREP expressions to put into your toolkit. When it comes to automating text in your InDesign documents, using GREP can give you that boost you need to improve your accuracy, consistency, and
- [Photoshop Features You Never Learned (but need to know)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-features-to-use/) - We all know that Photoshop is one of the most complicated, overwhelming, powerful apps on the planet… and Adobe just keeps adding more and more amazing features! That's great, except most of us can't keep up. In this session, you'll learn which new features from the past few years you need to pay attention to,
- [10 Essential Photoshop Productivity Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/10-essential-ps-tips/) - Join us in this information-packed session where we'll share our best Photoshop tips and power shortcuts for designers! In this session, you will learn timesaving techniques, little-know features, and better ways to work with the tools that you already use. This session will leave you saying, “I wish I knew that years ago!” In this
- [New InDesign Features You Should Be Using Now](https://creativeproweek.com/session/old-new-id-features/) - You've been using InDesign for a long time, but why are you still using it the way you did 5 or 10 years ago?! Adobe has released a ton of new features, but most InDesign users don't take advantage of them. Take this opportunity to get up to speed again and learn what you've been
- [Designing for Social Media](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-social-media/) - It’s a fast-paced social media world we're living in, and "good" is not good enough these days to catch people’s attention. In this fast-paced session, we'll demonstrate some of our favorite techniques for making the good look great, whether you’re using desktop or mobile apps.
- [Making Killer Infographics](https://creativeproweek.com/session/killer-infographics/) - If you've ever tried to build an infographic, you know that telling a story through visual design is not as straightforward or intuitive as it might seem! This focused session will explore: How to break down your project atomically, step by step Let's get clear: what is an infographic (and what isn't!) What works and
- [InDesign Styles and Masters Deep Dive, Part 1](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-styles-part-1/) - Anyone can build a house, but it takes skill to build a strong one that won’t fall down! In the same way, it takes skill to construct an InDesign document that is solid enough to withstand the test of time. Even better, you want a file flexible enough to change when you need it to…
- [Retouching Images](https://creativeproweek.com/session/retouching-images-2021/) - Overwhelmed by Photoshop? Have too many images that need work, and too little time? Learn some quick techniques for retouching, image balancing, and color matching. You’ll be amazed how quickly you can get your files cleaned up and print ready. Learn how the pros do it in this session with a veteran retoucher and get a fully annotated PDF
- [Just Say No: Alternatives to Boring Slides](https://creativeproweek.com/session/just-say-no-boring-slides/) - Bullet points. Walls of text with tiny pictures. Predictable slide arrangements. Same size, same color, same layouts, over and over and over. You’ve lost their attention by slide three. How can you break the monotony of boring and bland presentations? How can you create visual excitement and design interesting slides that captivate audiences? This session will
- [Down the Rabbit Hole with a Photoshop Legend, Part 3](https://creativeproweek.com/session/rabbit-hole-part-3/) - This is Part 3 of a three-part tutorial by Photoshop legend Bert Monroy. It's an honor and privilege to host Bert at CreativePro Week, and remember, each of these sessions contains in-depth lessons and also live, interactive Q&A where you can ask questions and find deeper insights. In Part 2, Bert explored brush strokes, paths,
- [Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 3](https://creativeproweek.com/session/learn-to-love-ppt-part-3/)
- [Using Photoshop & Illustrator Together](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-ps-ai-together/)
- [Sponsored Session: Creating and securely delivering engaging publications to every device and desktop.](https://creativeproweek.com/session/circularsoftware-sponsored-session-2020/)
- [Welcome](https://creativeproweek.com/session/welcome/)
- [Infographics and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/infographics-illustrator/)
- [Retouching Images](https://creativeproweek.com/session/retouching-images/)
- [Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dimensions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/dimensions/)
- [What's New in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/new-in-ai/)
- [The Art and Science of Making Selections](https://creativeproweek.com/session/art-science-selections/)
- [Photoshop + XD for UI/UX](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-xd-ui-ux/)
- [The 14 Tools You Need to Master in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/14-tools/)
- [Your Phone or Tablet: A Designer's Best Friend](https://creativeproweek.com/session/phone-designers-best-friend/)
- [Photoshop Automation](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-automation/)
- [Ps/Ai: Three Minutes Max](https://creativeproweek.com/session/psai-3-minutes-2020/)
- [Accessibility and InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessibility-2020-part-1/)
- [InDesign Fundamentals: Building Solid Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-fundamentals/)
- [Next Steps in Accessibility and Section 508 Compliance](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessibility-2020-part-2/)
- [Mastering InDesign's Productivity Features](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-productivity/)
- [Secrets of the InDesign Power Users](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-power-tips-2020/)
- [The InDesign Conference: Introductions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-conf-intro-2020/)
- [InDesign + Photoshop + Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-ps-ai-2020/)
- [Designing PDF Forms in InDesign and Acrobat](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pdf-forms-indesign-2020/)
- [Power Tips for Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/power-tips-ps/)
- [Putting it Together: Compositing in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-compositing/)
- [Revisiting Photoshop Layers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-layers/)
- [Creating Animations for Email and Social Media](https://creativeproweek.com/session/animations-email-social/)
- [CSI Illustrator: Solving Mysteries](https://creativeproweek.com/session/csi-illustrator/)
- [Illustrator Deep Dive](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ai-deep-dive/)
- [Pattern Design for Textile and Other Applications](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pattern-design/)
- [InCopy: The Key to Editorial Workflow](https://creativeproweek.com/session/incopy-workflow-2020/)
- [Engaging Interactive Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/engaging-interactive/)
- [Essential Image Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-image/)
- [InDesign to Interactive HTML](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-with-in5/)
- [Design and Layout for Print](https://creativeproweek.com/session/design-layout-print/)
- [Charts and Graphs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/charts-graphs/)
- [Managing Your Assets with Libraries](https://creativeproweek.com/session/manage-assets-libraries/)
- [Photorealistic Photoshop and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photorealistic/)
- [After Effects for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/aftereffects/)
- [The Best of InDesign Secrets](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-best-of-indesign-secrets-2020/)
- [Styles: Next Level Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/style-next-tips/)
- [New Opportunities with New Font Technologies](https://creativeproweek.com/session/new-fonts/)
- [Best Practices for Exporting Great PDFs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/export-great-pdfs/)
- [Mastering the RGB to CMYK Workflow](https://creativeproweek.com/session/rgb-cmyk-2020/)
- [Tables](https://creativeproweek.com/session/tables-2020/)
- [InDesign: Three Minutes Max](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-three-minutes-max-2020/)
- [GREP: The Secret Productivity Weapon](https://creativeproweek.com/session/grep-productivity/)
- [Scripts Every InDesign User Needs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/scripts-2020/)
- [Learn to Love PowerPoint: 0–60 for Adobe Users](https://creativeproweek.com/session/learn-to-love-powerpoint/)
- [Building PowerPoint Templates for Your Team and Clients](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-templates/)
- [InDesign: Long Documents, Reports, and Proposals](https://creativeproweek.com/session/long-docs-proposals/)
- [Interactive Documents with InDesign and in5](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-docs-with-indesign/)
- [Click: Welcome](https://creativeproweek.com/session/click-welcome/)
- [The Presentation Designer as Visual Translator, with Ryan Orcutt](https://creativeproweek.com/session/visual-translator/)
- [Amazing PowerPoint Features that will Leave You Speechless](https://creativeproweek.com/session/amazing-features/)
- [Inclusive Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/inclusive-presentations/)
- [From Inspiration to Presentation](https://creativeproweek.com/session/finding-inspiration/)
- [Technical Type for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-typography/)
- [Make Effective Infographics Fast](https://creativeproweek.com/session/infographics-fast/)
- [Adobe Apps for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-presentations-2/)
- [Fluid Transitions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-morph/)
- [XD for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-morph-2/)
- [This Is Your Brain on Print](https://creativeproweek.com/session/print-more-effective/)
- [Affinity: New Kid on the Block](https://creativeproweek.com/session/affinity/)
- [Digital Documents: What's Possible](https://creativeproweek.com/session/digital-documents-possible/)
- [PDF Commenting with InDesign, Acrobat, and Document Cloud](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pdf-review/)
- [Acrobat and PDF Power Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/acrobat-power-techniques/)
- [Building Rich PDF Forms with InDesign and Acrobat](https://creativeproweek.com/session/rich-pdf-forms/)
- [Crafting Visual Stories for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/craft-visual-stories/)
- [Just Say No: Alternatives to Boring Slides](https://creativeproweek.com/session/alternative-to-bullets/)
- [Creating Learning Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/learning-presentations/)
- [Presentation Animation Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/animation-techniques-2020/)
- [Data Visualization for Presentation](https://creativeproweek.com/session/data-viz/)
- [InDesign for Building Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-presentations-2020/)
- [Click: Three Minutes Max](https://creativeproweek.com/session/click-three-minutes-max-2020/)
- ["At a Glance" Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/at-a-glance-design/)
- [Lunch Talk: Knowing What's Real — Exploring the Content Authenticity Initiative](https://creativeproweek.com/session/lunch-content-authenticity/)
- [Special Lunch Presentation: Celebrating 30 Years of Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/wednesday-lunch-2020/)
- [Beautiful Presentation Typography](https://creativeproweek.com/session/beautiful-presentation-type/)
- [Sponsored Session: InDesign Productivity Tools - Preview and Conversion](https://creativeproweek.com/session/markzware-sponsored-session-2020/)
- [Sponsored Session: Streamlining access reduces version management headaches](https://creativeproweek.com/session/santacruzsoftware-sponsored-session-2020/)
- [Sponsored Session: A casual tour with Cacidi BarCodes and Cacidi Charts](https://creativeproweek.com/session/cacidi-sponsored-session-2020/)
- [Sponsored Session: Engaging with Customers in Today’s Digital World](https://creativeproweek.com/session/issuu-sponsored-session-2020/)
- [Sponsored Session: Designing Maps With Data in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/avenza-sponsored-session-2020/)
- [Sponsored Session: A Better Way to Create Marketing Publications with priint:Suite](https://creativeproweek.com/session/priint-sponsored-session-2020/)
- [The Presentation Designer as Visual Translator, with Shannon Hollingsworth](https://creativeproweek.com/session/visual-translator-2/)
- [The Presentation Designer as Visual Translator, with Joe Buchwald](https://creativeproweek.com/session/visual-translator-3/)
- [Sponsored Session: CI HUB Connector for Adobe CC and Microsoft](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ci-hub-sponsored-session-2020/)
- [Managing Editorial Design Across Print and Digital](https://creativeproweek.com/session/managing-editorial-design-across-print-and-digital/)
- [Click: Three Minutes Max](https://creativeproweek.com/session/click-three-minutes-max/)
- [Visualizing Data](https://creativeproweek.com/session/visualizing-data/)
- [The Phantom of the Keynote: How Invisible Work Makes Success Possible](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-phantom-of-the-keynote-how-invisible-work-makes-success-possible/)
- [Storyboarding and Crafting Visual Stories for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/storyboarding-and-crafting-presentations/)
- [Beautiful Type for Presentation Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/beautiful-type-for-presentation-design/)
- [Presentation Design and eLearning](https://creativeproweek.com/session/presentation-design-and-elearning/)
- [Designing Drool-Worthy Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-drool-worthy-presentations/)
- [A Life in Presentation Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a-life-in-presentation-design/)
- [Sponsored Breakfast Session: Telling your Brand Story](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-phenomenon-of-stories/)
- [Impactful Typography for Print and Digital Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/impactful-typography-for-print-and-digital-design/)
- [Make a Mobile App with InDesign and HTML](https://creativeproweek.com/session/make-a-mobile-app-with-indesign-and-html/)
- [InDesign: Three Minutes Max](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-three-minutes-max/)
- [Mastering PDF Commenting and Review with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mastering-the-pdf-commenting-and-review-with-indesign/)
- [Data Merge Zero to 60](https://creativeproweek.com/session/data-merge-zero-to-60/)
- [EPUB from InDesign: An Overview](https://creativeproweek.com/session/epub-from-indesign-an-overview/)
- [Trends and Techniques for Print in 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/session/trends-and-techniques-for-print-in-2019/)
- [Taking Advantage of Advanced Font Features](https://creativeproweek.com/session/taking-advantage-of-advanced-font-features/)
- [One Click to Web with Publish Online](https://creativeproweek.com/session/one-click-to-web-with-publish-online/)
- [Advanced Styles: Nested, Line, and GREP Styles](https://creativeproweek.com/session/advanced-styles-nested-line-and-grep-styles/)
- [Charts and Graphs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/charts-and-graphs/)
- [Working Smarter with Long Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/working-smarter-with-long-documents/)
- [The Past, Present, and Future of InDesign: Special Event with Adobe](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-past-present-and-future-of-indesign-special-event-with-adobe/)
- [Smarter Workflows with Adobe InCopy](https://creativeproweek.com/session/incopy-editorial-workflows/)
- [Learning Grids in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/learning-grids-in-indesign/)
- [Essential Image Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-image-techniques-2019/)
- [Lists and Numbering](https://creativeproweek.com/session/lists-and-numbering/)
- [The Best of InDesign Secrets](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-best-of-indesign-secrets/)
- [Sponsored Breakfast Session: Modern Self-Publishing with Blurb and Adobe](https://creativeproweek.com/session/sponsored-breakfast-session-modern-self-publishing-with-blurb-and-adobe/)
- [Real World Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dimensions](https://creativeproweek.com/session/real-world-photoshop-illustrator-and-dimensions/)
- [Illustrator Deep Dive](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-deep-dive/)
- [Ignite CreativePro 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ignite-creativepro-2019/)
- [Managing Your Assets with Libraries](https://creativeproweek.com/session/managing-your-assets-with-libraries/)
- [Advanced Solutions with GREP](https://creativeproweek.com/session/advanced-solutions-with-grep/)
- [Adding Magic to Your Interactive Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adding-magic-to-your-interactive-documents/)
- [InDesign Tables](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-tables/)
- [Solving Big Projects with Custom Automation](https://creativeproweek.com/session/solving-big-projects-with-custom-automation/)
- [InDesign to HTML](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-to-html-2019/)
- [Object Styles: Your Secret Weapon for Productivity](https://creativeproweek.com/session/object-styles-your-secret-weapon-for-productivity/)
- [Understanding Master Pages and Primary Text Frames](https://creativeproweek.com/session/understanding-master-pages-and-primary-text-frames/)
- [Designing Forms in InDesign and Acrobat](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-forms-in-indesign-and-acrobat/)
- [InDesign Typography: Finessing Beyond the Defaults](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-typography-finessing-beyond-the-defaults/)
- [Scripts Every InDesign User Needs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/scripts-every-indesign-user-needs/)
- [Engaging Interactive Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/engaging-interactive-documents/)
- [XD Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/xd-presentations/)
- [Sponsored Breakfast Session: eLearning Tips & Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/elearning-tips-tricks/)
- [Welcome](https://creativeproweek.com/session/introduction-indesign-2019/)
- [InDesign Power Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-power-tips/)
- [The Adobe Trifecta: InDesign + Photoshop + Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-photoshop-illustrator/)
- [Superpowered InDesign Production Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/superpowered-indesign-production-techniques/)
- [Accessibility and InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessibility-and-indesign/)
- [Photoshop + After Effects for Print and Web Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-after-effects-for-print-and-web-design/)
- [Infographics and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/infographics-and-illustrator/)
- [Compositing for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/compositing-for-designers/)
- [Ps/Ai: Three Minutes Max](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ps-ai-three-minutes-max/)
- [Welcome Reception and CreativePro.com 20th Anniversary Party](https://creativeproweek.com/session/welcome-reception-2019/)
- [Retouching and Color Matching](https://creativeproweek.com/session/retouching-and-color-matching/)
- [Illustrator Power Tips](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-power-tips/)
- [Lightroom for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/lightroom-for-designers/)
- [Power Tips for Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/power-tips-for-photoshop/)
- [Designing and Producing Logos](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-and-producing-logos/)
- [Peek Behind the Curtain: Before & After on Photoshop Projects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-before-and-after/)
- [A Designer’s Guide to Easy Video in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/a-designers-guide-to-easy-video-in-photoshop/)
- [Creative Problem Solving](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-problem-solving/)
- [Illustrator Techniques from Editorial and Commercial Illustration](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-techniques-from-editorial-and-commercial-illustration/)
- [Converting Images to Vectors in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/converting-images-to-vectors-in-illustrator/)
- [Photoshop for UX/UI](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-for-ux-ui/)
- [Fonts and Lettering: A Creative Design Deep Dive](https://creativeproweek.com/session/fonts-and-lettering-a-creative-design-deep-dive/)
- [Seattle Photo Walk](https://creativeproweek.com/session/seattle-photo-walk/)
- [Design in Motion: Video Techniques and Tools Every Designer Can Master Quickly](https://creativeproweek.com/session/design-in-motion-video-techniques-and-tools-every-designer-can-master-quickly/)
- [Mind-blowing PowerPoint. No, Really!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/powerpoint-presentation-design-deep-dive/)
- [#SlideADay Project](https://creativeproweek.com/session/slideaday-project/)
- [InDesign and Adobe Apps for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-and-adobe-apps-for-presentations/)
- [Animation Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/animation-techniques/)
- [What Makes it Click](https://creativeproweek.com/session/what-makes-it-click/)
- [RGB and CMYK: Making Colors Match From Screen to Print and Digital](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-colors-match-from-screen-to-print-and-digital/)
- [Building Books, Journals, and Other Long Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/building-books-journals-and-other-long-documents/)
- [Creative Wow 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-wow-2019/)
- [Typographic Design for eDocuments](https://creativeproweek.com/session/typographic-design-for-edocuments/)
- [The Digital Print Convergence](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-digital-print-convergence/)
- [Let's Keep it Legal](https://creativeproweek.com/session/lets-keep-it-legal/)
- [Hidden Features in Adobe Acrobat](https://creativeproweek.com/session/hidden-features-in-adobe-acrobat/)
- [PDF: Mobile and Other Challenges](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pdf-mobile-and-other-challenges/)
- [The Font Detective](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-font-detective/)
- [Creating Files That Work for Others](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creating-files-that-work-for-others/)
- [Just Say No: Five Alternatives to Bullets](https://creativeproweek.com/session/just-say-no-five-alternatives-to-bullets/)
- [Bridge Power Workflows](https://creativeproweek.com/session/bridge-power-workflows/)
- [Sponsored Breakfast Session: Making Maps…Easy, Powerful and (kinda) Fun!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-maps/)
- [Tips Every Photoshop and Illustrator User Needs to Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/tips-every-photoshop-and-illustrator-user-needs-to-know/)
- [Creative Developers Summit](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-developers-summit/)
- [Effective Images for Social Media: How to Make Good Photos Great](https://creativeproweek.com/session/social-media/)
- [From 0 to 60 with the InCopy/InDesign Workflow](https://creativeproweek.com/session/incopy-workflow/)
- [Unexplored InDesign: Unearthing Hidden and Forgotten Features](https://creativeproweek.com/session/hidden-forgotten-indesign-features/)
- [Simple Techniques for Building Complex Shapes in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/complex-shapes-illustrator/)
- [One Click to Web with Publish Online](https://creativeproweek.com/session/publish-online/)
- [Engaging Interactive Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/engaging-interactive-docs/)
- [The Power of a Great Template](https://creativeproweek.com/session/power-great-template/)
- [Graphiti: Data, Design, Deliver](https://creativeproweek.com/session/graphiti-data/)
- [Beautiful Typography for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/typography-for-presentations/)
- [Just Say No: Ten Alternatives to Bullets](https://creativeproweek.com/session/alternatives-to-bullets/)
- [My Life in Presentations: From Ginormous to Intimate](https://creativeproweek.com/session/life-in-presentations/)
- [Super Styling: Automatic formatting with Nested, Line, and GREP Styles](https://creativeproweek.com/session/super-styling/)
- [What's New in PDF](https://creativeproweek.com/session/whats-new-in-pdf/)
- [PWP: The Future of Digital Books (#notjustbooks)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pwp-future-books/)
- [Lunch Panel: Presentation Design, E-Learning, and the Future of Communication](https://creativeproweek.com/session/click-lunch-panel/)
- [Don't Bleed on the Pasteups and other Life Lessons Learned](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-keynote-2018/)
- [Using InDesign the "Right" Way](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-indesign-right-way/)
- [Professional Typography: Top Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pro-typography/)
- [Five Delicious Photoshop Recipes](https://creativeproweek.com/session/five-recipes-for-photoshop/)
- [Mag+ Designd: Mobile Apps Made Easy for Creatives](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mag-plus-mobile-apps/)
- [Trends and Techniques for Print in 2018](https://creativeproweek.com/session/print-techniques-2018/)
- [Essential EPUB Cleanup Steps](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-epub-steps/)
- [Three Forward-Looking Publishing Processes](https://creativeproweek.com/session/forward-looking-publishing/)
- [Lies Your Printer Has Told You](https://creativeproweek.com/session/lies-printer-told-you/)
- [HTML Beyond Web Sites: Digital Magazines, Presentations, and Mobile Apps](https://creativeproweek.com/session/best-options-digital-magazines/)
- [Simple PowerPoint Tricks for Effective Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/simple-tricks-big-impact/)
- [Current Choices for Digital Publishing in 2018](https://creativeproweek.com/session/current-choices-publishing/)
- [PDF Beyond Printing & Viewing – PDF for Archiving](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pdf-for-archiving/)
- [Secrets of Silicon Valley Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/silicon-valley-presentations/)
- [Power Production with GREP and Find/Change](https://creativeproweek.com/session/grep-find-change/)
- [DIY Solutions for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/diy-designers/)
- [InDesign Tables Unbound](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-tables-unbound/)
- [Infographics with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/infographics-indesign/) - infographics
- [From InDesign to Motion Media](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-motion-media/)
- [InDesign and the Creative Cloud](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-creative-cloud/)
- [The Whole Creative Cloud Publishing Toolbox](https://creativeproweek.com/session/cc-publishing-toolbox/)
- [Making It Move in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/make-it-move-photoshop/)
- [Using InDesign for Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-presentations/)
- [Feeding InDesign with Photoshop and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/id-ai-ps/)
- [Compositing for Creative and Commercial Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/compositing-creative-commercial-design/)
- [Camera Raw for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/camera-raw-designers/)
- [Secrets of the Acrobat Masters](https://creativeproweek.com/session/secrets-acrobat-masters/)
- [Learn How to Learn: Mastering InDesign (and all your other apps)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mastering-indesign-and-other-apps/)
- [Building Albums and Photo Books](https://creativeproweek.com/session/albums-photo-books/)
- [Creating Product Mockups](https://creativeproweek.com/session/product-mockups/)
- [Make a Mobile App with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-mobile-html-mobile/)
- [InDesign to HTML](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-to-html/)
- [Must-Have InDesign Scripts That Won't Break the Bank](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ten-free-indesign-scripts/)
- [Become an InDesign Superhero!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/secrets-indesign-masters/)
- [Creating Web Graphics in Photoshop: A Digital Builder’s Workshop for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/web-interactive-design-2/)
- [I Wish I’d Known That! Photoshop Power Tips and Tricks for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-tips-tricks/)
- [Publishing EPUBs to your website with Readium](https://creativeproweek.com/session/interactive-illustrated-ebooks/)
- [Hub and Spokes: Leveraging InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Bridge](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-illustrator-indesign/)
- [Accessibility: Future-Proofing Your Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/accessible-future-proof/)
- [3D is for Everyone (yes, even you)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/3d-everyone/)
- [Speed Up Your Work in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-speed-up/)
- [Design Deep Dive Tutorial: Before & After](https://creativeproweek.com/session/design-deep-dive-tutorial/)
- [New Orleans: Walk, Shoot, and Publish](https://creativeproweek.com/session/walk-shoot-publish/)
- [Click: The Presentation Design Conference](https://creativeproweek.com/session/click/)
- [The Future of Publishing: What You Need to Know Today](https://creativeproweek.com/session/future-publishing-today/)
- [Deep GREP](https://creativeproweek.com/session/deep-grep/)
- [Power Tips for Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/power-illustrator/)
- [Photorealistic Imaging](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photorealistic-imaging/)
- [Vector Art with Organic Flair](https://creativeproweek.com/session/vector-organic-flair/)
- [Selections, Channels, and Masks (Oh my!)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/selections-channels-masks/)
- [Three Minutes Max](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-2/)
- [Vector Master Class](https://creativeproweek.com/session/vector-master-class/)
- [CSS and HTML for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/css-and-html-designers/)
- [AAA (Ask Adobe Anything!)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/aaa-ask-adobe-anything-2018/)
- [Ebook Design Is Not an Oxymoron](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ebook-design-not-oxymoron/)
- [CreativeWow! Sneak Peeks by Creative Developers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativewow-sneak-peeks-creative-developers-2018/)
- [20 Essential Image Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/essential-image-techniques/)
- [The Magic of Anchored Objects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/magic-anchored-objects/)
- [A Modest Proposal: Choosing RGB Over CMYK](https://creativeproweek.com/session/choosing-rgb-cmyk/)
- [Hacking InDesign Templates](https://creativeproweek.com/session/hacking-indesign-templates/)
- [Making the Most of the Long Document Features](https://creativeproweek.com/session/long-document-features/)
- [Designing Forms in InDesign and Acrobat](https://creativeproweek.com/session/forms-indesign-acrobat/)
- [Excel Tricks for InDesign Users](https://creativeproweek.com/session/excel-tricks-indesign/)
- [Better Ways to Work with Editors and Writers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/editors-and-writers/)
- [Three Minutes Max + Conclusion](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-indesign-2018/)
- [Welcome Reception](https://creativeproweek.com/session/welcome-reception-2018/)
- [Ignite CreativePro](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ignite-creativepro-2018/)
- [Self-Publishing with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/self-publishing-with-indesign-and-blurb/)
- [MathTools – Word Equations, MathML in PDF, and more](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mathtools-word-equations-mathml-pdf/)
- [Just Make It Look Better: Color, Tone, and Sharpness Correction Fundamentals](https://creativeproweek.com/session/just-make-look-better-color-tone-sharpness-correction-fundamentals/)
- [It’s Not Just for Video — After Effects for Print and Web](https://creativeproweek.com/session/already-effects-not-just-video-anymore/)
- [Making Iconic Logos: Creativity is a Process](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-iconic-logos-creativity-process/)
- [Three Minutes Max](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max/)
- [Turbo Charge Your Workflow in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/turbo-charge-workflow-photoshop/)
- [Photoshop for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-for-designers/)
- [No-Draw Art Building in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/no-draw-art-building-illustrator/)
- [Web and Interactive Design](https://creativeproweek.com/session/web-interactive-design/)
- [Top Ten Photoshop Selection and Mask Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/top-ten-photoshop-selection-mask-tricks/)
- [A Designers Guide to Including 3D](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designers-guide-including-3d/)
- [Spectacular and Easy Type Effects](https://creativeproweek.com/session/spectacular-easy-type-effects/)
- [How to Work More Efficiently in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/work-efficiently-illustrator/)
- [Top Three Mobile/Desktop Workflows for Creatives](https://creativeproweek.com/session/top-three-mobiledesktop-workflows-creatives/)
- [Photoshop + Illustrator Synergy](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-illustrator-synergy/)
- [Power User Tools of the Photoshop + Illustrator Masters](https://creativeproweek.com/session/power-user-tools-photoshop-illustrator-masters/)
- [Data Publishing Solutions: Tools, Services, and Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/data-publishing-solutions-tools-services-techniques/)
- [Three Minutes Max + Conclusion](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-conclusion/)
- [Fads, Trends, and Disruptive Innovations in Print](https://creativeproweek.com/session/print-print-fits-digital-world/)
- [Best Practices and Power Techniques for Long Documents](https://creativeproweek.com/session/best-practices-power-techniques-long-documents/)
- [Top Ten Free "Must Have" InDesign Scripts](https://creativeproweek.com/session/top-ten-free-must-indesign-scripts/)
- [Stylistic Sets, the Dotless i, and Discretionary Ligatures: Advanced Typography in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/stylistic-sets-dotless-discretionary-ligatures-advanced-typography-indesign/)
- [Importing and Exporting HTML5](https://creativeproweek.com/session/importing-exporting-html5/)
- [Designing Forms in InDesign and Acrobat](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-forms-indesign-acrobat/)
- [You Can Do It! XML for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/can-xml-designers/)
- [Creating Amazing Publications with Publish Online](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creating-amazing-publications-publish-online/)
- [Great Tools, Services, and Assets You Already Have That You Didn't Know About](https://creativeproweek.com/session/great-tools-services-assets-already-didnt-know/)
- [Cleaning up Broken and Problem Layouts](https://creativeproweek.com/session/cleaning-broken-problem-layouts/)
- [Converting Your InDesign Files to Powerpoint and Word](https://creativeproweek.com/session/converting-indesign-files-powerpoint-word/)
- [Breaking Bad InDesign Habits](https://creativeproweek.com/session/breaking-bad-indesign-habits/)
- [I Didn’t Know InDesign Could Do That](https://creativeproweek.com/session/didnt-know-indesign/)
- [Master Class in Real World Design Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/master-class-real-world-design-techniques/)
- [The Triumvirate: Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign (plus Bridge!)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/triumvirate-photoshop-illustrator-indesign-plus-bridge/)
- [Understanding Master Pages and Primary Text Frames](https://creativeproweek.com/session/understanding-master-pages-primary-text-frames/)
- [Tricks of the Table Pros](https://creativeproweek.com/session/tricks-table-pros/)
- [Clever Techniques for Images](https://creativeproweek.com/session/clever-techniques-images/)
- [GREP for non-GREPpers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/grep-non-greppers/)
- [Consistent Color Across the Adobe Apps](https://creativeproweek.com/session/consistent-color-across-adobe-apps/)
- [Using Creative Cloud Libraries to Streamline Production](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-creative-cloud-libraries-streamline-production/)
- [Cleaning Up MS Word Text Messes](https://creativeproweek.com/session/cleaning-ms-word-text-messes/)
- [Using Bridge with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-bridge-indesign/)
- [Ten Things Your Printer or PrePress Dept Wants you to Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ten-things-printer-prepress-dept-wants-know/)
- [POW! Interactive Animations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pow-interactive-animations/)
- [Design/Editorial Workflows: Word, GoogleDocs, and More](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designeditorial-workflows-word-googledocs/)
- [Super Styling: Automatic formatting with Nested, Line, and GREP Styles](https://creativeproweek.com/session/super-styling-automatic-formatting-nested-line-grep-styles/)
- [Designing with Grids in InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designing-grids-indesign/)
- [Using InDesign with Photoshop and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/using-indesign-photoshop-illustrator/)
- [Up to Speed with New features in InDesign CC](https://creativeproweek.com/session/speed-new-features-indesign-cc/)
- [Secrets of the InDesign Power Users](https://creativeproweek.com/session/secrets-indesign-power-users/)
- [InDesign Best Practices: Essential Techniques and Rules Every User Must Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-best-practices-essential-techniques-rules-every-user-must-know/)
- [Creating Accessible PDFs from InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creating-accessible-pdfs-indesign/)
- [Building a Photo Essay: Walk, Shoot, and Publish](https://creativeproweek.com/session/building-photo-essay-walk-shoot-publish/)
- [Creating Interactive PDF](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creating-interactive-pdf/)
- [eBooks Beyond the Basics](https://creativeproweek.com/session/epub-beyond-basics/)
- [Build a Mobile App Without Breaking the Bank](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-mobile-twixl-aem-mobile/)
- [Life with Print + Digital](https://creativeproweek.com/session/printdigital-showdown/)
- [Creating eBooks with InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creating-ebooks-indesign/)
- [Designer/Developer Collaboration for Digital Publishing](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designerdeveloper-collaboration-digital-publishing/)
- [HTML First: Single-Sourcing to Print, PDF, EPUB, and More](https://creativeproweek.com/session/html-first-single-sourcing-print-pdf-epub/)
- [Create Amazing Experiences in iBooks Author](https://creativeproweek.com/session/create-amazing-experiences-ibooks-author/)
- [New Web-based Collaboration Services for Publishing Teams](https://creativeproweek.com/session/new-web-based-collaboration-services-publishing-teams/)
- [Exporting Layouts to HTML5 Apps and Publications](https://creativeproweek.com/session/exporting-layouts-html5-apps-publications/)
- [Setting Up InDesign to Be the Hub of Multi-Channel Publishing](https://creativeproweek.com/session/setting-indesign-hub-multi-channel-publishing/)
- [Publishing to Amazon Kindle in 2017](https://creativeproweek.com/session/publishing-amazon-kindle-2017/)
- [The Future of Publishing: Seeing with a 2020 Lens](https://creativeproweek.com/session/future-publishing-seeing-2020-lens/)
- [Automating InDesign with Simple Tools You Already Have](https://creativeproweek.com/session/automating-indesign-simple-tools-already/)
- [An InDesign Users Guide to Creating, Editing, and Using Video and Photography](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-users-guide-creating-editing-using-video-photography/)
- [Fonts and Font Management: New Rules, New Tools](https://creativeproweek.com/session/got-fonts-managing-fonts-21st-century/)
- [The State of Digital Publishing: 2017](https://creativeproweek.com/session/state-digital-publishing-2017/)
- [New Horizons for Interactive PDF](https://creativeproweek.com/session/new-horizons-interactive-pdf/)
- [HTML/CSS for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/htmlcss-for-designers/)
- [AAA (Ask Adobe Anything!)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/aaa-ask-adobe-anything/)
- [A Designer's Guide to Building Presentations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/designers-guide-building-presentations/)
- [Community, Communication & Commerce:  Using Smart Design to Reach Customers Consistently](https://creativeproweek.com/session/community-communication-commerce-using-smart-design-reach-customers-consistently/)
- [PePcon Keynote: Type and Typography… More, Better, Easier](https://creativeproweek.com/session/pepcon-keynote/)
- [Movie Screening: Graphic Means](https://creativeproweek.com/session/movie-screening-graphic-means/)
- [CreativeWow! Sneak Peeks by Creative Developers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creativewow-sneak-peeks-creative-developers/)
- [Networking Reception](https://creativeproweek.com/session/networking-reception/)
- [InDesign Tips & Tricks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/indesign-tips-tricks/) - Bonus Breakfast Session: InDesign Tips & Tricks Tuesday, 8:15 – 8:45 am Bring your full breakfast plate into the main ballroom and watch 30 minutes of fascinating tips and techniques about Adobe InDesign, by the co-hosts of InDesignSecrets.com! We'll cover shortcuts, free scripts, and workflow techniques that are sure to make your work in InDesign
- [The Triumvirate: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-triumverate-photoshop-illustrator-and-indesign/) - The Triumvirate: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign (and more!) Wednesday, 2:45 – 3:45 pm What happens when you put two experts in the same room, and get them talking about the interaction (and/or inherent superiority of) Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign? We can't be exactly sure, but we can say it will be inspiring, interesting, and infinitely
- [Photoshop Channels and Masks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-channels-and-masks/) - Photoshop Channels and Masks Sunday, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Channels and masks are what allow you to accomplish one of the most quintessential Photoshop tasks---merging different images in to one seamless work of art. Coming to terms with how to create great masks (alpha channels) will effect every compositing project you have. Sure, through
- [Deke’s Techniques: Photoshop for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/dekes-techniques-photoshop-for-designers/) - Deke’s Techniques: Photoshop for Designers Tuesday, 4:00 – 5:00 pm Join notorious Photoshop guru Deke McClelland as he quickly reviews some of his favorite techniques for making eye-catching design and first-rate photos in Adobe Photoshop. In this fast-paced session, you'll discover how to: Select an object and its shadow for maximum compositing flexibility Weave tendrils
- [Deke’s Techniques: Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/dekes-techniques-illustrator/) - Deke’s Techniques: Illustrator Monday, 2:45 – 3:45 pm Join infamous Photoshop guru Deke McClelland as he quickly reviews some of his favorite techniques for making eye-catching designs and dynamic drawings in Adobe Illustrator. In this fast-paced session, you'll discover how to: Dynamically draw an atomic symbol complete with electrons Autotrace a famous masterpiece line-drawing Wrap
- [Constructing UI/UX Elements](https://creativeproweek.com/session/constructing-uiux-elements/) - Constructing UI/UX Elements Wednesday, 9:00 – 10:00 am Description to come
- [Illustrator Power Shortcuts](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-power-shortcuts/) - Illustrator Power Shortcuts Monday, 9:15 – 10:00 am Description to come.
- [Solving Real World Problems in Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/solving-real-world-problems-in-illustrator/) - Solving Real World Problems in Illustrator Monday, 10:15 am – 12:00 pm "I just need this quick change." It's something we hear from clients and peers all the time in our positions as commercial creatives. Or, "that didn't come out right!" and again we are thrust into a position of problem solving. That's what commercial
- [Solving Real World Problems in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/solving-real-world-problems-in-photoshop/) - Solving Real World Problems in Photoshop Wednesday, 1:30 – 2:30 pm Photoshop is a powerful tool, and it does amazing things. The more amazing it gets, the more spectacular our clients expect us to be. So whether your client is your manager, art director, or an outside business, you need to be able to solve
- [The PhotoshopCAFE Designer’s Special](https://creativeproweek.com/session/the-photoshopcafe-designers-special/) - The PhotoshopCAFE Designer’s Special Wednesday, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm For 15 years, PhotoshopCAFE.com has been one of the most visited Photoshop resources on the web. Over 40 million visitors have feasted on the quick, easy-to-follow, practical and eye-popping tutorials created by founder Colin Smith. In this quick fire, action-packed session, you will learn more
- [Making Iconic Logos: Process Makes Perfect](https://creativeproweek.com/session/making-iconic-logos-process-makes-perfect/) - Making Iconic Logos: Process Makes Perfect Monday, 1:30 – 2:30 pm In this focused and inpsirational talk, designer and Illustrator rockstar Von Glitschka will walk you through his creative process — from ideation, vector building, color exploration, art direction, rejection and ultimate usage of iconic brand design. Along the way he’ll share creative insights and
- [Inception: Deep Embedding with AI and PS](https://creativeproweek.com/session/inception-deep-embedding-with-ai-and-ps/) - Inception: How Deep Embedding Helps Weave Together Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Tuesday, 10:15 – 11:00 am In this talk internationally renowned designer Von Glitschka walks you through how he creates and manages a complex creative project by embedding Illustrator and Photoshop files into one immersive file by using smart objects. You’ll see how this technique
- [After Effects + Photoshop: It’s Not Just for Video Anymore!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/after-effects-photoshop/) - After Effects + Photoshop: It’s Not Just for Video Anymore! Tuesday, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. You know Adobe AfterEffects is "like, the coolest animation program," but did you know if can be used to print, web, and even HTML5 animations? If you know Photoshop, you know the basics! Remember, if you have CC, you already
- [Three Minutes Max + Closing Remarks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/three-minutes-max-2016/) - Three Minutes Max + Closing Remarks Wednesday, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Still hungry for more?! Watch our presenters each take three minutes max to show off their best tip, trick, or technique! Which one will blow your mind? You get to vote and shower one lucky attendee in the room with prizes… it might be
- [Photoshop Power Techniques Every Designer Should Know](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-power-techniques-every-designer-should-know/) - Photoshop Power Techniques Every Designer Should Know Tuesday, 9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Join Jesús Ramirez in this information-packed session where he will share some of his coolest Photoshop tricks and power techniques for designers! You will learn timesaving keyboard shortcuts, better ways to work with filters and blending modes, and ways to improve your workflow.
- [Real World Creations](https://creativeproweek.com/session/real-world-creations/) - Real World Creations Tuesday, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm In this session you will see how to illustrate what your imagination conjures up. You will learn how to create photorealistic imagery from scratch. You will also see how photographic elements can be altered to create images that can’t be photographed but generated using the tools in Photoshop. How to
- [Color, Resolution, and Other Image Essentials](https://creativeproweek.com/session/color-resolution-and-other-image-essentials/) - Color, Resolution, and Other Image Essentials Wednesday, 10:15 – 11:00 am Every Photoshop image consists of three specific attributes: image resolution, color model, and bit depth. These attributes can be manipulated in Photoshop to reduce overhead and increase quality. What you don’t know about these attributes might surprise you! How to quickly identify the attributes
- [From Foundation to Dream](https://creativeproweek.com/session/from-foundation-to-dream/) - From Foundation to Dream Monday, 4:00 – 5:00 pm To create product illustrations, book covers, or whatever you need an image for, Illustrator and Photoshop are the “Dynamic Duo”! In this session you will see how Illustrator is the pencil on the canvas and Photoshop the paint to create images from scratch that look like photographs. How to
- [Creative Thinking in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/creative-thinking-in-photoshop/) - Creative Thinking in Photoshop: Flexible Workflow Strategies and Solutions Tuesday, 2:45 – 3:45 pm While Photoshop is a creative wonderland, InDesign and Illustrator are natural environments for developing design and illustration because they are object-oriented (vector) applications. Learn strategies and solutions to customize Photoshop so that you can develop a powerful workflow that will allow
- [Illustrator Wow!](https://creativeproweek.com/session/illustrator-wow/) - Illustrator Wow! Drawing, Painting, and Coloring Tips and Techniques Monday, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Discover some of the infinitely inspirational ways you can “dress-up” your paths and lines and distribute colors and objects along a path. Harness the power of the Control, Appearance, and Graphic Styles panels to quickly style paths using width profiles,
- [Just Make The Image Better: Techniques Every Designer Needs](https://creativeproweek.com/session/make-image-better-2015/) - Tuesday, 9:00 – 10:00 am We all have to deal with dull images sooner or later, but that doesn't mean they have to stay dull! Join us for this fast-paced session packed with tricks for sharpening, color correction, cropping, and adding practical and professional effects you need to take your work to the next level. This
- [Ignite InDesign + Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/ignite-indesign-photoshop-2015/) - Come join us for dessert and some late night, after-dinner tips, tricks, and fun! Or sign up to present 20 slides in 5 minutes. It's your opportunity to have 5 minutes in the spotlight, in the relaxed and friendly confines of an after-hours get-together with your colleagues, and laugh your butts off. When: Monday, November 16th, 8:00
- [Photoshop for Designers: Essential Tips and Techniques](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-for-designers-tips-2015/) - Monday, 9:00 – 10:00 am Designers use Photoshop everyday, but that doesn't mean they use it well. Come learn how to use Photoshop better with these tips and tricks for every Photoshop user, no matter your experience level. Teach your fingers these 10 essential keyboard shortcuts today Setting up your Photoshop environment for maximum productivity
- [RGB in a CMYK World (and vice versa!)](https://creativeproweek.com/session/rgb-cmyk-2015/) - Monday, 10:40 – 11:10 am It's the 21st century… are you really still converting images to CMYK in Photoshop? Are you picking the right CMYK at the right time? What the heck is InDesign's "transparency blend mode" and should you choose RGB or CMYK? This is the session that every InDesign user needs to watch—at
- [Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-illustrator-indesign-2015/) - Wednesday, 1:30 – 4:30 pm Face it: You have too many files—images, graphics, icons, photographs… Hey, that's okay! By the end of this half-day tutorial you're going to understand how to manage them efficiently, whether you're producing artwork for web, print, tablet, or any other medium not yet invented. Bridge: you'll learn to love the glue
- [Buttons, Icons, and Widgets: Building Building Blocks](https://creativeproweek.com/session/buttons-icons-and-widgets-building-building-blocks/) - Monday, 10:10 – 11 am Whether you're creating a web page, an app, or a print document, you need to first build your building blocks, and then use those to construct your document. Learn the secrets that Photoshop pros use when making buttons to press, icons to inform, and other widgets for your audience to
- [Deke’s Techniques: Photoshop for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/dekes-techniques-2015/) - Monday, 11:20 am – 12:00 pm Join notorious Photoshop guru Deke McClelland as he quickly reviews some of his favorite techniques for making eye-catching, design-friendly effects in Photoshop. To give you a glimpse of the perfect wedding of Photoshop and graphic design, Deke's chosen something old school (displacement maps), something new fangled (multiple strokes), something
- [Creating and Adapting a Logo with Photoshop and Illustrator](https://creativeproweek.com/session/logos-brand-identity-2015/) - Tuesday, 2:10 – 3:00 pm Learn how to create an eye-catching logo from scratch and adapt it to fit a variety of applications: from business cards to banner ads! Analyze logo sketches to find a design and color scheme that matches the brand’s objectives Create the base artwork and choose the appropriate typography Create device-independent
- [Text and Typography in Photoshop](https://creativeproweek.com/session/text-typography-2015/) - Monday, 10:10 – 11 am Photoshop's typographic features are both surprisingly powerful and painful to manage if you don't know what you're doing. Join world-renowned designer and instructor Nigel French as he explains what you need to know to turn "text" into "typography" using Photoshop's obvious (and less obvious!) tools. Fighting for pixels: Managing text at
- [Vector Madness: Combining Pixels and Paths](https://creativeproweek.com/session/vector-madness-2015/) - Monday, 3:20 – 4:00 pm It's the ultimate smackdown: Pixels versus Vectors in The Photoshop Conference arena! Watch this world-renowned expert wrestle two technologies at the same time, forcing them to bend to his inexorable will. Be there! Maintaining the highest quality artwork from start to finish, to any output target Paths vs. shapes: Why
- [Old Editing Habits You Have to Break](https://creativeproweek.com/session/old-editing-habits-2015/) - Tuesday, 3:20 – 4:00 pm Images can make or break your whole message. Get inspired with techniques that will help you create images that blow your audience's mind. Award-winning, best-selling author and artist Colin Smith will reveal some of his favorite tricks for building brilliant imagery. Drone-ography: Yes, you can do it! Adjusting lighting long after
- [PixelSquid Objects: Pro Tips for a Brand New Media Type](https://creativeproweek.com/session/breakfast-pixelsquid/) - Tuesday, 8:15 – 8:45 am Launched just a few months ago, PixelSquid is already starting to change the way many designers work. PixelSquid Objects may be the first truly new content type to come along in quite a while, occupying a sweet spot just between 2D and 3D. Combining the real-time interactivity of 3D (you
- [Photoshop for Video](https://creativeproweek.com/session/photoshop-video-2015/) - Tuesday, 9:00 – 10:00 am We all have to deal with dull images sooner or later, but that doesn't mean they have to stay dull! Join us for this fast-paced session packed with tricks for sharpening, color correction, cropping, and adding practical and professional effects you need to take your work to the next level. This
- [Blend Mode Magic](https://creativeproweek.com/session/blend-mode-magic-2015/) - Tuesday, 11:20 am – 12:00 pm You might think that Photoshop's blend modes are just for wacky effects, but they're actually very powerful tools that designers and publishers can take advantage of for easy and fast image editing. Join Adobe's own Michael Ninness as he explains the building blocks of layer blending and demonstrates how blend
- [Lunch with Adobe: Sit Down with the Adobe Development Team](https://creativeproweek.com/session/adobe-lunch-2015/) - Tuesday, 11:20 am – 12:00 pm You might think that Photoshop's blend modes are just for wacky effects, but they're actually very powerful tools that designers and publishers can take advantage of for easy and fast image editing. Join Adobe's own Michael Ninness as he explains the building blocks of layer blending and demonstrates how blend
- [Retouching Techniques for Designers](https://creativeproweek.com/session/retouching-designers-2015/) - Tuesday, 3:20 – 4:00 pm Images can make or break your whole message. Get inspired with techniques that will help you create images that blow your audience's mind. Award-winning, best-selling author and artist Colin Smith will reveal some of his favorite tricks for building brilliant imagery. Drone-ography: Yes, you can do it! Adjusting lighting long after
- [Blow You Away Images](https://creativeproweek.com/session/blow-you-away-images-2015/) - Tuesday, 3:20 – 4:00 pm Images can make or break your whole message. Get inspired with techniques that will help you create images that blow your audience's mind. Award-winning, best-selling author and artist Colin Smith will reveal some of his favorite tricks for building brilliant imagery. Drone-ography: Yes, you can do it! Adjusting lighting long after
- [How-To: Recreating Popular Design Trends](https://creativeproweek.com/session/recreating-popular-design-trends-2015/) - Wednesday, 1:30 – 4:30 pm You use Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, but are you using them well? Soak in a half-day of awesome techniques for making the most of these three programs, and helping them help you make your final publications even better. If you use Creative Cloud (CC) or the Creative Suite, it's a
- [Covering Your Assets: Bridge, Libraries, and Other Secret Weapons](https://creativeproweek.com/session/bridge-libraries-2015/) - Wednesday, 1:30 – 4:30 pm Face it: You have too many files—images, graphics, icons, photographs… Hey, that's okay! By the end of this half-day tutorial you're going to understand how to manage them efficiently, whether you're producing artwork for web, print, tablet, or any other medium not yet invented. Bridge: you'll learn to love the glue
- [Compositing and Masking](https://creativeproweek.com/session/compositing-masking-2015/) - Wednesday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm If you don't understand masking, channels, and compositing, you simply cannot function efficiently in Photoshop or create the highest-quality images. Fortunately, it's not as hard as it looks… when you understand the fundamentals and a few good tricks! Come learn from one of the best in the business and
- [All Day EPUB: The Process From A to Z](https://creativeproweek.com/session/epub-bootcamp-what-you-need-to-know-2014/)
- [MathML + InDesign = MathTools V2](https://creativeproweek.com/session/mathml-indesign-mathtools-v2/)
- [Lunch with Adobe: Sit Down with the Adobe Development Team](https://creativeproweek.com/session/lunch-with-adobe-sit-down-with-the-adobe-development-team-2014/)
- [Prizes, Tips, Q&A](https://creativeproweek.com/session/prizes-tips-qa-2014/)

## Speakers

- [Shruti](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/shruti/) - Shruti is a Principal Product Manager at Adobe InDesign with 15+ years of experience at the intersection of technology, design, and customer experience. Her current work focuses on InDesign APIs, exploring how automation and extensibility can help publishers, designers, and enterprises solve complex workflow challenges and create more efficient content operations.
- [Jesús Ramirez](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jesus-ramirez/) - Jesús Ramirez is a digital graphics expert, speaker, and educator specializing in Adobe Photoshop. In his 18-year career, Jesús has worked with clients like Adobe, Conde Nast, Microsoft, and Motorola. Currently, he works as a Finisher in the Hollywood industry, creating film and TV posters for CBS, HBO, HULU, and Netflix. Jesús also runs the
- [Julie Shaffer](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/julie-shaffer/) - Julie Shaffer is a marketing consultant, trainer, and creative designer dedicated to empowering marketers and professional services firms to win work and thrive. With a career spanning nearly 30 years—and as the owner of Shaffer Creative since 2012—Julie and her team partner with firms to blend creative vision with customized technical messaging that sharpens positioning
- [Theresa Jackson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/theresa-jackson/) - Theresa Jackson is the new Program Manager for CreativePro Network. She is excited to be on the team to help produce the world’s best content for creative professionals. Theresa loves to inspire creativity in others and has a knack for making complex tools like Photoshop, Lightroom, and Illustrator click for anyone. She has multiple courses
- [Laura Coyle](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/laura-coyle/) - Laura Coyle is an Adobe Community Expert, illustrator, and educator who is passionate about teaching Adobe Illustrator to creatives at all levels. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, she has nearly 30 years of experience illustrating for major brands including Target, Hallmark, Hasbro, Amazon, Disney, and Papyrus. Through that work, she has developed a deep understanding of
- [Laurie Ruhlin](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/laurie-ruhlin/) - Laurie Ruhlin loves to teach. She is an educator, speaker, and designer specializing in Adobe InDesign, and is an active member of the Adobe Community Expert group. Laurie is passionate about teaching InDesign with a fun, practical, hands-on approach using creative ways to get her students to understand the WHY and the HOW, in order
- [Chris Converse](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/chris-converse/) - Chris has over 30 years of experience in graphic, animation, and interactive design, with a unique focus on both design and development. He earned his BFA in Graphic Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology (R•I•T) and has continued to study the landscape of design and its crossroads with various technologies. Through the company he
- [Bart Van de Wiele](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/bart-vandewiele/) - Bart is a design specialist, worldwide public speaker, and LinkedIn Learning instructor. He is based in Belgium and works for Adobe as Head of Solutions Consulting where his team of product experts help customers reach their business objectives using Adobe's digital media solutions. Instagram | LinkedIn Sneak Peek: Reduce PDF File Size the Smart Way in
- [Nolan Haims](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/nolan-haims/) - Nolan Haims has decades of experience designing visual communications for the largest brands and organizations. He trains organizations to communicate more visually and create compelling stories with data. Nolan speaks at national conferences, writes extensively on visual storytelling, and is one of the co-hosts of the long-running Presentation Podcast. As one of only 15 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in
- [Ben Willmore](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/ben-willmore/) - Ben Willmore has been using both Photoshop and Lightroom since their inception. His love for graphic design became apparent as far back as 1981 when he attended Compu-Camp (the computer camp for kids) where he used his first graphics tablet. Three years later he purchased his first Macintosh the very year it was introduced. During
- [Luke Choice](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/luke-choice/) - Luke Choice is an Australian digital artist and Adobe Community Advocate with over 20 years of experience in typography, 2D/3D design, branding, and animation. Known for his bold, expressive style, Luke brings a designer’s perspective to creative problem-solving, championing craft, innovation, and community within the ever-evolving design industry.
- [Nicte Cuevas](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/nicte-cuevas/) - Nicte Cuevas is an award-winning bilingual Brand Strategist and Designer, and owner of Nicte Creative Design. She connects color, cultura, and design into a purpose-driven brand strategy for visionary companies. Through empathy-driven methodology, Nicte evolves, invigorates, and amplifies businesses’ unique brand positions. Her roots from Venezuela, Mexico, and Colombia deepen love and commitment to cultural
- [Mike Parkinson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/mike-parkinson/) - Mike Parkinson is a geek. He is 1 of 36 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world, is an internationally recognized communication and presentation expert, best-selling author, and professional trainer. Mike’s keynotes, training, books (“Billion Dollar Graphics” and “A Trainer's Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters.”), and tools (Build-a-Graphic.com) help companies succeed while saving
- [Khara Plicanic](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/khara-plicanic/) - A camera slinging design geek and Adobe nerd, Khara’s a natural born teacher who’s been sharing inspiration & know-how with fellow creatives around the globe for more than 15 years. Khara's proud to have authored several books for Peach Pit and Rocky Nook Press and enjoys contributing to CreativePro Magazine. When she’s not presenting at
- [Marcus Radich](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/marcus-radich/) - Marcus, co-founder of PageProof, drives the technology strategy to boost efficiency in creative approval workflows. With decades of industry experience and insight into today’s design team challenges, Marcus is proud to be part of the team delivering a world-class online proofing platform that helps teams achieve more with less effort. Website | LinkedIn
- [James Wamser](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/james-wamser/) - James Wamser is a member of the Customer Education team at Walsworth providing training and support for its customers. James is an Adobe Certified Expert. James is the Event Director of the Annual Fall Color Festival, a non-profit mountain bike fundraiser. For more info, visit: www.FallColorFestival.org Website | LinkedIn | Facebook
- [Guillermo Flores Pacheco](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/guillermo-flores-pacheco/) - Guillermo Flores Pacheco is a Mexican designer and illustrator based in Guadalajara, specializing in advertising illustration, retouching, post-production, and digital collage. With a career spanning more than 20 years, he has collaborated with companies around the world, serving as a creative and art director across diverse projects involving illustration, brand identity, strategy, planning, and execution.
- [Chana Messer](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/chana-messer/) - Chana Messer is a Los Angeles–based artist, designer, educator, and Adobe expert with more than 30 years of teaching experience in fine art and digital imaging. She has taught at leading institutions including the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the USC School of Cinematic Arts, FIDM, and UCLA Extension. She is an Adobe
- [Nigel French](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/nigel-french/) - Nigel French is a graphic designer, photographer, and design teacher, based in Lewes, UK. He is author of InDesign Type (now in its 4th Edition), The Type Project Book (with Hugh D’Andrade) and the Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide (with Mike Rankin). He has recorded more than fifty titles in the LinkedIn Learning online training library.
- [Tony Harmer](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/tony-harmer/) - Tony Harmer is an artist, author and occasional voice actor who moonlights as a technical creative wizard. A well-known international speaker and educator, Tony is a seasoned speaker at events such as CreativePro Week, and Adobe MAX. His mischievous approach to teaching is core to his belief that applied in the correct way, humour is
- [Mark Heaps](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/mark-heaps/) - Mark Heaps is the Director of Developer Engagement/Community at NVIDIA where he leads a team working with developers from around the world building some of the most innovative AI technologies across all verticals from digital imaging to robotics. Mark is a career Professional Creative and Technologist who has worked with Groq, Adobe, Google, Apple, Dell
- [Vicki Strull](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/vicki-strull/) - Vicki Strull is a left-brain Ivy League intellectual and a right-brain dynamic creative with over 25 years in the industry. Known for the energy she brings to graphic design, strategic thinking, and brand positioning, Vicki is a design strategist, consultant, and packaging designer who has become an indispensable marketing and creative partner for emerging brands
- [Thaddeus Coates](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/thaddeus-coates/) - Thaddeus Coates also known as Hippy Potter is a Brooklyn based illustrator, animator, and art director whose work lives at the intersection of storytelling, nostalgia, and bold character design. Best known for his vibrant universe Hippy Potter World, Coates creates emotionally resonant visuals that blend playful aesthetics with deeply human themes like identity, community, and
- [Kyle Hamrick](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kyle-hamrick/) - Kyle Hamrick is an Emmy-winning motion designer, director, video editor, Adobe-Certified software trainer, and all-around After Effects & Premiere nerd who loves sharing knowledge. A workflow & efficiency fan who always enjoys a new challenge, Kyle hops between creating everything from live arena visuals, animated gifs, efficiently built templates and IMAX documentaries. He’s also a
- [Colin Smith](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/colin-smith/) - Colin Smith is a Los Angeles based trainer, designer and photographer. He is founder of one of the world's most popular websites for creators, PhotoshopCAFE.com. Which has received over 50 million visitors. As an award-winning digital artist, Colin has 3 guru awards under his belt. His work has been featured in most of the industry
- [Jennifer Parkinson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jennifer-parkinson/) - Jennifer is a graphic designer, writer, and trainer with 30 years of experience designing professional documents, templates, and layouts using both Adobe and Microsoft software. She co-owns Billion Dollar Graphics, where she develops design tools and training for business professionals. Jennifer is known for her ability to translate Adobe design thinking into effective, reliable Microsoft
- [Melissa Piccone](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/melissa-piccone/) - Melissa Piccone is a dynamic and highly skilled certified creative trainer with expertise in teaching and training Adobe software. With a strong background in adult education and a passion for design, Melissa has dedicated her career to empowering individuals and teams to master the tools of the creative industry. As the founder of Creative-Training.com, Melissa
- [Vincent Wanga](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/vincent-wanga/) - Vincent Wanga is a dynamic international design thought leader, creative keynote speaker, award-winning creative and executive, author of “The Art of Direction,” serial entrepreneur, and experienced brand consultant with an exceptional range of expertise over a distinguished two-decade career. Vince has strategically leveraged his rich cultural heritage, deep intellectual pedigree, and acute creative acumen in
- [Rob de Winter](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/rob-de-winter/) - Rob de Winter is an Adobe Certified Instructor, author, designer and photographer based in The Netherlands. Rob loves to share his passion for design and Adobe technology in energetic and passionate training sessions and in the books he writes. He’s a public speaker at the world’s largest conferences, like Adobe MAX, and he has trained
- [Richard Goring](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/richard-goring/) - Richard is a Director at BrightCarbon, the specialist presentation and eLearning agency. He enjoys helping people create engaging content and communicate effectively using visuals, diagrams, and animated sequences that explain and reinforce the key points, which is supported by plenty of resources and tips at www.brightcarbon.com. Website | YouTube | LinkedIn | Instagram
- [Mike Rankin](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/mike-rankin/) - Mike Rankin has been involved in the design, editing, and production of books, magazines, and newspapers for almost 30 years. He is the Editor in Chief of CreativePro Magazine and CreativePro.com, co-author of the Adobe Photoshop Visual QuickStart Guide, and an Instructor for LinkedInLearning with over 30 video courses on InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape,
- [Michael Mondragon](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/michael-mondragon/) - Michael Mondragon has over 30 years of experience in graphic design, branding, UI/UX, and digital media, with a distinctive focus on creative design and emerging technology. His expertise spans multiple disciplines, including visual identity systems, user interface design, instructional design, and AI-enhanced creative workflows. Throughout his career, he has studied the evolving landscape of design
- [Michael Flarup](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/michael-flarup/) - Michael is a Danish designer & entrepreneur. He runs game studio Northplay, design studio Pixelresort and resource platform Apply Pixels. He’s got a treasure-trove of experience creating his own companies, leading teams of developers and designers and working on countless of successful products, games and services. Website | LinkedIn | Instagram Read our exclusive CreativePro
- [Kevin Stohlmeyer](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kevin-stohlmeyer/) - Kevin Stohlmeyer is an educator, director, and designer specializing in creative production and operations with over 30 years experience. Kevin loves to share his experience with publication design, project workflows, AI enhancements, and digital illustration. Currently Kevin is the Creative Technical Services Director at Uline, an Adobe Certified Instructor, and Adobe Enterprise Ambassador. Website | Instagram |
- [Jole Simmons](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jole-simmons/) - Jole Simmons is a seasoned presentation designer, and LinkedIn Learning author living in the Bay Area. Nicknamed “The Presentation Guy" by some of his early clients, he adopted that as the name of his design company and has never looked back. Jole is originally from Maryland and saw the need for presentation designers in Silicon
- [Erica Gamet](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/erica-gamet/) - Erica Gamet has been involved in the graphics industry for over 35 years. She is a speaker, writer, trainer, and content creator focusing on Adobe InDesign, Apple Keynote, and varied production topics. She is a regular presenter at CreativePro Week, regular contributor to CreativePro Magazine, and has spoken at Canada’s ebookcraft, Adobe MAX, and Making
- [Dax Castro](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/dax-castro/) - Dax Castro is an award-winning, Adobe Certified PDF Accessibility Trainer and certified Accessible Document Specialist (ADS) with more than two decades of experience in the marketing and communications industry. In addition to providing accessibility training to companies worldwide, he and Chad Chelius host a weekly accessibility podcast Chaxchat and PDF Accessibility Facebook group. Dax’s training
- [David Blatner](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/david-blatner/) - David Blatner is the President of CreativePro Network, and the author of 15 books on topics such as InDesign, Photoshop, the number pi, how airplanes work, and the size of the universe. He is also the author of many video courses, including "InDesign Essential Training" at LinkedIn Learning. CreativePro.com | David’s Website | LinkedIn | Instagram
- [Chad Chelius](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/chad-chelius/) - Chad Chelius is a trainer, author, consultant, speaker and Accessibility Wizard at Chax Training and Consulting. He resides in the Philadelphia area and has been using Adobe products for over 25 years. As an Adobe Certified Instructor, Accessible Document Specialist, and consultant he teaches and advises on all Adobe print and web products, specializing in
- [Amybeth Menendez](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/amybeth-menendez/) - With over 35 years of hands-on experience in the print and publishing industry, Amybeth Menendez is a true veteran of ink on paper. From web and sheetfed to digital, large format, die cutting, bindery, mail, and embellishments, there’s virtually no corner of the print world she hasn’t worked in—or mastered. Known for her passion for
- [Amy Balliett](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/amy-balliett/) - Amy Balliett is a known thought leader, award-winning author, and keynote speaker in the fields of visual communication, visual content marketing, visual strategy, and artificial intelligence. Following her tenure as the founder and CEO of the industry leading agency Killer Visual Strategies she became the Senior Fellow of Visual Strategy for Material, which acquired Killer.
- [Amanda Dalton](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/amanda-dalton/) - Amanda Dalton is a multidisciplinary designer, creative strategist, and storyteller specializing in bridging the gap between design and everyday communication. With a background that spans branding, motion design, and marketing for tech and AI companies, she’s built a career on translating complex ideas into visuals that are both beautiful and usable. As a Creative Lead
- [José J Semidei](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jose-j-semidei/) - José Javier Semidei has been working in the field of design since he was 17, where he worked full time as an Illustrator for the Department of Education at the Learning Laboratory Center in Yauco, Puerto Rico. He moved to Nashville in 1998 and has worked for various companies to include The J. Nissi Corporation,
- [Adam Jury](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/adam-jury/) - Adam Jury is a graphic designer, a publisher of tabletop games, and a co-owner and founder of Posthuman Studios. As a designer, Adam creates books, cards, boxes and other game components, and games. As a publisher, he produces print and electronic books and games, often under a Creative Commons license. He blogs at adamjury.com Website |
- [Sabine Lenz](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/sabine-lenz/) - Sabine Lenz is the founder of PaperSpecs.com. THE online hub for brand owners and designers who love and spec paper and print. More than 19,000 creatives receive her e-newsletter, watch her videos and attend her virtual [unboxed] and in person events. An award-winning graphic designer with more than 20 years of experience in the U.S., Germany
- [Allen Reitter Jr.](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/allen-reitter-jr/) - Allen Reitter Jr. is a Senior Product Manager on Microsoft’s PowerPoint team, where he focuses on Copilot-powered creation and collaboration features that empower people to tell their stories more visually and efficiently. A passionate advocate for inclusive design, Allen believes the teams building products must reflect the diversity of the people using them. He founded
- [Jason Hoppe](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jason-hoppe/) - Jason Hoppe has been teaching graphic design and production for over 20 years in Seattle. He began his education when paste up and traditional production was transitioning to the computer and embraced the earliest computers and technology. He earned a degree in Advertising and Production and a BFA degree in Swiss Graphic Design. Being an
- [Kladi Vergine](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kladi-vergine/) - Kladi is an award-winning designer, visual strategist, author, and Senior Design Evangelist & Community Advocate at Adobe. —But really, she just loves helping creatives do what they do best. Whether it’s sharing design tips, career advice, industry insights, or cool workflow hacks, Kladi’s all about making creativity easier and more fun. She’s taught design at Adobe MAX, Adobe
- [Prescott Perez-Fox](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/prescott-perez-fox/) - Prescott Perez-Fox is a creative director, designer, brand strategist, and speaker in Phoenix, AZ. A New Jersey native, Prescott has worked for agencies and in-house teams in New York, Philadelphia, and London, contributing to brand design projects on local, national, and international scales. His practice focuses on integrated branding and communication design, connecting brand strategy
- [Patience Walton](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/patience-walton/) - Patience Walton is a dynamic creative professional and award-winning strategic designer, recognized by American Express and the American Advertisement Federation for her innovative approach to visual communication and instructional design. Combining her expertise in graphic design, learning experience development, and creative direction, she crafts visually compelling campaigns and educational resources that break cultural barriers while
- [Anne-Marie Concepción](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/anne-marie-concepcion/) - Anne-Marie “Her Geekness” Concepción is a digital publishing expert who loves to help designers and editors become experts too. She’s the owner of Seneca Design & Training, a cross-media design studio that develops print, PDF, and ebook publications for clients in the US and abroad. Anne-Marie is also a certified Adobe instructor in Creative Cloud Design
- [Ron Bilodeau](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/ron-bilodeau/) - Ron Bilodeau is the Production & Design Specialist for O’Reilly Media, Inc. He is using InDesign to develop seamless workflows for easily exporting print- and web-ready PDFs, as well as ePub and Mobi digital book formats, from the same source files. In addition to his InDesign work, Ron is also working with the O’Reilly Atlas
- [Terrence Moline](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/terrence-moline/) - Terrence Moline is a creative director, designer, illustrator, and founder of African American Graphic Designers (AAGD), a collective dedicated to empowering Black visual communicators. He is deeply passionate about the intersection of technology and design, and his use of AI places him at the forefront of innovative design practices in his community. His career began
- [Stephy Hogan](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/stephy-hogan/) - In the dynamic realm of digital design, Stephy emerges as a beacon of creativity and inclusivity. Transitioning from the structured realm of chemistry to the fluid universe of presentation and UX design, her journey reflects both versatility and insatiable curiosity. With over two decades of experience, Stephy is renowned for crafting visually stunning solutions that
- [Sara Rosinsky](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/sara-rosinksy/) - Sara’s initial career plan was to be a stand-up comedian. She loved the time she spent in comedy, but ultimately, she decided to focus on her very enjoyable day job in a Boston advertising agency, writing copy. Her love for copywriting never abated, and today, she runs a one-woman copywriting shop called Shiny Red Copy.
- [Lisa Carney](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/lisa-carney/) - I'm an entertainment retoucher with a photographer's soul. My work tells stories rendered in pure light. Because, at the end of the day, it's all about the light. Capturing it. Refining it. Harnessing it to create mood. Theme. Stories. I have worked in the entertainment ad industry for the last 30 years. Graduated from Art
- [Keith Gilbert](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/keith-gilbert/) - Keith Gilbert is a design consultant, developer, educator, speaker, and author. His work has taken him throughout North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. During his 37-year career his clients have included Adobe, Apple, Target, Oracle, and the United Nations. He is the author of several popular titles for LinkedIn Learning, Adobe Press, and CreativePro. Website |
- [Jody Wissing](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jody-wissing/) - As a seasoned Presentation Creatologist and Strategist with over three decades of experience, Jody possesses a unique talent for conceptualizing, simplifying, and visualizing complex ideas and creating experiences that inspire action. With a flair for crafting captivating messages, Jody creates media and slides that cast vision, leaving a lasting imprint on audiences. From childhood storytelling,
- [Chris Carls](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/chris-carls/) - Chris holds Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts Degrees and is the Art Director at Tucson design and print firm, Cirrus Visual. He’s also an Adjunct Professor at Pima Community College where he teaches Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & After Effects. He’s on the Adobe Illustrator Pre-Release team, testing new features and engaging with developers, marketers
- [Bert Monroy](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/bert-monroy/) - Bert Monroy is a pioneer of digital art. He is a hyper-realistic digital painter who builds his digital paintings as a traditional artist would, adding color and texture, but on a digital canvas. He is a veteran of the advertising industry and 40 years as a commercial illustrator. He coauthored the first book on Photoshop
- [Kayleen Holt](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kayleen-holt/) - Kayleen Holt is a learning experience design consultant and the founder of Scissortail Creative Services, which helps purpose-driven organizations achieve their goals through custom learning experiences that make a difference. Kayleen has been designing learning experiences for 30 years and shares her expertise in instructional design, writing, inclusion, and accessibility through her blog, Scissortail’s Learning
- [Hamza Habeeb](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/hamza-habeeb/) - Hamza is Adobe Express' friendly face with over 9 years in developer relations. As an advocate, he runs hackathons and workshops, championing innovation while ensuring developers' voices are heard. He's a passionate advocate for inclusivity in engineering (#a11y), where kindness and empathy drive innovation. Hamza's work is to drive developer engagement, shaping Adobe Express into
- [Emily Tohir](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/emily-tohir/) - Emily Tohir is a passionate product manager, creator and inclusion enthusiast who finds her spark by ideating and building innovative product experiences that people love to use. She is currently a Principal PM Manager leading the AI-backed Microsoft Designer app. She co-leads Women at Microsoft Bay Area and enjoys crafting, staying active, reading, and traveling
- [Stephanie Horn](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/stephanie-horn/) - Stephanie Horn, a Product Leader at Microsoft, spends her days focused on how people can increase their impact through great visuals, typography and motion. On the Designer team, she innovates on creation and editing experiences, and loves talking to users about easier ways to craft stunning content.
- [Derek Johnson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/derek-johnson/) - Derek is the Director of Product for Microsoft Designer, and previously led AI-focused efforts on PowerPoint with the release of Designer in PowerPoint and Speaker Coach. LinkedIn
- [Alex Selig](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/alex-selig/) - Alex is a Product Lead for PowerPoint Copilot at Microsoft. His career has been at the forefront of innovation with Google, Meta and Microsoft as well as several startups. In these roles, he harnessed new technologies such as touch, voice, VR and AI to empower people to do more in their everyday lives. A tinkerer
- [Erin Finnegan](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/erin-finnegan/) - Erin Finnegan is a Community Manager at Adobe in New York City. She manages a community of creatives who script, develop, and build plugins, extensions, or integrations for the Creative Cloud family of products. Previously, Erin worked for over seven years in television production on shows such as Codename: Kids Next Door and Teenage Mutant
- [Luis Mendes](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/luis-mendes/) - Luis Mendes, Director of Content Integration Solutions at Santa Cruz Software, excels in developing scalable, innovative solutions for creative and marketing industries. From self-taught Adobe apps user to Adobe Certified Instructor, Luis is an expert in enterprise systems architecture, automated publishing, and workflow design. Website | LinkedIn
- [George F. Baker III](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/george-f-baker-iii/) - George F. Baker III, also known as GFB3, is a Nebraska-born, Detroit Grown, and Atlanta-Raised Creator. Using his instruments of design, illustration, and production, he employs a playful childlike spirit to engage the inner-child we all have. With a bevy of creative curiosity, he seeks to inspire people to become the person they deeply desire
- [Orlando Arocena](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/orlando-arocena/) - Orlando Arocena (mexifunk) is an artist and graphic designer who works in traditional and digital mediums. After graduating from Pratt Institute in 1994, he drew his way through Europe, worked across many ad agencies, and discovered he had a knack for digital commercial communications. With more than 30 years of experience delivering creative solutions for
- [Nikki Kuhn](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/nikki-kuhn/) - Nikki Kuhn is a seasoned senior-level accessibility designer with over 15 years of experience in the field. With a strong passion for creating inclusive digital experiences, Nikki has played a pivotal role in enhancing the accessibility of websites, applications, and digital content for numerous organizations. Nikki is known for her deep understanding of accessibility guidelines
- [Kathryn Goldman](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kathryn-goldman/) - Kathryn Goldman is a copyright, trademark, and Internet law attorney. She helps creative professionals protect their work so they can profit from it. She believes sustainable businesses are built on properly protected creative assets. Kathryn has assisted countless artists, writers, designers, and creative entrepreneurs with the moves from early stage idea to startup essentials to
- [Lauren Holko](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/lauren-holko/) - Lauren is an award-winning graphic designer and creative leader with a BFA in Graphic Design and 15 years of agency experience. She has worked with some of the nation’s best-known brands — including Tylenol, Zarbee's, Bausch + Lomb, and Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines to name a few. She stands out in the creative industry for
- [Julieanne Kost](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/julieanne-kost/) - Named one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business,” Julieanne Kost is the Digital Imaging Evangelist Director at Adobe, responsible for fostering relationships with customers through meaningful and inspirational Photoshop and Lightroom instruction. As a highly sought-after speaker for the industry-standard Digital Imaging franchise, she devises and presents motivating and educational training sessions,
- [Angelo Montilla](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/angelo-montilla/) - Angelo is an Adobe Certified Professional visual designer, instructor and content creator. Based in Windsor, Ontario, Angelo has more than 15 years experience in design – specializing in print and web design, interactive design and digital publishing. In 2018, Angelo launched Montilla Design where he regularly provides high-quality, free how-to Adobe design tutorials with more
- [Paul Trani](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/paul-trani/) - As Principal Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelist for Adobe, Paul is passionate about empowering designers to create compelling content using their creativity and new AI technology. Website | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube
- [Danielle Morimoto](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/danielle-morimoto/) - Danielle is the Design Manager for Generative Ai with the Machine Intelligence and New Technologies team at Adobe. She helps define the most compelling experiences and emerging technologies by uncovering untapped potential, ultimately identifying how people could be using Adobe in the future. Danielle has worked on a range of projects from initiatives supporting emerging
- [Maya Bisineer](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/maya-bisineer/) - Maya Bisineer is Principal GPM at Microsoft. She leads a team building the generative AI product Microsoft Designer. Maya is a long time product builder, technologist, entrepreneur/founder and investor. She serves on the board of Project Glimmer, a non profit organization dedicated to supporting and empowering foster youth. She has served as a mentor at
- [Jess Kwok](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jess-kwok/) - In her 4 years on the PowerPoint team, Jess has worked in various areas within the PowerPoint constellation including Video, Fonts and most recently, Copilot. Jess is based in the Microsoft SVC campus in Mountain View, CA and loves all things active and outdoors! LinkedIn
- [Daniel Dejan](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/daniel-dejan/) - After a successful twenty-two-year tenure with Sappi North America as the North America Print & Creative Manager, Daniel relaunched Dejan Associates for its second incarnation utilizing his decades of graphic design, printing, and marketing experience towards private clients. As an educator, designer, humanist, mentor and enthusiast of all things graphic arts, Daniel Dejan has been
- [Melinda Grant](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/melinda-grant/) - Mel has been a technology trainer for over 25 years. She initially focused on the Microsoft suite of products and then made the leap to Adobe InDesign in 2001 soon after it was launched in Australia. Since the launch of Office 365, she spends a lot of time working across a variety of clouds. Mel
- [Micah Burke](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/micah-burke/) - Micah Burke has been tinkering and designing since he got his first computer, a Macintosh 512e back in the early days of digital publishing. Now as a Northern California creative director and photographer, Micah enjoys making creative photographic artwork and composites relating to pop culture, boardgaming and his cat Scraggles. Website | Instagram | LinkedIn
- [Monika Gause](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/monika-gause/) - Monika Gause is a graphic designer based in Hamburg, Germany. After being involved in the production of a couple of interactive installations in museums she is now a freelancer designing mostly for print. Monika is a lecturer at the University of Lüneburg and produces tutorials for LinkedIn Learning (formerly video2brain) trainigs on vector graphics apps
- [Dave Clayton](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/dave-clayton/) - Dave is a UK based graphic designer, instructor and author with almost 30 years experience in design and marketing. Dave has taught or spoken at events such as Adobe Max, Creative Pro Illustrator Summit, Lightbox Expo, Creative South, Photoshop World, the Photoshop Virtual Summit and The Photography Show (UK). He also wrote “How Do I
- [Kristina Sherk](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kristina-sherk/) - For the past 15 years, Kristina Sherk has been a retoucher and Photoshop educator based out of Washington, D.C. She loves “translating Photoshop” for photographers and subsequently, has spoken at CreativeLive, Photoshop World, KelbyOne, AdobeMAX, Canon, LinkedIn Learning, ImagingUSA and WPPI. She’s also a contributing author for educational publications like Shutter Magazine, Photoshop User Magazine
- [Ellen Lupton](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/ellen-lupton/) - Ellen Lupton is the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz Design Chair at MICA. She has authored and edited numerous books on design processes, including "Thinking with Type," "Graphic Design Thinking," “Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers,” and "Health Design Thinking." In the works: the third edition of “Thinking
- [Colleen Gratzer](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/colleen-gratzer/) - Colleen Gratzer is an award-winning designer who's been in the industry for almost 25 years. Much of her expertise includes publication design and layout. In 2016, she added accessibility as a specialty and has since provided InDesign accessibility training to the U.S. Department of the Interior, at the CreativePro InDesign + Accessibility Summit and other
- [Stephen Gates](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/stephen-gates/) - A global design leader building world-class organizations that integrate research, data, and behavioral science with human-centered design methods to drive a long-term vision and near-term business impact.The host of the award-winning The Crazy One podcast and international keynote speaker. Website | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube
- [Yulia Barnakova](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/yulia-barnakova/) - Yulia Barnakova is the Digital Innovation Lead for the consulting practice of Heidrick & Struggles, a global Executive Search and Leadership Advisory firm. She works with Fortune 500 leaders to develop the skills to innovate and digitally transform their organizations for the future. She also advises clients on creative, digitally-enabled ways to increase engagement and
- [Rob Generette III (Robzilla)](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/robzilla/) - Robert Generette III is an award winning illustrator, former art educator and self-proclaimed "vector art monster" hailing from Southern Maryland. Under the pseudonym Rob Zilla III, he uses an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil to create compelling sports illustrations and portraitures for clients ranging from Nike, ESPN, Obama Foundation , XBOX and Adobe. Rob attributes
- [Trish Witkowski](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/trish-witkowski/) - Trish Witkowski is president of Foldfactory.com, curator of the world’s most exciting collection of folded print and direct mail samples, and host of “60-second Super-cool Fold of the Week” on YouTube—a series that has surpassed 580 episodes. She frequently speaks to designers, marketers, and graphic arts industry organizations to illustrate the power of print + digital
- [Russell Viers](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/russell-viers/) - Russell has been doing this a long time. This year he celebrates 41 years as a professional in, and around, the publishing world. He also celebrates 25 years as a public speaker and trainer. "When I started as a reporter/photographer we had typesetters and darkrooms," Russell laments. "I don't miss either." Russell started in the
- [Bevi Chagnon](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/bevi-chagnon/) - Half designer and half geek, Bevi Chagnon is 100% percent teacher when the topic is accessible documents. She's a prolific writer on melding accessibility into graphic design, website development, publishing, digital media, and cross-media technologies. Bevi is accomplished in many design disciplines (magazine art director, graphic designer, web developer, digital media developer, photographer, and architect)
- [Jon Schwabish](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jon-schwabish/) - Jon Schwabish is an economist at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC. In addition to his research on programs that support low-income communities, he is a writer, teacher, and creator of policy-relevant data visualizations and am considered a leading voice for clarity and accessibility in how researchers communicate their analyses. He helps nonprofits, research institutions,
- [Von Glitschka](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/von-glitschka/) - Von is the creative director of Glitschka Studios, a small two-person design firm located in the Pacific Northwest. We are illustrative designers who create designs and illustrations for global brands and small businesses to expand their creative possibilities, facilitate their brand engagement, and help their businesses grow and thrive. Von also produces and creates a bi-weekly creative
- [Jeff Carlson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jeff-carlson/) - Author and photographer Jeff Carlson writes for publications such as CreativePro, Popular Photography, DPReview, and Macworld, and is a contributing editor at TidBITS. He is the author of numerous books, including The Photographer’s Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Your Digital Photos, Take Control of Your Digital Storage, and Take Control of Apple Watch,
- [Ari Weinstein](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/ari-weinstein/) - Ari has been helping businesses grow for over 30 years. Branding he has designed can be seen around the world and on his website — one of the first online digital portfolios. Ari is a published, award-winning illustrator and designer, experienced as both an independent and in-house graphic artist. During his long career, he was instrumental
- [Kieron Lewis](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kieron-lewis/) - Kieron Lewis is a London-born freelance graphic designer, public speaker and host. His work covers a range of disciplines including, editorial design, branding, marketing and front-end web design. Over the years, he has designed numerous self-directed and client-based projects for clients such as, Harper Collins, Penguin Books, TEDxEuston, Adobe and Levi Strauss. Kieron's work can
- [Andrew Kavanagh](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/andrew-kavanagh/) - “I am a Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom Tutor, Photo Editor, and Digital Artist, living in Los Angeles, CA. I went to art college in Boston, MA and was a Fine Art major. I then started working for art galleries and artists in NYC, then in the early 90s after taking some computer graphics courses at
- [Chris Ryland](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/chris-ryland/) - Chris Ryland founded Em Software in 1990, and has been president since then, doing the original development (much less these days, mostly marketing, product management, sales, and some support). His main job is supportingEm’s three crackerjack development and application engineers. The Em folk have been working from home forever (before it was cool ;-). Before
- [Justin Putney](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/justin-putney/) - Justin Putney is a perpetual learning machine. He is the self-taught designer and programmer who runs Ajar Productions, a software company that helps designers and publishers reach a larger audience. Through his company, Justin brings developer tools and know-how to visual thinkers—helping his customers publish interactive HTML sites and apps using Adobe InDesign. Justin is a
- [Leonard Rosenthol](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/leonard-rosenthol/) - Leonard Rosenthol is a Senior Principal Scientist with Adobe Systems and serves as their PDF Architect having been involved with PDF technology for more than 20 years. Recently he also took on the responsibility for architecture of their Content Authenticity Initiative. In his role as Senior Standards Representative for Adobe, he represents Adobe on various
- [Troy Chollar](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/troy-chollar/) - Troy Chollar is co-founder of TLC Creative Services, Inc., a leading presentation design studio in the industry for 21 years. TLC Creative is a go to resource for live event production that pushes the boundaries of PowerPoint’s design and presentation capabilities. Presentation work includes full feature templates, executive presentations, dynamic design and motion graphics for
- [Luke Goetting](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/luke-goetting/) - Luke Goetting is an award-winning presentation specialist and founder of Puffingston Presentations - a presentation agency based in Austin, Texas. Goetting specializes in crafting dynamic, interactive presentation experiences for tech companies and has developed keynotes for CES keynotes, SXSW Accelerator winners, TEDx speakers and executives at Dell, IBM, Siemens, Western Union and SAP Concur. Prior to Puffingston
- [Roger Black](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/roger-black/) - Roger Black is known for his sense of typography, which he’s applied in the design of has worked with magazines like Rolling Stone, newspapers like The Washington Post and web sites like the first MSNBC.com. He was a founder of one of the early desktop type design studios, Font Bureau (1989), and is now chairman of Type Network, an agency and
- [Katlyn Echeverri](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/katlyn-echeverri/) - Katlyn (she/her) is a native of chilly Minnesota, an aspiring gardener and a State Park junkie. She’s also a principal brand designer at one of the world’s most innovative companies. Over her career she’s practiced a range of design disciplines including surface, graphic, brand and systems design. She is passionate about collecting new skills and
- [Sean Springer](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/sean-springer/) - Inexhaustible curiosity and an analytical, data-driven mindset landed Sean in his dream engineering job at 3M. Seriously, he was hooked ever since seeing 3M Visiting Wizards play with fire liquid nitrogen in 3rd grade. Sean is the lead application engineer for 3M Visual Attention Software and product engineer for Scotch brand consumer crafting products. He
- [Jeannine Armbruster](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jeannine-armbruster/) - Jeannine Armbruster is an award-winning designer, director, and teacher. Currently, she steers the creative ship as Agency Director at Puffingston Presentations, an award-winning presentation design agency in Austin, TX. Since 2008, she has served on both agency and in-house design teams, and from 2014-2018 she ran her independent design practice, Fourth Story, where she specialized
- [Luke Chaffey](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/luke-chaffey/) - Luke Chaffey is an experienced coder who leads the web and cloud-based software development. Luke’s proven track record of flawless software development includes enterprise App development as well as creation of his own ratified cryptocurrency. Luke’s knowledge also extends into Digital Marketing. Up until 2019, as the resident Digital Expert for Kochie’s Business Builders, a
- [Darren Di Lieto](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/darren-di-lieto/) - Darren Di Lieto was born in Central London, but most of his youth was spent by the sea in South Devon. He now resides in Leicester in the Midlands where he lives and works with his other half, Morgan, and a garden full of corvids. Trained traditionally as an illustrator and graphic designer, Darren is
- [Ingrid Mengdehl](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/ingrid-mengdehl/) - Ingrid is a Managing Design Consultant at BrightCarbon, a presentation and eLearning agency. Originally from an animation background, she stumbled into PowerPoint almost by accident and has not looked back ever since. She is passionate about good design, engaging animations, and teaching people how to make amazing presentations. Website | Twitter | YouTube
- [Scott Benson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/scott-benson/) - Scott has been a presentation designer for Adobe (and Macromedia before that) for 17 years. Recently due to the change in the landscape, he has been focusing more on animation and editing to bring 200-foot large experiences to monitors and phones for shows like Adobe MAX and Summit. Prior to that he's done everything from
- [Steve Wishman](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/steve-wishman/) - Based in the Pacific Northwest, Steve Wishman is a 20 year veteran of presentation design, with a unique focus on motion-based visual storytelling. After holding art director roles at Duarte Inc. and Prezi, he went on to form Moon Mission LLC, a creative consultancy that specializes in pitch decks and explainer videos for startups in
- [Ina Saltz](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/ina-saltz/) - Ina Saltz is the author of eight typography and design courses on LinkedIn Learning which have been viewed by over 600,000 unique users. She is the author of Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working With Type (2019). She is a co-author of Typography Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History and Practice of
- [Haley Rich](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/haley-rich/) - Haley Rich is a Senior Art Director and Creative Doer from California. She has a love for all things plants, an infatuation for the color yellow and is rarely without a Tide pen. She spends any extra time she can get traveling the world, and until that is possible again she enjoys planning her next
- [Savannah Glitschka](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/savannah-glitschka/) - Savannah Glitschka (Also known online as Savannahfaerie) is a PNW designer and illustrator. Savannah has worked with some of the most respected global brands with ad agencies, design firms, and in-house art departments from around the world on various projects through her family’s studio “Glitschka Studios”. On her own time she enjoys taking private illustration commissions, and
- [Hugh D'Andrade](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/hugh-dandrade/) - Hugh D’Andrade is an artist and designer based on Oakland, California. He has designed book jackets for MacMillan, Random House and Penguin, as well as rock posters for Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams. He currently works as Creative Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Website | Twitter | Instagram
- [Brad Miller](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/brad-miller/) - Brad Miller is the Director of Marketing for CreativePro Network. With over fifteen years of experience, Brad navigates the continually evolving digital landscape to help brands successfully manage their digital presence, reach new audiences, and create unique campaigns to effectively communicate with customers and potential new customers. Brad is an expert in brand management and
- [Peter Kahrel](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/peter-kahrel/) - Peter Kahrel was trained as a linguist, and after a brief spell in academia in the Netherlands and the UK, drifted into typesetting, copy-editing, and indexing. To make life easier for himself he taught himself how to script InDesign with JavaScript and use regular expressions to format InDesign documents (even before InDesign itself knew GREP).
- [Paris Sims](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/paris-sims/) - “I've spent nearly 20 years in the creative field, with over half of those dedicated to presentation design. My most recent agency stops include global communication firms Edelman (Art Director) and Golin (Creative Director). The last few years I've had the great honor to work independently for clients such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Youtube.
- [Robin Schneider](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/robin-schneider/) - Robin Schneider is the Reigning Queen of Adobe for Fashion with 8 Illustrator and Photoshop for Fashion courses on Linked In Learning. She has trained designers at top companies including Juicy Couture and Liz Clayborne; and is the co-owner of Belden Schneider Studio, a Los Angeles based textile print design studio specializing in repeats, color
- [Bill Jelen](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/bill-jelen/) - Bill Jelen is the host of MrExcel.com and the author of 61 books about Microsoft Excel including Excel Gurus Gone Wild, Pivot Table Data Crunching, and Excel 2019 Inside Out. He has made over 80 guest appearances on TV’s Call for Help with Leo Laporte and was voted guest of the year on the Computer
- [Richard Turner-Jones](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/richard-turner-jones/) - Richard is a bit of a renaissance man when it comes to all things Adobe, with expertise across the Creative, Document and Experience Clouds. By understanding not only how they work but how they can work together, he has developed workflow solutions for organizations across the legal, commercial, government and education sectors, including Airservices Australia,
- [Myra Ferguson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/myra-ferguson/) - Myra Ferguson creates digital media training and multimedia experiences as an author and freelance designer/developer and teaches creative software and design at the University of Colorado Boulder. After writing “How to Cheat in Adobe Animate CC,” Myra began authoring video courses for Pluralsight. Her courses include “Illustrator CC Creating a Poster,” “Photoshop CC Automating Tasks,”
- [Julie Terberg](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/julie-terberg/) - Julie is the creative force behind Terberg Design LLC, a small and smart studio that specializes in presentations. She is an internationally recognized presentation expert, a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, and a director of the Presentation Guild. At conferences and online, Julie she enjoys teaching and sharing ideas with other presentation professionals. With Nolan Haims, she
- [Kelly Vaughn](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kelly-vaughn/) - Kelly Vaughn (a.k.a. "Document Geek") has focused her career at the intersection of industries: boatbuilding and publishing; she specializes in writing and designing technical manuals for the marine industry. Kelly holds Adobe Expert Certifications in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat and is also the author of a LinkedIn Learning course: “Adobe Acrobat DC: PDF Commenting
- [David Jonathan Ross](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/david-jonathan-ross/) - David Jonathan Ross draws letters of all shapes and sizes for custom and retail typeface designs. A native of Los Angeles, He began drawing typefaces at Hampshire College and joined The Font Bureau in 2007 where he honed his bézier-wrangling skills. Now he publishes his typeface designs at his own foundry, DJR, as well as working
- [Anubhav Rohatgi](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/anubhav-rohatgi/) - Anubhav is the Director of product management for graphic design at Adobe. He has led the product management teams for Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, which are top two Graphic Design products in the world. Anubhav has spent his work life building, evangelising and growing products for creative professionals. I enjoy public speaking and tinkering to
- [Daniel Milnor](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/dan-milnor/) - Daniel Milnor was once a fragrance model and a hot-tub installer but now works as “Creative Evangelist” for Blurb, Inc. Milnor has taught at Art Center College of Design, Academy of Art University, The Santa Fe Workshops, The Los Angeles Center for Photography and The Photo Experience Workshops in Latin America. He has self-publishing over
- [Bruce Watermann](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/bruce-watermann/) - In 2005, color print-on-demand books were too expensive to be practical for authors and businesses. Bruce Watermann’s task as part of the founding executive team at Blurb was to solve that problem and he changed the industry in the process, taking the company from $0 to $40M+ in revenue and profitability three years after launch. As Blurb’s
- [John Sturino](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/john-sturino/) - John has been working on bringing products to life online for over 15 years. He has held Product and Operations leadership positions in companies big and small, from Braintree where he was VP of Product, to AOLEurope and AOLChina where he was Sr. Director of Product and Customer Acquisition. He was also previously at Yahoo!
- [Gary Marshall](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/gary-marshall/) - Attorney Gary Marshall enjoys working with creative people including artists, entrepreneurs, small business owners, and people who create new technology. He brings over twenty-five years of experience in business and technology law and litigation, including technology, social media and Internet law, and art and entertainment law together in one practice. He is a frequent lecturer
- [Chuck Weger](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/chuck-weger/) - Chuck Weger specializes in workflow automation, architecting solutions using off-the-shelf or custom software to create and process pages quickly and efficiently. Chuck also designs and creates iOS apps, database and cloud-based solutions for client-specific needs. More than 20 years ago, he came up with the concept of "preflight," which changed graphic arts workflows forever (although that
- [Terry Hart](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/terry-hart/) - Terry Hart is VP, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel at the Copyright Alliance, a DC-based nonprofit public policy and advocacy organization representing the copyright interests of individual creators and organizations. In his role he oversees the organization’s legal and policy activities, including tracking policy developments of interest to the broader copyright community, drafting agency submissions, briefing policymakers, and directing amicus
- [Howard Pinsky](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/howard-pinsky/) - Howard Pinsky has been teaching design for more than a decade, and is now a Senior XD Evangelist with Adobe, where he shares his UI/UX knowledge and experience with the designer community through videos, live streams, and creative events. Howard's session:
- [Clint Loveman](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/clint-loveman/) - Clint leads a cross-disciplinary team that designs and developments map-based information products. He has 20 years of experience in the graphic design and mapping industry. During that time, he’s supported some of the most well-known organizations in both the private and public-sectors including; NOAA, USGS, Swiss Federal Office of Topography (SwissTopo), National Geographic, Nike, CBRE and
- [Michael Ninness](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/michael-ninness/) - Michael Ninness has 20+ years experience building and leading content strategy, product management, and user experience teams at Adobe, Microsoft, and Lynda.com. He is currently the Senior Director of Product for Adobe XD, and has helped shape flagship creative products like Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Muse, and Adobe Spark. Michael's session:
- [John D. Berry](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/john-berry/) - After thirty years of book and editorial design, as well as writing about type and design, John D. Berry has become a passionate advocate for effective text typography, both onscreen and off. He is a typographic consultant to many software companies and has spoken about typography around the world. He is the former President of
- [Duff Johnson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/duff-johnson/) - Duff Johnson is a 23 year veteran of the electronic document space. Author of dozens of articles, he has held top positions in several software and services businesses in the electronic document industry. Today, Duff is an independent consultant and the Executive Director of the PDF Association, where he coordinates several working groups. He serves
- [Thomas Phinney](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/thomas-phinney/) - Thomas Phinney is The Font Detective, as well as CEO of FontLab, the company whose font design tools have been used to create most of the world’s retail fonts. He is a type designer (Adobe Original Hypatia Sans, Cristoforo), and was the first Adobe employee to have both design and technology patents (four so far).
- [Steve Laskevitch](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/steve-laskevitch/) - Steve Laskevitch is lead instructor and founder of Luminous Works, the only Adobe Authorized Training Center in the northwestern United States. He is an Adobe Certified Expert (and Adobe Certified Instructor) in Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, and InDesign. While studying as a physics undergraduate, Steve was invited to instruct a few courses and immediately fell in
- [Laura Worthington](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/laura-worthington/) - Laura Worthington is a typeface designer from Washington State. After training and working as a graphic designer since the mid ‘90s, she turned her lifelong fascination with lettering and typography into a business, publishing her first typeface in 2010. She has since published more than 100 typefaces, and designed custom faces for Fortune 500 companies. Laura’s faces are based on her own hand-lettering and calligraphy, a practice she continues
- [Kris Coppieters](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kris-coppieters/) - Kris Coppieters is an accomplished software-engineer and coach. He designs and develops innovative software solutions. His forte: simple, stable, maintainable, flexible solutions for complex problems. A pragmatic approach allows him to achieve realistic, results-focused outcomes. This includes helping companies kick-start their automation projects and software-developer team-building. Kris also excels at coaching and stimulating other developers. His
- [Guy van der Kolk](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/guy-van-der-kolk/) - Guy layed out his first pages in yearbook class at the International School in Ivory Coast and knew that he was hooked on this publishing thing. Two decades later he is a Senior Solutions consultant for Typefi Systems, empowering companies and organizations world-wide to embrace multi-format and multi-lingual publishing from a single source. Being fluent
- [Eric Menninga](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/eric-menninga/) - In 1993, Eric Menninga started working on the PageMaker rewrite that became Adobe InDesign. He was responsible for much of the text and typography in InDesign, including the Glyph Palette, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType font feature support, the Hyphenation Slider, and others. Menninga joined Amazon Kindle in 2011, where he developed the KFX Kindle Format and has been working
- [Doris Brown-McNally](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/doris-brown-mcnally/) - Doris Brown-McNally is the Global Brands Innovation Manager and HP Inc., responsible for fostering relationships with many of the world’s most recognizable brands, and their creative agencies, through meaningful and inspirational digital print instruction, and campaign development. She has been an outspoken leader and advocate regarding digital print production, color communication, and cross media marketing. For
- [Diane Burns](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/diane-burns/) - Long on the bleeding edge of design and publishing technology, Diane Burns is an author, trainer and consultant. She is founder of San Francisco-based TransPacific Digital, a leading print and digital localization company. An Adobe Community Professional and an Adobe Certified Instructor in InDesign, she provides custom training and consulting services to a wide variety
- [Dian Holton](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/dian-holton/) - Dian Holton is Senior Deputy Art Director at AARP and a freelance visual/brand associate for the GAP. Her background includes publishing (print/digital), integrated marketing, retail installation, styling most recently footwear designer. She currently serves on the AIGA Washington DC chapter board as their Strategic Initiatives which oversees the Design Continuum Fund scholarship, Design for Good,
- [Darlene Shelton](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/darlene-shelton/) - Darlene Shelton is a Keynote master. She has learned the ins and outs of presentation design through her 11 years at Duarte. Working primarily with the world's largest "fruit" company, Darlene can attest to the power of systems and organization in keeping her sanity through countless events and product launches. Darlene is an experienced trainer in
- [Dana Kendall](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/dana-kendall/) - Dana Kendall is an InDesign enthusiast who dabbles in scripting. She is the associate editorial and publishing manager at Sundance Institute, where she creates automated solutions for publications of the Sundance Film Festival. Dana is originally from Los Angeles and currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dana's session:
- [Colin Flashman](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/colin-flashman/) - With over 20 years experience in prepress for offset, digital and flexographic printing, Colin Flashman is a prepress operator for Openbook Howden Print & Design in Adelaide, South Australia. A previous speaker at PePcon 2016 and The InDesign Conference 2016, he has also spoken at previous CreativePROWeeks at the Ignite and CreativeWOW sessions. An Adobe
- [Brian Wood](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/brian-wood/) - Brian Wood is a web developer, the author of 15 books, including Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 Classroom in a Book and Adobe XD CC Classroom in a Book. The author of numerous training titles including Muse, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator and more. In addition to training many clients, including Adobe, Nordstrom, REI, Boeing, Starbucks, Nintendo, and many others, Brian speaks
- [Bianca Woods](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/bianca-woods/) - Bianca Woods is Senior Manager of Programming for The eLearning Guild and the founder of Clever Raptor, an L&D design studio. With degrees in both art education and education media design & technology, she's passionate about demystifying design and technology for others. She loves designing course content and media, test driving new learning technology, and
- [James Fritz](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/james-fritz/) - James graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. After beginning his professional life as a designer for a variety of clients, he became hooked on helping others learn. Over time he became an Adobe Certified Design Master and began teaching, speaking and writing worldwide. After
- [Conrad Chavez](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/conrad-chavez/) - Conrad Chavez is an author and photographer. His experience with digital media workflows started with Aldus PageMaker and its successor Adobe InDesign, and now encompasses digital photography, illustration, and video. He is the author or co-author of several titles in the Adobe Classroom in a Book and Real World Adobe Photoshop series, and he writes
- [Nellie McKesson](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/nellie-mckesson/) - Nellie McKesson likes solving problems. Based in Portland, Oregon, she currently spends her days trying to find technological or workflow solutions for the publishing industry, combining her past experience in print and digital book production and design with her knowledge of digital workflows and programming. She has meandered through various roles in the publishing industry,
- [Andrew Wong](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/andrew-wong/) - Andrew Wong is Director of Business Development at mag+ and is based in New York. A passionate technology enterprise enthusiast with 6+ years in the mobile app development space, Andrew has a penchant for delivering software solutions that meet complex business needs. Please feel free to approach him for info on mag+ or about taking
- [Rick Altman](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/rick-altman/) - Rick Altman has been hired by hundreds of companies, listened to by tens of thousands of professionals, and read by millions of people, all of whom seek better results with their presentation content and delivery. He covers the whole of the industry, from message crafting, through presentation design, slide creation, software technique, and delivery. He
- [Ken Jones](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/ken-jones/) - Ken Jones is a publishing software expert with over ten years experience as Technical Production Manager, software trainer and developer at Penguin Group UK. Now specialising in writing workflow applications and offering training and consultancy for publishers on print and digital workflows. Ken’s company ‘Circular Software’ provides software tools and services for a range of
- [Dan Gard](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/dan-gard/) - Dan Gard is the Senior Production Designer at the world's largest presentation design and communications agency, Duarte Inc. Based in the heart of Santa Clara, the epicenter of Silicon Valley, Dan has produced work for the boardrooms, conferences, and pitches of Silicon Valley's elite. Often favored by executives for his candid nature and approach to design
- [Kristina Heaps](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kristina-heaps/) - Kristina Heaps is a presentation designer, with a background in marketing and graphic design. She received two Addy's and a Webby for her work, when she lived in Silicon Valley. Ten years ago, when she ventured out on her own into the world of presentation design, she translated her love for color and packaging into
- [Joe Buchwald](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/joe-buchwald/) - Joe Buchwald is the Creative Director for the Adobe Events Team where he oversees earth shattering mind bending, incredible presentations on the world’s largest screens… and small screens too. Everyday he oversees graphics on all Executive Adobe Presentations, striving to provide presentations that make each exec feel like a rockstar when they take the stage.
- [Dov Isaacs](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/dov-isaacs/) - Dov Isaacs is a Principal Scientist at Adobe Systems Incorporated. A 28-year veteran of Adobe, he has responsibility for end-to-end PDF publishing workflow and product interoperability issues. Dov also serves as Adobe's representative to the Ghent Workgroup and several ISO TC130 committees associated with print industry standards including PDF/X and PDF/VT for which he serves
- [Jessica Bellamy](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jessica-bellamy/) - Motion Infographic designer Jessica Bellamy, of Louisville Kentucky, tells visual stories using data and personal narratives. As a Design Justice advocate, Jessica started her design career working with nonprofits and community groups to create compelling explainers that break down complex service and policy information. In 2017, she created a hands-on workshop called Infographics for Social
- [Laura Brady](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/laura-brady/) - Laura Brady is an ebook developer and the principal of Brady Type, an ebook design and conversion studio. She consults on workflow, tools, specifications, and production best practices with a special focus on accessibility. In her spare time she helps plan ebookcraft and follows the Blue Jays. She also probably tweets too much. You can
- [Russell Brown](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/russell-brown/) - Russell Brown is the Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems, and an Emmy Award-winning instructor. His ability to bring together the world of design and software development is a perfect match for Adobe products. In Russell’s thirty-two years of creative experience at Adobe, he has contributed to the evolution of Adobe Photoshop with feature enhancements,
- [Jeff Witchel](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/jeff-witchel/) - Jeff Witchel is a self-taught computer artist with over 30 years of experience. His initial introduction to the computer was with PageMaker, but he switched to Quark 1.0 when it was first introduced in 1987. Having arrived on the desktop publishing scene so early, Jeff became a “go to” guy for answers when others started
- [Steve Caplin](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/steve-caplin/) - Steve Caplin is a freelance photomontage artist based in London. His work has appeared in every national UK newspaper, as well as magazines around the world including Businessweek, Men’s Health, Reader’s Digest and many more. He is the author of the best-selling How to Cheat in Photoshop, as well as 100% Photoshop, Art & Design
- [Gene Gable](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/gene-gable/) - Gene Gable has spent a lifetime in the publishing business with a special fondness for the technology of production. He is formerly President of Publish magazine, President of Seybold Seminars and Publications, Publisher of Sporting Times magazine and, during the pre-PostScript era ran a full-service typesetting and design shop in Monterey, California. Gene currently works
- [Sandee Cohen](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/sandee-cohen/) - After 20 years in advertising, Sandee Cohen began teaching computer graphics and layout. In 1999 she was approached by Adobe Systems to beta test K-2 which was released as Adobe InDesign. From there she wrote the first InDesign Visual Quickstart Guide. In addition to authoring the InDesign VQS, she has written Creating Animations with Adobe InDesign
- [John McWade](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/john-mcwade/) - John McWade is a senior staff author at Lynda.com at LinkedIn, where he creates educational video courses in the field of graphic design. A designer, teacher, and author, Mr. McWade in 1985 created PageLab, the world's first desktop publishing studio, and in 1990 he founded Before & After magazine to teach graphic design to desktop
- [Justin Seeley](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/justin-seeley/) - Justin Seeley is a Staff Author with Pluralsight. He has over 15 years experience in the graphic design industry, and is passionate about helping people learn creative skills and tools. Justin began his teaching career back in 2006 when he launched his top-rated Photoshop Quicktips podcast, and has since created over 75 online courses spanning
- [Bill Carberry](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/bill-carberry/) - Bill Carberry has been using and teaching Adobe InDesign as an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor for Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop in good standing since 1999. He has a commercial printing background and enjoys providing simple solutions to complex problems, especially solving stubborn font problems. Bill's session:
- [Dan Rhatigan](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/dan-rhatigan/) - Dan Rhatigan works with Adobe Typekit in New York as the Senior Manager of Adobe Type. He has over 25 years of eclectic experience in various industries as a typesetter, graphic designer, typeface designer, and teacher, including several years in London and New York serving as Type Director for Monotype. He has a BFA in
- [Matthew Cokeley](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/matthew-cokely/) - Matthew Cokeley is the Executive Creative Director and VP of Product, Services and Operations for Mag+. With 20 years in the print and e-publishing industry, Matthew brings a wealth of experience in both success and failure. He was the Art Director of Popular Science magazine when it launched on the iPad April 4th of 2010
- [Ferdinand Schwörer](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/ferdinand-schworer/) - Ferdinand is the developer of MathTools, the only Equation Editor for Adobe InDesign and InCopy that is entirely based on InDesign's type engine. Major scholarly, academic and STM publisher use MathTools, formerly known as InMath, for many years. He is the founder of movemen GmbH, specialised in InDesign Plug-In development and developer training. Ferdinand gave
- [Briar Levit](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/briar-levit/) - Briar Levit is an assistant professor of graphic design at Portland State University, and holds a master’s in communication design from Central St. Martins College of Art & Design in the UK. She came up as a designer in San Francisco in the late 1990s, and missed the cold type era by just a few
- [Joe Crocenzi](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/joe-crocenzi/) - Sr. Product Manager Blurb, Inc. Joe has been involved in print and InDesign prepress work for over 20 years, helping designers and graphic artists overcome the technical challenges of publishing. Passionate about InDesign and high-quality print products, he is most at home when helping creatives bring their best ideas to life on the pages of
- [Coletta Perry](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/coletta-perry/) - Coletta Perry is Avatar DPS’s CEO as well as their lead solutions designer. She has been automating production processes since the early 80’s. As is currently the case with Avatar, her former typesetting company, the Copyfitters, built an enviable reputation for knowing how to handle the most difficult jobs. It also pioneered the use of the
- [Sean Harrison](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/sean-harrison/) - Sean Harrison has been designing, implementing, and training people to use better publishing systems since 1999. These include systems to better integrate editorial and typesetting, print and digital production, ebook development, and content marketing. Sean has a special love and expertise for complex non-fiction, database-backed publishing projects, content-based web applications, and study Bibles. After Sean
- [Kim Converse](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kim-converse/) - Kim is a partner at Codify Design Studio, located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Specializing in design and code, Kim works with clients to achieve their communication goals through design and technology. She has worked in the graphic design industry for over 23 years. Kim was on the team to design and develop the first
- [Roberto Blake](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/roberto-blake/) - Roberto Blake is a Creative Entrepreneur with a background in design and advertising and is the owner of Create Awesome Media. When working with clients Roberto helps them develop content marketing strategies for video and social media the prioritize both creative and conversions. Currently his creative education based YouTube channel helps over 200,000 creatives, with
- [Claudia McCue](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/claudia-mccue/) - Claudia is the author of the book Real World Print Production with Adobe Creative Cloud, and the presenter for a number of print-related Lynda.com courses. After more than 20 years in real-world print production, she now teaches creatives and production professionals how to use Adobe products without hurting themselves (or their printers). Claudia is a Certified
- [Kevin Callahan](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/kevin-callahan/) - Kevin Callahan is the owner of BNGO Books, a New York City–based print and digital design and production studio. His long experience with new and evolving technology—where big expectations meet real-world possibilities—gives him great perspective on creating ebooks of every variety. Along with his course on Lynda.com, Creating Fixed Layout eBooks for the Kindle, Kevin teaches design
- [Deke McClelland](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker/deke-mcclelland/) - Deke McClelland is the author of more than 50 video courses on creative imaging, graphics, 3D, and design for the industry-leading lynda.com. One of the most award-winning writers in the business, Deke has written over 80 books translated into 24 languages, with more than 4 million copies in print. These have included The Photoshop Bible,

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- [Monica Crigler](https://creativeproweek.com/testimonial/monica-crigler/) - “I left with tons of information and the desire to keep learning more.”
- [Mary Ann Walsh](https://creativeproweek.com/testimonial/mary-ann-walsh/) - “I find that the CreativePro conferences are the best way to stay on top of the ever changing world of graphics technology.”
- [Marisa Carder](https://creativeproweek.com/testimonial/marisa-carder/) - “My boss said, ‘Bring back something good, so we can justify having sent you.’ Well, I’m bringing back a tip that will save us boatloads of time—that alone was worth it!”
- [Amanda Petersen](https://creativeproweek.com/testimonial/amanda-petersen/) - “I learned real, tangible things that I can take and start using in my work right away. My life just got so much easier, and more efficient.”

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## Speaker Categories

- [PePcon](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/pepcon/)
- [InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/indesign/)
- [PS/AI](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/psai/)
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- [Click](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/click/)
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- [2021](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/2021/)
- [2022](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/2022/)
- [2023](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/2023/)
- [2024](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/2024/)
- [2025](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/2025/)
- [2026](https://creativeproweek.com/speaker-category/2026/)

## Session categories

- [InDesign](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/indesign/)
- [PePcon](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/pepcon/)
- [PS/AI](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/psai/)
- [2017](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2017/)
- [2018](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2018/)
- [PSAI 2018](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/psai-2018/)
- [InDesign 2018](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/indesign-2018/)
- [PePcon 2018](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/pepcon-2018/)
- [Click 2018](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/click-2018/)
- [PSAI 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/psai-2019/)
- [2019](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2019/)
- [InDesign 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/indesign-2019/)
- [PePcon 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/pepcon-2019/)
- [Click 2019](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/click-2019/)
- [PSAI 2020](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/psai-2020/)
- [2020](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2020/)
- [InDesign 2020](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/indesign-2020/)
- [Click 2020](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/click-2020/)
- [PePcon 2020](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/pepcon-2020/)
- [2021](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2021/)
- [multi](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/multi/)
- [2022](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2022/)
- [2023](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2023/)
- [2024](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2024/)
- [2025](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2025/)
- [2026](https://creativeproweek.com/session-category/2026/)