InDesign Fundamentals: Building Solid Documents

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Chad Chelius

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

InDesign Fundamentals: Building Solid Documents

Monday, 9:00 am – 11:30 am Central

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, and yet flexible enough to change when you need it to… like an hour before deadline when your client or boss tells you to make a change.

In this tutorial, we’ll learn the fundamentals every InDesign user needs to understand, including:

  • Creating hierarchical master pages
  • Setting up your paragraph, character, and object styles
  • Understanding why and when to use primary text frames and Smart Text Flow
  • Figuring out document size, page size, margins, columns, and Adjust Layout

Accessibility and InDesign

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Dax Castro

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Accessibility and InDesign

Monday, 9:00 am – 11:30 am Central

“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 you create from Adobe InDesign are accessible to everyone!

This tutorial is split into morning and afternoon sessions (you may attend one or both). In the morning, we will journey through setting up an InDesign file for accessibility and giving your document the best chance for “out of the box” accessibility.

Topics include:

  • How to build an InDesign document the right way
  • Optimizing your documents so that accessibility can be accomplished more easily
  • Controlling content order
  • Using features that already exist in InDesign
  • Colorblind friendly palettes
  • Managing tables, images, and forms

In the afternoon session, we’ll work through PDF remediation and what to do when it doesn’t go as planned.

Ps/Ai: Three Minutes Max

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Mark Heaps

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Ps/Ai: Three Minutes Max

Monday, 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Central

It’s time for another game! Our instructors will share their best Photoshop and Illustrator tip or trick in under 3 minutes, playing for a grand prize for a member of the audience. There are always great tips attendees learn during this time… don’t miss it!


Bonus: Three Minutes Max Tip from Our 2019 Event


Photoshop Automation

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Myra Ferguson

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Photoshop Automation

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Central

Automation is the process of performing a task automatically. Photoshop has numerous ways to automate tasks, including actions, scripts, batch processing, transform again, data-driven graphics, and more.

Your Phone or Tablet: A Designer’s Best Friend

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Theresa Jackson

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Your Phone or Tablet: A Designer’s Best Friend

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Central

Tomorrow’s untethered future of creating, collaborating, ideating, and sharing is happening today!

Did you know that there are currently 21 different Adobe apps for mobile creative workflows? Which apps should you be using? What does each app excel at? Which apps work together? How do they work with your favorite desktop apps? Learn about real world workflows that start and even finish with your mobile device.

The 14 Tools You Need to Master in Illustrator

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Von Glitschka

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The 14 Tools You Need to Master in Illustrator

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Central

Many people get overwhelmed by Adobe Illustrator… after all, it has something like a bazillion tools. However, Von Glitschka says he has used just about 14 tools to create everything he’s done for the last 17 years. New tools and features are fine, but when you have deadlines and need to get the work done fast, mastering these core 14 tools means your process will be a lot easier and more sustainable.

Photoshop + XD for UI/UX

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Chris Converse


Jesus Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez

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Photoshop + XD for UI/UX

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central

Designing interactive projects can pose many significant challenges, including asset and layout management, as well as showcasing your work to colleagues and clients. 

Join us in this session information-pack session, where we’ll explore modern workflows and new features in Photoshop that will help increase your productivity when designing for multiple design states and screen sizes. Then, we’ll take our Photoshop file directly into Adobe XD, where we can turn our design into a fully-functioning interactive prototype — without writing a single line of code! 

Chris and Jesús will demonstrate collaborating between Photoshop and XD via CC Libraries, and they’ll even make edits in the same XD document at the same time!

The Art and Science of Making Selections

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Dave Cross

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The Art and Science of Making Selections

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central

One of the most important skills in Photoshop is making selections (sometimes called masks) – and doing it quickly without too much effort. In this 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 as a ‘selection toolkit,’ how to fine-tune your selections, and how to take full advantage of layer masks and channels.

You’ll learn:

  • How to end up with a great selection
  • The power of channels for making challenging selections
  • Tips for getting the most out of layer masks
  • How to mask a mask
  • …and more

What’s New in Illustrator

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Anubhav Rohatgi

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What’s New in Illustrator

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central

Adobe has been hard at work rearchitecting Illustrator for performance and stability, but they’ve also been adding some terrific new features. Learn what’s new, what’s cool, and what you should pay attention to. Plus, learn a few secret techniques, from one of Adobe’s lead product managers!

We’ll also get a special look at Illustrator on the iPad — it may sound crazy, but you’ll fall in love when you try it!

Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dimensions

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Jesus Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez

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Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dimensions

Monday, 10:30 am – 11:30 am Central

3D has always been a pain in the rear end… until now! Adobe Dimensions lets you easily place 3D models into your Photoshop images, making photorealistic 3D a snap. Whether you’re creating product mockups, packaging designs, brand visualizations, or any other kind of image, you’ll be amazed at what you can do when you combine Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dimensions.