Embracing Diversity and Inclusivity in Design

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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 authentic connections with your audience
  • Increasing empathy and understanding across lived experiences
  • Expanding representation and inclusion with diverse content

Three Minutes Max: PowerPoint

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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… so you don’t want to miss it!

CreativePro Partner Panel: Finding Solutions

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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:

  • Mark Hilton, Santa Cruz Software
  • Marcus Radich, PageProof
  • James Wamser, Walsworth
  • David Blatner, CreativePro (moderator)

InDesign Long Document and Book Techniques

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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 document from start to finish.

Topics include:

  • How to break long documents apart so multiple users can work on the same project at the same time
  • How to use the Book panel to make edits quickly and consistently
  • Tricks for avoiding common problems
  • Building a table of contents
  • Tips for importing Word content into InDesign
  • Using Text Variables to increase efficiency and decrease errors

Getting Started with Video: Yes You Can

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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 shot from your phone
  • Using the Timeline panel in Photoshop
  • Using video in Adobe Express
  • Premiere Pro from a designer’s perspective!
  • Using Motion Graphic Templates (MOGRTs)
  • Rendering video for use in design projects

Watch a special Sneak Peek of this session:

Using Adobe CC with PowerPoint and Google Slides

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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 and Systems
  • PowerPoint Add-ins from Adobe
  • Some of Mark’s favorite tricks!

Acrobat Features You Never Learned (But Need to Know)

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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 and techniques you never knew before—and soon won’t be able to live without!

Topics include:

  • Editing your content when the source files aren’t available
  • Converting text to outlines the right way
  • Modifying PDFs for print production
  • Exploring game-changing Fixups
  • Using preflight tools and Compare Files to check your documents
  • Converting images to text with OCR
  • Repurposing your PDFs into other formats

Editorial Team Workflows with InDesign

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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 fixing your own workflows as soon as you get back to your projects!

Join Anne-Marie as she shares tried-and-true options for teams of any size, including:

  • Setting up a cloud service (Dropbox, Google Drive, SharePoint, etc.) to act as a local file server
  • Tracking versions and rolling back
  • Placing and updating smart-linked Word and Google Docs
  • InCopy collaboration for accurate copyfitting

One Tool to Rule Them All: Adobe Bridge

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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 files and applications. In this session, you’ll learn how to use Bridge to streamline graphics production workflows.

This session includes:

  • Using Bridge to inspect InDesign documents
  • How anyone can use Bridge for free
  • Using Bridge shortcuts to process many files rapidly
  • Speeding up the process of gathering project files
  • Why metadata is the key to smooth workflows
  • Batch processing the easy way

Watch a special Sneak Peek of this session:

Incredible Infographics

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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 audience hungry to learn
  • Improve audience understanding, recollection, and adoption
  • Quickly turn words and ideas into engaging infographics
  • Get your infographics right the first time