Illustrator Features You Don’t Know You Don’t Know

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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 designed to enlighten and inspire. You’ll leave with indispensable time-saving techniques that you never knew you never knew!

Topics Include:

  • Workflow makeovers for rulers, layers, and artboards
  • Getting the most out of the new Dimension tool
  • Efficient ways to enhance and add shading to artwork
  • Recoloring essentials
  • And more!

Interactive PDF and Alternatives

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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 Join Tony Harmer for a look at why it’s high time to bid adieu to this outdated format and embrace the exciting alternatives available.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 newer alternatives are more versatile and engaging
  • Learn how to leverage InDesign to create interactive documents effortlessly, even if you’re accustomed to static formats
  • Strategies for planning, building, and managing your documents

Level Up Your Photoshop Layer Techniques

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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

 

 

InDesign Workflow Tune-up

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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 projects. Better and faster are the name of the game here!

Welcome Reception

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Join us for drinks, nibbles, and a fun opportunity to meet the speakers and your fellow attendees!

Three Minutes Max: Photoshop

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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 session, so you don’t want to miss it!

Graphic Styles for Workflow Magic

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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 Create Number Callouts in Illustrator

10 InDesign Features and 3 Free Add-Ons You Should be Using

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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 elements that change size as needed
  • Making a single document work for multiple needs
  • Awesome tips from the InDesignSecrets archives
  • Where to find add-ons that to supercharge your page layout

Fast Photo Fixes with AI

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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 world production
  • How to wield control over Photoshop’s new Firefly addition
  • What you need to know about Evoto and Topaz AI

Accessible PDFs from InDesign Part 2

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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.