Real World Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dimensions

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Mark Heaps


Jesus Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Real World Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dimensions

Tuesday, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

During this session Mark and Jesús will recap some of their favorite real world projects from the past year. Deep diving what they project was about, what were they trying to accomplish, and how they built the final result. This is a focus on design, production, execution, through the lens of deconstruction. In the end, Mark and Jesus will show how they have been collaborating for a client using a mix of new 3D tools (Dimension) in conjunction with Photoshop and Illustrator.


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Illustrator Deep Dive

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Laurie Ruhlin

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Illustrator Deep Dive

Tuesday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

You might be thinking… I know the basics of Illustrator, but I just don’t get it, there are so many tools! You can draw shapes, select objects and change colors, but you know there’s so much more.

In this 3 hour session, we’ll expand on the basics and explore some elusive Illustrator tools and tricks. Learn to draw and modify shapes more efficiently with shortcuts, combine shapes together, and really control the fill and stroke of objects. We’ll use the Appearance Panel to add multiple strokes, effects and more to your type and shapes. We’ll draw and edit paths with the many drawing tools, including the sometimes puzzling pen tool. We’ll create real logos & infographics using the shape builder tool, pathfinder, join commands and other tools in Illustrator that you’ve poked around with, simply hoping that they would work. Selecting and modifying an illustration or logo can be tricky, especially if you didn’t originally create the graphic. We’ll dig into the many selection tools, commands and methods to make modifications to any graphic more understandable.

Other topics:

  • Ace the align and distribute panel
  • Transform tool tricks
  • Select & recolor objects quickly
  • Demystify clipping masks
  • Appearance panel – why it should always be in reach
  • and more!

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Ps/Ai: Three Minutes Max

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Mark Heaps, et al

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Ps/Ai Three Minutes Max

Monday, 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm

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!


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Compositing for Designers

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Jesus Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Compositing for Designers

Monday, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Composites are more than just merging images together. To make a great composite, one needs to consider light sources, shadows, color, and perspective.

During this in-depth session, you will learn how to conceptualize your design, solve each piece of the puzzle, and combine the many parts using Photoshop.

In this session you’ll learn:

  • How to use adjustment layers to check the luminance, saturation, and hue of a composite.
  • How to make composites come to life by adding ambient color.
  • How to use familiar tools in unconventional ways to help you create realistic composites
  • And much more!

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Infographics and Illustrator

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Tony Harmer

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Infographics and Illustrator

Monday, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Probably the biggest ask of designers in publishing these days is to create infographics, and although that’s a big term applied to many kinds of illustration, these days in normally involves lots of charts, diagrams and maps. To be successful and efficient (or just calm, and less-hassled) means developing good drawing methodologies and getting down with the data—the area that many designers dread. Join Tony Harmer—three consecutive years sell-out instructor at Adobe MAX on the topic of infographics—and pick up a ton of tips and tricks that you can use to make great graphics for the presentation of information:

  • Develop tighter Illustrator skills to make dynamic graphics
  • Create nonstandard chart types in Illustrator without losing the connection to the data
  • Better understand how to examine and make sense of data
  • Put Google Sheets (and sometimes Excel) to work for you
  • Go beyond the Illustrator chart types
  • Make simple charts in InDesign, dynamically—with a font
    and more!

Come along, learn a lot and have a chuckle (Tony is notoriously naughty) in this fast-paced, information-rich session


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Photoshop + After Effects for Print and Web Design

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Chris Converse

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Photoshop + After Effects for Print and Web Design

Monday, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

You may not think of it as a “design” app, but After Effects works just like InDesign and illustrator, and Photoshop! In fact, aside from a few naming differences, After Effects has all the same panels, including Layers, Links, and Smart Objects. And the best part is… if you know how to use Photoshop, you already know the basics of After Effects.

What you’ll learn:
  • Design jaw-dropping special effects fast
  • Generate custom textures and natural phenomena
  • Achieve advanced transparency effects within your images
  • Enhance photographs with lighting and special effects
  • Export artwork to Photoshop — with layers and transparency

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Retouching and Color Matching

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Lisa Carney

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Retouching and Color Matching

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Overwhelmed by Photoshop? Have too many images that need work, and too little time? Come 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.

Come learn how the pros do it in this session with a veteran retoucher and get a fully annotated PDF to keep you on track after the class.

What we’ll cover:

  • Fast clean up methods
  • The key to extending backgrounds quickly
  • Take out objects in a snap
  • Using Frequency Separation (don’t be scared, we’ll make it easy)
  • Color Matching made easy
  • Color Balancing, fast
  • Color Grading in a few short moves

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Illustrator Power Tips

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Laura Coyle

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Illustrator Power Tips

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Level-up your illustrator skills by learning how to enhance objects and type in ways that add complexity, flexibility and fun. In this session Laura shares some of her favorite tricks for letting Illustrator do the heavy-lifting, while getting beautiful results. We’ll explore:
  • Appearance Panel and Graphic Styles skills
  • Tricks for working with Repeat Patterns
  • Symbols and Brushes
  • Creative problem-solving tips

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Lightroom for Designers

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Nigel French

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Lightroom for Designers

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Along with death and taxes, another of life’s few certainties is that you’re going to have more images to manage. This session is about using Lightroom to wrangle your images as well as making them look their best. You don’t need to a be a photographer shooting RAW to get the benefits of Lightroom; its modular, streamlined approach lets you prepare images quickly and non-destructively and its file management tools make image management a joy rather than an onerous chore.

  • Keywording and finding images
  • Using Collection and Smart Collections
  • Making and using Presets for an efficient workflow
  • Combining Lightroom with Photoshop and InDesign

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Power Tips for Photoshop

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Jesus Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Power Tips for Photoshop

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Join Jesús in this information-packed session where he will share his 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 session, you’ll learn:

  • Time-saving techniques.
  • Little-know (hidden) Photoshop features.
  • How to make blending modes work for you.

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