Designing and Producing Logos

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Von Glitschka

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

Designing and Producing Logos

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 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 methodology he uses daily to craft visual identities for companies large and small.


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Peek Behind the Curtain: Before & After on Photoshop Projects

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Lisa Carney

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

Peek Behind the Curtain: Before & After on Photoshop Projects

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

In this workshop Lisa shares many of the techniques used to make complex composite images from movie and theatrical posters to lifestyle and product shots. Whether it’s combining many elements or dramatically re-working a single shot, Lisa will show how to take the ordinary to extraordinary. Come take a look and see how some of your favorite movie posters have been created.


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A Designer’s Guide to Easy Video in Photoshop

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Keith Gilbert

Keith Gilbert

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

A Designer’s Guide to Easy Video in Photoshop

Monday, 11:00 am – 11:45 am

Sure, there are all kinds of programs available for editing and producing video. But did you know that you can leverage your Photoshop skills to edit video? In many cases, Photoshop is all you need to get the job done… without having to learn another program. You will discover how easy it is to:
  • Crop video to the dimensions you need
  • Color correct single frames or an entire clip
  • Apply filters and other special effects
  • Trim video to length
  • Add audio and titling to a video clip
  • Save video for high quality results and small file size

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Creative Problem Solving

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Von Glitschka

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

Creative Problem Solving

Monday, 11:00 am – 11:45 am

Master illustrator and designer Von Glitschka creates digital and print artwork—visual identities, characters, and logos for high-profile ad agencies and companies around the world—but his process is “analog.” As Glitschka once said in a HOW Magazine interview, “An ‘illustrative designer’ is a creative person who uses his brain as his primary tool… Birthing ideas, refining those ideas, and locking in unique and original directions before they ever touch the computer.”

Join Von as he explains the power of taking the brain offline to solve design challenges.


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Illustrator Techniques from Editorial and Commercial Illustration

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Laura Coyle

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

Illustrator Techniques from Editorial and Commercial Illustration

Monday, 11:00 am – 11:45 am

Laura Coyle has been creating illustrated maps, greeting cards and editorial illustrations for clients for over 25 years. In this session, she’ll be reaching into her portfolio for illustrations that will inspire, and most importantly, teach you incredibly useful Illustrator techniques in a project-focused context. You’ll come away with a fresh perspective on how Illustrator can help bring your ideas to life. Not just for Illustrators, many of these speedy, deadline-tested techniques rely on minimal drawing and maximum design style:
  • Line style with Strokes, including Variable Width
  • Gradients, including the new Freeform feature
  • Using Image Trace to add warmth to your work
  • Enhancing Illustrator work with Photoshop

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Photoshop for UX/UI

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Chris Converse

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

Photoshop for UX/UI

Monday, 10:15 am – 10:45 am

With improvements in Artboards, Smart Objects, Layer Comps, Linked assets and styles, Photoshop offers a powerful workflow for designing rich, interactive content for any medium. User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design requires a unique approach to graphic and communication design. This session combines the needs of this discipline with the design capabilities of Photoshop. Explore the possibilities of designing interactive content with one of the world’s leading design applications.
What you’ll learn:
  • Linking external assets to Photoshop
  • Using artboards for interactive workflows
  • Accessing Layer Comps within Smart Objects
  • Graphic and Text Styles in Photoshop
  • Generating assets and CSS from Photoshop
  • Sharing Photoshop files with clients and developers

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Converting Images to Vectors in Illustrator

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Jason Hoppe

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

Converting Images to Vectors in Illustrator

Monday, 10:15 am – 10:45 am

The Image Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator is the quickest way to convert your pixel based image to vector format quickly and easily. Jason will teach you to convert any photo to vector shapes and show you how to create your own textures.

In this class you’ll learn:

  • Image Trace Panel Settings
  • Advanced Settings for smoothers paths, better details and clean up details.
  • Cleaning up images in Photoshop for best results
  • Adobe Capture app

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Bridge Power Workflows

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Conrad Chavez

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

Bridge Power Workflows

Monday, 10:15 am – 10:45 am

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. In this session, you’ll learn how to use Bridge in two important ways: To streamline graphics production workflows that include Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and to efficiently manage an import/edit/output photography workflow.

  • Integrate Creative Cloud applications into a streamlined workflow
  • Make sense of the mix of project files submitted to you
  • Use Bridge shortcuts to process many files rapidly
  • Hunt and gather project files and folders more quickly
  • Verify file contents and metadata before they go public

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Tips Every Photoshop and Illustrator User Needs to Know

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Mark Heaps

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

Tips Every Photoshop and Illustrator User Needs to Know

Monday, 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Getting down to the brass tacks… there are some fundamental techniques that every designer and production person should know. In this session Mark will share some of his favorite techniques that he has shared with creative agencies and designers out in the field. This session will focus on tips and tricks to take away the stress of some menial tasks and also create awareness of how to do things in a more efficient way.

You will learn how to customize both applications to help you work faster, timesaving keyboard shortcuts, and ways to improve your workflow. This session will leave you saying “I wish I knew that years ago!”


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Mag+ Designd: Mobile Apps Made Easy for Creatives

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Andrew Wong

Sponsored Breakfast Session

Mag+ Designd:
Mobile Apps Made Easy for Creatives

Wednesday, 8:15 am – 8:45 a.m.

Do you have InDesign or print files? Want to take them digital and mobile? mag+ Designd is the industry-leading digital publishing software for design professionals. With InDesign-based creative tools and a simple, but powerful distribution workflow, Designd is intuitive, efficient, and easy to use… and a great alternative to Adobe DPS and AEM! With mag+, you can download our tools, build your app, and publish your content — all in one autonomous workflow. And through our rich Knowledge Base, Community Forums, and dedicated Support and Services, we’ll help you answer any questions along the way.

Attend this session to learn how to build your brand and publish your own content with mag+. Case studies will showcase exactly how our clients are using mag+ to share content with their users.


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