Simple Techniques for Building Complex Shapes in Illustrator

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Laurie Ruhlin

Simple Techniques for Building Complex Shapes in Illustrator

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Logos, infographics, and simple vector illustrations are best created in Illustrator, but for some, using the pen tool and creating detailed drawings from scratch is daunting. In this fast paced session, Laurie Ruhlin will lead you through panels, tools and menu commands you may not realize can help you create your next stunning logo or illustration from a few simple shapes.
We’ll explore:

  • Shape Builder Tool — tips to merge and extract shapes, and control the fill color
  • Pathfinder Panel — combine objects, permanently vs. how to keep it editable
  • Add, Delete & Simplify Anchor points on a shape — tips and tricks
  • Split an object perfectly into multiple shapes

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Speed Up Your Work in Photoshop

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Steve Caplin

Speed Up Your Work in Photoshop

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

You love working in Photoshop. But are you still performing repetitive tasks? Do you find you have to go through the same processes again and again? Do you keep reaching for menu items that don’t have keyboard shortcuts? Don’t you wish someone could do all the drudge work, while you concentrate on your creativity?

This session will show you how to work faster, how to avoid repetitive operations, and how to spend less time searching for menus and files on your hard drive when you can do it all with a single press of a key.

We’ll cover a load of tips and tricks, including:

  • Mastering keyboard shortcuts, and defining your own
  • Getting up to speed with Actions
  • Instant effects with Adjustment Layers
  • The magic of Smart Objects

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Creating Product Mockups

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Khara Plicanic

Creating Product Mockups

Monday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Designers of all stripes can better market and sell their work by effectively mocking it up. Whether you’re selling a digital publishing product, pitching a full branding concept to a client, or looking to break into the printable marketplace, a good mockup can make all the difference. Learn techniques for creating something from nothing (from pure, digital scratch), working with design assets, and creating your own, fully custom scenes.
  • Create something from nothing
  • Tips and Techniques
  • Resources for mockup ideas and assets

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Five Delicious Photoshop Recipes

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Colin Smith

Five Delicious Photoshop Recipes

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

A collection of the hottest, juiciest photoshop recipes. Step by step instructions on how to bake up some of the most popular effects on the web and in print today. As you join Colin in the Photoshop kitchen, discover exactly how to reproduce the most requested effects. Along the way, you will be fed a constant stream of tips and time saving tricks. This one will keep you the edge of their seat, and fill your head with exciting new ideas. 1 part, information, 1 part inspiration, with just a dash of fun, is the best way to cook up this session.

Learn the best way to…

  • Make type readable on difficult backgrounds (and still look good)
  • Convert a photo to black and white and make the details pop, even without color
  • Add Type to any surface and make it look like it was part of the object to start with
  • Explode your images with energy with the Pixel dispersion effect
  • Quickly Create highly visual images with blending modes and masks

This is one session, you won’t want to miss!


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Creating Web Graphics in Photoshop: A Digital Builder’s Workshop for Designers

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Jesus Ramirez

Jesus Ramirez

Creating Web Graphics in Photoshop:
A Digital Builder’s Workshop for Designers

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

In this session, you will how you can use Photoshop to create high-quality web graphics efficiently. We will focus on workflow solutions that can help you in real-world production environments, generating a range of ready-to-use assets, including bitmap files, SVG, and even some CSS code.
In this session, you’ll learn:
  • Innovative ways use the Photoshop tools that you use every day to generate web graphics.
  • Collaboration practices with Creative Cloud.
  • Exporting production-ready assets.
  • …and more

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Photorealistic Imaging

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Bert Monroy

Photorealistic Imaging

Monday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” has never been truer than it is today with the need to tell a story on a global scale. Whether it is a product illustration, book cover, political view or whatever type of image you need, Illustrator and Photoshop are the tools to get the job done. In this session you will learn how to create photorealistic imagery from scratch. You will also see how photographic elements can be altered using the tools in Photoshop to create images that can’t be photographed.
  • Creative uses of Layer Styles
  • How to establish perspective grids
  • Creating and modifying Brushes
  • Creating type effects
  • Using Filters for special effects
You seriously don’t want to miss this in-depth and inspirational session as internationally renowned Photoshop superstar Bert Monroy explores setting a strong foundation for whatever you’re dreaming to create.

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3D is for Everyone (yes, even you)

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Steve Caplin

3D is for Everyone (yes, even you)

Monday, 11:00 am – 11:45 am

Photoshop has the ability to create, import and render 3D objects. If you’ve never explored this side of Photoshop, you’re missing out on a potential game-changer: why search for stock images of objects from exactly the right angle when you can import a 3D model and pose it yourself? And how about creating a model you can get printed in 3D, direct from Photoshop?

If you don’t want to create your own 3D models, see how a revolutionary object library can give you the next best thing, in an instant; and find out how you can render a 3D scene without pain. The session will cover:

  • Creating and importing 3D objects in Photoshop
  • 3D printing from Photoshop
  • Importing pre-rendered objects with PixelSquid
  • Rendering 3D scenes in Adobe Dimension

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Power Tips for Illustrator

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Dave Cross

Power Tips for Illustrator

Monday, 11:00 am – 11:45 am

Want to get more efficient and productive in Illustrator? The goal of this session is to give you a ton of practical tips and techniques you can use in a real-world environment, and to give you ideas on how to experiment when you’re creating artwork in Illustrator. We’ll talk about ways to speed up your everyday work by customizing Illustrator, and building colors and designs into every document – as well as:
  • the advantages of using global colors
  • efficient techniques for creating designs
  • creative uses of patterns
  • automation techniques to save you time
  • …and more

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Making It Move in Photoshop

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Colin Smith

Making It Move in Photoshop

Monday, 10:15 am – 10:45 am

Did you know that Photoshop is capable of creating amazing motion graphics? You didn’t read that wrong, in fact Photoshop has a very powerful and largely untaught animation engine.

In this dynamic session, Colin Smith will give you a taste of what’s possible using only the tools in Photoshop CC. You will get a solid foundation of keyframing, so that you can build your own animations and motion graphics that can be used for websites, kiosks, videos and interactive applications.

Learn about motion, keyframing, effects and video within Photoshop:

  • How to create your own animations and put anything into motion
  • How to create motion graphics
  • How to work with video
  • How to animate 3D elements

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Camera Raw for Designers

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Julieanne Kost

Camera Raw for Designers

Monday, 10:15 am – 10:45 am

Learn how to take an image and enhance it in order to reinforce the visual narrative that you want it to communicate by harnessing the power of Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CC. In this seminar Julieanne will demonstrate how to make subtle adjustments using powerful, nondestructive tools and techniques in order to strengthen and align the content and meaning of the image in post processing.

This session will be a mixture of practical techniques as well as inspirational tips that will help designers of all levels make images that have more impact.

Topics to be covered include:

  • Presets and Profiles
  • Tonal and Color Enhancements
  • Global and Local Adjustment Tools
  • Authentic Effects and Vintage Styles

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