Everyone knows Photoshop is full of amazing features — but where the heck are they hidden?! And which ones are worth using when you really need to be efficient and productive. This session concentrates on using automated features and techniques that most people never think to use.
“Damn it, Kirk, I’m a designer, not a Photoshop expert!”
Many designers have a love/hate relationship with Photoshop. On the one hand, it lets you control the universe; but on the other, it can be overwhelming. This session will help with essential Photoshop techniques and concepts that every designer should know:
Working through an interactive project means lots of collaboration between designers and developers. Watch a real-time collaboration between Jesus and Chris as they share assets between Photoshop and Illustrator. And once they complete their layout, they’ll use these same tools to generate a range of ready-to-use assets, including bitmap files, SVG, and even some CSS code.
If you had to pick a “most valuable player” in Photoshop, it would have to be the tools used for making selections. Selections, masks, channels, alphas… these are all basically the same thing, and if you’re going to do high-quality work quickly, it’s essential that you understand how to use them efficiently.
In this focused and fast-paced session, world-renowned Photoshop expert Dave Cross dives into:
We live in a 3D world, but most of the work we produce is 2D — flat images or pages that need to represent the richness of our real lives. We dream of having the flexibility of 3D, to change the angle, texture, and lighting of our subject according to our creative desires.
In this session you’ll learn how to do just that, using your favorite apps as well as reviewing what’s new from Adobe when it comes to 3D compositing.
This session is for you if you want to:
Learn how to work more efficiently in Adobe Illustrator using the way we do it in the fashion industry, where time is short, pressure is high, and deadlines are looming (no pun intended).
You’ve used InDesign a bit, but you still feel like there’s so much more to know… and you’re right! Learn the ins and outs of this powerhouse layout app from a top trainer who has taught pros all over the world. This session will ensure you know how to:
Whether you want to help visually impaired people read your documents or just increase the flexibility and SEO of your PDFs, you need to learn how to make your InDesign documents accessible. This overview of the process is sure to open your eyes to the problems (and solutions!) involved.
Incorporating text and typography into your Illustrator images is such an important part of your design process. We’ll cover several way to approach typography design within the context of Illustrator to make creatively engaging and impactful designs. Explore easy methods for producing and controlling typography that will liven up any layout. Explore some fun tips and tricks for making your text pop, stretch, and engage your audience.
Humans weren’t meant to design and create with one hand on a mouse and the other clawing a keyboard. We were meant to move, to stand, to explore. In this session, Paul Trani will show the latest in mobile apps that make it more natural to work.
Come explore how new mobile and touch apps help expand your creative abilities while still having the power of your desktop when you need it.
