RGB in a CMYK World (and vice versa!)

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Monday, 10:40 – 11:10 am

It’s the 21st century… are you really still converting images to CMYK in Photoshop? Are you picking the right CMYK at the right time? What the heck is InDesign’s “transparency blend mode” and should you choose RGB or CMYK? This is the session that every InDesign user needs to watch—at least the ones who care about quality and productivity! Includes:

  • How to create a PDF that works for both onscreen viewing and printing on a desktop printer
  • Why converting images should be called “targeting” them
  • Why using the default settings will just get you boring color

Photoshop for Designers: Essential Tips and Techniques

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Monday, 9:00 – 10:00 am

Designers use Photoshop everyday, but that doesn’t mean they use it well. Come learn how to use Photoshop better with these tips and tricks for every Photoshop user, no matter your experience level.

  • Teach your fingers these 10 essential keyboard shortcuts today
  • Setting up your Photoshop environment for maximum productivity and efficiency
  • What tools you can ignore (and which you shouldn’t!)

MathML + InDesign = MathTools V2

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All Day EPUB: The Process From A to Z

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Anne-Marie Concepcion



Kevin Callahan



Chad Chelius

Wednesday, 9:00 – 5:00 pm

Enjoy a full immersion for the entire day in ebook design, development, and troubleshooting, and emerge with the knowledge and tools you’ll need to thrive in this busy, ever-evolving field.

We’ll be focusing on the EPUB open standard, and include real-world case studies that take off from there. From the fundamentals of reflowable ebooks to adding interactivity to Fixed-Layout EPUBs and on up to advanced topics for optimizing the HTML and CSS for Kindles and other devices, we’ve got you covered!  Learn from three industry experts who do as well as teach!

In the morning, we’ll be covering:

  • Overview of the eBook marketplace
  • Comparison of eBook formats
  • Anatomy of an EPUB
  • Essential InDesign file prep steps for reflowable EPUBs
  • Your Toolbox: Free and low-cost utilities, scripts, and cloud services
  • Real World focus: Managing images in reflowable EPUBs

After a delicious lunch break on the Adobe campus, we’ll reconvene and cover:

  • Kindle! The Kindle marketplace, market share, and KDP portal
  • Basic steps of InDesign to Kindle (reflowable) format
  • Real World focus: Editing EPUBs for optimal Kindle flowable and fixed-layout
  • Fixed-Layout EPUBs overview
  • Creating interactive Fixed-Layout EPUBs from InDesign CC
  • EPUB clinic: Q&A, troubleshooting your files

Prizes, Tips, Q&A

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Tuesday, 4:30 – 5 pm

Which of our presenters has the most useful InDesign or publishing tip? Plus, stay until the end for a chance to win great prizes worth thousands of dollars!

Lunch with Adobe: Sit Down with the Adobe Development Team

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Tuesday, 12:00 – 1:15 pm

Here’s your chance to hear it from the source! Grab some food (provided) and sit down with Adobe’s product development team. Learn about CC 10+. Then talk back and know that the right people are listening.

  • Adobe’s page-layout philosophy: Why are we here and where are we going?
  • What features do you wish InDesign had?
  • Vote on features you want changed in future versions of InDesign.