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Graphic Styles for Workflow Magic

Discover the time-saving and creative world of Graphic Styles in Illustrator. In this session, you’ll learn the basics along with more advanced techniques for creating your own amazing styles. You’ll come away with a new appreciation for Graphic Styles plus a library of styles you can use in your own work!

Sneak Peek:
How to Create Number Callouts in Illustrator

Diagram This!

Have you ever struggled with the intricacies of creating diagrams or infographics, or felt bogged down by the process? Fear not! The one and only Tony Harmer is here to help you streamline your process by leveraging styles, symbols, and libraries to save time and boost impact.

Topics include:

  • Unlocking the power of styles in Illustrator
  • Boosting efficiency with symbols to create reusable elements
  • Making the most of CC Libraries to organize and access your favorite assets (and speed up your workflow)

Illustrator for Noobs: Everything Is Shapes!

Are you an InDesign or Photoshop user who’s told yourself time and time again that you’d cozy up to Illustrator “someday?” Today is the day! Join Khara for a fun and approachable session that will get you up to speed quickly with the world’s best vector drawing tool!

Topics include:

  • Making the mental shift from pixels to vectors
  • Learning to think in shapes
  • Drawing skills not required
  • The Pen tool: It’s not as hard as you think!

Stop Their Scroll

Ready to create images and graphics so compelling that they stop viewers mid-scroll? In this session, you’ll learn how to take advantage of motion, color, and a touch of playfulness to create irresistible social media content.

Join Kladi as she walks you through the essential steps to create exciting content, including:

  • Setting up a ready-for-animation workspace in Photoshop
  • Creating assets to animate in Illustrator
  • Leveraging the power of CC Libraries to update, store, and edit your project assets
  • Working with animation and video in Photoshop

Masters of the Craft

What better way to end CreativePro Week than to sit back and enjoy this review of inspirational artistry and design, brought to you by one of our European experts who has seen it all. But don’t worry: He’ll be including some last-minute “how-to” tips and tricks to help you get the most out of all your creative apps.

You’ll see:

  • Inspiring examples of how well-known artists create their amazing work
  • How these artists use creative desktop and mobile apps in their workflow—and how you can too!
  • How experimentation fosters creativity
  • Lots of tips and tricks!

Interactive Infographics with Illustrator and Animate

Ready to take your infographics to the next level? Bring them to life with animation! In this session, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rob de Winter, explains how to create awe-inspiring interactive and animated infographics using a combination of Adobe Illustrator and Animate.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Properly build and structure your design in Illustrator
  • Import your vector work into Animate
  • Add motion and interactivity
  • Export your sparkly new infographic for a variety of uses

I Have a CC Library for That!

Creative Cloud Libraries can be game changing—if you know how to use them! Quick, readily available in any Creative Cloud app, and incredibly powerful, CC Libraries will change the way you work. Join Bart Van de Wiele to learn the ins and outs of using libraries and you’ll soon wonder how you ever lived without them.

Topics include:

  • How to properly build and organize your libraries with individual assets and files
  • How to link, embed or even deep link content within Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and other apps
  • Tips and best practices to get the most out of libraries
  • Curating and sharing libraries privately and publicly
  • An introduction to Team Libraries

Using Adobe CC with PowerPoint and Google Slides

Designers who use PowerPoint or Google Slides and Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps shouldn’t miss this in-depth tip-fest for getting all these tools to work together.

You’ll learn:

  • Yes, you can have editable vectors from Illustrator!
  • Photoshop Layers for PowerPoint animated builds
  • Understanding workflow with Image Modes and more
  • Iterating with Graphic Styles for PowerPoint Templates and Systems
  • PowerPoint Add-ins from Adobe
  • Some of Mark’s favorite tricks!

One Tool to Rule Them All: Adobe Bridge

Most people think Adobe Bridge is just for photographers. Not so! If you use InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop, you owe it to yourself to learn how this digital asset manager can make your life so much easier.

Adobe Bridge is just 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 to streamline graphics production workflows.

This session includes:

  • Using Bridge to inspect InDesign documents
  • How anyone can use Bridge for free
  • Using Bridge shortcuts to process many files rapidly
  • Speeding up the process of gathering project files
  • Why metadata is the key to smooth workflows
  • Batch processing the easy way

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Creative Inspiration Is Everywhere: Make the Most of it with Adobe Capture, Fresco, Photoshop, and Illustrator

Where do you look for inspiration? How do you capture it? How do you convert those inspiring ideas into real usable design assets? Theresa Jackson shares her ideas and techniques with Adobe Capture, Fresco, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Don’t miss this chance to be inspired and learn how to create usable design elements with this Adobe toolkit.

Topics Include:

  • Finding and collecting inspiration and source material with Adobe Capture
  • Using Capture with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fresco to turn inspiration into assets
  • Fresco basics for sketching, ideating, illustrating, lettering, animating, and more
  • Using Fresco with Photoshop and Illustrator to create patterns and textures

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