Tag Archive for: photoshop

Embracing a Punk Rock Attitude for Modern Design

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You can design stronger, clearer work by questioning assumptions and designing with intent. In this session, Michael Mondragon shares a mindset-driven approach to modern design rooted in clarity, purpose, and judgment.

Using a “punk rock” attitude as a metaphor—not a visual style!—Michael challenges autopilot thinking, over-templated solutions, and trend-chasing. The focus is on making deliberate design decisions that serve the message, not the tool, template, or shortcut.

This session helps designers push back on defaults, trust their creative instincts, and create work that communicates more clearly, confidently, and memorably in today’s fast, AI-assisted design landscape.

You will learn to:

  • Make intentional typography choices and find the right fonts
  • Make non-destructive image enhancements in Photoshop
  • Create textures from your own images
  • Style and modify letter forms in Illustrator
  • Bring it all together in InDesign

Hidden Photoshop Features Designers Love

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Photoshop is packed with powerful features that are rarely discussed, yet professionals rely on them every day.

In this session, Jesús Ramirez pulls back the curtain on lesser-known Photoshop tools, features, and techniques that can dramatically improve your design workflow. These are not tricks for the sake of tricks. Each feature solves a real problem or saves real time.

If you already know the basics and want to work more like a pro, this class focuses on the details that separate casual users from advanced, efficient designers.

You’ll learn:

  • Use hidden Photoshop features that simplify complex tasks
  • Build stronger, cleaner composites with professional techniques
  • Work smarter with tools you may not be using
  • And much more!

Crafting Custom Lettering and Fonts with Photoshop

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Don’t limit your type choices to the font menu! In this session, you’ll learn how to create expressive, custom lettering and DIY fonts directly inside Photoshop using hand-drawn, painted, or otherwise found letterforms. We’ll explore how to capture your lettering, refine it with Photoshop’s tools, and turn it into flexible typographic assets you can reuse across projects—even in InDesign and other apps! Along the way, you’ll develop a greater appreciation for font design and all that goes into a well-crafted font. This session is perfect for designers with a love for fonts—and the curiosity to explore creating their own.

Takeaways:

  • Techniques for creating custom lettering and DIY fonts in Photoshop
  • Tips for consistency, spacing, and reuse across designs
  • Several different routes to bring your very own fonts to life
  • New ways to think about typography as a creative, hands-on process
  • Learn how you can also build vector fonts in Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop Curves: Pro-Level Tone and Color Control

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Photoshop Curves is the most powerful and most misunderstood tool for photo editing. When you understand how Curves actually work, they become a precise, flexible way to control tone and color that no other adjustment can match. This session demystifies Curves and shows why experienced professionals rely on them every day.

In this session, Ben Wilmore focuses on real-world workflows for retouching, photography, and design, highlighting practical techniques that deliver polished, professional results without guesswork. With this deep dive, Curves will finally “click” for you. You’ll gain a clearer understanding of how to shape tone and color with intent—and the confidence to make Curves a natural part of your everyday Photoshop workflow.

Key takeaways:

  • Control highlights, midtones, and shadows with precision
  • Shape color intentionally using Curves instead of trial and error
  • Apply Curves confidently across retouching, photography, and design workflows
  • Understand why pros rely on Curves

Smarter, Faster Photoshop: New Tools, Real Results

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Work faster, cleaner, and with more control in Photoshop using tools and workflows most users overlook!

In this session, Jesús Ramirez from the Photoshop Training Channel shows how modern Photoshop features, including Beta tools and AI-powered workflows, actually fit into real professional work. This is not a feature tour. Every technique shown is used in his professional practice, creating TV and movie posters. Even seasoned users will walk away with a few “I didn’t know Photoshop could do that” moments.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Use new Photoshop Beta features
  • Integrate Generative AI tools without losing creative intent
  • Speed up production using professional shortcuts and tool combinations
  • Replace slow manual steps with modern AI-assisted techniques

Creative Cloud Mix Tape

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Kick off CreativePro Week with a high-energy, music-themed morning keynote. Chris riffs on the idea of creative cross-training by mixing InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects (and more!) in ways you wouldn’t expect. Think fast-paced demos, playful surprises, and a healthy dose of rock-and-roll attitude.

Each segment spins a new challenge and a new app, intentionally breaking “rules” about what each tool is supposed to be used for. The result is part performance, and part creative jam session, reminding you that experimentation is often where the most interesting ideas start.

Come for the entertainment. Stay for the shift in mindset. Leave with fresh inspiration to remix your own Creative Cloud workflows—no matter which apps you use every day.

Mix tape mystery tracks:

  • Turn it up: live spins, creative curveballs, and a rock-and-roll remix mindset from the first beat
  • Apps in the mix: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, and Express (and more)
  • Creative moves on deck: photo editing, web graphics, video effects, 3D modeling, and motion experiments
  • Rule-bending workflows: familiar apps pushed into unfamiliar territory

Wrangle Your Swatches

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Take your color workflows to the next level by mastering Adobe Illustrator’s Swatches, the most powerful tool for managing and organizing colors across your design projects.

While Illustrator offers the best functionality for swatch management, this session goes beyond just one app. We’ll also explore how swatches work in InDesign and Photoshop, comparing their strengths and limitations. Learn how to create, organize, and share color palettes efficiently across these three key applications, ensuring consistency in your designs from start to finish.

Learn how to save time, reduce mistakes, and collaborate more effectively with your team to maintain color consistency across projects. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just getting started, you’ll walk away with actionable tips that make working with color a breeze.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Work faster by leveraging Illustrator’s Swatches panel and Global Color features
  • Organize swatches efficiently in Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
  • Establish brand consistency across projects and applications
  • Share swatches across Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
  • Collaborate with team members for consistent color usage

A Master Class in Digital Art and Photoshop Innovation

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Join Photoshop legend Bert Monroy for a tour of his hyper-realistic compositions—including a piece he created based on his experience at CreativePro Week 2023! Known for blurring the line between photography and painting, Bert shares the insights behind his process, workflow, and philosophies that bring everyday subjects to vivid, almost tangible life.

You’ll discover:

  • Lessons from Bert’s three decades of using Photoshop
  • Techniques and strategies for creating hyper-realistic digital art in Photoshop
  • How Bert approaches the creation of depth and realism.
  • Bert’s thoughts on the relationship between traditional art and digital tools
  • Practical tips for applying Monroy-inspired techniques to your own projects

Actually, There’s a Script for That

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One of the best ways to improve your productivity and efficiency is to use scripts — and scripts are really easy to use! You just need to know where to find them.

In this session, you’ll see a ton of must-have free and low-cost scripts for InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop; as well as sources for finding others. You’ll also learn how to make your own scripts with a little help from AI or hire a professional scripter to tackle really hairy jobs.

Topics include:

  • Where to find must-have scripts
  • The fastest and easiest way to install a script and run it
  • Top free scripts you need

Photoshop Composition: Smooth Moves & New Tricks

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Ready to shake up your Photoshop workflow? In this high-energy session, Kladi dives into the art of modern compositing—blending proven techniques with the latest creative tools to unlock smarter, faster, and more imaginative results.

You’ll explore new ways of working across Creative Cloud, including Project Neo and parallel workflows that break the boundaries of traditional composition. Whether you’re refining your process or looking for new tricks to stay ahead, this session delivers practical takeaways with a fresh creative edge.

What you’ll learn:

  • How to use Creative Cloud Libraries to stay organized and collaborate seamlessly
  • The power of the new Generative Workspace for delivering fast, photoreal results
  • When to mix classic masking with modern tools like Object Selection and Camera Raw
  • Simple hue-shifting tips to instantly boost mood and color control