Sessions

Sponsored Session: CI HUB Connector for Adobe CC and Microsoft

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CI Hub

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Sponsored Session:

CI HUB Connector for Adobe CC and Microsoft

Connecting your Desktop application to any DAM, Cloud storage or Stock Media. Getting your asset was never easier

Wednesday, 5:00 pm – 5:15 pm Central

“We connect with data domains throughout your marketing ecosystems” is the philosophy behind CI HUB Connector, an in-app, single source for accessing your brands’ digital assets — easy, fast, and without additional cost. Our portfolio of data domain partners covers both on-premise and cloud-hosted solutions with data models for DAM, MAM, PIM, MDM, and CMS. Plus, we work with stock providers and cloud storage services. Together with the system vendors, we are building the best possible connection, and we are always motivated by our customers to deliver seamless access to their data domain, directly in their marketing ecosystems, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, or Adobe Premiere Pro… and soon in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel.


Sponsored Session: Streamlining access reduces version management headaches

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Santa Cruz Software

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Sponsored Session:

Streamlining access reduces version management headaches

Survey results and demonstration

Wednesday, 4:45 pm – 5:00 pm Central

Design teams working in the same office or scattered throughout the globe all struggle with managing assets and files within projects. To assess the magnitude of this issue, Santa Cruz Software commissioned a study of 500 design professionals to better understand their experiences. One theme was clear – 97% believe their jobs would be easier if the latest version of every embedded asset was easily identifiable. In fact, well over a quarter (28%) of respondents said it would be “extremely easier.” In this session, we’ll review the results of this recent survey (Feb 2020). We’ll also demonstrate our solution using LinkrUI. LinkrUI is a best-in-class extension to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign that enables direct searching, opening, placing and synchronizing of assets stored in a Digital Asset Manager (DAM) system or other storage services, such as Box and Dropbox. All of this can be done from within Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

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Special Lunch Presentation: Celebrating 30 Years of Photoshop

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Special Lunch Presentation:
The Past, Present, and Future of Photoshop

Wednesday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Central

It was 30 years ago that Adobe released Photoshop 1.0, and the world was changed forever. Join us for a “birthday party” as we celebrate 30 years of digital innovation!

Lunch Talk: Knowing What’s Real — Exploring the Content Authenticity Initiative

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Leonard Rosenthol

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Knowing What’s Real: Exploring the Content Authenticity Initiative

Tuesday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Central

When you look at a photograph in social media, how do you know if it’s real or fake? Either way, can you tell who created it? Adobe, Twitter, and the New York Times have launched the Content Authenticity Initiative to help verify the “authenticity” of images online, and fight misinformation on digital media platforms. Join Adobe’s Leonard Rosenthol as he explains CAI and how it relates to creative pros.

Just Say No: Alternatives to Boring Slides

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Julie Terberg

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Just Say No: Alternatives to Boring Slides

Friday, 10:15 am – 11:00 am Central

Bullet points. Walls of text with tiny pictures. Predictable slide arrangements. Same size, same color, same layouts, over and over and over. You’ve lost their attention by slide three. How can you break the monotony of boring and bland presentations? How can you create visual excitement and design interesting slides that captivate audiences? This session will show you a variety of ways to lose the snooze with slides that are designed that capture visual attention.

Topics will include:

  • Using a grid to create a variety of compositions
  • Scaling an image, graphic, or metric for emphasis
  • Adding interest with a different text style or typeface
  • Taking advantage of contrast and color
  • Other ways to add visual variety to your slide designs

InDesign: Three Minutes Max

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David Blatner

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InDesign: Three Minutes Max

Wednesday, 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Central

Eight world-famous experts… Three minutes each… Only one winner! Watch as our presenters vie for the best 3-minute InDesign tip. One lucky audience member will win our grand prize!

This is one of the top-rated sessions at CreativePro Week. Don’t miss it!


Bonus: Three Minutes Max Tip from Our 2019 Event


Tables

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Keith Gilbert

Keith Gilbert

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Tables

Wednesday, 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Central

Tables in InDesign make for a great layout tool when formatting large amounts of information and data. Setting up a Table and using the tools efficiently shouldn’t be a daunting task.

In this class, you will learn:

  • How changing a few preferences makes working with tables much easier
  • The fastest, easiest ways to rearrange and add rows and columns to a table
  • Some “must have” scripts to make complex, repetitive table tasks easier
  • How to update formatted tables with new data without losing the formatting

Best Practices for Exporting Great PDFs

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Russell Viers

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Best Practices for Exporting Great PDFs

Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central

Exporting a solid PDF is as easy as choosing File > Export, right? Well, hold on to your mouse… what do all those buttons and menus mean inside the Export PDF dialog box? Why might you want to choose “High Quality” vs. “PDF/X-4”?

InDesign can make awesome PDF files, but only if you know how to make the right choices. Let’s explore!

New Opportunities with New Font Technologies

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David Jonathan Ross

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New Opportunities with New Font Technologies

Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central

Everyone uses fonts, but do you use them well? Are you getting the most from your fonts? And now there are many more font options than ever, including SVG fonts, variable fonts, color fonts, and brush stroke fonts.

Learn about the new opportunities with fonts (and some older ones which you’ve probably overlooked!) with this internationally-renowned type designer.

Styles: Next Level Tips

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Laurie Ruhlin

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Styles: Next Level Tips

Wednesday, 10:15 am – 11:30 am Central

Everyone knows that using styles in InDesign is key for efficient formatting of text and objects in a document. Not only do they save time and allow us to format content quickly and efficiently, but they also facilitate easily making changes in a document as well. Let’s not forget that they’re also a requirement if you want to take advantage of some powerful features in InDesign that help you to automate tasks. With styles however, there’s a lot more beneath the surface that can help you take your text formatting to the next level by automating specific formatting within a paragraph.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

  • Specifically format every instance of a word or phrase in a document
  • Leverage Nested Styles to apply text formatting
  • Isolate and format text using GREP Styles
  • Understand the order of operation when using automated and manually applied styles
  • Think creatively with styles