Better Together: InDesign Workflows and Illustrator + Photoshop + Express with Julie Shaffer

Join us for a special Adobe training with Julie Schaffer! Tickets are available for full-day or partial-day training. Seating is limited, and lunch is provided for morning and full-day tickets.

Attendees should plan to bring their laptops and have the current version of InDesign, Adobe Bridge, and Word and Excel installed. This is a very interactive session.

Session 1: Better Together - InDesign Workflows
Skill Level: Intermediate
Time: 9am - 12pm

Foster harmony between multiple creative programs—and multiple team members. If you want to know how to get InDesign and Word to play nice or help your technical crew provide edits that don’t drain your time, this is the course you’ve been waiting for.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• InDesign + Word: Discover efficient ways to map styles and collaborate with Word users more effectively.
• InDesign + Excel: No need to copy and paste or screenshot an Excel table. Let InDesign do the work for you!
• InDesign + InCopy: Need others to edit content while you work in InDesign? InCopy may be the solution for your team!
• Share for Review: Discover how to share your InDesign project for review with users viewing it on the web—no InDesign knowledge or license necessary!
• Automating Comments into InDesign: Learn how to use this feature to make edits from Pdfs a breeze.
• Third-Party Plugins: Sometimes, a third-party solution is what you need.
• Q&A
  
  

Lunch Q&A: 12pm to 1pm (lunch provided for morning and full day tickets)

Session 2: Illustrator + Photoshop + Express
Time: 1:00pm–4:00pm

Enhance social graphics, presentations, and marketing visuals while staying on brand. Perfect forbusy marketers looking for simple tools, smart templates, and tools for editing graphics and photos.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• Which Tool to Use: Discuss when to use each tool for specific design examples
• Navigating the Illustrator Workspace: Get familiar with Illustrator basics, workspace, tools, and setting up the panels needed for creating and editing graphics.
• Vector Graphics: What’s your vector, Victor? Produce art you never knew you could!
• Basics of Photoshop: Explore the tools and panels while learning how to make a comfortable workspace.
• Enhancing images: Learn to use image adjustments and filters.
• Adobe Express: Quickly create polished social graphics, presentations, and marketing visuals.
• Tips and Tricks
• Q&A
  
  

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Julie Shaffer. FSMPS, CPSM
Owner | Creative Director of Shaffer Creative
After 11 years as an in-house professional services marketer, Julie Shaffer, FSMPS, CPSM, founded Shaffer Creative in 2012 to offer consulting, training, and creative design services, empowering firms to secure new work and thrive in the competitive landscape. But her passion extends beyond providing deliverables. As an Adobe Community Expert, an Adobe Certified Professional in Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign, a certified instructor, and an award-winning designer, Julie strives to inspire AEC marketers to balance creativity, efficiency, and functionality for polished, impactful submittals, equipping this generation of marketing coordinators to become the next generation of marketing leaders.

PROGRAM SPONSORS
Would your firm like to sponsor this program? Through the generous donations of our sponsors, our chapter is able to continue to provide high quality programs in Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville. Additional program sponsorship opportunities for this program are available. If you would like to become a program sponsor, please contact our Sponsorship Directors.  Program sponsorships are $500.

REGISTRATION DETAILS & CANCELLATION POLICY FOR ALL SMPS PROGRAMS
The ticket price for members and non-members includes lunch. Online registration is required. Refunds will only be granted if cancellation is made within 48 hours of the start time and will only be provided in the form of a credit to another program. No refunds will be made for no-shows. Email [email protected] for substitution or refund requests. 

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