Join SMPS Chicago for a full-day professional development workshop where participants will gain more exposure to and a fuller understanding of some of the Adobe Creative Cloud programs that you use every day.

The workshop will cover beginning to intermediate functionality in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator and is designed to boost your skills and give you a better understanding of techniques to make you more effective with an emphasis on using the correct tools for the task.

Following is an overview of topics/functionality to be covered:

InDesign (Id)
- Create and apply character and paragraph styles
- Anchor objects/graphics in text
- Create hyperlinks for web, email and to link from one section to another
- Produce interactive bookmarks within your PDF
- Place a multi-page PDF in an InDesign document
- Set up defaults such as colors and styles for all documents

Photoshop (Ps)
- Use Generative AI to enhance your photos
- Record an Action to automate tasks
- Edit photos: cropping to an aspect ratio, seeing dimensions of a file and reducing size
- Place photos into InDesign

Illustrator (Ai)
- Understand the difference between Vector and Bitmap graphics
- Customize vector art for infographics
- Draw simple shapes
- Select shapes, use the correct tool to select a shape vs. a point
- Adjust colors

Laurie will also demonstrate how CC Libraries can be leveraged to maximize workflow among team members.  

Please note: Participants should bring their own laptop. A PDF handout will be available a few days before the session to be downloaded for class.

About Our Presenter

Laurie Ruhlin
Design - Develop - Teach

Laurie is an Adobe Certified Expert/Instructor in both InDesign and Illustrator and a Graphic Designer, using InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat. She creates brochures, catalogs, menus, logos, infographics, digital documents and proposals for a variety of clients. From her diverse graphic design freelance work, Laurie brings a wealth of real-world knowledge into the classroom. She truly enjoys teaching both the basics to the emerging designer as well as tips and tricks to the advanced power users in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. She has been a speaker and instructor at numerous conferences such as CreativePro Week and The InDesign Conference. She has also taught for marketing associations, has led multiple corporate training sessions and presented at Adobe User Groups.

CPSM CEU Credits: 6.5

Parking: Please plan to park on the street, take public transportation, or ride share.

Light breakfast and full lunch provided.

This is a Professional Development event.

All sales are final.  Refunds must be requested 5 days prior to an event in writing or by email.