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Learn how to create a package design in Substance 3D Painter with product manager and 3D artist Valeria Gerontopoulos. As Valeria guides you step-by-step in this hands-on lab, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of fundamental Substance 3D Painter tools and get comfortable with the basics of texturing so you can create your own projects with confidence.

You’ll discover how to:

• Start a Painter project using best practices
• Build a quick and nondestructive material base
• Add manual touches to your base to push your texturing further
• Showcase your project in Substance 3D Stager in a few easy clicks

Join photographer and director Lionel Koretzky on his journey from traditional photoshoot to CGI and 3D and learn how much photographers have to bring to the table in this ever-evolving medium. You’ll see how 3D is the next evolution in photography, providing photographers and brands with versatile new tools to extend their creativity to a new world of possibilities. Discover how simple and flexible 3D can be to add to visual productions.

You’ll learn:

• How CGI is becoming a friendly partner to photography and 360 campaigns
• Why digital lights and environments are the new way to make virtual photography
• How Substance 3D Environment Stages bring cameras, studios and labs together in one shop

Join David Mellor, senior motion designer at Wieden + Kennedy, to discover how to sculpt a whimsical character using the Substance 3D Modeler hybrid desktop and VR workflow. VR modeling is quickly becoming a popular means to create 3D content, and with Modeler, quick concepting couldn’t be easier. In this session, David will show you quick sculpting techniques that highlight some of the powerful new tools and brushes in Modeler.

You’ll learn how to:

• Navigate the VR interface in Modeler
• Sculpt a character using the new brushes in Modeler
• Add extra detail and repeat elements using copying and linking

Hear industry experts explain how Burberry, a luxury British heritage brand, transformed their workflows through the introduction of 3D. You’ll learn how by adapting traditional ways of working and reimagining them in 3D, Burberry was able to unlock better ways of creating assets and effectively communicating the brand’s vison to stakeholders.

In this session, you’ll explore:

• How a company can start working in 3D and engage stakeholders to adopt 3D workflows
• How Burberry used 3D to sell their collections remotely during the global pandemic
• How to create realistic details such as embroidery in Substance 3D Sampler and Painter
• Using Substance 3D Stager to bring 3D garments to life

This session will not be available on demand.

One of the latest innovations in the consumer goods industry is a focus on responsible creation, inspired by nature and informed by the consumer. Immersive digital tools have fueled this trend by allowing designers to break through physical constraints and traditional methods of making products, delivering personalized form and function with design at the center.

Join Jalaj Hora, vice president of product innovation and consumer creation at Nike, as he explores:

• The future of seamless, synchronous collaboration between designers, makers, and consumers
• Moving beyond physical products to connected creation and a digital afterlife
• Co-creation of products that enhance daily life

Antionette Carroll, founder, president, and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, presents the foundation and inspiration to recognize every individual’s personal power to manifest change in race relations and promote liberation, equity, justice, and peace within their own organizations and communities.

Accompanied by young emerging artists from the Artwork for Equity program at Creative Reaction Lab, Antionette will provide prompts to tap into your personal narrative, balance your own values alongside community needs, and command attention to inspire and influence.

Have you ever wanted to learn to illustrate characters with movement and personality? Then join illustrator, educator, and creative live streamer VooDoo Val in this follow-along iPad lab with a spooky twist. Val will guide you through an exploration of character design in which you’ll discover how to use the powerful new motion features in Adobe Fresco to enhance an illustrated character.

As Val shares her techniques for character design, you’ll learn how to:

• Draw and paint in a new style
• Convey emotion through facial expressions and body language
• Animate an illustrated scene

Discover how to playfully experiment with established letterforms and create variations that express your own unique style and personality. Chris Campe, designer, author, and founder of the All Things Letters studio in Hamburg, Germany, will share how she uses analog and digital drawing tools, including Adobe Fresco, to alter letterforms in unexpected ways.

Join Chris in this inspiring session to learn:

• The key parameters for altering letterforms
• How to generate ideas for interesting letterform variations
• How to use analog and digital drawing tools in unexpected ways

Join Kyle T. Webster, Adobe senior design evangelist and official brush wizard, for an exploration of the newest Adobe Fresco features, including transformation modes, new animation features, time-savers like reference layers and the Magic Wand tool, and much more. You’re sure to walk away with a better understanding of how to use Fresco in your own drawing, painting, and illustration work.

As Kyle guides you through the newest features, you’ll learn how to:

• Automatically create perspective grids from an imported image, layer, or your entire document with perspective grid capture
• Transform and add effects to your Fresco artwork with the Liquify tool
• Make quick selections based on color with the Magic Wand tool
• Control fade-in and fade-out effects easily with control opacity for motion frames
• Transform and move motion paths and frames

Everyone has different eyes and a different brain. And now designers have the ability to tailor consumption experiences for those differences. In our session on inclusive design and accessibility, join Zoya Bylinskii, Research Scientist in the Creative Intelligence Lab at Adobe, as she shares the latest research and features around reading and design.

You’ll learn about:

• The latest findings from our Readability Research team on how personalized reading settings for individuals improve reading outcomes
• New tools soon to be available in Acrobat and Reader for dyslexic readers
• The latest research into tooling for making sure your designs accommodate color-blind audiences
• New tools for making PDFs more accessible

Join art therapist and DC Public Schools arts innovation manager Lindsey D. Vance and Adobe Education Evangelist Wezi Thindwa in a creative conversation leading educators to wholeness through their own artistic practice. Predictable stressors compounded by those related to a global pandemic and mounting socio-political tensions challenge our humanity. Listen as we explore the ways teachers and students can rise to spark collective well-being for the future.

In this session, you’ll:

• Discover ways to cultivate compassionate and learner-centered classrooms through personal self-reflection, technology and creativity
• Find out how to ignite social emotional attunement and trauma-responsive practices in order to holistically empower student learners
• Identify clear ways that creativity fuels social emotional learning and uplifts educator and student voices to foster a healing environment in your classroom

Meet two K–12 educators who use digital creative tools with their students to allow for student voice and choice. Learn how they go beyond traditional assessment models, test taking, and wordy slide presentations to get to the core of what students know.

In this session, you’ll:

• Learn how to use digital artifacts to showcase student work, assess skill development over time, provide a platform for reflection and creativity, and set students up for career opportunities
• Understand the value of digital storytelling in supporting multimodal learners and empowering creative expression
• Hear practical tips for using Adobe Express with students to build videos, posters, and web pages as part of a project-based learning approach

Discover how to create amazing images anywhere with Photoshop on the desktop, iPad, and the web. Join Rob de Winter — Adobe Certified Instructor, top MAX presenter, author, and designer — and learn how to build a fantastic composite with type, special effects, and selections. You’ll see how to create your own artistic, atmospheric brushes to bring your composition to life and use Creative Cloud Libraries and cloud documents to speed up your workflow.

In this session, you’ll explore how to:

• Control light with transparency, blend modes, and special effects
• Make selections, adjustments, and masks
• Format, control, and transform type
• Create, synchronize, and use brushes across devices
• Transfer images and assets seamlessly between your desktop and mobile devices

Learn how streamlining processes and systems can turn a good graphic design business into a great one. Join business owner and graphic designer Kristy Campbell to discover how she uses InDesign in innovative and strategic ways to achieve a five-star quality client experience and promote business growth.

You’ll learn:

• How to pitch and present work like a pro
• Powerful ways to incorporate InDesign into your processes
• Tips for presentation and layout design
• How to turn everyday operations into passive income

Already have a portfolio website, but need a PDF version for sharing? Join designer and teacher Roman Villarreal to learn tips and tricks for laying out and designing a dynamic professional portfolio using InDesign and Creative Cloud. You’ll discover how to create a slick PDF portfolio that changes dynamically based on your needs and lets you stand out and get noticed by potential clients.

As Roman shares his techniques, you’ll learn how to:

• Use Creative Cloud Libraries to create, store, and access assets from Photoshop and Illustrator
• Create layout templates with InDesign that let you rapidly swap out content to keep your portfolio fresh and relevant
• Explore timesaving tools to redesign your portfolio for each position to emphasize your qualifications, especially when applying for multiple jobs or projects

Join professional photographer and author Nicole S. Young as she demonstrates the world of nature and landscape photography in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. You’ll gain valuable insight into how to use Photoshop Lightroom to edit your photos, whether a lush forest, a giant waterfall, or a close-up of a tiny insect, to make them look their best.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• The gear that Nicole uses for her landscape and nature photographs
• Tips on how to create beautiful macro images
• How to sync images in order to access them on your phone or tablet
• Editing tips and techniques using Lightroom

Join photographer Summer Murdock to learn how to use presets as a source of inspiration when editing your images in Photoshop Lightroom. You’ll learn exactly what presets are and how to quickly apply a great look to your photos with a single click. Explore how to create the look you want by applying a preset and then fine-tuning the edits on the image. You’ll leave with a better understanding of how presets can help you save time and empower you to achieve your unique creative vision.

In this session, you’ll discover:

• Where you can find ready-made, powerful presets to suit every style of photography
• How to apply presets and refine the edit with the amount slider and further tweaks
• How to create and save your own presets for easy use later

Join Lightroom Product Manager Benjamin Warde and learn how to incorporate video into your Photoshop Lightroom workflow. Find out exactly what Lightroom video capabilities can do for you and how to achieve a consistent aesthetic across your photos and videos. Note that this class uses Lightroom, not Lightroom Classic.

You’ll learn how to:

• Trim the heads or tails off your video to highlight just the part of the video that’s important
• Achieve a matching look and aesthetic across your photos and videos
• Master batch workflows to quickly edit many photos and videos at once
• Streamline your workflow with edit presets for both photos and videos

Learn how Adobe Express empowers freelancers, small business owners, and social media marketers to work more collaboratively with teams and increase productivity to deliver faster results for clients. Join Charmaine Jennings, owner of Strategic Charm Boutique — a digital marketing agency that helps businesses share their brand story and build online communities — and Adobe Express expert Chloe McConnell to discover how to:

• Scale and amplify branded content
• Empower your clients to create on-brand
• Leverage workflows across Creative Cloud, from Photoshop to Illustrator to Adobe Express
• Increase collaboration and streamline feedback with teams or clients

Get paid to make the content you love. Join Sharon Tseung, content creator and real estate investor, as she demonstrates how you can build a six-figure business while making a valuable impact in your community.

In this session, you’ll discover how to:

• Make money through ad revenue, affiliate marketing, sponsorships, product sales, memberships, coaching, and more
• Create valuable content that solves problems while generating revenue
• Repurpose revenue-driving content across multiple platforms

Join Ronilo Cayanan, creator community partnerships lead at Pinterest, and Mallory Shoemaker, content strategist for Adobe Express, to learn practical tips for telling your story and creating content in a way that feels authentic to you. Discover tried-and-true techniques to stand out online as a content creator, or small business owner, and inspire others to engage with your one-of-a-kind content on Pinterest.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Identify and tell your authentic story online
• Inspire others to engage with your brand
• Leverage Adobe Express to design unique content for a Pinterest audience

Designing for Experience Manager is a collaboration, not a handoff. Learn best practices for designing Experience Manager sites using Adobe XD to ensure a more pixel-perfect implementation. Join Tor Gundersen, strategic development manager at Adobe, and Caleb Kingston, CEO at Brainspin, as they demonstrate how to make your prototype the ultimate collaboration tool by learning the needs of Experience Manager developers and content authors, and how to accelerate your process.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• Key Experience Manager fundamentals, like Core Components, Style System, and Experience Fragments
• How to leverage Core Components in XD
• How to import Experience Manager Assets into your design
• Tips for structuring your XD file for prototype sharing

Whether you’re pitching a stunning new brand concept or articulating the customer journey through your mobile app, storytelling plays a key role in communicating design intent and getting buy-in. Join Matt Rae, senior product manager, design advocacy, on a journey through how to leverage Adobe XD to tell a more compelling story, complete with motion and interaction.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• Tips and tricks for building a stronger story narrative
• Examples of how big brands are adopting XD to tell their stories
• How the power of Auto-Animate, Lottie, and video can take your stories to the next level
• How to incorporate various Creative Cloud assets into one presentation
• How to asynchronously share your presentation through share links and narrated recording

If you use Photoshop, Illustrator, and Creative Cloud Libraries to manage your content, Adobe XD is a fantastic tool for presenting those concepts and gathering stakeholder feedback. Join Principal Product Manager Dani Beaumont as she takes you on a quick tour of the application and demonstrates some streamlined workflows.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Leverage Creative Cloud Library colors, text, and components in mood boards, brand kits, and presentations
• Define interactivity between design elements to simulate an end-to-end user flow
• Securely share your concepts with various stakeholders
• Gather feedback and track design changes

Whether you’re completely new to video editing or transitioning from different software, join director Valentina Vee as she shows you the smoothest way to get up and running with Premiere Pro. No need to be intimidated — everything you need to know will be covered in an easy-to-understand way, with lots of examples and tips to get you up to speed.

You’ll learn how to:

• Create a new project
• Organize your footage
• Synchronize your video and audio
• Edit in the timeline
• Add effects, transitions, music, and more

If you’re trying to push unique content out fast, this session is for you. Join digital storyteller and former Adobe Creative Resident Hallease Narvaez as she helps you navigate the color features built into Premiere Pro. In this session, Hallease will cover different project settings for working with various gammas of footage, the different ways Premiere Pro interprets footage, and how best to work with Auto Color. She’ll teach techniques for color correcting for skin tones using curves, show how to create and save custom lookup tables (LUTs), and share some exporting hacks for Mac users.

You’ll learn how to:

• Navigate the Color workspace in Premiere Pro
• Adjust color settings and project settings in Premiere Pro
• Work with Auto Color
• Fine-tune color correction for skin tones
• Create and save a custom look with LUTs

Join Marty Buccafusco, video creative lead at Coca-Cola Creative Studios, to dive deep into the world of global collaboration at internal creative agencies. From developing concepts with a variety of stakeholders across the enterprise to working with a dynamic team of creatives based around the world, Marty and his team have honed in on how to tell the right story in the right way. The Coca-Cola Company serves consumers in more than 200 countries, which brings the idea of “stakeholders” to epic proportions.

In this session, you’ll learn how a variety of Creative Cloud tools can be used in innovative ways to capture stories, gain insights, and share content with a global audience — all while keeping your storytelling local, relatable, and worth the click.