Jennifer Smith Author, Vice President, American Graphics Institute (AGI) Jennifer Smith is a noted web and graphics technology expert. She is the author of more than one dozen books on digital imaging and Web publishing, including Photoshop CC Digital Classroom, and the Adobe Creative Suite CC Design Premium for Dummies. She has done extensive work for corporations such as Adobe Systems and Microsoft, and last year traveled more than 100,000 miles visiting clients in Europe, Asia, Africa, and all around the United States. Jennifer also works extensively on UX Design and the creation of interactive applications and sites, and is cofounder of AGI Training. Visit JenniferSmith.com or follow Jennifer on Twitter @jsmithers to learn more. Greg Heald Training Manager, American Graphics Institute (AGI) Greg Heald has more than 20 years of practical design and production experience in both Web and Print environments. He has served as a contributing author or editor on a number of books, including the recently-published Illustrator CC Digital Classroom, Real World Adobe Acrobat, and several in the Classroom in a Book series for Adobe Press. Greg is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, and has contributed to the development of Adobe’s certification exams. With more than a decade of experience as a professional software instructor, he has provided in-depth training for such prominent clients as Verizon, L.L. Bean, and Reebok. Greg holds a degree in Advertising Design from the acclaimed College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. 5. Design Fundamentals That Everyone Can Use Jennifer Smith - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 • 10:30–11:45 Find secret tricks of the trade to help you design items that are visually pleasing and effective at communicating. Find out how you can take advantage of basic design principle’s to help your designs to become more clean and focused. In this session we cover design proportions that work in design of anything, print, posters, web, mobile and more. 9. Photoshop CC: Essential Techniques Jennifer Smith - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 • 12:30–1:45 No matter how long you have used Photoshop you will get something useful from this session. Discover essentials tips and tricks that you wish you had discovered years ago. Topics include basics such as file size, cropping, selections, color correction, and progress into selections and masking. Included are tips and tricks to help you perform many other tasks easily. This session is jam-packed with information that is hard to find, but is incredibly valuable for all users. This session can also serve as the foundation for new users who want to attend our more advanced Photoshop sessions 12. Effective UX Design Tools: Concept To Visual Design Jennifer Smith - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 • 2:00–3:15 In this session you will discover how to use the tools in InDesign, Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator to build website wireframes and more. Find out how UX pros use these essentials tools in order to wireframe a website and demonstrate interactivity. In this session you find out how to build pages in InDesign, Illustrator, and even Photoshop that represent separate screens and allow for a clickable prototype of your website design. 14. Photoshop Print Production Tips & Tricks Jennifer Smith - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 • 9:00–10:15 When going to print, precision is the key. Printed images require extra care in masking and color which can vary depending upon the output format. If you use Adobe Photoshop for print production, this session is for you. Find out how to create custom color settings for your press, and then apply those settings to produce accurate color. Discover how to create precise masks and how to correct images using curve controls. Whether creating wide-format images, wraps, or much smaller images for brochures and magazines, attendees will learn practical advice to quickly and easily make certain images look their best when printed. 18. Designing Art For Print & Web Using The Creative Cloud Jennifer Smith - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 • 10:30–11:45 In this session discover how you can create artwork that is optimized for both print and web use. Find out which formats are best to use, along with resolution requirements and quality considerations based upon how images need to be used. You will also discover tips and tricks to help you take advantage of transparency and blending modes that work in print and web artwork. This session is a must have for graphic designers who work in both print and web environments. 22. Getting Creative With Illustrator & Photoshop Jennifer Smith - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 • 112:30–1:45 If you are a Photoshop or Illustrator user, this advanced session will save you hours of work. In this session we show you how to take advantage of hard-to-find keyboard shortcuts and other productivity enhancers in Photoshop and Illustrator, and InDesign. You will find out how to work with symbols, smart objects, graphic styles and more. You will also find out how to create more interesting type effects in Photoshop and Illustrator by mastering features such as effects, strokes, outlines and more. This session also show you how to styles of graphics, text, tables and more in order to speed your workflow as well as keep your designs consistent. Photoshop & Design
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