The CreativePro Podcast
Join the CreativePro team for fun and insightful discussions about our favorite tools and technologies: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Acrobat, print, digital publishing, presentation design, accessibility, AI, and more!
Episodes
In this episode, Amy Balliett and Mark Heaps sit down for an honest conversation about artificial intelligence and what it means for creative professionals. They share how AI is showing up in their work today, the opportunities it creates, and the worries it raises about originality, ethics, and the future of design.
Along the way, you’ll hear candid reflections o...
In this episode, Theresa Jackson and Mike Rankin go behind the scenes at CreativePro. They share how their similar career beginnings in prepress connected them at their first meeting many years ago, and how they now share overlapping roles at CreativePro. You’ll hear from Mike about the CreativePro Magazine evolution from InDesign-only coverage to a broader creative focus, and other changes that make ...
InDesignSecrets is now the CreativePro podcast! Join David Blatner and Theresa Jackson and review the past 20 years of podcasting, as well as what to expect next!
Links and Info:
- Our podcast started in late 2005!
- Trivia: Did you know our podcas...
Topics:
- Big news about podcast name
- Our favorite obscure features
- Fun obscure feature "spelling bee" game
- Obscure Feature: Positional Form
Friendly Alien:
- Just for fun: Bad Advice (and Good Lessons)
- Interview with Marcus Radich from PageProof
- Obscure feature: Show Transparency Grid
Links:
Bad Advice
Interview with PageProof:
News:
- Adobe engineers did an Ask Us Anything 24-hour marathon on...
Topics:
- Great lessons from the archives (that you may have missed)
- First look at InDesign 20.3
- Obscure Feature: Delete All Guides on Spread
Sponsor:
PageProof is a simple-to-use but powerful online proofing platform that makes giving...
* DOIE: Dept. of InDesign Efficiency
* Obscure Feature: Clear Rotation
* News
Links:
Dept. of InDesign Efficiency
- 10 Essential Tips for Using Quick Apply in InDesign
- Activate Last Used Field Shortcut
- Apply Leading to Entire Paragraphs: What Causes Inconsistent Leading and How to Fix It
- How to Start Using InDesign Scripts
- How-to Create a Custom Workspace
- The weird "Place Gun Frame" trick: Applying an Object Style when Plac...
Topics:
- The INDDC format: good and bad
- Interview with Venngage CEO Eugene Woo
- Obscure Feature: Reset Preferences on Quit
Links:
Cloud Docs:
Includes:
- Favorite font tricks
- Interview with Theresa Jackson
- InDesign 20.1
- Obscure feature: Match Pasteboard to Theme Color
News:
- 20.1 is in release rollout
- multi-find/change is now free
- Old (but still relevant!) InDesign Magazine articles, now on site:
- Designing Photo Albums in InDesign by Khara Plicanic
- Getting Started with GREP Styles in InDesign by Steve Caplin
- Working in Microsoft Word by Jamie McKee
- ...
Topics:
- Anchored Objects
- Interview with Marcus Radich, PageProof
- Obscure Feature: Standard Carriage Return
Links:
Marcus Radich, from PageProof.com
Anchored Objects:
- Working with Anchored Objects in InDesign
- How to Anchor a Graphic to Text (Video Tutorial)
- Anchoring Graphics Between Paragraphs
- Wrapping Text Around an Anchored Object
- Drag and Drop Anchored Objects
Coming in 2025:
News:
- CreativePro Week 2025 in Phoenix: registration is open
- CreativePro online summits
- The Design + Accessibility Summit
News
- More CreativePro events coming up
- Update on InDesign 19.5 *beta* feature
- CreativePro Magazine 25 Years of Tips and Tricks!
- Catch Anne-Marie Sept 19 at the L.A. InDesign User Group (online)
Sponsored by PageProof
Update note on InDesign 19.5
- Remember that GenAI stuff in 19.5 is beta!
Three interest...
News
- InDesign 19.5 released
- 2024 CreativePro Week available on-demand
- More CreativePro events coming up
- CreativePro Magazine latest issue
Sponsored by PageProof
Unboxing InDesign 19.5
News
- InDesign beta to test opening PDFs to edit in InDesign
- CreativePro Week July 8–12 in DC! (and livestreamed)
- Use code CPSECRETS for $100 off any multi-day pass
- The InDesign + Accessibility Summit, Oct. 8–11 (online)
- CreativePro Magazine latest issue
Interview with Sabine Lenz, "The Paper Queen"
Must-Have Scrip...
News
- InDesign 19.4 released
- CreativePro Font Collection Vol 4
- Online Events and CreativePro Week
- CreativePro Magazine latest issue
Marcus Radich interview
Exploring InDesign 19.4
Obscure Feature of the Week: Adjust Dashes and Gaps
News
- InDesign 19.4 new features
- Note: 19.4 wasn't fully released when we recorded this podcast! You can learn more about the new features here.
- Online Events and CreativePro Week
- CreativePro Magazine latest issue
Kara Plicanic interview
Secrets of the Live Preflight Panel
News
- InDesign 19.2 fixes some issues
- Discontinuation of Creative Cloud Synced files
- The InDesign + Long Documents Summit (use discount code CPSECRETS for $100 off!)
- CreativePro Week (use CPSECRETS for $100 off any multi-day pass)
Julie Shaffer
- Shaffer Creative
- Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) program, from SMPS: https://www.smps.org/certification/
- Interview with Julie Shaffer, Cert...
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