Throwback: Adobe MAX 2019 Edition

Pictured: Lauren Hom

As we navigate these unchartered waters, many of us are seeking inspiration and are craving creative stimulation. Whether you’re looking to sharpen your skills or spark your creativity, there’s bound to be an Adobe MAX 2019 session to satisfy. Revisit these standout presentations to pass the time, to fuel creativity, or simply to help you stay in and inspired. Dive in!

• How to Turn Silly Work Into Portfolio Pieces with Lauren Hom
  • Turn work into play, and vice versa as Lauren Hom shows you how to use the joy you find in passion projects to build your career.
• Lettering Design Master Class with Martina Flor
  • Martina Flor shares the ins and outs and ascenders and descenders of giving shape to language as she shares her process of telling stories with typography.
• Tips & Tricks to Become a Premiere Pro Power User with Abba Shapiro
  • Are you a Premiere Pro, uh, pro? You could be, and Master Trainer Abba Shapiro is here to show you how, with hot tips and hot keys to speed up your editing and get to the story you want to tell faster.
• Adobe Illustrator: New Features, Pro Tips & Time-savers with Paul Trani
  • Sharpen your Illustrator skills as Adobe Principal Evangelist Paul Trani takes you on a tour of the latest features, timesavers, and things you might have missed.
• Adobe Dimension: Enabling 2D Designers to Push the Boundaries of Creativity with Erin Kim
  • Want to add new dimension to your work? Dimension Senior Product Designer Erin Kim uses the 3D tools and interface in Photoshop and Illustrator to help 2D designers take their designs into the world of 3D.
• Future Design: Creating an Equitable Tomorrow with Forest Young
  • The world is uncertain, as we know it. In this session, Forest Young advises on how to transform anxiety into optimism when designing for the future.
• Mastering Mobile Photography with Chris Orwig
  • Mobile photography isn’t as daunting as you think! From tips on capturing better photos to editing directly on your phone, Chris Orwig walks you through it all.
• Photoshop Productivity Tips & Tricks with Julieanne Kost
  • Calling all Photoshop professionals; this is for you. Buckle up for a speedy session with Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost. She reveals her hidden tips for refining and sharpening your skills.
• Character Animation: How to Make Your Characters Walk & Talk with Dave Werner
  • Walk, don’t run…learn how to make your characters come alive! Create your first animation and learn how to leverage professional animator tools right within Adobe Audition, Premiere Pro, and After Effects.
• Introduction to Photoshop on the iPad with Terry White
  • Itching to dive into Photoshop on the iPad? Discover how to work with PSD files and core Photoshop tools, from wherever you and your device are.

Though these times are challenging, we hope that you’re able to fuel your creative brain with a session or two from Adobe Max 2019.

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