AI’s Impact on Creativity with Amy Balliett and Mark Heaps
The CreativePro Podcast
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 on how creatives can keep their unique voice while adapting to rapid change, why embracing experimentation matters, and how to balance efficiency with authenticity. Amy and Mark bring both optimism and caution to the discussion,...
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Inside CreativePro: Content, Community, and AI Creativity with Mike and Theresa
The CreativePro Podcast
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 content faster and easier to digest. This is followed with a conversation about community connection and their ideas for sustaining the energy of CreativePro Week year-round. Mike shares his...
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Introducing the CreativePro Podcast
The CreativePro Podcast
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: ! Trivia: Did you know our podcast intro music was created by Anne-Marie Concepcion's daughter, Nicole?! Have an idea for a future podcast? Leave us a note below!
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Ep. 332: Live from CreativePro Week
The CreativePro Podcast
Topics: Big news about podcast name Our favorite obscure features Fun obscure feature "spelling bee" game Obscure Feature: Positional Form Friendly Alien: Barbell: Positional Form:
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Ep. 331: Bad Advice
The CreativePro Podcast
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 . Creative Cloud Members get 3 months of LinkedIn "Premium Career" membership (which includes LinkedIn Learning). See Obscure Feature: Show Transparency Grid
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Ep. 330: Evergreen Tips
The CreativePro Podcast
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: is a simple-to-use but powerful online proofing platform that makes giving feedback on creative work effortless Links: Old InDesign Magazine articles that are definitely evergreen: From issue 1: issue 2: issue 7: issue 8: What's new in 20.3 News: Members can now download the of articles (use the code CPSECRETS to get $100 off that or any creativepro event) Obscure Feature: Delete All Guides on Spread
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Ep. 329: Top Efficiency Tips
The CreativePro Podcast
* DOIE: Dept. of InDesign Efficiency * Obscure Feature: Clear Rotation * News Links: Dept. of InDesign Efficiency Apply Leading to Entire Paragraphs: The weird "Place Gun Frame" trick: Join us in our live studio audience for Podcast 332 at ! Clear Rotation: Did you know you can ? Even more cool:
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Ep. 328: Cloud Docs
The CreativePro Podcast
Topics: The INDDC format: good and bad Interview with Venngage CEO Eugene Woo Obscure Feature: Reset Preferences on Quit Links: Cloud Docs: The endgame… collaborative editing, AI powered design at your fingertips
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Ep. 327: Font Tricks
The CreativePro Podcast
Includes: Favorite font tricks Interview with Theresa Jackson InDesign 20.1 Obscure feature: Match Pasteboard to Theme Color News: Old (but still relevant!) InDesign Magazine articles, now on site: by Khara Plicanic by Steve Caplin by Jamie McKee by Nigel French by David and Anne-Marie Theresa Jackson: Font Tricks: (see Don Ayer's comment at end for an easier solution) Obscure Feature:
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Ep. 326: Anchored Objects
The CreativePro Podcast
Topics: Anchored Objects Interview with Marcus Radich, PageProof Obscure Feature: Standard Carriage Return Links: Marcus Radich, from Anchored Objects: Coming in 2025: Books we mentioned: : a book about keyboards by Marcin Wichary , by Glenn Fleishman Background on the:
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- Article Hunt contest winners
- Adobe MAX 2023, David and Anne-Marie are doing live sessions
- InDesign 18.3 is slowly being rolled out
- CreativePro Week, June 5-9 in Phoenix (and online)
- IGNITE CreativePro is back!
- Movie Night
- Design + Marketing Summit, July 27-28, online event
- CreativePro Magazine May 2023, issue 19: Virtual Photography, and lots of InDesign content
- Fonts in InDesign: Best practices and best tips
- Obscure Feature of the Week: Ornaments
Links mentioned in this podcast
Adobe MAX 2023 speakers
Including ...
- Anne-Marie and David
- Angelo Montilla, who we interviewed in podcast episode 290
- Dax Castro, interviewed (with Chad Chelius) in podcast episode 292
- Erica Gamet, interviewed in podcast episode 226
Fonts:
- Great Fonts To Use:
- CreativePro Font Collection #1: https://creativepro.com/creativepro-font-collection-vol-1/
- Font Collection #2: https://creativepro.com/creativepro-font-collection-vol-2/
- Our awesome "InDesignSecrets Font Collection" on Adobe Fonts: https://fonts.adobe.com/collections/indesign-20
- Google Fonts: https://creativepro.com/using-google-fonts-indesign/
- Adobe Fonts: https://creativepro.com/using-adobe-fonts/
- Font Tools
- Astute Graphics Vector First Aid: https://astutegraphics.com/plugins/vectorfirstaid
- Justin's "Copy InDesign Fonts to Folder" script: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2013/04/16/copy-indesign-fonts-to-folder/
- Identifying Fonts:
- What the Font: https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont
- How to identify fonts: https://creativepro.com/identifying-fonts/
- Glyphs panel:
- Learning about the Glyphs panel: https://creativepro.com/get-know-indesigns-glyphs-panel/
- Tips: https://creativepro.com/tip-week-glyphs-panel-display/
- Finding characters: https://creativepro.com/find-characters-using-the-glyphs-panel/
- Custom glyph sets: https://creativepro.com/working-with-custom-glyph-sets/
- Laura Worthington's Hummingbird font: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/hummingbird
- Making Fonts:
- IndyFont: https://www.indiscripts.com/post/2012/06/indyfont-build-opentype-fonts-from-within-indesign
- If you have a LinkedIn Learning subscription: our video on IndyFont: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/indesign-secrets/055-making-a-font-with-indesign-using-the-indyfont-script?u=0
- FontSelf in Illustrator: https://creativepro.com/create-fonts-illustrator-cc-fontself/
- Installing Fonts:
- Document Fonts folder: https://creativepro.com/easy-font-activation-using-document-fonts/
- InDesign application's Fonts folder: https://creativepro.com/getting-indesign-to-see-your-fonts/