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Affinity: Why You Should Pay Attention
Apr 28, 2026
48m 02s
Before & After: Timeless Design Lessons
Apr 7, 2026
25m 35s
Photoshop Craft vs AI: What Still Matters
Mar 17, 2026
47m 00s
The Making of the CreativePro Week 2026 Agenda
Feb 24, 2026
53m 45s
Design Trends and Predictions for 2026
Jan 20, 2026
55m 09s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/28/26 |  Affinity: Why You Should Pay Attention✨ | design softwareprofessional design+4 | Steve Caplin | AffinityCanva | — | CanvaAffinity+5 | — | 48m 02s | |
| 4/7/26 |  Before & After: Timeless Design Lessons✨ | design lessonsvisual communication+4 | — | Before & After MagazineCreativePro | — | designvisual communication+5 | — | 25m 35s | |
| 3/17/26 |  Photoshop Craft vs AI: What Still Matters✨ | PhotoshopAI+4 | Lisa CarneyJesús Ramirez | CreativeLiveCreativePro Network | — | PhotoshopAI tools+5 | — | 47m 00s | |
| 2/24/26 |  The Making of the CreativePro Week 2026 Agenda✨ | event planningcreative professionals+3 | — | CreativePro Network | Nashville | CreativePro Weekagenda planning+3 | — | 53m 45s | |
| 1/20/26 |  Design Trends and Predictions for 2026✨ | design trendsAI in design+3 | — | Pantone Color of the YearCreativePro+1 | — | design trendsAI+3 | — | 55m 09s | |
| 1/13/26 |  A Better Way to Review Creative Work✨ | creative workreview process+4 | Mike McHugh | PageProof | — | creative reviewsapproval process+4 | — | 44m 53s | |
| 12/22/25 |  Journey from Designer to Presentation Strategist✨ | presentation designstorytelling+3 | Mike ParkinsonJody Wissing | PowerPointCreativePro Network | — | presentation designstorytelling+3 | — | 41m 11s | |
| 11/25/25 |  AI, New Tools, and Takeaways from Adobe MAX✨ | Adobe MAXAI tools+4 | — | LightroomFirefly+3 | — | Adobe MAXAI+5 | — | 50m 41s | |
| 11/10/25 |  Canva Makes Affinity Free?!✨ | Canva announcementAffinity suite+5 | David BlatnerTheresa Jackson+1 | CanvaAffinity+4 | — | CanvaAffinity+7 | — | 19m 04s | |
| 10/28/25 |  InDesign 2026: What's New✨ | InDesign 2026Adobe InDesign features+5 | — | InDesign 2026Adobe InDesign+2 | — | InDesign 2026Flex Layout+5 | — | 45m 55s | |
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| 9/23/25 |  AI's Impact on Creativity with Amy Balliett and Mark Heaps | 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, leaving you with practical insights and plenty to think about. Highlights Lighthearted banter about tech talk and finding "their people" Honest takes on common fears: job loss, plagiarism, and the "end of the world" narrative How AI is reshaping creative careers and where humans still hold an edge The balance between efficiency and originality when using AI in design Practical advice for staying relevant: evolve, experiment, and protect your value Why ethics, transparency, and authenticity matter in AI-powered workflows Opportunities for creatives to lead in strategy, storytelling, and human-centered design Future-proofing careers by learning adaptable skills, not just technical tasks AI Tools Mentioned Adobe Firefly Nano Banana for Photoshop Loveable Bolt Replit Streamlit Vercel Firebase Links & Resources Design + AI FREE Webinar – September 30, 2025: https://creativepro.com/event/free-webinar-unlocking-the-potential-of-ai-in-video/ Design + AI Summit – November 13–14, 2025:https://creativepro.com/event/design-ai-summit-2025/ Listeners can save $100 on any CreativePro event with the discount code: PODCAST CreativePro Membership – Unlock the magazine, downloads, and exclusive resources: https://creativepro.com/membership/ | — | ||||||
| 8/26/25 |  Inside CreativePro: Content, Community, and AI Creativity with Mike and Theresa | 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 newly formed Office Hours, and Theresa teases similar new community initiatives on the horizon. Along the way, they preview upcoming events and dive into a candid discussion about AI in design—what excites them, what makes them uneasy, and why creativity and foundational skills still matters most. The show wraps with Mike's top InDesign career tip—one you won't want to miss. Links & Resources CreativePro Membership – Unlock the magazine, downloads, and exclusive resources: https://creativepro.com/membership/ CreativePro Magazine Article MATE: Your AI Helper in InDesign and Illustrator https://creativepro.com/mate-your-ai-helper-in-indesign-and-illustrator/ Office Hours – Join the conversation: https://creativepro.com/office-hours/ Design + Accessibility Summit – September 16–19, 2025: https://creativepro.com/event/design-accessibility-summit-2025/#overview Design + AI FREE Webinar – September 30, 2025: https://creativepro.com/event/free-webinar-unlocking-the-potential-of-ai-in-video/ Design + AI Summit – November 13–14, 2025:https://creativepro.com/event/design-ai-summit-2025/ The InDesign Conference – December 9–12, 2025: https://creativepro.com/event/indesign-conference-2025/ Rob de Winter's Flux Kontext Photoshop Plugin – https://www.robdewinter.com/flux-kontext-plugin-for-photoshop | — | ||||||
| 7/29/25 |  Introducing 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: Our podcast started in late 2005! 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! | — | ||||||
| 6/17/25 | Ep. 332: Live from CreativePro Week | Topics: Big news about podcast name Our favorite obscure features Fun obscure feature "spelling bee" game Obscure Feature: Positional Form Friendly Alien: Episode 300 Tip of the Week Barbell: 20 Obscure Features Episode 35 List of All Our Obscure Features (so far) Positional Form: Exploring OpenType Pro Fonts, Part 2 | — | ||||||
| 5/20/25 | Ep. 331: Bad Advice | Just for fun: Bad Advice (and Good Lessons) Interview with Marcus Radich from PageProof Obscure feature: Show Transparency Grid Links: Bad Advice The "Bad Advice" thread on Facebook Sara Rosinsky's Em Dash shirt Interview with PageProof: New Proofing Add-in for Microsoft Office Centralizing the Proofing Process with PageProof News: Adobe engineers did an Ask Us Anything 24-hour marathon on the InDesign subreddit (forum) of Reddit.com. Creative Cloud Members get 3 months of LinkedIn "Premium Career" membership (which includes LinkedIn Learning). See Adobe CC Benefits page Obscure Feature: Show Transparency Grid More information on Creative Cloud Libraries | — | ||||||
| 4/29/25 | Ep. 330: Evergreen Tips | 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 feedback on creative work effortless See David's latest conversation with PageProof founder, Marcus Radich Links: Old InDesign Magazine articles that are definitely evergreen: From issue 1: Recipes for Applying—and Ignoring—Text Wrap in InDesign issue 2: Fast Formatting with Nested Styles in InDesign issue 7: InDesign Tips of the Trade issue 8: Working with Anchored Objects in InDesign What's new in 20.3 Fixed Issues What's New Peter Kahrel's Latex to MathML script Issues with Generative Fill in InDesign News: Members can now download the Tables Superguide of articles CreativePro Week (use the code CPSECRETS to get $100 off that or any creativepro event) Obscure Feature: Delete All Guides on Spread Shortcut for selecting all guides | — | ||||||
| 3/28/25 | Ep. 329: Top Efficiency Tips | * 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 Placing an Image Join us in our live studio audience for Podcast 332 at CreativePro Week! Clear Rotation: Rotate frames with a trackpad gesture Did you know you can move the spread rotation features with a script? Even more cool: A script to rotate all the spreads that contain frames that are rotated | — | ||||||
| 2/25/25 | Ep. 328: Cloud Docs | Topics: The INDDC format: good and bad Interview with Venngage CEO Eugene Woo Obscure Feature: Reset Preferences on Quit Links: Cloud Docs: Collaborating Using Adobe Cloud Documents Creative Cloud Storage: Where Does It Go? Working with Adobe Cloud Documents Anne-Marie's Cloud Docs video "for Design Geeks" on LinkedIn Learning The endgame… collaborative editing, like the current Photoshop beta Venngage: AI powered design at your fingertips Resetting Preferences | — | ||||||
| 1/28/25 | Ep. 327: Font Tricks | 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 Designing with Type: Grunge, Punk, and Futurism by Nigel French InDesign Nightmares by David and Anne-Marie Theresa Jackson: Articles and videos Old (but fun!) Interview Font Tricks: How to change the underlying default font for a document (see Don Ayer's comment at end for an easier solution) OpenType text and text frame adornments Obscure Feature: Match Pasteboard to Theme Color | — | ||||||
| 12/17/24 | Ep. 326: Anchored Objects | 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: CreativePro Week The InDesign Conference Books we mentioned: Shift Happens: a book about keyboards by Marcin Wichary How Comics Were Made, by Glenn Fleishman Background on the: carriage return | — | ||||||
| 11/27/24 | Ep. 325: Table Tricks | Table Scripts: Switching Rows and Columns in an InDesign Table Sort tables Setting Table Column Widths Easier Table Formatting Sizing Columns and Rows with a Script Calculations in InDesign Active Tables plug-in from DTP Tools Fixed Issues in InDesign 20.0.1 CreativePro Events: The Design + AI Summit, CreativePro Week, and more Obscure Feature: Cell Division | — | ||||||
| 10/29/24 | Ep. 324: New InDesign 2025 Features | What's New in InDesign 2025: Adobe's update page How to Avoid Print Problems with MathML in InDesign New Accessibility Features in InDesign 2025 James Wamser's New Features Guide Creative Cloud Storage: Where Does Your Work Go? New "wow" products at MAX Project Neo Substance 3D Viewer Amazing ProjectTurntable from Sneaks Interview with: Karen Brewer, Adobe Obscure Feature: "Show Subset" Five Ways InDesign Libraries Are Better Than CC Libraries | — | ||||||
| 9/27/24 | Ep. 323: To Embed or Not to Embed? | News: CreativePro Week 2025 in Phoenix: registration is open CreativePro online summits The Design + Accessibility Summit The Design + Marketing Summit The Design + AI Summit CreativePro Magazine Sept. 2025 issue: Accessibility Tools Sponsors of this episode: Adobe MAX: The Creativity Conference PageProof: All your proofing in one place. Online. Embedding Graphics: To Embed or Not to Embed Graphics in InDesign Files The Links Panel Reveals Information About Embedded Graphics Paula Scher: Wikipedia entry Pentagram Book suggestions: Logo Beginnings (Amazon link), and Logo Modernism (Amazon link) Math Typesetting: we recommend MathType Obscure Feature: Paste Nudge | — | ||||||
| 8/27/24 | Ep. 322: Answers to Forum Posts | 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 The Benefits of Online Proofing for the Creative Workflow PageProof review PageProof's website Update note on InDesign 19.5 Remember that GenAI stuff in 19.5 is beta! Three interesting InDesign Secrets forum posts How to get text to sit outside the text frame More on First Baseline Offset How to compare two PDF files PDF Comparator from Premedia Systems Comparing images or pages using effects blend modes The background to my AI or PDF files is no longer transparent Understanding InDesign's Place PDF Options How to Place CC Library Items with Transparency Obscure Feature: Contextual Task Bar (everyone loves it… not) | — | ||||||
| 7/27/24 | Ep. 321: What's New in InDesign 19.5 | News InDesign 19.5 released 2024 CreativePro Week available on-demand More CreativePro events coming up CreativePro Magazine latest issue Sponsored by PageProof The Benefits of Online Proofing for the Creative Workflow PageProof review PageProof's website Unboxing InDesign 19.5 InDesign 19.5 Adds Generative Expand, History Panel, and Find/Change Text Case Adobe's What's New in 19.5 page Change Case: Peter Kahrel's script GREP Solution to Flawed Title Case Feature History panel: The way we used to do History panels Accessing Document History Obscure Feature: .joboptions More on PDF presets | — | ||||||
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