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From The CreativePro Podcast by CreativePro Network
June 9, 2026 · 52 min · Season 2026 · Episode 15
About this episode
Theresa Jackson and Mike Rankin share surprising tips and features for creative tools, including insights from industry speakers.
No matter how long you've used your favorite creative tools, there's always one more shortcut, hidden feature, or unexpected workaround waiting to surprise you. In this episode, Theresa Jackson and Mike Rankin share a collection of practical tips and "wait, you can do that?" discoveries submitted by CreativePro Week speakers. You'll hear tips for favorite tools from Acrobat to PowerPoint, including clever ways to edit faster, move between apps, customize layouts, animate designs, manage masks, and make AI more useful in real workflows. Theresa also talks with PageProof founder Marcus Radich about PageProof Intelligence (PI) and learns how a proof can mark itself with AI. Episode Highlights Hear why Mike Rankin is looking at Affinity as a useful add-on to Adobe workflows, including an easier way to use images as custom bullets Learn where to find your Firefly generation history, including the prompts you used to create past results Discover how to export video with transparency from PowerPoint Follow Theresa and Mike through practical "round trip" workflows, from editing PDF images in Photoshop to moving Firefly Boards assets into other Adobe apps Hear Amy Balliett's tip for…
People in this episode
Hosts: Theresa Jackson, Mike Rankin
Guest: Marcus Radich
Topics covered
- creative tools
- shortcuts
- hidden features
- workarounds
- AI in workflows
- editing tips
- design customization
Keywords
- creative tools
- shortcuts
- AI
- editing tips
- PowerPoint
- InDesign
- Affinity
- Adobe
- PageProof
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CreativePro Week
Products: Acrobat, PowerPoint, Affinity, Firefly, Photoshop, Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom, InDesign, PageProof Intelligence
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