2021

2020

  • The 12 Days of GREP-Mass
    Paul Mendoza
    Thursday, December 17, 2020

  • What's New, Updated and Reimagined in InDesign 2021
    Anne-Marie Concepcion
    Thursday, November 19, 2020

  • InDesign Layout and Grid Strategies
    Scott Citron
    Virtual, Thursday, October 15, 2020

  • Automation and Scripting in InDesign
    Iain Anderson
    Virtual, Thursday, September 17, 2020

  • Recent Feature Upgrades to InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
    Paul Kelly
    Virtual, Thursday, August 20, 2020

  • Introduction to Fixed-Layout EPUBs
    David Creamer
    Virtual, Thursday, July 16, 2020

  • InDesign Tips, Tricks and Secrets
    J    eff Witchel
    Virtual, Thursday, June 18, 2020

  • Back to the Basics
    Erica Gamet
    Virtual, Thursday, May 21, 2020

  • Awesome InDesign Tables (and Layouts with Tables That Don't Look Like It)
    Jason Hoppe
    Thursday, January 16, 2020
    The Ventana, Club Room, 6565 Crescent Park West, Playa Vista, California 90094

2019

  • Magazine Art Directors Talk About InDesign
    Thursday, November 21, 2019
    Veterans Memorial Building, Rotunda, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City, California 90230

  • The Old and the New: InDesign for Letterpress
    Thursday, September 19, 2019
    Los Angeles Valley College, Fireside Room, 5800 Fulton Ave., Van Nuys, California 91401

  • Right-to-Left Typesetting and Design in InDesign
    Thursday, August 15, 2019
    General Assembly, 1520 2nd Street, Santa Monica, California 90401

  • Conquering Complexity in Non-Fiction Book Design
    Thursday, July 18, 2019
    Bridge Publications, Inc., 5600 E. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90022

  • Intermediate Level GREP Workshop
    Thursday, May 16, 2019
    Fire Station 59, Training Facility, 2117 Butler Ave., Los Angeles, California 90025

  • Cage Match: InDesign vs. FrameMaker
    Thursday, March 21, 2019
    Gensler, 500 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, California 90071

  • What is InCopy and Why Should You Care?
    Thursday, January 17, 2019
    Fire Station 82 Annex, Community Room
    1800 N. Bronson Ave., Los Angeles, California 90028

2018

  • What's New in InDesign 2019: Things You Will Like and Things You Might Hate
    Thursday, November 18, 2018
    Blankspaces, 9415 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, California 90232

  • InDesign, Illustrator, Lightroom and Photoshop: Tips, Tricks and Techniques
    Thursday, October  18, 2018
    Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
    19 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90015

  • The Future of Fonts in InDesign: Variable Fonts and Color Fonts
    Thursday, September 20, 2018
    Los Angeles Valley College, 5800 Fulton Ave, Van Nuys, California 91401

  • Preparing PDF Files for Printing and Field Trip to International Printing Museum
    Thursday, July 19, 2018
    International Printing Museum, 315 W. Torrance Blvd., Carson, California 90745

  • Working with Color in InDesign
    Thursday, May 17, 2018
    Veterans Memorial Building, Garden Room, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City, California 90230

  • So You Know InDesign. Now What?
    Thursday, March 15, 2018
    El Camino College, Haag Recital Hall, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, California 90506

  • Design and Prototype with Adobe XD CC
    Thursday, January 18, 2018
    Douglas Park Clubhouse, 2439 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, California 90403

2017

  • What's New in Adobe InDesign 2018
    Thursday, November  16, 2017
    Loews Hollywood Hotel, Solana Room
    1755 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles, California 90028

  • InDesign and Word: Getting Them to Play Nice Together
    Thursday, September 21, 2017
    Roxbury Community Center, 471 S. Roxbury Dr., Beverly Hills, California 90212

  • Muse: Embarking Upon a Codeless Web for Print Designers
    Thursday, July 20, 2017
    Designory, 211 E. Ocean Blvd. #100, Long Beach, California 90802

  • A Full Day of InDesign Coolness
    Friday, May 19, 2017
    Quality Inn, 4922 W. Century Blvd., Inglewood, California 90304

  • A Fireside Chat with Erica Gamet and Jonathan Levit
    Thursday, May 18, 2017
    Los Angeles Valley College, 5800 Fulton Ave, Van Nuys, California 91401

  • nDesign Digital Publishing MVP Tactics
    Thursday, March 16, 2017
    El Camp, 2150 Park Pl., El Segundo, California 90245

  • TruEdit, a Content Management System for InDesign
    Thursday, January 19, 2017
    General Assembly, 1520 2nd St., Santa Monica, California 90401

2016

  • Using Photoshop to Make Props for Period Films (and Field Trip)
    Thursday, November 17, 2016
    History for Hire, 7149 Fair Ave., North Hollywood, California 91605

  • Type Tips and Tricks
    Thursday, October 20, 2016
    West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, California 90069

  • Responsive Design with Adobe Muse
    Thursday, September 15, 2016
    Gensler, 500 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, California 90071

  • Designing for Large Format
    Thursday, July 21, 2016
    Roland DGA Corporation, 15363 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, California 92618

  • Size Matters! Measurements in InDesign for Print, ePub and Web
    Thursday, May 19, 2016
    InMotion Hosting, 6100 Center Dr. #1190, Los Angeles, California 90045

  • Pricing Graphic Design
    Thursday, March 17, 2016
    Veterans Memorial Building, Garden Room, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City, California 90230

  • Getting a Grip on InDesign’s GREP
    Thursday, January 21, 2016
    The Art Institute of California, 2950 31st St., Santa Monica, California 90405

2015

  • So You Think You Know How to Set Type
    Thursday, November 19, 2015
    dots SPACE, 113 N. San Vicente Blvd., 2nd Floor, Beverly Hills, California 90211

  • 10th Anniversary Meeting: 10 Years of InDesign: Blatner's Favorite Tips
    Thursday, September 17, 2015
    Golden Age Theater, 7051 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90028

  • What's New in InDesign CC 2015 and Muse CC 2015
    Thursday, July 16, 2015
    InMotion Hosting, Los Angeles, California 90045

  • Building Books and Other Long Documents
    Thursday, June 18, 2015
    Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California

  • Using InDesign and Illustrator to Create Movie Props
    Thursday, May 21, 2015
    HPR Graphics, Los Angeles, California

  • Creating Accessible PDF Files from InDesign for People with Disabilities
    Thursday, March 19, 2015
    Carson Center, Carson, California

  • Introduction to Calibration
    Including How to Calibrate Your Monitor and Printer
    Thursday, January 15, 2015
    Capital One 360 Café, Los Angeles, California

2014

  • InDesign In Fashion
    Thursday, November 20, 2014
    Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
    919 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90015

  • What's New in InDesign CC 2014 and Muse CC 2014
    Thursday, September 18, 2014
    REAL Creative Space, Westchester, California

  • From Paste-Up to InDesign
    Thursday, July 17, 2014
    La Cienega Park, Beverly Hills, California

  • Scripting InDesign...from the Ground Up
    Thursday, May 15, 2014
    Plummer Park Community Center, West Hollywood, California

  • Jump into Adobe DPS Interactivity to Create an App
    Thursday, March 20, 2014
    Yahoo Community Center, Santa Monica, California

  • Muse II: Applying your Print Design Skills to Web and Mobile Content
    Thursday, January 16, 2014
    Veterans Memorial Building, Culver City, California

2013

  • OpenType Substitution and Chartwell
    Thursday, November 21, 2013
    Glendale Community College, Glendale, California

  • Introduction to Muse
    Thursday, October 31, 2013
    Loyola University, Westchester, California

  • What's New in InDesign CC
    Aquafadas Digital Publishing System
    Thursday, September 19, 2013
    Golden Age Theater, Hollywood, California

  • Design Lessons from Things We Do Over and Over
    (including 10 Years of Los Angeles Times Oscars Coverage)
    Thursday, July 18, 2013
    Los Angeles Times, Downtown Los Angeles, California

  • From Mundane to Fantastical: Using Photoshop to Make Your InDesign Documents Say Wow!
    Thursday, May 16, 2013
    Encino Woman's Club, Encino, California

  • A Media Synthesis
    Thursday, March 21, 2013
    Roxbury Community Center, Beverly Hills, California

  • Setting up Documents for Digital Output
    Thursday, January 17, 2013
    Santa Monica Library, Santa Monica, California

2012

  • CS Apps for Dummies: What They Do and Which One to Choose if More Than One Do the Same Thing
    Thursday, November 15, 2012
    Otis College of Art and Design, Ahmanson Hall Forum
    9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90045

  • PDF Blow-Out and Ad Agency Tour
    Thursday, September 20, 2012
    Designory, Long Beach, California

  • Using DPS to Create Magazines on Tablet Devices
    Thursday, July 19, 2012
    Huntington Beach Library, Huntington Beach, California

  • Don't Re-invent the Wheel; New Features of InDesign CS6
    Thursday, May 17, 2012
    Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California

  • Typography, OpenType and InDesign
    Thursday, March 15, 2012
    8000 Sunset, Los Angeles, California

  • Muse: Create Websites Using an InDesign Interface
    Thursday, January 19, 2012
    Westside Pavilion, West Los Angeles, California

2011

  • Books, Magazines, Android and iPad
    Thursday, November 17, 2011
    Yahoo Community Center, Santa Monica, California

  • InDesign for Beginners, Novices, Amateurs and Students
    Thursday, September 15, 2011
    Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, California

  • InDesign for eReader, Mobile and Tablet Publishing
    Thursday, July 21, 2011
    Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California

  • New Features of InDesign CS5.5
    Thursday, May 19, 2011
    Ogilvy & Mather, Culver City, California

  • Mastering the Power of Styles in InDesign
    Thursday, March 17, 2011
    Santa Monica Library, Santa Monica, California

  • InDesign and Image Masking
    Thursday, January 20, 2011
    Huntington Beach Library, Huntington Beach, California

2010

  • InDesign Automation (Scripting, Extensions, XML)
    Thursday, November 18, 2010
    Los Angeles Tech Center, Altadena, California

  • Creating Interactive Documents Using InDesign
    Thursday, October 28, 2010
    Marina del Rey Library, Marina del Rey, California

  • Production Efficiency
    Thursday, September 16, 2010
    Santa Monica Library, Santa Monica, California

  • New Features of InDesign CS5
    Thursday, July 08, 2010
    Culver City Library, Culver City, California

2007

  • Photoshop Extended CS3 & Illustrator CS3
    Wednesday, October 24, 2007
    Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

  • InDesign CS3 Tips and Tricks
    Tuesday, June 19, 2007
    Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester, California

2006

  • OpenType Functionality in InDesign
    Thursday, June 22, 2006
    Ogilvy & Mather, Culver City, California

2005

  • Overview of InDesign CS2
    Wednesday, October 26, 2005
    Ogilvy & Mather, Culver City, California