How to Do Things in InDesign That You Should Really Do in Illustrator

As the ol’ adage says, “If your only tool is a hammer—everything starts to look like a nail.” But hey—it happens! We fall in love with a favorite tool and we try to make it do everything. Who hasn’t? So what if you like to balance your bank account—using InDesign? It just so happens that InDesign is a pretty amazing tool. In some ways, it’s the swiss army knife of the whole Creative Cloud. And while conventional wisdom (and even objective reality) may tell us that another tool like Illustrator might be better suited to a particular task—who are we to negate the creative self-expression of our inner child? Forget about best practices or straight up efficiency—we want to do it our way, dang it. With InDesign! Chana Messer will show you how.

Last month, in case you missed it, Khara Plicanic showed what InDesign can do if you wake up one morning and just aren't feeling Photoshop. Check back soon for the Zoom recording.

About the Presenter

Chana Messer

Chana Messer has been teaching at the university level for 30+ years in the fields of Fine Art and Digital Imaging. She currently teaches at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and School of Cinematic Arts. In addition to lecturing, Chana is a contributor to various platforms as a writer and tech editor and has been invited by Adobe to present at events such as MacWorld, AIGA, HOW, Adobe MAX, and other events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, New York, and Tel Aviv. She is an Adobe Subject Matter Expert, Adobe Certified Instructor, Adobe Education Leader, Adobe Community Professional, and an Adobe User Group Manager. Chana is also the owner of Mac in Art, a boutique design company in Los Angeles, where she is an exhibiting artist.

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