CreativePro Magazine Issue 29 is now available!

Topics include print-on-demand services, Generative Recolor, Tips & Tricks, creating a flatplan, and more [CreativePro]() Hi {NAME}, The [March 2024 issue of CreativePro Magazine (#29)](=) is now available! [CreativePro Magazine Issue 29: Print on Demand](=) CreativePro Magazine is an exclusive benefit for [CreativePro members.]( MARCH SPECIAL Get $15 off* one year of CreativePro membership with discount code: MAR24 [BECOME A MEMBER]( *Offer is available for new members only through the month of March [Resource of the Month](=) [Illustrator Downloadable: Peaches and Petals Pattern Set]() Illustrator Downloadable: Peaches and Petals Pattern Set Need to add some sweetness and impact to a design? Then you’re going to love this downloadable resource, the Peaches and Petals Pattern Set for Adobe Illustrator. The downloadable file contains 9 pattern swatches of fruit, foliage, hearts, flowers, and birds in three variations (high contrast, light mode, and dark mode). Want to use these patterns in Photoshop or InDesign? No problem! Open the file in Illustrator and add them to a Creative Cloud Library. Then, you can place them into Photoshop or InDesign files and scale them to any size with no loss of quality. [LEARN MORE]( FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF Mike Rankin Confession time: I love books. I realize that may not be much of a revelation, coming from someone who mostly reads and writes for a living. So, let me clarify it. I love physical books. No disrespect to their hip cousins, the ebooks. But given a choice, I will always opt for a physical book over an ebook. I love feeling the weight of a book in my hands, the texture of the pages, the smell of ink and paper. Can’t get any of those with an ebook. In fact, bookmaking is my hobby. Sometimes I make them from scratch, designing, cutting, folding, and gluing a new book into existence. Other times, I make use of self-publishing services such as Blurb, where I recently had a book of my favorite photos printed as a gift for a friend. I think it’s important for creatives who primarily do digital work (like myself) to occasionally make an actual thing that people can hold. So, when the idea arose to do an article on print on demand services, I was on board immediately. And I knew the perfect author for the article—someone with a discerning eye for print quality, a knowledge of book production techniques, and a flair for design. That someone is Maya P. Lim, and you can read her findings on self-publishing with Blurb, Lulu, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble in this month’s feature article. Next, Illustrator pro (and jazz vocalist!) Laura Coyle shows how to get the most out of one of those newfangled AI features in Illustrator: Generative Recolor. Unlike some applications of AI, which come with ethical or legal complications, this one’s a pure creative boost. Erica Gamet rolls up with a bountiful bouquet of tips and tricks for all your favorite apps. With its great tidbits on mood boards, CC Libraries, cast shadows, charts and graphs, text warp, GREP, and more, I guarantee there’s something in there for you. Then, we go back to the world of books and other long documents with a clever combination of InDesign’s Print function and Acrobat Distiller to make a flatplan PDF with thumbnail views of all the pages of a document. After you've had a chance to check out issue 29, I'd love to hear about your experiences with print on demand, Generative Recolor, or any of the other topics. Leave a comment on the website, shoot me an email, or reach out on LinkedIn. And if you come to [CreativePro Week](=), you can find me at the “People Who Love Books" table at lunch. [LEARN MORE]() [Additional Members-Only Resources]( [Downloadable Resources]( Download members-only templates, fonts, scripts, ebooks, design assets, cheat sheets, and more. [Discounts](=) Save big on CreativePro [events]( and [books]( [Top Tips ebook collection]() A curated collection of essential InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator tips gathered together in three convenient ebooks [BECOME A MEMBER]() Copyright © 2023 CreativePro Network (CreativePro.com). All rights reserved. This email was sent to {EMAIL} . You can [Unsubscribe]( from this list (WARNING: you will no longer get emails from CreativePro Network, including receiving the free InDesign Tip of the Week, CreativePro Weekly, and other important news) CreativePro Network 14241 NE Woodinville Duvall Rd. #285 Woodinville, Washington 98072 United States (312) 252-1292