About
A camera slinging design geek and Adobe nerd, Khara’s a natural born teacher who’s been sharing inspiration & know-how with fellow creatives around the globe for more than 15 years. Khara's proud to have authored several books for Peach Pit and Rocky Nook Press and enjoys contributing to CreativePro Magazine. When she’s not presenting at creative industry events, making futile attempts at reclaiming hard drive space, or searching the sofa cushions for a runaway Wacom pen, Khara can be found plotting her next craft project, catching up with her favorite late night hosts, or trying to remember where she left her phone.
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CreativePro Week 2025
CreativePro Week is the world’s best HOW-TO conference to master the tools of design, June 2-6, 2025 in Phoenix, AZ. No matter your skill level,...
The Design + Marketing Summit 2025
Master design and production techniques for social media, email, print, video, and more.
Articles
See all articlesLivestream Video: Building Patterns in Adobe Photoshop
Join Khara Plicanic to learn how to build amazing patterns in Adobe Photoshop.
Livestream Video: How to Build Simple Illustrations in Adobe Illustrator
Join Khara Plicanic to learn how to build cool graphics from simple shapes in Adobe Illustrator.
How to Add and Edit Text in Photoshop
Learn the different ways to add text to your Photoshop document and how to edit that text and see how to apply changes to multiple layers at once and make adjustments across those layers using the Properties panel.
How to Display Measurements Using the Dimension Tool in Illustrator
Learn how to add measurements to your Illustrator artwork using the new Dimension tool. This makes it easy to create length, angle, diameter, and radius labels and gives you customization options for those labels.
Livestream Video: How to Use Photoshop Artboards to Design a Simple 2-Sided Card
Join Khara Plicanic to learn how to design a 2-sided card in Adobe Photoshop.
How to Customize InDesign’s Preferences, Panels, and More
Learn how to customize InDesign preferences, panels, defaults, and workspaces to best suit your workflow.
How to Remove a Background From an Image in Photoshop
Learn how to quickly and easily remove the background from an image in Photoshop.
How to Vectorize a Logo in Illustrator From a Raster Image
Learn how to take a raster image like a JPEG and turn it into vector artwork using Illustrator’s Image Trace function.
Livestream Video: How to Create 3D Art with Adobe Photoshop
Join Khara Plicanic for a look at Adobe’s long anticipated revamp of all things 3D in Photoshop.
How to Set Vertical Type in InDesign
Learn how to set vertical—or stacked—type quickly and easily in InDesign with this tutorial that demonstrates two different methods.