Khara Plicanic

Khara Plicanic

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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The Design + Marketing Summit, A CreativePro Online Event, September 14–15, 2026
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The Design + Marketing Summit 2026
September 14–15 • An Online Event

Master design and production techniques for social media, email, print, video, and more.

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The InDesign Conference, A CreativePro Online Event, December 9–12, 2025
Archived
The InDesign Conference 2025
December 9–12 • An Online Event

This event is no longer able to be purchased. On-demand access ends December 12, 2026. The essential how-to event for creative professionals who rely on…

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CreativePro Week 2025, June 2–6 in Phoenix, AZ and Online
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CreativePro Week 2025
June 2–6 • Now Available On Demand

Available for purchase through September 6. On-demand access ends June 6, 2026. CreativePro Week is the world’s best how-to conference to master the tools of…

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The Design + Marketing Summit, A CreativePro Online Event, July 28–30, 2025
Archived
The Design + Marketing Summit 2025
July 28–30 • An Online Event

Master design and production techniques for social media, email, print, video, and more.

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Screenshot of Photoshop interface showing a white canvas with a yellow circle and curved black text 'PUT AN ARC IN IT' around its top edge.
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Quickly Create Text in an Arc or Circle in Photoshop

Khara Plicanic reveals new options in Photoshop for putting text in an arc or a circle.

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Mobile menu on a teal UI with 'Restart Numbering' highlighted; a black label reads 'AND CHOOSE RESTART' over the option.
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Quickly Renumber a List in InDesign

Khara Plicanic shows how to renumber an InDesign list without digging through menus!

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CreativePro Livestream: Quick & Easy Vectors with the Shape Builder Tool
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Livestream Video: Quick & Easy Vectors with Illustrator’s Shape Builder Tool

Join Khara Plicanic as she explores an easier way of drawing vector shapes in Illustrator.

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Screenshot of a design app showing an artboard with three color swatches (pink, lime, teal) at the top and bold 'SPACEBAR NOW' text at the bottom.
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Scale Spacing Between Objects in InDesign

Khara Plicanic shows how to use the spacebar to adjust the spacing between objects.

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CreativePro logo on black background with bold slogan: ‘PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF IN INDESIGN’; to the right, a screenshot of InDesign showing a lime-yellow document with a pink border and a ‘WHERE YOU WERE.’ graphic.
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Pick Up Where You Left Off in InDesign

Khara Plicanic shows how to get back into the last value field you used, even if you’ve selected a different object!

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Livestream Video: Making Creative QR Codes

Join Khara Plicanic as she explores ideas for creating unique and creative QR codes.

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Create InDesign Swatch Groups Instantly

Khara Plicanic shows how to quickly create a swatch group in InDesign from selected items.

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Automatically Select Layers in Photoshop

Use this trick to select a layer’s content by clicking directly on the canvas, instead of taking a trip to the Layers panel.

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Livestream video: Creating Seamless Textures in Photoshop
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Livestream Video: Crafting Seamless Textures in Photoshop

Join Khara Plicanic to learn how easy it can be to create textures in Photoshop.

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Temporarily Constrain Proportions in InDesign

Lock and unlock proportions in InDesign without repeatedly clicking the chain icon!

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CPW Icons

June 29–July 3, 2026

Nashville, TN (and online)

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