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Create Now San Antonio

Picture October 20, 2026 5:15 PM - 8:30 PM CDT

IMPORTANT: Laptops are required to participate. This is a hands-on experience designed for creatives of all skill levels.

Join us at Adobe Create Now and discover how to bring Firefly Boards into your creative workflow. We'll kick off the evening with live demos, then dive into an interactive team challenge where you'll collaborate with fellow attendees and get hands-on experience using Firefly Boards. To wrap up the event, teams will have the opportunity to take the stage and showcase their creations.

As a bonus, every attendee will receive 3 months of Firefly Pro, including 4,000 generative credits per month, access to premium features, and exclusive access to our Firefly support and resource hotline.

Returning Create Now attendees, take note: This is a completely new event format. Rather than a traditional presentation, this experience is built around hands-on learning, collaboration, and creative exploration within the product.

To participate, please bring:

  • A laptop (charged up)
  • Your Adobe ID login credentials
  • Your creative juices

If your Adobe Enterprise or EDU account restricts access to AI-powered applications, we recommend creating a free personal Adobe account before the event to ensure full participation.

Entry, swag, food, and drinks are all free and waiting for you!

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Agenda

5:15 PM
Check In & Onboarding

Check-in, grab a drink & food, and then time to connect to wifi and get set-up!

6:00 PM
Product Demo & Hands-On Activity

Our presenter will show you how to ideate with Adobe Firefly Boards.

Firefly Boards brings everything into one limitless canvas where you can explore ideas before going into production. With mood boards, shot lists, style guides, storyboards and more all in one place, it is easy to iterate with different AI models, rapidly explore colors, typography, composition, and styles without bouncing between apps.

Then you will jump into our hands-on activity to get the creativity flowing!

7:30 PM
Share out!

Once the working time is done, you can submit your group's project for a chance to share to the crowd!

8:00 PM
Time to Relax & Connect

We will wrap up all-things presentation, and enjoy the remainder of our time together over drinks & bites, music, and good conversation.

8:30 PM
Event Wrap

Get home safe and we will see you next time!

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VENUE

Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe

210 W Market St, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA

Street Map with Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe

Speakers

Brady Patterson

Creative Director & Entrepreneur

Brady Patterson

Brady Patterson is a Designer and founder of Distract Studio, a design studio helping founders look like the category leader they are. With 12 years designing for the San Francisco 49ers, Apple, Hulu, and FoxSports, he now builds brands and high-converting websites for businesses ready to stop blending in. Brady is an Adobe Partner and content creator with 40K followers, sharing real client work and design education across socials.

Host

Speaker photo for: Sydney Lanham

Community Events Manager

Sydney Lanham

Quatia Powell

Community Event Logistics Coordinator

Quatia Powell

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