Posts by James Fritz

James graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 2003. After a short stint designing catalogs he started working as a freelance designer for C2 Graphics Productivity Solutions. Soon he was promoted to a full time instructor/designer and subsequently become an Adobe Certified Instructor Design Master. Currently James is a Content Manager of the design segment at lynda.com where he is also an author.

Where is My Drop Shadow?

October 11 2011 • 1:35 PM

Q: When does a drop shadow not appear to be a drop shadow? A: When it isn’t applied to the frame.

Create an Interactive PDF with Animations in 1 Step

September 28 2011 • 12:55 PM

Combine PDFs and animation sounds easy, but it is often harder than it needs to be. Here is another trick that might make it easier.

From the Creators of InDesign – Adobe Muse

August 14 2011 • 9:17 PM

Do you wish you could just design a website without having to worry about writing or editing code? A new product called Adobe Muse promises to make this designers dream finally happen.

Basic and Not-so-Basic Text Selection Shortcuts

August 8 2011 • 9:57 AM

Most people understand the basics of selecting text like double and triple click, but there are a surprisingly large number of shortcuts to help you get the perfect text selection.

The Holy Grail Has Been Found – Create Forms Fields in InDesign

June 14 2011 • 7:58 PM

Your prayers have been answered…

Sort of.

Keep Your Pages in Order with Color Labels

June 2 2011 • 7:57 AM

Do all of your pages look the same in the pages panel? Try organizing them with color.

Taking Another Look at the Content Grabber

April 20 2011 • 1:45 PM

Not everyone is a fan of the content grabber, but it does have a hidden feature that you might not be aware of.

InDesign CS 5.5 Announced: New Features, Subscription Pricing

April 10 2011 • 9:06 PM

Creative Suite 5.5 is a solid incremental upgrade with some great features, but it may not be for everyone.

From InDesign to HTML5 via Flash

March 8 2011 • 7:31 PM

Adobe launched a Flash-to-HTML5 conversion tool today, but does that mean InDesign can convert to HTML5 too?

New Interactive Keyboard Shortcuts Guide for InDesign CS5

February 15 2011 • 10:01 AM

Check out this amazing guide that pushes InDesign’s interactive features to the limit!