Course Title: Macromedia FreeHand 9



Macromedia FreeHand 9 is a versatile graphics application that uses vector drawing and allows you to import artwork from other sources. It is wonderful for creating ads, book covers, letterhead, and more. In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, author Vivian Garner starts slowly by acquainting you with the many tools of Freehand. She will then guide you through using layers, fills, strokes, blends, text, and even web art. See what you can learn now by clicking one of the topics below.


Course Author/Expert: Vivian Garner

Language: english

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 201

Course Duration: 8 hours



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Introduction


Introduction

About the Tutorials

The Workspace

Pointer Tool

Lasso Tool

Eyedropper Tool

Text Tool

Rectangle Tool

Polygon Tool

Ellipse Tool

Spiral Tool

Line Tool

Freehand Tool

Pen Tool

Bezigon Tool

Knife Tool

Freeform Tool

Rotating Tool

Reflecting Tool

Scaling Tool

Skewing Tool

Trace Tool

Perspective Tool

Page Tool

Zoom Tool

Floating Palettes


New in Freehand 9


What's New Import/Export Features

Interface Features

Editing Features

Drawing Features

Dynamic Interactivity


Work with files


Launch Freehand

Start Document

Page Size

Page Orientation

Adding Pages

Move Pages

Magnification

Saving/closing

Quit Freehand


Views and Guides


Previewing

Keyline

Anti-Alias

Page Rulers

Create Guides

Work with Guides

Work with Grids

Magnification


Layers


What is a layer

Moving Objects

Viewing and renaming

Duplicating/removing

Reorder layers

Moving Objects

Non Printing Layers

Displaying

Locking

Changing Color


Drawing


Rectangles

Squares

Rounded corners

Ellipse

Lines

Polygons

Stars

Freehand

Variable Strokes

Calligraphic pen

Spirals

Arcs

Tracing Artwork


Points and Paths


Points

Bezier Handles

Grouping Paths

Effective Placement

Types of Points

Converting Points/Paths

Adding/Deleting

Open/closed paths

Changing Positions


Pen and Bezigon


Pen and Bezigon Tool

Curves

Bezigon and Handles

Adding Segments

Types of Paths


Moving/Transforming


Info Toolbar

Cut, copy and paste

Moving

Scaling and rotating

Reflect and transform

Cloning

Duplicating

Transformation handles

The Freeform tool


Working in Color


Defining colors

The Color List

Eyedropper tool

Create tints

Color-matching

Custom Libraries


Fills


Choose fills

Apply and modify

Custom

Using no fill

Using Overprint


Strokes


Set Color

Set width

Set the Cap

Set join

Apply dashes

Apply arrowheads

Set custom


Blends


Introduction

Blends not gradients

Blends & color

Setting steps

Modifying blends

Align paths

Rules of blends

View onscreen

Printing correctly


Text


Create Text Blocks

Auto-expanding blocks

Changing size

Using links

Applying borders

Precision

Importing text

Character attributes

Paragraph attributes and effects

Hyphenation

Tabs and alignment

Copyfit controls


Text Effects


Attach to a path

Adjust on a path

Apply effects

Edit special effects

Adding rules

Wrapping

Inline graphics

Convert to art


Editing Text


Using Text Editor

Recognize Characters and formatting commands

Invisible Characters

Spell Check

Finding Text


Automating Freehand


Styles

Default styles

Applying styles

Define and edit

Base one on another

Change view

Edit Styles

Parent/Child Duplicating

Use Find & Replace

Copy and Paste

Using Symbols

Export/Import


Path Operations


Apply Paths

Join objects

Clipping Paths

Open/close paths

Reverse direction

Knife tool

Simplifying

Adding Points

Using Commands

Insert Path

Fractalize

Emboss

Envelope Tools

Custom Grids


Xtra Features


Toolbar

3D Rotation

Fisheye Lens

Smudge

Shadow

Roughen

Mirror

Graphic Hose

Bend tool

Color Xtras

Trap Xtra

Xtras Manager


Charts and Graphs


Entering Data

Using Data

Modifying Charts

Pictographs


Web Art


Web Safe Color

URL links

Safe files

Flash Animation

Bitmapped Graphics

Gif attributes

Jpeg attributes

PNG attributes


Printing


Print Set-up

Tiling Options


Advanced Printing


Marks and Labels

Output Options

Color Separations

Document Report

Collection for Output









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