Macromedia FreeHand MX for Windows and Macintosh Visual QuickStart Guide,9780321186508

Macromedia FreeHand MX for Windows and Macintosh Visual QuickStart Guide

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780321186508
ISBN10: 0321186508
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-04-21
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
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Summary

The latest of Macromedia¿s award-winning software packages to join the MX family, Macromedia FreeHand MX brings the popular vector-based drawing and layout program into the present day. Whether you¿ve built your career on FreeHand and can¿t wait to master the software¿s new features or you¿re just learning FreeHand for the first time, there¿s no faster way to get up and running with Macromedia FreeHand MX thanMacromedia FreeHand MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide. Updated by best-selling authorSandee Cohento include plenty of new step-by-step how-tos and screenshots specific to Macromedia FreeHand MX, this task-based reference is the perfect tool for learning this visual program. The first few chapters provide an overview of the program before walking you through how to create sophisticated artwork using Macromedia FreeHand MX¿s many powerful features: layers and layering, points and paths, working in color, strokes and fills, creating text and text effects, and more. The final chapters explain printing, preferences and using artwork with other applications and the Web.

Author Biography

@AUTHBIO= Sandee Cohen is the graphics curriculum coordinator at the New School University Computer Instruction Center in New York City. In addition, she is also a frequent speaker at the Seybold, Thunder Lizard, and Macworld Expo conferences. She is the author of Macromedia Fireworks MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Macromedia FreeHand 10 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, and InDesign 2 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
FreeHand Basics
1(12)
Launching FreeHand
2(1)
Onscreen Elements
2(1)
Panels
3(2)
Panel Descriptions
5(4)
Toolbars
9(1)
Toolbar Descriptions
10(2)
Tools Panel
12(1)
Document Basics
13(8)
Basic Menu Commands
14(4)
Using the Windows Wizards
18(1)
Getting Help
19(2)
Display Options
21(14)
Setting the Artwork View Modes
22(2)
Working with Rulers
24(2)
Working with Guides
26(3)
Working with Grids
29(2)
Setting the Magnification Options
31(2)
Moving Around
33(1)
Setting Custom Views
34(1)
Working with Pages
35(14)
Adjusting Page Size and Orientation
36(3)
Duplicating and Adding Pages
39(1)
Organizing Pages
40(1)
Moving Between Pages
41(1)
Selecting and Deleting Pages
42(1)
Setting a Page Bleed
43(1)
Master Pages
44(5)
Path Creation Tools
49(24)
Understanding Paths
50(1)
Rectangle Tool
51(4)
Ellipse Tool
55(2)
Line Tool
57(1)
Polygon Tool
58(2)
Pencil Tool
60(1)
Variable Stroke Pen Tool
61(1)
Calligraphic Pen Tool
62(2)
Spiral Tool
64(1)
Arc Tool
65(1)
Connector Tool
66(2)
Trace Tool
68(4)
Auto Constrain
72(1)
Reposition While Drawing
72(1)
Pen and Bezigon
73(8)
Working with the Pen Tool
74(3)
Creating Paths with the Bezigon Tool
77(2)
Adding Points to a Path
79(1)
Pen Tool Options
79(1)
Bezigon Tool Options
80(1)
Working with Points
81(10)
Understanding the Types of Points
82(2)
Selecting Points
84(2)
Modifying Points and Handles
86(2)
Modifying Points on a Path
88(3)
Working with Objects
91(10)
Selecting and Moving Objects
92(3)
Copying and Duplicating Objects
95(2)
Groups
97(2)
Closing and Opening Paths
99(1)
Using the Contact-Sensitive Settings
100(1)
Operations and Xtras
101(24)
Joining Paths
102(1)
Masking
103(1)
Setting Path Direction
104(1)
Knife Tool
105(1)
Eraser Tool
106(1)
Freeform Tool
107(3)
Path Commands
110(8)
Xtra Tools
118(7)
Move and Transform
125(20)
Viewing Transformations
126(1)
Moving Objects
127(2)
Snap To Commands
129(1)
Rotating Objects
130(2)
Scaling Objects
132(2)
Skewing Objects
134(2)
Reflecting Objects
136(2)
Power Duplicating
138(1)
Transformation Handles
139(2)
Constraining Transformations
141(1)
Aligning Objects
142(3)
Dimensional Effects
145(20)
3D Rotation Tool
146(2)
Smudge Tool
148(1)
Shadow Tool
149(1)
Fisheye Lens
150(1)
Envelopes
151(4)
Perspective Grid
155(3)
Extrude Tool
158(7)
Layers and Layering
165(10)
Arrange Commands
166(1)
Paste in Front or Back
167(1)
Locking and Unlocking Objects
168(1)
Layers
169(6)
Working in Color
175(16)
Defining Colors
176(3)
Swatches Panel
179(5)
Tints
184(1)
Color Libraries
185(2)
Xtra Color Commands
187(3)
Trapping Colors
190(1)
Fills
191(22)
Choosing Fills
192(1)
Basic Fills
193(2)
Applying a None Fill
195(1)
Gradient Fills
196(7)
Lens Fills
203(5)
Tiled Fills
208(2)
Custom and Textured Fills
210(1)
Pattern Fills
211(2)
Strokes
213(22)
Choosing Strokes
214(1)
Basic Strokes
215(5)
Dashed Strokes
220(1)
Adding Arrows to Strokes
221(1)
Brush Strokes
222(1)
Creating Brushes
223(5)
Working with Brushes
228(3)
Calligraphic Strokes
231(2)
Specialty Strokes
233(1)
Creating Multiple Strokes
234(1)
Effects and Attributes
235(18)
Choosing Effects
236(1)
Applying Vector Effects
237(6)
Applying Raster Effects
243(8)
Working with Attributes
251(2)
Blends
253(10)
Understanding Blends
254(1)
Blending Paths
255(1)
Blend Tool
256(2)
Blending Composite Paths
258(1)
Modifying Blends
259(1)
Attaching Blends to a Path
260(1)
Printing Blends
261(2)
Basic Text
263(20)
Text Blocks
264(4)
Selecting Text
268(1)
Changing Character Attributes
269(3)
Setting Paragraph Attributes
272(2)
Changing the Spacing Options
274(2)
Converting Text Case
276(1)
Tabs
277(2)
Rows and Columns
279(1)
Copyfitting Text
280(1)
Linking Text
281(1)
Importing and Exporting Text
282(1)
Text Tools
283(8)
Text Editor
284(1)
Special Characters
285(2)
Checking Spelling
287(2)
Replacing Text
289(1)
Missing Fonts
290(1)
Text Effects
291(12)
Text on a Path
292(3)
Special Text Effects
295(3)
Paragraph Rules
298(1)
Working with Text and Graphics
299(4)
Styles and Symbols
303(16)
Using the Normal Styles
304(1)
Working with Styles
305(5)
Importing and Exporting Styles
310(1)
Working with Symbols
311(6)
Importing and Exporting Symbols
317(1)
Changing the Library Display
318(1)
Automating FreeHand
319(14)
Finding and Replacing Graphics
320(6)
Selecting Graphics
326(6)
Copying and Pasting Attributes
332(1)
Charts and Graphs
333(8)
Creating Charts or Graphs
334(2)
Formatting Column Graphs
336(3)
Pie Charts
339(1)
Pictographs
340(1)
Raster Images
341(14)
Importing Raster Images
342(1)
Modifying Raster Images
343(3)
Rasterizing Graphics
346(1)
Linking and Embedding Images
347(2)
Editing Raster Images
349(1)
Working with Fireworks
350(3)
Alpha Channels
353(2)
Exporting
355(10)
Basic Exporting
356(2)
Exporting as Raster Images
358(2)
Exporting as Vector Images
360(3)
Exporting the Other Vector Formats
363(1)
Adding Image Information
364(1)
Moving to the Web
365(12)
Web-Safe Colors
366(1)
Blending Web-Safe Colors
367(1)
Exporting as Web Graphics
368(4)
Adding URL Links
372(2)
Creating HTML Pages
374(3)
Animations and Actions
377(18)
Pasting into Flash
378(1)
Layer-Based Animations
379(2)
Page-Based Animations
381(1)
Page- and Layer-Based Animations
382(1)
Adding Actions
383(3)
Actions in Action
386(2)
Testing Movies
388(1)
Modifying the Movie Settings
389(3)
Working with Flash
392(2)
Exporting an SWF Movie
394(1)
Printing
395(14)
Setting the Basic Print Options
396(2)
Printing Color Separations
398(1)
Printing Custom Selections
399(2)
Setting the Advanced Print Options
401(1)
Imaging Options
402(2)
Separations Options
404(2)
Saving Print Settings
406(1)
Collecting for Output
407(2)
Customizing FreeHand
409(6)
Changing the Toolbars
410(2)
Modifying the Keyboard Shortcuts
412(2)
Setting the Preferences
414(1)
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts
415(6)
Macintosh Keyboard Commands
416(2)
Windows Keyboard Commands
418(3)
Appendix B: Fill and Stroke Displays
421(6)
Custom Fills
422(1)
Textured Fills
423(1)
Pattern Fills and Strokes
424(1)
Custom Strokes
425(2)
Appendix C: Preferences
427(10)
General preferences
428(1)
Object preferences
429(1)
Text preferences
430(1)
Document preferences
431(1)
Import preferences
431(1)
Export preferences
432(1)
Spelling preferences
433(1)
Colors preferences
434(1)
Panels preferences
434(1)
Redraw preferences
435(1)
Sounds preferences (Mac)
436(1)
Index 437

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