Macromedia FreeHand 10 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Cohen, Sandee

• ISBN13: 9780201749656
• ISBN10: 0201749653
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Macromedia FreeHand is a vector-based drawing, illustration, and layout program that enables graphics professionals to create artwork for logos, ads, and Web site storyboards. With this latest update, Macromedia has added new illustration and productivity tools such as true contour gradients, embedded fonts in Macintosh and Windows EPS files, and customizable master pages which act as templates. FreeHand 10 will be available on both Macintosh and Windows platforms (including Mac OS X). FreeHand 10 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is the perfect tool for learning this visual program. It takes a straightforward, task-based approach to teaching FreeHand, using pictures to guide the user through creation of artwork, printing, customization, and using artwork with other applications. Beginners can use this Visual QuickStart Guide as a tutorial, while more advanced FreeHand users can use this book as a reference for looking up all of FreeHand's new features and capabilities.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
FreeHand Basics	1	(20)
Setting up FreeHand	2	(3)
Onscreen Elements	5	(7)
Working with Onscreen Elements	12	(4)
Using the Interface Elements	16	(3)
Tools Panel and Tools Shortcuts	19	(2)
Document Basics	21	(8)
Basic Menu Commands	22	(4)
Using the Windows Wizards	26	(1)
Getting Help	27	(2)
Display Options	29	(16)
Setting the Artwork View Modes	30	(3)
Working with Rulers	33	(2)
Working with Guides	35	(3)
Working with Grids	38	(2)
Setting the Magnification Options	40	(2)
Moving Around	42	(3)
Working with Pages	45	(14)
Adjusting Page Size and Orientation	46	(3)
Duplicating and Adding Pages	49	(1)
Organizing Pages	50	(1)
Moving Between Pages	51	(1)
Selecting and Deleting Pages	52	(1)
Setting a Page Bleed	53	(1)
Using Master Pages	54	(5)
Path Creation Tools	59	(20)
Understanding Paths	60	(1)
Using the Rectangle Tool	61	(2)
Using the Ellipse Tool	63	(1)
Using the Line Tool	64	(1)
Using the Polygon Tool	65	(2)
Using the Pencil Tool	67	(5)
Using the Spiral Tool	72	(1)
Using the Arc Tool	73	(1)
Using the Trace Tool	74	(4)
Using the Pen and Bezigon Tools	78	(1)
Pen and Bezigon	79	(8)
Working with the Pen Tool	80	(3)
Creating Paths with the Bezigon Tool	83	(2)
Adding Points to a Path	85	(2)
Working with Points	87	(10)
Understanding the Types of Points	88	(2)
Selecting Points	90	(2)
Modifying Points and Handles	92	(2)
Points on a Path	94	(3)
Working with Paths	97	(10)
Selecting and Moving Objects	98	(3)
Copying and Duplicating Objects	101	(2)
Working with Groups	103	(2)
Closing and Opening Paths	105	(1)
Using the Contact Sensitive Settings	106	(1)
Path Operations	107	(16)
Joining Paths	108	(1)
Masking	109	(1)
Setting Path Direction	110	(1)
Using the Knife Tool	111	(1)
Using the Freeform Tool	112	(3)
Path Commands	115	(8)
Move and Transform	123	(18)
Viewing Transformations	124	(1)
Moving Objects	125	(2)
Rotating Objects	127	(2)
Scaling Objects	129	(2)
Skewing Objects	131	(2)
Reflecting Objects	133	(2)
Using Power Duplicating	135	(1)
Using the Transformation Handles	136	(2)
Constraining Transformations	138	(1)
Aligning Objects	139	(2)
Envelopes and Perspectives	141	(8)
Working with Envelopes	142	(4)
Using the Perspective Grid	146	(3)
Layers and Layering	149	(10)
Using the Arrange Commands	150	(1)
Using Paste in Front or Back	151	(1)
Locking and Unlocking Objects	152	(1)
Working with Layers	153	(6)
Working in Color	159	(16)
Defining Colors	160	(3)
Using the Swatches Panel	163	(5)
Working with Tints	168	(1)
Working with Color Libraries	169	(2)
Using the Xtra Color Commands	171	(3)
Trapping Colors	174	(1)
Fills	175	(18)
Working with Basic Fills	176	(3)
Working with Gradient Fills	179	(5)
Working with Lens Effects	184	(4)
Creating and Applying Tiled Fills	188	(2)
Using Custom and Textured Fills	190	(1)
Working with Pattern Fills	191	(2)
Strokes	193	(12)
Setting the Stroke Color	194	(2)
Modifying the Stroke Width	196	(1)
Modifying Caps and Joins	197	(2)
Creating Dashed Strokes	199	(2)
Working with Arrowheads	201	(1)
Specialty Strokes	202	(3)
Brushes	205	(8)
Creating Artwork for a Brush	206	(4)
Working with Brushes	210	(3)
Blends	213	(8)
Understanding Blends	214	(1)
Blending Paths	215	(2)
Blending Composite Paths	217	(1)
Modifying Blends	218	(1)
Attaching Blends to a Path	219	(1)
Printing Blends	220	(1)
Basic Text	221	(20)
Working with Text Blocks	222	(4)
Selecting Text	226	(1)
Changing Character Attributes	227	(3)
Setting Paragraph Attributes	230	(2)
Changing the Spacing Options	232	(2)
Converting Text Case	234	(1)
Working with Tabs	235	(2)
Working with Rows and Columns	237	(1)
Copyfitting Text	238	(1)
Linking Text	239	(1)
Importing and Exporting Text	240	(1)
Text Tools	241	(8)
Using the Text Editor	242	(1)
Working with Special Characters	243	(2)
Checking Spelling	245	(2)
Replacing Text	247	(1)
Working with Missing Fonts	248	(1)
Text Effects	249	(10)
Working with Text on a Path	250	(2)
Special Text Effects	252	(3)
Paragraph Rules	255	(1)
Working with Text and Graphics	256	(3)
Styles	259	(8)
Defining Styles	260	(2)
Applying and Editing Styles	262	(2)
Using Parent and Child Styles	264	(1)
Importing and Exporting Styles	265	(1)
Displaying Styles	266	(1)
Symbols	267	(8)
Creating Symbols	268	(1)
Working with Instances	269	(1)
Modifying Symbols	270	(2)
Organizing Symbols	272	(1)
Importing and Exporting Symbols	273	(1)
Changing the Library Display	274	(1)
Automating FreeHand	275	(10)
Finding and Replacing Graphics	276	(4)
Selecting Graphics	280	(4)
Copying and Pasting Attributes	284	(1)
Xtra Tools	285	(14)
Using the 3D Rotation Tool	286	(2)
Working with the Fisheye Lens	288	(1)
Using the Smudge Tool	289	(1)
Working with the Shadow Tool	290	(1)
Using the Roughen Tool	291	(1)
Using the Mirror Tool	292	(2)
Working with the Graphic Hose	294	(2)
Working with the Bend Tool	296	(1)
Controlling Xtras	297	(2)
Charts and Graphs	299	(8)
Creating Charts or Graphs	300	(2)
Formatting Column Graphs	302	(3)
Working with Pie Charts	305	(1)
Working with Pictographs	306	(1)
Raster Images	307	(10)
Importing Raster Images	308	(1)
Modifying Raster Images	309	(3)
Rasterizing FreeHand Graphics	312	(1)
Linking and Embedding Graphics	313	(2)
Editing Raster Images	315	(2)
Exporting	317	(10)
Basic Exporting	318	(2)
Exporting as Raster Images	320	(2)
Exporting as Vector Images	322	(3)
Exporting the Other Vector Formats	325	(1)
Adding Image Information	326	(1)
Moving to the Web	327	(12)
Working with Web-safe Colors	328	(1)
Blending Web-safe Colors	329	(1)
Exporting as Web Graphics	330	(4)
Adding URL Links	334	(2)
Creating HTML Pages	336	(3)
Flash Animations	339	(12)
Pasting into Flash	340	(1)
Creating Layer-based Animations	341	(2)
Creating Page-based Animations	343	(1)
Page- and Layer-based Animations	344	(1)
Adding Flash Actions	345	(1)
Flash Actions in Action	346	(1)
Testing and Controlling Movies	347	(3)
Exporting a Flash (SWF) File	350	(1)
Basic Printing	351	(6)
Setting the Basic Print Options	352	(3)
Printing Custom Selections	355	(2)
Advanced Printing	357	(12)
Using the Print Setup controls	358	(1)
Setting the Imaging Options	359	(3)
Setting the Separations Options	362	(3)
Saving Print Settings	365	(1)
Collecting for Output	366	(3)
Customizing FreeHand	369	(8)
Changing the Toolbars	370	(2)
Modifying the Keyboard Shortcuts	372	(2)
Changing the Defaults File	374	(1)
Setting the Preferences	375	(2)
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts	377	(6)
Macintosh Keyboard Commands	378	(2)
Windows Keyboard Commands	380	(3)
Appendix B: Fill and Stroke Displays	383	(6)
Custom Fills	384	(1)
Textured Fills	385	(1)
Pattern Fills and Strokes	386	(1)
Custom Strokes	387	(2)
Appendix C: Preferences	389	(10)
General Preferences	390	(1)
Object Preferences	391	(1)
Text Preferences	392	(1)
Document Preferences	393	(1)
Import Preferences	394	(1)
Export Preferences	395	(1)
Spelling Preferences	395	(1)
Colors Preferences	396	(1)
Panels Preferences	396	(1)
Redraw Preferences	397	(1)
Sounds Preferences (Mac)	398	(1)
Index	399