Macromedia FreeHand 9 Tutorials

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 Macromedia Freehand tutorial, author Vivian Garner starts slowly by acquainting you with the many tools of Freehand. Work created in vector format is great for exporting into Flash, drawings produced and saved in this format print a lot clearer and can also be re-scaled with no loss of quality.

This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and no application is needed.

The links below are freehand tutorials. The entire contents may be purchased either on CD or watched via the Online University

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
Bezigon
Add points

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