Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Enhancing creativity
Once you’ve mastered the basics of working with the tools in Adobe® Illustrator® CS2, watch these short video tutorials from the Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator series to see how you can take your creativity to the next level.
- Introduction to Live Effects
- The 3D effects
- 3D artwork mapping
- The Warp effect
- Using the Symbolism toolset
- Gradient Mesh
Introduction to Live Effects
Learn how effects work within Illustrator CS2. In this tutorial, you’ll learn about Live Effects, which change the way a path looks without altering the path itself. Watch this tutorial to learn more.
Watch the video (3:40 minutes)
The 3D effects
In this short tutorial, learn about the 3D-rendering capability built into Illustrator CS2. Mordy shows you how to apply this live effect to your artwork to create realistic 3D effects.
Watch the video (2:52 minutes)
3D artwork mapping
Go a step beyond the 3D live effect by using 3D artwork mapping. In this short tutorial, learn how to map artwork to 3D surfaces.
Watch the video (3:39 minutes)
The Warp effect
Warp your artwork easily using the Warp effect in Illustrator CS2. Warp is another of the live effects built into Illustrator CS2. Watch this video to learn more.
Watch the video (2:05 minutes)
Using the Symbolism toolset
In this video, you’ll learn how to use the Symbolism tools to add symbols to your artwork and create symbol sets. The Symbolism tools are an easy way to take the advantages of symbols to the next level.
Watch the video (6:14 minutes)
Gradient Mesh
In this short video tutorial, learn another way for working with gradients that may surprise you. Mordy shows you all about the Gradient Mesh feature in Illustrator CS2. See why he thinks this feature gives you a natural way of working with gradients.
Watch the video (2:53 minutes)
Where to go from here
For more information about Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator, check out the following resources:
- Adobe Illustrator CS2: FreeHand to Illustrator migration guide (PDF, 6.5M)by the experts at Adobe
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Getting started, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Migrating exisiting content, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Working with multiple pages, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Basic object editing, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Advanced object editing, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Working with text, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Live Trace and Live Paint, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Enhancing productivity, by Mordy Golding
About the authors
Mordy Golding has been a production artist for print and the web for many years, and is an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Print Specialist. At Adobe, he was the product manager for Illustrator 10 and Illustrator CS. A popular presenter at Macworld, Photoshop World and other worldwide events, Mordy is also the author of several books, including SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite All in One, The Web Designer's Guide to Color, and SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe Illustrator in 24 Hours. In 2003, Mordy was named a Champion of Graphic Design by Graphics IQ. Currently he serves as the founder of DesignResponsibly.com, teaching designers and printers how to successfully adopt today's new technology. Mordy is also the author of the Illustrator CS2 and Flash 8 Integration video training title published by lynda.com.
Excerpted from “Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator with: Mordy Golding” © 2006. Used with the permission of lynda.com. To view the full-length video-based tutorial series, please visit www.lynda.com.
