Our tips, tricks and demos make it easy to get the most
out of Macromedia FreeHand 10.
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FreeHand
10 Productivity Features |
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Macromedia
FreeHand 10 tips and tricks: Part 1
This article, the first in a series, highlights tips
and tricks that take advantage of commands and techniques
in FreeHand 10 |
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Macromedia
FreeHand 10 tips and tricks: Part 2
This article, the second in a series, highlights tips
and tricks that take advantage of commands and techniques
in FreeHand 10. |
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Macromedia
FreeHand workflow example
Professional designers need to produce the most quality
in the least amount of time. Get more efficient with
FreeHand 10. These steps show you how. |
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Using
symbols in FreeHand 10 to optimize your workflow
With this tutorial, learn how to save drawing time and
reduce file size by using a symbol to make a tiled fill,
and apply the fill to a vector object. You can also
learn how to quickly and easily update many instances
of the same graphic throughout a document by editing
its associated symbol. |
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Using
master pages, symbols, and styles to create an online
brochure
Use master pages, symbols, and styles to create a
multipage online brochure. With master pages, you
can apply formatting to a large number of pages at
once. Update all instances of a symbol or style on
all master and child pages at once.
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Creating
Vector Graphics |
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Drawing
complex paths with the Pen tool
This article examines in greater detail how to get the
most out of the Pen tool. |
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Using
brush strokes in FreeHand 10 to create intricate patterns
With this tutorial, learn how you can save drawing time
and reduce the file size of your graphics by creating
a brush stroke. from a vector object in a document. |
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Special
Effects |
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Using
the perspective grid to simulate three-dimensional objects
and text
Create vector and text objects that appear to be in
three-dimensional space without having to manually fit
the objects to a horizon line and vanishing points. |
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Creating
neon, metal, and tubular steel text effects in FreeHand
10
With this tutorial, learn how to use the Convert to
Paths command and gradient fills to make text look like
neon, metal, and tubular steel. |
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Using
contour gradients to add depth and complexity to an
object
With this tutorial, learn how you can add depth and
complexity to vector objects using contour gradient
fills in FreeHand 10. |
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Using FreeHand
with Macromedia Flash |
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Creating
a FreeHand 10 document to be viewed in a browser
This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Navigation
panel in FreeHand 10 to add interactive navigation arrows
or buttons to a multipage document so it can be exported
to Flash and viewed in a browser. |
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Using
blends and the 3D Rotation tool to create a Flash animation
Learn how to create an animation that rotates on the
x, y, or z axis using the FreeHand 3D Rotation tool
and a blend. This is an advantage over creating the
animation directly in Flash, which can rotate objects
only on the z axis. |
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Defining
FreeHand illustrations for exporting as Flash Player
movies
By setting up your FreeHand illustrations before you
export them as SWF files, you eliminate many roadblocks
to design and production. Read this article for tips
about setting units of measurement, page size, color,
preference, grids, and guidelines in Freehand to make
your final illustrations more Web-compatible. |
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Macromedia
Flash 5 and FreeHand
See how real-world projects are created with FreeHand
10 and Flash 5 in this tutorial which also allows you
access to Flash source files that you can download and
deconstruct. |
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above marked with the Macromedia logo are created by
Macromedia. The rest of the tutorials are supported
by their creators—you'll find support and contact information
on their websites. |
