Macromedia Freehand MX for Windows and Macintosh

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Peachpit Press, 2003 - Computers - 466 pages

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 than Macromedia FreeHand MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide. Updated by best-selling author Sandee Cohen to 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.

From inside the book

 

Contents

FreeHand Basics
1
Toolbars
9
Display Options
21
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

Align alpha channel Anti-aliasing applied artwork attributes axis Basic Bezigon blend brush tip chart Choose Modify Click OK CMYK column command controls convert copy create cursor default delete dialog box appears dialog box lets Discretionary hyphen display Double-click Drag Edit Enter envelope Export extruded object Find & Replace Fireworks Fisheye Lens Flash fonts format FreeHand document FreeHand file gradient graphic grid halftone icon instance keyboard shortcuts lens fills Library Macromedia Macromedia Flash mouse button move movie Object panel OK Cancel Opt/Alt key options Overprint panel menu path pop-up menu position preview printer QuarkXPress Raster Effects raster images rectangle Release the mouse Rotate Select the object selected objects Setup dialog box shape shortcuts slider space spot colors stroke width Styles panel Swatches panel symbol text block toolbar Tools panel Transform transparent vector Web-safe colors window Xtra

About the author (2003)

@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."

Bibliographic information

TitleMacromedia Freehand MX for Windows and Macintosh
Visual quickstart guide
AuthorSandee Cohen
Editionillustrated
PublisherPeachpit Press, 2003
ISBN0321186508, 9780321186508
Length466 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Computer Graphics / Design
Computers / Design, Graphics & Media / Graphics Tools
Computers / Desktop Applications / Desktop Publishing
Computers / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics
  
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