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Macromedia FreeHand 8 is a versatile graphics application that is wonderful for creating ads, book covers, letterhead, and more. In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, author Ian Cowles starts slowly by acquainting you with the many tools and the basic commands of Freehand. Some of the many skills you will learn include drawing, mixing colors, cloning, and transforming. He will demonstrate features new to Freehand 8, too, such as exporting Flash animation and the graphic hose. To get started, simply click one of the topics below.
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Intro & Tool Box
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| Introduction | (01:45) | ||
| About the Tutorials | (00:43) | ||
| Pointer Tool | (01:19) | ||
| Text Tool | (01:00) | ||
| Rectangle Tool | (00:55) | ||
| Polygon Tool | (01:16) | ||
| Ellipse Tool | (00:25) | ||
| Line Tool | (00:20) | ||
| Freehand Tool | (02:09) | ||
| Pen Tool | (01:25) | ||
| Freeform Tool | (01:56) | ||
| Bezigon Tool | (01:36) | ||
| Knife Tool | (01:33) | ||
| Rotate Tool | (00:27) | ||
| Reflect Tool | (00:33) | ||
| Scale Tool | (00:26) | ||
| Shear Tool | (00:22) | ||
| Trace Tool | (00:34) | ||
| Magnify Tool | (00:38) | ||
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Whats New in FreeHand 8
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| Whats New in FreeHand | (01:30) | ||
| Lens Fill | (05:28) | ||
| Freeform Tool | (01:56) | ||
| Emboss | (02:00) | ||
| Shadow | (04:28) | ||
| Mirror | (01:17) | ||
| Graphic Hose | (04:46) | ||
| Release to Layers | (01:05) | ||
| Export Flash Animation | (02:28) | ||
| Flash Player | (00:33) | ||
| Customize | (01:55) | ||
| Rasterize | (00:54) | ||
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Basics
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| Basic Commands | (03:30) | ||
| Inspector Palette | (03:22) | ||
| Panels | (02:51) | ||
| Navigating | (02:13) | ||
| Setting Up | (03:21) | ||
| Extremely Useful Stuff | (05:18) | ||
| Toolbars | (01:18) | ||
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Drawing
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| Drawing Linear Shapes | (02:16) | ||
| Drawing Curved Shapes | (06:20) | ||
| Editing Points | (01:59) | ||
| Bezigon Tool | (04:44) | ||
| Accurate Drawing | (03:56) | ||
| Drawing Exercise | (04:05) | ||
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Colors & Fills
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| About Process Colors | (00:53) | ||
| Color Mixer | (03:23) | ||
| Create Package Colors | (03:14) | ||
| Color List | (06:32) | ||
| Fill Inspector | (00:50) | ||
| Stroke Inspector | (03:26) | ||
| About Spot Colors | (02:39) | ||
| Gradient Fills | (04:45) | ||
| Lens Fill | (05:28) | ||
| Exercise | (01:42) | ||
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Type
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| Inputting Type | (01:48) | ||
| Manipulate Type | (07:09) | ||
| Text on Path | (03:20) | ||
| Convert to Path | (03:11) | ||
| Coloring Type | (02:54) | ||
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Functionality
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| Clone | (01:23) | ||
| Send to Back | (02:36) | ||
| Paste Behind | (01:15) | ||
| Group | (01:16) | ||
| Snap To | (01:16) | ||
| The Grid | (01:44) | ||
| Layers | (03:18) | ||
| Styles | (07:45) | ||
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Graphic Manipulation
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| Transform Handles | (01:50) | ||
| Transform Palette | (01:02) | ||
| Rotation | (01:21) | ||
| Scale | (01:09) | ||
| Skew | (01:08) | ||
| Reflect | (01:00) | ||
| Move | (00:43) | ||
| Transform Again | (00:33) | ||
| Align/Lock | (03:37) | ||
| Join | (03:16) | ||
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Importing Files
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| Importing Graphics | (03:38) | ||
| Drag & Drop | (01:36) | ||
| Links Vs Embedding | (01:54) | ||
| Tracing | (03:40) | ||
| Create Trace Image | (00:48) | ||
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More Fills & Strokes
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| Custom Fill | (01:09) | ||
| Pattern Fill | (01:11) | ||
| Postscript Fill | (00:41) | ||
| Texture Fill | (00:36) | ||
| Tiled Fill | (04:03) | ||
| More Strokes | (01:53) | ||
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Type Manipulation
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| Columns | (01:25) | ||
| Justification | (03:06) | ||
| Paragraph | (01:18) | ||
| Runaround | (03:01) | ||
| Tabs | (02:21) | ||
| Check Spelling | (01:20) | ||
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Advanced Techniques
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| Power Duplication | (03:51) | ||
| Paste Inside | (03:27) | ||
| Colorize B/W TIFF | (01:31) | ||
| B/W Image Control | (01:27) | ||
| Inline Graphics | (03:56) | ||
| Constrain | (00:35) | ||
| Customize | (01:55) | ||
| Rasterize | (00:54) | ||
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Operations
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| About Operations | (00:53) | ||
| Create PICT | (02:02) | ||
| Fractalize | (00:21) | ||
| Trap | (02:09) | ||
| Crop | (00:53) | ||
| Transparency | (01:10) | ||
| Expand Stroke | (00:47) | ||
| Union | (01:01) | ||
| Divide | (00:41) | ||
| Punch | (01:05) | ||
| Intersect | (00:20) | ||
| Simplify | (00:44) | ||
| Blend | (03:11) | ||
| Remove Overlap | (00:22) | ||
| Reverse Direction | (01:27) | ||
| Set Note | (00:32) | ||
| Envelope | (01:02) | ||
| Emboss | (02:00) | ||
| Add Points | (01:04) | ||
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Xtra Tools
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| About Xtras | (01:21) | ||
| 3D Rotation | (01:32) | ||
| Arc | (00:53) | ||
| Fisheye Lens | (01:03) | ||
| Smudge | (01:16) | ||
| Spiral | (02:10) | ||
| Shadow | (04:28) | ||
| Roughen | (01:13) | ||
| Mirror | (01:17) | ||
| Graphic Hose | (04:46) | ||
| Eyedropper | (00:27) | ||
| Chart | (05:37) | ||
| Chart Options | (02:59) | ||
| Bend | (00:29) | ||
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Other Xtras
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| Color Control | (01:24) | ||
| Darken Colors | (00:33) | ||
| Desaturate Colors | (00:44) | ||
| Lighten Colors | (00:22) | ||
| Name All Colors | (00:36) | ||
| Randomize Colors | (00:15) | ||
| Saturate Colors | (00:33) | ||
| Sort Colors | (00:14) | ||
| Delete Empty Text Boxes | (00:41) | ||
| Delete Unused Colors | (00:16) | ||
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Internet Graphics
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| Web Safe Color | (05:41) | ||
| Animation Setup | (02:47) | ||
| Join Blend to Path | (01:48) | ||
| Release Layers | (01:05) | ||
| Export Flash Animation | (02:28) | ||
| Flash Player | (00:33) | ||
| Export as GIF | (02:32) | ||
| Export as JPEG | (01:19) | ||
| URL Editor | (01:27) | ||
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Printing & Exporting
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| Print a Proof | (03:44) | ||
| Output Options | (02:31) | ||
| Print Process Separation | (01:44) | ||
| Setup | (05:59) | ||
| Print Spot Separations | (01:41) | ||
| Tile Image | (01:14) | ||
| Export as EPS | (01:46) | ||
| xport as Bitmap | (02:51) | ||
| Export Text | (01:03) | ||
| Export Alpha Channel | (03:27) | ||
| Other Export Formats | (01:05) | ||
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Case Study - Map
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| Layers & Colors | (07:11) | ||
| Drawing the Map | (06:13) | ||
| Coloring Up | (01:34) | ||
| Road Building | (01:35) | ||
| Add Road Names | (04:05) | ||
| Finishing | (01:44) | ||
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| Course: | Macromedia FreeHand 8 |
| Author: | Ian (Yan) Cowles |
| SKU: | 33048 |
| ISBN: | 1889347434 |
| Release Date: | 1996-01-01 |
| Duration: | 8 hrs / 171 tutorials |
| Work Files: |
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| Captions: | No |
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