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Macromedia Freehand MX Tutorials

Tools / Rectangle

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The rectangle tool allows you to draw a rectangle, squares or a round cornered rectangles or round cornered squares. Simply select the tool and then click and drag and you have a rectangle. Again you can use the space bar to move this while you are drawing and if you hold the Shift key down you will end up drawing a perfect square. Now you can also hold the alt key down or alt and shift and alt will allow you to draw from the center. Now you have a couple of options; double click the tool and this allows you to adjust the corner radius in points. Again you can radius the corners on a square or a rectangle. I'll get rid of these. Another feature is auto constrain. Auto constrain allows you to draw a perfect square as long as you drag near a 45 degree angle, you don't need to hold the Shift key down. Again just turn on the auto constrain and your drawing will be constrained to a perfect square as long as you drag at a 45 degree angle. That's a quick look at the rectangle tool.

Tutorial Information

Course: Macromedia Freehand MX
Author: John Kuhlman
SKU: 33453
ISBN: 1932072527
Release Date: 2003-09-30
Duration: 6.5 hrs / 201 lessons
Captions: Available on CD and Online University
Compatibility: Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux
QuickTime 7, Flash 8

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