Macromedia FreeHand MX  Beginners

Macromedia FreeHand is an extremely powerful and sophisticated graphics program, capable of creating complex and attractive illustrations and text effects. In this course you will learn many of the basic skills that will allow you to take advantage of FreeHand's powerful tools.Macromedia FreeHand MX Training Course (Beginners) Outline

• Creating Simple Logos and Objects
  • Navigating in FreeHand
  • Drawing Paths with the Pencil Tool
  • Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
  • Select, Duplicate, and Align Objects
  • Group Objects
  • Add and Format Type
  • Transform Objects
  • Apply Colors to Objects and Type
• Creating Logos Using Complex Paths
  • Draw Simple Smoothly Curving Paths
  • Draw Paths that Change Direction
  • Continue Paths Using the Pen and Pencil Tools
  • Apply Spot Colors to Type and Paths
  • Cutting and Punching Paths
  • Add Effects
• Creating a Complex Logo from Simple Components
  • Create Symmetrical Paths
  • Apply Multiple Attributes to One Path
  • Stroking Type
  • Create a Complex Shape Beginning with a Simple One
• Creating Fill Effects
  • Create Gradients
  • Lens Fills
  • Create Blends
• Creating an Advertisement Using Placed Graphics and Type
  • Set Up a Multiple Page Document Using Master Pages
  • Import a Vector Graphic
  • Import a Raster Graphic
  • Import and Position Body Type
  • Format Body Type
  • Position Type for Callouts
  • Create a Style to Ease Repetitive Formatting
  • Fix Spelling Errors
• Tracing Scanned Images
  • Set up a Document with Layers for Tracing
  • Trace Using the Trace Tool
  • Trace Manually
  • Match Vector Type to Raster Type