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Course Length: One Day
Fees: Training at Client Offices: One delegate: £495 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £100 each per-day + VAT
Overview:
Macromedia FreeHand
is the tool of choice for designers creating and producing illustrations and
layouts for print and the Web. Freehand uses range from commercial line art
illustrations and newspaper info graphics to mixed media pieces that combine line
art with bitmapped images and typography, as well as graphic elements,
interfaces, and animations for the Internet.
Upon successful completion of this course, delegates should be able to:
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Navigate in the FreeHand
environment |
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Import and export vector and
raster images to integrate FreeHand with other desktop
publishing applications |
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Trace raster images
automatically to create editable line art from scans |
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Customize FreeHand's
interface to make it easier to access frequently-used tools
and commands |
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Use symbols and instances,
custom brushes, and custom tiled fills to draw and format
graphics efficiently and attractively |
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Export to HTML Web pages |
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Export Flash files to create
animation and interaction including rollover
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Use typographic commands and
shortcuts to integrate text professionally in your
illustrations |
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Create colour separations,
specifying ink settings & printer's marks |

Advanced Drawing
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Drawing Arcs;
Drawing Spirals |
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Drawing with
the Graphic Hose |
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Variable Stroke
Paths with the Pencil tool |
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Using the
Expand Stroke Operation |
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Using the Inset
Path Operation |
Graphic Formats
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Importing EPS, Bitmaps &
Illustrator Files |
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Sampling Colors from
Imported Graphics |
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Linking and Embedding
Images |
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Tracing Outlines; Tracing
Centerlines |
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Tracing Photographic
Images |
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Rasterizing Vector
Graphics |
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Exporting Raster Images |
Drawing Efficiently
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Customising FreeHand's
Interface |
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Creating Custom Tiled
Fills |
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Creating Symbols |
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Grouping Symbols in the
Library Panel |
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Editing Symbols to Update
Instances |
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Using Default Brushes |
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Create a Paint Brush |
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Create a Spray Brush |
Web Output
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Creating HTML Web Pages &
Links |
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Vectorizing Text |
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Rasterizing Overlapping
Elements |
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Creating Flash Animations
with Layers |
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Creating a Fading
Animation |
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Preparing Layers and
Settings for Rollovers |
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Creating Interactivity in
Flash Format |
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The Flash Export Command |
Advanced Type
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Adding Text & Formatting
Type |
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Flowing Text into Multiple
Columns |
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Creating Inline Graphics |
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Balancing Columns of Text |
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Justifying and Hyphenating
Text |
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Run Around Selection |
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Linking Text Containers |
Preparing for Output
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Removing Unnecessary Items |
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Deleting Unused Colors and
Text Containers |
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Banding with Gradients and
Blends |
Printing
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Print Options |
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Creating Bleeds |
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Printing Composites |
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Printing Color Separations |
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Printing a Specified Area |
If you have other questions, please contact us at
enquiry@it-uk.com or
complete
our response form |