Macromedia Freehand: Course Length: One Day
Fees: Training at Client Offices: One delegate: £495 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £100 each per-day + VAT

Navigate in the FreeHand environment

Use the Pencil tool and Pen tool to create paths

Create and modify basic shapes

Apply powerful path editing techniques

Apply fill and stroke attributes to objects and paths

Specify and apply Web-safe colours, process colours, custom spot colours, and gradients

Use layers to manage complex illustrations

Add and format text, and create striking text effects

The FreeHand Window

Navigating in FreeHand

Exploring Document Views

Changing Magnification

Vector Graphics and Raster Graphics

Drawing Tools; The Pencil Tool

Drawing Straight Segments; Drawing Curve Points; Drawing Independent Segments; Drawing Curves with Corner Points; Drawing Connector Points

Editing Paths; Repositioning Paths

Converting, Removing, and Adding Handles

Adding and Deleting Segments

Using Page Rulers

Drawing Basic Rectangles

Using FreeHand's Grid

Creating Rounded Rectangles

Drawing Ellipses, Drawing Polygons and Stars

Grouping & Ungrouping Objects

Manipulating Points with the Subselect Tool

Adding and Removing Points

Pulling & Pushing a Path with the Freeform Tool

Choosing Colours

Using the Colour Mixer Panel

Adding to the Swatches Panel

Working with Spot Colours & Tints

Fill & Stroke Colour Pop-Up Menus

Fills and Strokes

Basic Fills; Gradient Fills; Tiled Fills; Textured Fills; Lens Fills

Using the Stroke Inspector Panel

Using Object Styles

Drawing Paths and Applying Colour

Creating Layers; Background Layers; Locking Layers

Moving Objects between Layers

Hiding and Viewing Layers

Adding and Formatting Type

Adding Text by Placing an Insertion Point

Adding Text by Creating a Bounding Box

Adding Type within a Path

Creating and Applying Paragraph Styles

Converting Type to Paths

Working with Layers and Text