MACROMEDIA FREEHAND TO ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS3 MIGRATION
FAQs for Macromedia FreeHand Users

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Adobe s Plans for FreeHand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Migration Options for Freehand Owners. . . . . . . . . 2 Illustrator CS3 Features for FreeHand Users. . . . . . 2 Benefits of Migrating to Illustrator CS3. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Multipage Support,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Importing FreeHand Files into Illustrator CS3. . . . 4 Pricing and Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Migration Help and Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Additional Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Adobes Plans for FreeHand Q. What are Adobes plans for the future development of Macromedia FreeHand ? A. Adobe does not plan to develop and deliver any new feature-based releases of FreeHand. Adobe will, however, continue to sell FreeHand MX, and will offer technical and customer support according to our support policies. While we recognize that FreeHand has a dedicated user base, we encourage you to migrate to Adobe Illustrator CS3. As a loyal FreeHand customer, youre entitled to special pricing for Illustrator CS3, along with free access to special resources to help you make this move.
Q. Will Adobe provide ongoing maintenance releases for FreeHand MX? A. At this time, Adobe has no plans to provide maintenance releases, patches or updates for FreeHand MX. Q. Does Adobe plan to deliver a FreeHand MX release to support Intel -based Mac computers? A. Adobe has no plans to deliver Universal versions of FreeHand that natively support Intelbased Mac computers. While FreeHand MX can be installed and run on Intel-based Mac computers, it must run under Rosetta, which Apple has built into Max OS X to dynamically translate PowerPC-based applications to work with Intel-based Macs. For more information on running Adobe professional applications under Rosetta, please see the document Support for Intel-based Macs at www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf
Q. Does Adobe plan to provide an update to FreeHand MX that will support Microsoft Windows Vista? A. Adobe has no plans to deliver a FreeHand MX release that supports Windows Vista.
Q. Will FreeHand install and run on Windows Vista? A. The last version of FreeHand released by Macromedia was delivered more than three years before Windows Vista was released and does not officially support this new operating system. However, we are not currently aware of any major issues that would adversely affect customer use of FreeHand on Windows Vista. Technical Support plans to document any known issues in the Adobe knowledgebase, which customers can access at www.adobe.com/support. Enter the keyword Vista.
Q. How long will FreeHand MX be sold and supported by Adobe? A. Adobe plans to continue selling and supporting FreeHand MX for the foreseeable future. We understand that customers have significant investments in their current production work flows and may need to replace or add seats of FreeHand. While we encourage customers to evaluate Illustrator CS3 (free 30-day trials are available for testing on Adobe.com), we know that is takes time to plan and prepare for any major transition and we will continue to sell and support FreeHand while that demand lasts. Migration Options for FreeHand Owners Q. What options do I have to migrate to Illustrator CS3? A. Adobe has developed a specially priced upgrade offer for any registered user of FreeHand to migrate to Illustrator CS3 for $199 (U.S.). This special upgrade can be purchased directly through the Adobe Store, www.adobe.com/store, or from any Adobe Authorized Reseller. All thats needed to take advantage of this special offer is a valid FreeHand serial number from any version of FreeHand. Q. Is there an upgrade path from FreeHand to the Adobe Creative Suite 3 family? A. Adobe does not offer a direct upgrade from FreeHand to any Creative Suite 3 editions. However, FreeHand owners who also own specific versions of Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Photoshop , Adobe InDesign , Macromedia Studio Macromedia Flash , Macromedia Dreamweaver or Adobe Illustrator are eligible to upgrade to certain editions of the Creative Suite 3 family. For detailed information on upgrade paths and costs, choose the Product Selector tab from the Illustrator main page, www.adobe.com/illustrator.

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Illustrator CS3 Features for FreeHand Users Q. Are there new features in Illustrator CS3 specifically targeted to FreeHand users? A. Yes. The Illustrator development team took a hard look at improving tools and drawing controls, integration, and file import, and for Illustrator CS3, delivered a number of enhancements for FreeHand users:
Improved operating performanceMore responsive drawing and editing, with improvements
in essential operating performance, including faster screen redraws, object moving, panning, scaling, and transformations.
Flash integrationNow import native Illustrator files into Flash CS3 Professional, or copy/
paste artwork from Illustrator to Flash with paths, anchor points, gradients, clipping masks, and symbols intact. Layers, groups, and object names are also preserved.
Eraser toolRemove areas of artwork with the Eraser tool as easily as you erase pixels in
Photoshop, with complete control over the width, shape, and smoothness of the erasure.
Path editingRemove, connect, and split paths, and convert anchor points, using options that
are now displayed in the Control panel. Rolling the mouse over curve handles provides an enlarged view of points for easier selection.
Point alignmentAlign and distribute anchor points with one click via the Control panel, just
as with aligning and distributing objects.
Color controlsLive Color provides in-depth control over color, including the ability to add
used colors from any artwork selection to the Swatches panel, remove all unused colors, and find and replace colors.
FreeHand File ImportAbility to import FreeHand files from all versions from FreeHand 7
to FreeHand MX. See Importing FreeHand Files Into Illustrator on page 4 of this FAQ for details.
Benefits of Migrating to Illustrator CS3 Q. What are the benefits of migrating to Illustrator CS3 compared to staying with FreeHand? A. Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator CS3 offers a number of compelling advantages:

Assured compatibility with new operating systems and hardware, such as Intel-based Macs
and Microsoft Windows Vista.
Deep integration with Adobe professional products: design applications, such as Photoshop,
InDesign, and Adobe Acrobat ; Adobe web and interactive applications including Flash and Dreamweaver; and Adobe video and motion graphics applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects.
On-going product development, with tighter workflow integration, improvements to existing
functionality, and new capabilities.
Rich and reliable support of PDF work flows, including the latest PDF file formats and
standards, (e.g., PDF/X). Q. FreeHand is my primary application, so product integration is not that important for me, and Ive never learned Illustrator. Why should I move to Illustrator CS3? A. First, your experience working with FreeHand will make the migration to Illustrator easier than you may think. Illustrator and FreeHand have similar approaches to basic drawing tools and operations, (e.g., pen tool, bzier curves, stacking of objects), and if youve any experience with another Adobe application, such as Photoshop or InDesign, your move will be even easier because all Adobe graphics applications share common commands, panels, and keyboard shortcuts. But Illustrator CS3 also delivers a number of capabilities that FreeHand users will appreciate:
An efficient workspace Flexible workspaceThe revised Adobe user interface, common to Illustrator CS3, Photo-
shop CS3, InDesign CS3 and Flash Professional CS3, lets you view the toolbar in one column instead of two, dock self-adjusting panels conveniently out of the way as icons when not in use, and use Maximized Screen mode to keep panels from overlapping the document window.
Control panelDiscover options faster and free up screen real estate by accessing anchor
point controls, clipping masks, envelope distortions, and more from the context-sensitive Control panel.
Custom workspacesWork more efficiently and optimize your screen area using custom
workspaces that display only the panels you need for a specific task. Save, share, or access any workspace at any time or use workspace templates.
Creative power Live TraceQuickly and accurately convert photos, scans, or other bitmap images to editable
and scalable vector paths.
Live PaintApply color to any area of your artwork and use overlapping paths to create new
shapes with Live Paint, which intuitively colors artwork and automatically detects and corrects gaps.
Live ColorExplore, apply and control color in a completely new color environment. Select
any artwork and interactively edit the colors with live feedback, and use the Color Guide panel to quickly choose tints, shades, or harmonious color combinations.

Beautiful typography OpenType Simplify cross-platform font management and take advantage of alternate
glyphs and extended character sets. More than 100 OpenType fonts are included free with Illustrator CS3.
Character and Paragraph StylesApply formatting to individual characters, lines of type, or
entire paragraphs with a single click.
Paragraph compositionOptimize line breaks throughout an entire paragraph with minimal
hyphenation and better word and letter spacing.
Transparent text effectsExpand your typographic options using ghosted text, transparent
drop shadows with soft edges, and other effects for transparent text.
Reliable output compatible with the latest standards PDF/X supportCreate reliable, press-ready layouts using ISO-standard and ANSI-standard

PDF/X formats.

Near-universal graphic file format supportWork with almost any type of graphic file,
including AI, PDF, EPS, SVG, Photoshop (PSD), TIFF, GIF, JPEG, SWF, and more.
DeviceN colorspacePlace duotone or separated Photoshop images in Illustrator and
preserve the files native color space with DeviceN support. Use multi-component and HiFi color, raster effects, transparency, and gradient meshes with confidence that your artwork will separate correctly.
LAB spot colorsCreate LAB spot colors and use predefined spot colors from the Toyo,
PANTONE , DIC, and HKS libraries.
Intuitive printing interfaceEnjoy consistent results with an intuitive, comprehensive
printing interface that provides optimized presets for a wide variety of devices. Multipage Support Q. One FreeHand feature that is important to me is the ability to produce multi-page documents. Will Illustrator CS3 support the creation of multi-page documents? A. Illustrator CS3 follows a single-page-per-document model. However, you can use the Illustrator page tiling feature to simulate multiple pages in a single PDF document. Once a page is set up with page tiling, you can automatically convert all page tiles to individual pages within the resulting PDF file. In addition, the new Crop Area tool in Illustrator CS3 provides a fast and intuitive way to export pages from a large artboard containing artwork for multiple and/or different-sized pages for output as PDF files, for printing or for export to other formats. For professional multi-page document creation capabilities, Adobe offers InDesign, with features that can handle any page design project, with detailed indexing, easy table creation, character styles, and state-of-the-art printing controls. Importing FreeHand Files Into Illustrator Q. What about the large library of FreeHand files that I have? How will I be able to use them with Illustrator CS3? A. Illustrator CS3 includes the new ability to import FreeHand 10 and MX files directly and with higher fidelity than in previous releases. But there are several ways to get FreeHand files into Illustrator CS3 by using different file types. Determining the best way to move files depends on the type of illustration and whether you plan to edit the text in the file. Adobe has created a technical resource that provides a side-by-side comparison of different file types, along with a detailed discussion for each. This guide, Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator, a Technical Resource, is available on the Illustrator product pages of Adobe.com at: www.adobe.com/illustrator/switch.

Q. Specifically, what improvements have been made for importing FreeHand files into Illustrator CS3? A. Improved FreeHand file import for Illustrator CS3 includes:
Support for FreeHand 10 and FreeHand MX (v. 11) formats. The ability to import multi-page FreeHand files into Illustrator CS3 with separate crop areas
for each page. This helps users print individual FreeHand pages, since Illustrator CS3 allows printing of individual crop areas. Users also have the option to import only a specific page from a FreeHand file.
Import of FreeHand swatches, defined in the swatches palette in FreeHand, as swatches in

Illustrator CS3.

Import of FreeHand symbols as symbols in Illustrator CS3. Import of FreeHand raster effectsdrop shadow, basic and feather transparencyas Live
Effects in Illustrator CS3.
Import of FreeHand Envelopes as Envelope effects in Illustrator CS3. Import of FreeHand custom guides as Illustrator CS3 guides. The ability to outline text upon import so that text appearance in FreeHand is preserved in
Proper positioning of FreeHand text, including text alignment, text wrap, vertical text and text
inset, upon import into Illustrator CS3. Pricing and Availability Q. When will the special upgrade from FreeHand to Illustrator CS3 be available and what is the cost? A. The special upgrade is currently available from the Adobe Store and from Adobe Authorized Resellers for English versions of Illustrator. For other languages, the upgrade will be available when Illustrator CS3 ships, which varies by language. Cost of the special upgrade is show in the table below. U.S. and Canada Illustrator CS3 full version FreeHand Illustrator CS3 upgrade $599 (U.S.) $199 (U.S.)

(Intl English)

Europe 689 199

(Localized)

Europe 719 249

Japan 80,000 24,762

Rest of World $599 (U.S.) $199 (U.S.)
Q. What versions of FreeHand are eligible for this upgrade? A. Any registered version of FreeHand is eligible for this special upgrade offer. Q. Do I need to prove that I qualify for this special upgrade? A. You can simply purchase your upgrade and verify that you have the qualifying FreeHand product during the installation process. During product activation you will be prompted to enter the serial number for the FreeHand version you own. Issues with serial number verification will be handled by Adobe Customer Service. For contact information and hours, please see: www.adobe.com/support/programs/illustrator/?tab:contact=1 System Requirements
System requirements Macintosh
PowerPC G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v.10.4.MB of RAM (1 GB recommended) 2.5 GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation) DVD-ROM drive 1024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit or greater video card
Q. What are the operating system requirements for Illustrator CS3? A. Illustrator CS3 will operate on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. For Microsoft Windows, Illustrator CS3 requires Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions). For the Mac OS, Illustrator CS3 requires Mac OS X v.10.4.8. Adobe Illustrator CS3 will not operate on Mac OS 9 or on Mac OS X in Classic mode. Please see the system requirements sidebar in this document for more information. Q. Is Illustrator CS3 available in a Universal version for Intel-based Macs? A. Yes. Illustrator CS3 will operate in Universal mode on any PowerPC G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor.

Windows

Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon, or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions) 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended) 2 GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation) DVD-ROM drive 1024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit or greater video card QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features Internet or phone connection required for product activation Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos and other services Online services, including, but not limited to, Adobe Stock Photos and Acrobat Connect, may not be available in all countries, languages, and currencies. Availability of services is subject to change. Use of online services is governed by terms and conditions of a separate agreement and may be subject to additional fees. For details, visit www.adobe.com.
Q. Why doesnt Illustrator CS3 support Mac OS 9 or other older operating systems? A. Illustrator CS3 and the other Creative Suite 3 applications only support current Macintosh and Windows operating systems in order to deliver the best software performance and take advantage of new operating system and hardware features, such as multitasking. Help for Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator CS3 Adobe has created a number of materials to help FreeHand users make the transition to Illustrator CS3. All of the resources listed below are available on Adobe.com at no cost. Please see the Illustrator pages at www.adobe.com/illustrator/switch to access these materials. FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide(PDF document) Learn how to transition from Macromedia FreeHand to Adobe Illustrator, understand the differences in tools and features, and discover the power of integration between all Adobe applications. Written and layout with designers in mind. Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: A technical resource(PDF document) Technical resource provides the best way to move your legacy FreeHand content into Illustrator, handle different file formats, outputting files, and other information. Designed for production managers, IT managers and designers. Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator CS3 with Mordy Golding(video training) Video training produced by lynda.com. The author, Mordy Golding, has been a production artist for print and the web for many years, and is an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Print Specialist and is also the author of the Illustrator CS2 and Flash 8 Integration video training title published by lynda.com. More information Q. Where can I learn more about Adobe Illustrator CS3? A. Detailed product information and a video overview of the new features offered in Illustrator CS3 are available at www.adobe.com/illustrator. A free, fully functional 30-day trial of Illustrator CS3 is available for download at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=illustrator. The Illustrator Design Center offers tutorials on a wide variety of topics, along with links to blogs, podcasts and other community content is available at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/designcenter/search.cfm?product=Illustrator&go=Go. Q. What third-party plug-ins are available for Adobe Illustrator CS3? A. An extensive list of third party plug-ins can be found in the plug-in center on Adobe.com at www.adobe.com/products/plug-ins/illustrator/index.html.

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Macromedia FreeHandMX: Training from the Source Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub Date: May 19, 2003 ISBN: 0-321-17916-1 Pages: 350
7. Double-click the Link box. The text block resizes vertically to fit the text. The Link box is also used to link text blocks, which you will do later in this lesson.

Formatting Text

Once you have the text on the page, you can format it to your liking, changing the font, size, color, and paragraph formatting such as alignment and line spacing. You can use the Text menu, Text toolbar, or Object panel to apply your formatting. The advantage of the Object panel is that Table of Contents you can see all current settings in just a glance.
If Patti Schulze the entire text block, you can apply formatting to all of the text within the text By you select block. If you select specific text within the text block, you can apply formatting to just the selected text.
1. Use the Pointer tool to select the text block and then select the Text property on Pages: 350 the Object panel. Text formatting options appear on the Object panel. The left column contains five text attribute buttons: Character, Paragraph, Spacing, Columns, and Adjust Columns. When you click one of these buttons, the Object panel changes to display a different set of formatting Whencontrols. faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!
2. Click the Character attribute button (the abc button), choose a font from the Font pop-up menu, and choose a point size from the Size pop-up menu. Select Center alignment. This text is a headline, so use a big, bold font such as Arial Black with a size of 24 points. All of the text changes to that font and size. If the font you choose is larger than the original font size, your text may overflow the text block; in this case, a circle will appear in the Link box. Resize the text block to show all the text.

3. Choose Modify > Split. Press Tab to deselect everything. Select and delete the top and side objects. You need only the bottom portion of the split object.
4. Move the arc over the yellow part of the canister, toward the bottom. This curved line is the bottom line of the bar code. It is longer than the canister and needs to be cut. In the next step, you will use the Knife tool to make the line smaller.
5. Select the Knife tool and drag it vertically through the selected curved line to make the cut. Press Tab to deselect everything and then select the line to the
5. right of your cut. Delete this portion. The resulting curved line should follow the curvature of the bottom of the canister. Now you just need to make some copies of the line and blend them to create the bar code.
When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on POWER TIP Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepThe Knife tool works only if the object is selected. If the object is not selected when by-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, you choose the Knife tool, you can press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In change to the Pointer tool and then select the line. When you release the Ctrl or Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's Command key, the cursor returns to the Knife tool. This shortcut for the temporary robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, Pointer tool works with any of the other tools and is a real time saver. organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in6. Flash the Alt-drag or Option-drag method you've learned to maketo work through the a Use animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you two copies of the lessons in the bookline. Hold down Shift as you drag to constrain the movement. to get new curved at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM started immediately with the program! You don't want the two new lines equally spaced. Make the space between the first and second lines bigger than the space between the first line and the original line.
7. Hold down Shift and select the three lines. Choose Modify > Combine > Blend. On the Object panel, change the number of steps for the blend to8. You can experiment with the number of steps to see what results you like the best.

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Using the Arrange Commands
You may have noticed that each object you've drawn on the page has been placed on top of the last object you drew. You haven't defined any layers, but you are stacking objects as you draw them. All of the objects you've drawn up to now have been placed on the default layer: the Table If you have followed the step-by-step instructions, you've drawn the objects in Foreground layer.of Contents Macromedia FreeHandMX: Training from the Source the proper sequence, and you may not have noticed the stacking order of the objects.
To see how the stacking order affects the objects on your page, you will use the Arrange commands to move your objects in front of or behind other objects. The FreeHand commands to Publisher: Peachpit Press bring objects to the front and send objects to the back work like similar commands in other Pub Date: May 19, 2003 graphics programs. If you are familiar with these concepts, you can skip this section and jump to ISBN: 0-321-17916-1 the section "Using the Layers Panel."

6. Make a copy of the rectangle using the Alt-drag or Option-drag method, holding down Shift as you drag to keep the copy aligned with the original. Move the copy just below the first rectangle. Choose Edit > Duplicate to make another copy. Repeat the Duplicate command until the rectangles fill the left side of the filmstrip. The number of rectangles depends on the size of your elements. Don't worry how many you have. You are more interested in achieving the look of sprocket holes on a filmstrip. When you've finished making the duplicates, you may notice that they are not evenly spaced within the filmstrip. They are equidistant from one another, but they may not be spaced equally on the top and bottom of the filmstrip.
Later you will use the Align panel to distribute the items so they are spaced evenly. Before Whenyou can do that, though, you need to positionbecause and bottom sprockets on the faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be the top you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on filmstrip. Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle atkey to move the last sprocket down until the distance between the 7. Use the arrow your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work throughas the distance bottom of the sprocket and the bottom of the filmstrip is the same several, practical graphic design of the first sprocket and the problems, solutions, and practices. In between the top projects that reflect real-world top of the filmstrip. Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!
8. Select all of the sprocket rectangles. There are many ways to select just those items. You can use any method you've learned. One way is to use the selection rectangle and drag around all of the items. This selects all of the sprockets, the filmstrip, and the gray frame. Then hold down Shift and click the frame and the filmstrip to deselect them, leaving just the sprockets selected.
9. Choose Window > Align. The Align panel aligns selected objects on their edges or their centers or spaces them equally. You could have used the Align panel instead of the Modify menu to align the frame in step 4. The Align panel has two pop-up menus with horizontal and vertical options and a preview pane with three rectangles illustrating your align selection.

6. Move the pointer close to the path of the mountain and drag the path.
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The pointer adds a small s to the cursor to indicate that you are in Pull mode. to push or pull the path with the Freeform tool to shape the mountain to your liking. You don't have to match the background image.

Using the Pencil Tool

You can use the Pencil tool to draw freeform shapes. Instead of clicking or dragging as you do with the Pen tool, you simply drag with the Pencil tool. You use it as you would use a pencil on a piece of paper. You don't have as much control as you draw with the tool, but you can always Table of For areas of your drawing where you are not as concerned with precise alter the path later. Contents Macromediacorners, the Pencil tool offersSource way to create shapes. The highlight areas in the FreeHandMX: Training from the a fast curves and mountains provide a perfect opportunity to use this tool. ByPatti Schulze
1.Pub Date: May 19, 2003 Pencil tool to open the Pencil Tool dialog box. Enter5 in the Double-click the ISBN: 0-321-17916-1 Precision text box. Select Draw dotted line and then click OK.
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The amount you rotate the text is displayed in the Alignment text boxes on the Object panel. (Select the Text on a path property to view this setting.) You could also type values in the text boxes if you need to align the text precisely.
9. Drag one of the corner handles of the selected circle and reshape the circle to an ellipse. When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on You can still reshape the path even though you have already attached text. The text reflows Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education along the new shape. that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!
You may need to move the ellipse to keep the camera within it. 10. On the Object panel, select the Text on a path property and then select Vertical from the Orientation pop-up menu. In addition to showing the path as you did in step 4, you can change the orientation of the
text on the circle. To see these settings, you need to select the Text on a path property on the Object panel. You may want to experiment with the other settings for the orientation as well. FreeHand provides four choices for changing the orientation: Rotate Around Path (the default)
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3. Select the point at the bottom of the oval shape. Drag down to move the point. The shape within the envelope changes to match the new path of the envelope.
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4. Click Show Map on the Envelope toolbar. A grid, or map, appears on the object. You may find this map helpful when modifying points, especially if you are trying to retain some uniformity when applying an envelope. WhenFor example, on a circle envelope, the map resembles you latitude andhow to use lines on a faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because the don't know longitude the design software. Ifyou move the points on the envelope, you can the first time, you can rely on globe. When you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for view the map to make sure that Macromedia FreeHandto theTraining from the Source for aa manner you didn't anticipate. your modifications MX: envelope don't bend the map in thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program! 5. Select the second shapethe green rectangle filled with several smaller rectanglesand from the Preset pop-up menu on the Envelope toolbar, choose Rectangle. Click Create. The rectangle envelope is applied to the grouping of rectangles.
6. Drag with the Pointer tool around the left side of the group of rectangles. The three points on the left side of the group are selected.
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The left side of the rectangle group moves, and the contents distort to match the shape.
When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program! 8. Repeat steps 6 and 7, this time selecting the right points and dragging up and to the left. The right side contents change to conform to the distorted shape. You can move any of the points on the path to change the look of the object.

7. Make a copy of the camera logo from your postcard page in this document and paste it on this page.
Position the camera at the top right of the page and resize it as needed. You can import the camera.fh11 file from the Media folder within the Lesson07 folder if you no longer have your camera logo.

Using the Text Editor

The Text tool in FreeHand allows you to type text directly on the page and edit and format the text. Sometimes when you are entering text, you may want to see the hidden characters not normally visible. For example, you may want to see the end-of-column character you just Table of Contents inserted, or you may want to see the paragraph marks in the text. If you need or want to see Macromedia FreeHandMX: you canfrom the Source Editor. these special characters, Training use the Text
In the previous task, you inserted the end-of-column character before the "Digital or Conventional?" subheading. Later you may decide to delete the character, or maybe you forget Publisher: Peachpit Press that you inserted it and want to determine why the text jumps to the next column. You can use Pub Date: May 19, 2003 the Text Editor to view the text and either delete the invisible character or verify its existence.
ISBN: 0-321-17916-1 Pages: 350 In this task, you will use the Text Editor to view the invisible characters in your text and delete any extra paragraph marks.
When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the TIP design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education You will also find the Text Editor helpful when you have several pages that contain that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you steplinked text. Instead of having to jump from page to page to edit the text, you can open by-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, the Text Editor and see all of the text, no matter where it appears. practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in1. Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the a Select any text block with the Pointer tool. lessons in the your text is linked, you can select practice files on the blocks; all of the text to get Since all book at your own pace, using the any one of the text companion CD-ROM will started immediately with the program! appear in the editor.

Was the Strokes option on the Transform panel selected before you scaled the object? If so, the point size of the stroke on your petal was also scaled in the copy. For this task, the point size of the stroke is not a concern, as you will remove the stroke on both paths in the next step. Just remember to select the Strokes option if you need it when you use the panel for scaling other objects.
6. Fill the larger petal with a dark red color and choose a 10 percent tint of that color for the fill of the smaller petal. Remove the stroke on both petals.
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will blend the two objects. You want a smooth transition from the the larger one. If you leave the stroke on the petals, you will see the line of the 0-321-17916-1 ISBN: stroke as part of the blend, which would not be desirable in this flower drawing.
7. Select the top point on both petals. Choose Xtras > Create > Blend. The two shapes are blended together. FreeHand does a good job of guessing the number of steps needed for the blend, but you can alter that number if desired. When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!
You can also choose Modify > Combine > Blend or click the Blend button on the Xtra Operations toolbar to create the blend. 8. On the Object panel, in the Steps text box, type 4; then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to apply that number of steps. When you use a small number of steps, you get a banding effect. If you don't see the banding effect, try entering a smaller number.

When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on TIP Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepYou can program's most important new features in the work through several, by-step through atype the needed values for your rectangleas you text boxes on the Object panel. This is faster than trying to manually position the solutions, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems,rectangle. and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's 3. Clone your rectangle. Choose Xtras > Path Operations > Inset Path. Type12 in the robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, Inset text box, and then click OK. organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach you enteredto work through the Inset Path either expands or contracts the selected path. If allows you a negative number lessons the Inset text box, the resulting rectangle would be larger than the original rectangle. in in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!
4. Fill the smaller rectangle with a light gray color. This rectangle is the main content area of the presentation. Any objects on the page will be placed within this rectangle.
You may have noticed the color boxes on the Tools panel. Click the fill color box to
open a palette of web-ready colors (called color cubes). You can use the colors from this palette to pick the colors for this task. W eb-ready colors consist of 216 colors that appear predictably on both Windows and Macintosh computers. You can also switch this palette to display colors from your Swatches panel. Use the right triangle on the palette to switch from color cubes to the Swatches panel colors.
When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, 5. Add a stroke to the smaller rectangle. Change the size of the stroke to 4 points organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used and change the color to black. Add a new stroke to the same rectangle, make it 1 in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the point, and change the color to white. lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program! attributes to the object. In this example, the white Notice that you're adding multiple stroke is smaller and centered within the first black stroke, creating the appearance of a double line. You can add several different strokes to the same object. The order in which properties appear on the Object panel controls the final look on the object.

Repeat the process to create new Flash movies for pic3 and pic4. Then replace the images in your FreeHand document with the new movie clips you just created and test your completed slide show.
In this lesson, you have: Assigned a keyboard shortcut to improve your productivity (pages 280282) Table of Contents Created a drawing for animation (pages 283286) Created a blend for the animation drawing (pages 287289)
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Set the export options and exported a file as a SWF movie (pages 294297) Joined a blend to a path (pages 297300) Animated text (page 301) WhenCreated a master page to use as shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the faced with a design problem, it a background for several pages (pages 302306) design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Used the Action tool to add interactivity the Source for a 306308) Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from to a button (pagesthorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepUsed the Navigation panel to change the actions of a button (pages 308309) by-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Edited a master page (pages 309313) Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to a path tologo and(pages 315315) Changed create a a guide then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial in your FreeHand you to work through the Used Macromedia Fireworks to optimize graphics approach allows document (pages lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get 316318) started immediately with the program! Linked to a Macromedia Flash movie from FreeHand and then edited the movie in Flash (pages 319322) Used Macromedia Flash to create movies for your FreeHand document (pages 323324)
Lesson 10. Creating Web Pages
As you've seen as you've worked through the lessons in this book, FreeHand is a premiere drawing program. With the continuing expansion of the Internet, people increasingly want to create web sites as well as print materials, and the drawing capabilities of FreeHand are as Table of Contents suitable for web pages asTraining from documents. Although it was not designed as a complete Macromedia FreeHandMX: for printed the Source web-production tool or as a replacement for applications such as Macromedia Dreamweaver or ByPatti Schulze Macromedia Flash, FreeHand can play an important part in web-site creation.

Redefining the Connector Style
As you've seen, the default style for a connector line is a line with a filled circle at the start of the line and an arrow at the end of the line. You can change the look of a connector line by changing the stroke properties on the Object panel. In the previous task, you drew several connector lines. manually Table of Contents To change each one of the lines would take some time. An easier approach, as you will Macromedia FreeHandMX: Training from the Source the look of the lines. In Lesson 3, "Colors, see in this task, is to edit the style that controls Gradients, and Styles," you used the Styles panel to create and save a graphic style. In this ByPatti Schulze lesson, you will redefine an existing style.
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You see all of the attributes for the line: the size and the color, plus options for arrowheads.
2. From the left Arrowheads pop-up menu, choose None. The left pop-up menu controls the start of the line; the right pop-up menu controls the end of the line. Changing the option to None removes the circle from the start of the line for the selected stroke.
Many of your connector lines are overlapping so you may not be able to tell whether you've removed the circle. However, when you remove the circle, you may also see the line you've removed it from move slightly. When you redefine the style, all of the lines will be the same again, but now without the circle. 3.
3. With the connector line still selected, choose Redefine from the Styles panel Options menu. In the Redefine Style dialog box, make sure that the Normal Connector style is selected. Then click OK. All of the connector lines in your document are updated with the new line style, and any new connector lines you draw in this document will use the new style.
The Style panel displays a plus sign before a style name to iudicate that the style for the selected item has been modified.
The start and end of the connector lines are determined by the order in which you connect the objects. If you want to reverse a connector line, you can select the line and then choose Modify > Alter Path > Reverse Direction. 4. Save your file. Your site map is complete. In the next task, you will use the Navigation panel to add a note to the page and then export the page as a PDF file. The note you add will be converted to a note comment in the PDF file.

Adding a PDF Note

InLesson 7, "Page Layout and Printing," you saw how easily you can export your pages as PDF documents. In that lesson, your goal was to create a document that you could send to a service bureau for printing or to a colleague for printing from another machine. In this lesson, you've Table of Contents created a web-site map and want to send it to a client for comments or approval. Both you and Macromedia FreeHandMX: Training fromapplication, not the free Acrobat Reader), and you want to your client have Adobe Acrobat (the the Source use that program to attach comments to the PDF file as you collaborate on the site design. ByPatti Schulze

1. Choose File > Publish as HTML. In the HTML Output dialog box, click Setup. Pages: 350
In the HTML Setup dialog box, you specify the method for creating the HTML pages from your document. The default settings create a folder on your desktop. This folder is titled FreeHand HTML Output. All of the HTML pages and the exported images are placed within that folder.
2. From the Vector Art pop-up menu, choose GIF. Click OK. The FreeHand default file format for exporting vector art is SWF. You've added links to the buttons on the page and want the button links to work in all browsers, so you want your buttons exported as GIF files. If you export your buttons as SWF files, your users will need the Flash plug-in to view your buttons.
3. In the HTML Output dialog box, select View in Browser or HTML Editor. Choose your browser from the browser pop-up menu. If your browser does not appear in the pop-up menu, click Browse and locate your browser. When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!
If you have Macromedia Dreamweaver installed, you can select it from the pop-up menu instead of a browser. When FreeHand completes exporting your file, it will open Dreamweaver for you. 4. Click Save as HTML. FreeHand exports your files and saves them in the specified folder. Your home page opens in the browser (or HTML editor) you selected in step 3. If FreeHand encounters problems when exporting your files, it displays the HTML Output Warnings dialog box listing all of the errors.
When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source for a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you stepby-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used TIP in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessonsyouthe book at your own pace, using document and export it again as HTML, you to get If in make changes to your FreeHand the practice files on the companion CD-ROM started immediately with your browser or reload the file in your browser to update the may need to refresh the program! images.