‘Macromedia FreeHand’ Category

Color conversion: Be careful

Color conversion: Be careful

Will your machine explode? Not exactly. But your colors may. Macromedia Flash uses RGB color because its only goal is displaying images …

Playing with symbols

Playing with symbols

Finally, symbols come to FreeHand! Symbols in Freehand are analogous to symbols in Macromedia Flash. Create a master symbol and use it …

Working With Layers, Fills, Clipping Paths, Text Blocks, and Dashed Lines

Working With Layers, Fills, Clipping Paths, Te ...

Layers You may have noticed this previously in strokes, fills and blends, but in the FreeHand Import dialog box there’s an op …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics: Part 1 Macromedia FreeHand 10 is a powerful, easy-to-use application for creating images from the sim …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Examine the sample image

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Exami ...

Examine the sample image When artists are learning to use an unfamiliar medium such as acrylic paint or an airbrush, they often start b …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw a sphere

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw ...

Draw a sphere In FreeHand, a sphere is a circle with shading applied. By filling a circle with a radial gradient fill, and then moving …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw a cup

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw ...

Draw a cup The simplest way to draw a cup in FreeHand is first to create a cylinder by overlapping two ellipses with a rectangle, and …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw a cube

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw ...

Draw a cube A simple cube is comprised of three squares, skewed and reshaped to match the perspective of the background. Adding fill co …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw a string of pearls

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw ...

Draw a string of pearls A string of pearls is much easier to draw than it might seem. You begin by drawing a path that represents the s …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Moving forward

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Movin ...

Moving forward Now that you’ve completed the first part of the tutorial, save your work. You can use the file you created in this …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2

Introduction Macromedia FreeHand 10 is a powerful, easy-to-use application for creating images from the simple to the complex. In fact, …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Examine the sample image

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Exami ...

Examine the sample image When artists are learning to use an unfamiliar medium such as acrylic paint or an airbrush, they often start b …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Draw a cone

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Draw ...

Draw a cone Shading a cone is a challenge because neither a linear gradient nor a radial gradient accurately produces the highlights an …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Draw a magnifying glass

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Draw ...

Draw a magnifying glass Drawing a magnifying glass in FreeHand involves combining some of the techniques you’ve already learned w …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Draw a wood-grained surface

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Draw ...

Draw a wood-grained surface Drawing a wood-grained surface as a background is not complicated, but some of the methods used may not be …

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Finish the drawing

Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 2: Finis ...

Finish the drawing The only thing left to do is resize the wood-grained surface to fit the drawing and position it correctly behind the …

Creating a SWF Presentation with FreeHand MX

Creating a SWF Presentation with FreeHand MX

John, a sales rep for the JQ Paint Company, e-mails Marsha in the creative services department to say he needs a presentation for a dep …

Page 3 of 3«123