Fireworks 8 Basics

Fireworks 8 BasicsThis article is based on content from Exploring Studio 8, which gives an overview of Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, C …

FreeHand MX and Fireworks blending modes

FreeHand MX and Fireworks blending modes
Issue
Objects that had blend modes in Fireworks appear differently when imported to FreeHand …

FreeHand 10 compatibility with Mac OS X

FreeHand 10 and Mac OS X Interoperability As the next generation Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X combines the power and openness o …

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 …

Making an online puzzle using Freehand 10, Fir ...

Making an online puzzle using Freehand 10, Fireworks 4 and Dreamweaver 4
You can make an online puzzle using FreeHand, Fireworks, and …

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 …

About Fireworks Files

About Fireworks Files
You can work with a variety of file types in Fireworks. For example, you can start with a PNG file and save it as …

Precision Drawing with Macromedia Flash MX and ...

Macromedia Flash is, as you know, a great media tool that features some unique and interesting drawing abilities. But you’ve prob …

The FreeHand 10 extension and file naming issu ...

General information about file extensions The correct file extension for FreeHand 10 files is .fh10, which follows the pattern of the F …

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 …

Saving FreeHand Files with AppleScript

Saving FreeHand Files with AppleScript
Issue
How can I convert existing FreeHand 5, 7 and 8 documents to FreeHand 9?
Solution
The fol …

The Fireworks Workspace

The Fireworks Workspace
When you open a document in Fireworks for the first time, Fireworks activates the work environment, including t …

Precision Drawing with Macromedia Flash MX and ...

A Perfect Union of Form and Function
A long time ago, there were two vector drawing programs that barely knew each other. FreeHand drew …

Issue: file extensions on networks

Issue: file extensions on networks Despite the advent of LFN, some networks still truncate file names to conform with the 8.3 naming co …

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 …

Gradient fills created in FreeHand appear band ...

Gradient fills created in FreeHand appear banded on screen
Issue
An object containing a gradient fill has distinct bands of color on s …

Using the Tools Panel

Using the Tools Panel
The Tools panel is organized into six categories: Select, Bitmap, Vector, Web, Colors, and View (see Figure 2).

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The basics

There’s a fairly broad range of FreeHand versions that you can import into Macromedia Flash MX. You can directly import FreeHand …

The FreeHand File Extensions Solutions

SolutionsIf you wish to avoid a network truncating the file names of linked files, you have two options: 1) changing the names of linke …

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 …