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Deconstructing FreeHand graphics Part 1: Draw a cube

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 …

Designing with CSS – Part 3: Setting Up the Content Div

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Setting Up the Content Div
The next element to design in the XHTML document is the container for the main content, appropriately named …

Designing with CSS – Part 3: Clearing Elements

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Clearing Elements
The following property (and value) makes an element appear below all the content that is above it within the flow of …

Designing with CSS – Part 3: Writing the Footer Selector

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Writing the Footer Selector
Make the footer selector the same way you created the other selectors. The footer will also be an ID select …

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Creating a Two-Column Layout

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Creating a Two- ...

Note: This article has been updated for Dreamweaver 8. If you are still using Dreamweaver MX 2004, please read the version of this arti …

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Preparing Your Page for Debugging

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Preparing Your Page for Debugging
We investigated the float technique earlier in this series and now it’s time to use it to crea …

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Adding the Left Column

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Adding the Left Column
Open the basiclayout.css file and create space at the bottom to add a new selector. Once you do this, complete …

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Adding the Float

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Adding the Float
Return to the basiclayout.css file and locate the #leftcol selector. By now you should be able to quite easily add a f …

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Organizing the Columns

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Organizing the Columns
At the moment you have the two columns roughly in position, although you still have some work to do to give the …

Designing with CSS – Part 4: Floating the Content

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Floating the Content
Your first job here is to locate the the two clearing divs in the basiclayout.html page and delete them.
To corre …

Designing with CSS – Part 5: Defining Columns and Vertical List Navigation

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Note: This article has been updated for Dreamweaver 8. If you are still using Dreamweaver MX 2004, please read the version of this arti …

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