Freehand MX Advanced Study Guide

 study guide 0-619-28589-3 © 2005
Publish date: October 4, 2004
174 pages

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Course ID: freehand-mx-adv-sg

The last in our series of Freehand computer training books is the Freehand MX Advanced study guide. This course takes what you have learned in the basic and intermediate courses and builds upon it. You will learn how to modify image shapes and paths as well as look at PostScript and non-PostScript printers. You will create a variety of effects, blends, and smudges to modify an object. In addition, you will learn how to divide paths, join paths, make slits, and mask paths.

Like the other books in the series, this Freehand MX Advanced courseware contains hands-on activities that let you do the tasks such as how to create additional pages, use the Add Pages button for navigating and rearranging pages, attaching URLs to pages, and publishing the page on the Internet. Other activities include importing both single-page and multi-page documents, exporting your FreeHand documents as different formats, and viewing your document in Flash Player.

The Freehand MX Advanced courseware makes an excellent reference book after the course. In addition, if you are participating in other forms of FreeHand training courses, you can use this book as a supplemental study aid. By using this advanced study guide, you will learn how to fully use your FreeHand software for optimal results.

Course Contents

Unit 1 shows you how to modify a drawing

  • Working with special effects
  • Adding dimension to objects
  • Using the Blend tool
  • Using the Smudge tool

Unit 2 discusses advanced paths techniques

  • How to modify paths
  • Using the Knife tool
  • Making slits and joining paths
  • Masking paths

Unit 3 covers using multiple pages and the Internet

  • Using multi-page documents
  • Using the Internet

Unit 4 goes over printing

  • Printing documents
  • Working with the overprinting option

Unit 5 covers integrating FreeHand with other applications

  • Importing documents
  • Exporting documents
  • Animating documents
  • Using Flash movies
  • Using Fireworks