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Macromedia Training Overview
FreeHand 10 Advanced is a hands-on instruction book that teaches you powerful techniques for creating and editing graphics. You will learn advanced skills for working with various graphic formats, drawing efficiently, creating HTML and Flash files for the Web, typesetting, and preparing for high-resolution printing.
Prerequisites
To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following course or have equivalent knowledge:
- FreeHand 10 Level 1:
- FreeHand 10 Level 2:
Delivery method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware/Software Requirements
You will need
- A Pentium processor or equivalent.
- Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT4, or Windows ME.
- At least 64 MB of available RAM.
- At least 70 MB of available hard-disk space required for installation, and an additional 5 MB for the course data.
- A monitor capable of displaying 24-bit color at a resolution of at least 800 x 600 (1024 x 768 or more recommended).
- A CD-ROM drive.
- Adobe Type Manager Version 4 or later with Type 1 fonts (recommended).
- Macromedia FreeHand 10.
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Import and export vector and raster images to integrate FreeHand with other desktop publishing applications.
- Trace raster images automatically to create editable line art from scans.
- Customize FreeHand's interface to make it easier to access frequently-used tools and commands.
- Use symbols and instances, custom brushes, and custom tiled fills to draw and format graphics efficiently and attractively.
- Export to HTML Web pages, including converting text to graphics and adding links to other Web pages.
- Export Flash files to create animation and interaction including rollover effects for viewing on the Web.
- Use typographic commands and shortcuts to integrate text professionally in your illustrations.
- Pre-flight” documents to ensure smooth gradients and prevent printing problems.
- Create color separations, specifying ink settings and printer's marks.
Course duration
1 Day
Macromedia Training Course outline
Lesson 1: Graphic Formats
Topic 1A: Raster and Vector Graphics
Topic 1B: Importing
- Task 1B-1: Importing EPS and Illustrator Files
- Task 1B-2: Importing Bitmap Images
- Task 1B-3: Sampling Colors from Imported Graphics
- Task 1B-4: Linking and Embedding Images
Topic 1C: Tracing Raster Images
- Task 1C-1: Tracing Outlines
- Task 1C-2: Tracing Centerlines
- Task 1C-3: Tracing Both Centerlines and Outlines
- Task 1C-4: Tracing Photographic Images
Topic 1D: Exporting
- Task 1D-1: Rasterizing Vector Graphics
- Task 1D-2: Exporting Raster Images
Lesson 2: Drawing Efficiently
Topic 2A: Customizing FreeHand's Interface
- Task 2A-1: Adding Tools to Toolbars
- Task 2A-2: Modifying Keyboard Shortcuts
Topic 2B: Creating Custom Tiled Fills
- Task 2B-1: Creating an Embossed Effect
- Task 2B-2: Creating a Half-Drop Tiled Pattern
Topic 2C: Symbols and Instances
- Task 2C-1: Creating Symbols
- Task 2C-2: Grouping Symbols in the Library Panel
- Task 2C-3: Editing Symbols to Update Instances
- Task 2C-4: Releasing Instances
- Task 2C-5: Creating Nested Symbols
- Task 2C-6: Copying Symbols Between Documents
Topic 2D: Brushes
- Task 2D-1: Using Default Brushes
- Task 2D-2: Creating a Paint Brush
- Task 2D-3: Creating a Spray Brush
- Task 2D-4: Combining Spray and Paint in One Brush
Topic 2E: Brushes
- Task 2E-1: Importing, Scaling, Tiling, and Brushes
Lesson 3: Web Output
Topic 3A: Creating HTML Web Pages
- Task 3A-1: Publishing HTML Files
- Task 3A-2: Vectorizing Text
- Task 3A-3: Rasterizing Overlapping Elements
- Task 3A-4: Creating HTML Links
Topic 3B: Creating Flash Files
- Task 3B-1: Creating Flash Animations with Layers
- Task 3B-2: Creating a Fading Animation
- Task 3B-3: Preparing Layers and Settings for Rollovers
- Task 3B-4: Creating Interactivity in Flash Format
- Task 3B-5: The Flash Export Command
Lesson 4: Advanced Type
Topic 4A: Adding and Formatting Type
- Task 4A-1: Setting Type in a Fixed-Size Container
- Task 4A-2: Using Type Shortcuts
Topic 4B: Importing and Flowing Text
- Task 4B-1: Importing Text Files
- Task 4B-2: Flowing Text into Multiple Columns
- Task 4B-3: Creating Inline Graphics
- Task 4B-4: Balancing Columns of Text
- Task 4B-5: Justifying and Hyphenating Text
- Task 4B-6: Run Around Selection
- Task 4B-7: Linking Text Containers
Lesson 5: Preparing for Output
Topic 5A: Removing Unnecessary Items
- Task 5A-1: Simplify
- Task 5A-2: Deleting Unused Colors and Text Containers
Topic 5B: Banding with Gradients and Blends
- Task 5B-1: Gradient Length
Lesson 6: Printing
Topic 6A: Print Options
- Task 6A-1: Creating Bleeds
- Task 6A-2: Printing Composites
- Task 6A-3: Printing Color Separations
Topic 6B: Print Area
- Task 6B-1: Printing a Specified Area
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