User manual MACROMEDIA FREEHAND MX-USING FREEHAND MX

[. . . ] Using FreeHand MX Macromedia FreeHand MX Copyright © 1988 - 2003 Macromedia, Inc. This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under a license and may not be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or converted to any electronic or machine-readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval of Macromedia, Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual. Trademarks Allaire, Authorware, ColdFusion, Contribute, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Fontographer, FreeHand, HomeSite, Jrun, Kawa, Macromedia, Macromedia M Logo & Design, Macromedia Contribute, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Flash Communication Server, Macromedia Flash Remoting, Roundtrip, Roundtrip HTML, SoundEdit, Shockwave, UltraDev, what the web can be and Xtra are trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. [. . . ] · Change the object's stroke or fill color. 214 Chapter 7 Joining a blend to a path You can join a blend to a path to control the shape and orientation of the blend. When you join a blend to a path, the center point of the first object in the blend is placed over the path's start point, and the center point of the last object is placed over the end point. The rest of the blend is distributed along the path. By default, the blend is rotated on the path so that the orientation of each blend object changes to follow the path. You can subselect the path and reverse its direction to make the blend flow in the opposite direction. To join a blend to a path using the Blend tool: Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the blend to the path. To join a selected blend to a selected path manually: 1 2 3 Select Modify > Combine > Join Blend to Path. To modify the way in which a blend fits its joined path, select Show Path in the Object panel to show the path. To rotate the blend around the path, select Rotate on Path in the Object panel. Deselect the option to position the blend parallel to the path. To remove a selected blend from a path, do one of the following: · Select Modify > Split to create a separate blend and path. · Select Modify > Ungroup to separate the path and the original objects. Intermediate objects remain grouped. Special Effects 215 Blending composite paths and groups You can create blends between composite paths and between groups. Groups must contain only simple paths and cannot contain composite paths, images, clipping paths, or other groups. Experiment with different settings to achieve the best results. To blend selected composite paths or groups: 1 2 3 Select Modify > Combine > Blend. In the Object panel, select a blend type: Normal gives good results for most blends. Horizontal and Vertical give optimal results between composite paths with nonoverlapping subpaths by dividing a segmented path into horizontal or vertical portions. blends the objects based on their position. 4 In the Object panel, select a blend order: Positional Stacking blends the objects based on their stacking orders. Adding points to objects or paths You can add points to an object or path to increase its complexity for applying other special effects. Added points appear on the path without distorting the shape of the path. To add points to a selected object or path: 1 2 Select Window > Toolbars > Xtra Operations. Do one of the following to add a point between every pair of points on the path: · Click the Add Points button on the Xtra Operations toolbar. Roughening objects or paths You can alter a path or object by roughening it with the Roughen tool. You can also use the Ragged effect attribute to create a hand-drawn appearance for an object without permanently altering the object. For more information, see "Using a Ragged effect attribute" on page 196. To roughen a selected path manually: 1 2 In the Tools panel, select the Roughen tool from its pop-up menu. Drag to apply the effect to the selection. 216 Chapter 7 To roughen a selected path or object precisely: 1 2 3 4 5 6 In the Tools panel, if the Roughen tool is not showing, select it from its pop-up menu. For Edge, select Rough to use corner points to create a jagged edge, or select Smooth to use curve points to create a smooth, hand-drawn distorted edge. Dragging farther from the path makes the path rougher. Note: To apply this effect to text, first select the text and then select Text > Convert to Paths. Applying a fisheye lens effect You can alter a path or object by applying a fisheye lens effect. Concave and convex fisheye lens effects are most easily seen on symmetrical shapes. To apply a fisheye lens effect to an object manually: 1 2 In the Tools panel, select the Fisheye Lens tool from its pop-up menu. [. . . ] See EPS files end-of-column character 242, 272, 273 end-of-line character 242 Envelope toolbar 22, 223 envelopes 222 applying 223 converting to paths 223 Envelope toolbar and 22, 223 preset 224 removing from objects 224 using paths as 223 EPS files converting colors when exporting (Windows) 351 Editable 341 exporting 350, 351 importing 314 Eraser tool 95 erasing paths 95 Even/Odd Fill option 128 Exact Palette option 356 exiting FreeHand 58 expand path effect 196 Expand Stroke command 135 Expand Stroke Xtra 135 Export Again command 347 export area 348 Export command 52 Export Notes option 360 Export Page Boundary option 347 Export Symbols dialog box 52 Export URLs option 360 394 Index exporting defining the output area for 348 Flash movies (SWFs) 336 master pages 52 selected objects 347 styles 307 symbols 300 text with inline graphics 361 exporting files 341, 345, 346 Adobe Illustrator format 350 alpha channels and 353 BMP format 355 choosing a format for 344 converting colors for 349 defining color depth 354 defining transparency for 354 dithering colors in GIFs 355, 356 Editable EPS format 341 EPS format 350 formats for 342, 343 FreeHand format 350 GIF format 355 HTML documents 329 JPEG format 357 launching external editor for 347 output devices and 344 PDF format 358 Photoshop EPS format 351 Photoshop PSD format 357 PNG format 358 reexporting 347 SWF format 336, 338 Targa format 358 thumbnail preview 347 TIFF format 358 vector format 350 web formats for 344 Extensis Portfolio (Macintosh) 349 external editors editing images in 323 launching when exporting files 347 setting options 322 Extra (+) option 253 extracting bitmap images 318 embedded graphics 64 Extrude tool 206 extruding objects 205 extrusion editing the profile 210 editing the surface 209 F Fast Keyline and Fast Preview modes 29 feather effect 204 File Info dialog box 342 File Info Xtra 342 File Viewer, importing artwork with 317 files closing 58 converting into templates (Macintosh) 61 export formats for 342 exporting. See exporting files import types 310 reverting to last saved version 146 saving 341 unsaved document indicator 15 Fill attributes 20, 108 Fill property 20, 108 fills adding 166 applying to text and text blocks 269­270 basic, applying 178 custom 178 deleting 166 gradient. See lens fills linear 180 overlapping 96, 128 pattern 187 PostScript 188 reordering 166 textured, applying 189 tiled 190 Find & Replace and Select panel group 15 Find & Replace panel 15, 124, 259 Find and Replace command 95, 124, 125, 126 Find Capitalization Errors option 243 Find Duplicate Words option 243 finding and replacing fonts 260 graphics 126 objects 124 text 247 type attributes 259, 260 Fireworks editing bitmap images 320 optimizing bitmaps 321 Fireworks files, importing 312 First Line Leading option, for columns 274 Fisheye Lens tool 217 Fixed (=) option 253 Index 395 fixed-size text blocks converting to auto-expanding 236 creating 234 overflow text in 234 Flash actions assigning parameters to 333 assigning to an object 332, 333, 334 Flash movie, text export options 338 Flash movies 336 changing settings 338 exporting 336, 337 importing 335 protecting from import 337 testing movies 338 Flow Around Selection command 281 Flow Around Selection dialog box 282 flow charts 102 Flow Inside Path command 280 Flow option 272 flowing text in a path 280 Flush Zone option 267 font encoding, for HTML 330 fonts Adobe Type Manager (ATM) and 383 choosing 250 finding and replacing 259, 260 PostScript 384 previewing 251 printing 383 replace missing 65, 66 searching for 259 substituting 65 TrueType 384 Foreground layer 289 Fractalize command 224 Frame Rate option, with Flash animation 337 Freeform tool 90 FreeHand and Fireworks integration launching and editing bitmap images 320 launching and optimizing bitmap images 321 FreeHand format, exporting to 350 FreeHand installer 8 FreeHand MX File Viewer, importing artwork with 317 Full Screen action 333 Full Screen Playback option, with Flash 337 G Get URL action 332 GIF files 328 compressing 328 defining color depth 356 dithering 355, 356 exporting 355 importing 313 Index Color option with 356 interlaced 356 Optimized Palette option with 356 palette options for 356 transparency 356 WebSnap palette 356 global changes 124 glow effect 202 Go To and Play action 332 Go To and Stop action 332 gradient fills graduated 180 linear 180 selecting colors for 181, 182, 183, 184 gradient mask effect 204 Graphic Hose tool 103 drawing with 104 options for 106 restoring defaults for 105 graphic hoses creating 105 deleting 105 importing 104 selecting 104 graphic styles applying 302 creating 303 defined 301 modifying 305 preferences 303 graphics embedding 62 importing 310 inline. See inline graphics linking 62 updating links to after opening document 64 vector. [. . . ]