FreeHand 8 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) - Softcover

Cohen, Sandee

 
9780201696974: FreeHand 8 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0201696975 ISBN 13: 9780201696974
Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 1998

Synopsis

The FreeHand 8 Visual QuickStart Guide is a fast, easy, and inexpensive way to learn the complexities of FreeHand 8, the latest version of this enormously popular vector-based illustration program for Mac and Windows. Instructions are clear and concise in this book, which contains hundreds of examples of exciting text, design, and illustration techniques you can create in just minutes. Those just starting out, as well as more advanced graphic designers and fine artists, will find a thorough groundwork of the program in this handy reference format.

Even the most basic beginner will find it easy to create complete Web pages quickly. That's because this latest edition, like FreeHand and the new Design in Motion Suite, is Web-savvy. Powerful new features described in this book include

• how to use Insta.html to transform FreeHand pages into complete Web sites
• how to turn FreeHand files into complete Flash 2 animations that can be instantly incorporated into Web pages
• how to use the new transparency lens fills for extraordinary effects

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Sandee Cohen, a former advertising creative supervisor, has been teaching and training on the Macintosh for the past seven years. She teaches at the New School for Social Research Computer Instruction Center in New York City. She is also a contributing writer for several desktop publishing magazines. Her artwork has been used for book jacket covers, interior illustrations, maps, and technical illustrations.

From the Back Cover

The FreeHand 8 Visual QuickStart Guide is a fast, easy, and inexpensive way to learn the complexities of FreeHand 8, the latest version of this enormously popular vector-based illustration program for Mac and Windows. Instructions are clear and concise in this book, which contains hundreds of examples of exciting text, design, and illustration techniques you can create in just minutes. Those just starting out, as well as more advanced graphic designers and fine artists, will find a thorough groundwork of the program in this handy reference format.

Even the most basic beginner will find it easy to create complete Web pages quickly. That's because this latest edition, like FreeHand and the new Design in Motion Suite, is Web-savvy. Powerful new features described in this book include

• how to use Insta.html to transform FreeHand pages into complete Web sites
• how to turn FreeHand files into complete Flash 2 animations that can be instantly incorporated into Web pages
• how to use the new transparency lens fills for extraordinary effects

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Peachpit Pr
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0201696975
ISBN 13 
9780201696974
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
287