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

Cohen, Sandee

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

About 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.

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

Edition details

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