Course overview
This one day course will enable delegates to use FreeHand to produce high quality graphics for print and the web.

Who should attend
This course is intended for graphic designers and web designers.

Course contents

Getting Started
Freehand overview (windows, palettes, help menu, tutorials)
Document set up (creating new and editing existing documents)
Managing and saving files

Creation Tools
Understanding how the main creation tools work, including regular and irregular shape drawing, ways to select objects, and placing text and images within a page.
Using the pen tool
Adding and deleting points
Creating and modifying shapes
Autotrace and transforming
Freehand inspector
Overview of how points define the ends of paths, corner, curve and connector points
Building and manipulating bezier curves.

Typography
Working with text and colour
Understanding how colours are defined for print and for the web
Determining the colour depth of a project
Applying built in text effects and modifying the appearance of standard text
Entering text
Importing text
Alignment and spacing text
Understanding font limitations and anti-aliasing
Modifying character and paragraph attributes
Tracking/kerning and leading
Joining and converting text to paths

Techniques
Working with layers
Using the colour and gradient palettes
Filling and stroking shapes
Cloning and duplicating
Selecting, moving and transforming object

Printing
Exporting files for print
Setting up your page for printing
Changing the print parameters for quality or for speed

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