Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source
暫譯: Macromedia FreeHand MX：來源訓練

 A complete, project-based tutorial for Macromedia FreeHand MX, the professional illustration and layout software for Web and print design.

• Entirely new projects and material focus on FreeHand as a Web design tool.
• Project-based tutorial approach allows users to work through the lessons in the book at their own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately.
• Practical curriculum introduces readers to concepts that help them with real-world workflow.

Buyers of Macromedia Studio MX, the fastest selling offering in Macromedia's history, get a bonus with the new Macromedia FreeHand MX a professional illustration tool that offers users the utmost in creative control. With Macromedia Presss new Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source, users learn by doing. Each lesson focuses on a real-world project that introduces readers to different concepts, from a solid foundation in the basics: how to combine text and graphics, work with paths and points, use layers and styles, and prepare files for print or the Web; to advanced topics, such as creating symbols and animations for exporting into Macromedia Flash. Readers will create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, learn to use layers to organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. Plus the book comes with a companion CD containing all of the practice files referenced in the book so that readers can begin using the program immediately.

Patti Schulze is the founder and president of Digital Training & Designs (www.digitrain.com), a Macromedia, Apple, Quark, and Adobe Authorized Training center located in Dallas, Texas. Patti began using FreeHand when it was first released and it has become her program of choice for creating logos, corporate identities, and storyboarding Web sites. Patti is also the author of Macromedia Fireworks MX: Training from the Source, Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio: Training from the Source, and co-author of Macromedia 4 Dreamweaver 4: Training from the Source.