Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source [Paperback]

Patti Schulze (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321179161 | ISBN-13: 978-9756675175 | Publication Date: May 29, 2003

Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source  is a thorough ground-up text  that is part of  the popular series from Macromedia Press.  Macromedia FreeHand MX leads you step-by-step through  the program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices.

With Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!

 

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From the Back Cover

When faced with a design problem, it shouldn't be because you don't know how to use the design software. If you're learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Sourcefor a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you step-by-step through a program's most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you'll learn how to use the program's robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book's project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!

About the Author

Patti Schulze is the founder and president of Digital Training & Designs (www.digitrain.com), a Macromedia, Apple, Quark, and Adobe Authorized Training Center in Dallas, Texas. Patti has created many Web sites: from recommending the hardware, installing the software, and developing databases and e-commerce functionality, to designing the graphics and coding the HTML. She speaks at Web conferences on topics such as Designing with Dreamweaver and Creating User Interactivity. She is the author of Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio: Training from the Source, also from Macromedia Press. Patti is an avid cyclist, participating in both road and mountain biking events. Recently she completed a 55-mile cross-country mountain bike ride in Moab, Utah and a 113-mile ride in Tucson, Arizona.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Macromedia Press (May 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321179161
• ISBN-13: 978-9756675175
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,362,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I expected more from the source, June 28, 2003

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Maxwell Heights (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source (Paperback)

Training from the source barely scratches the potential of Freehand MX, although it does a good job at getting a user up and running. Power Tips scattered throughout the book are a nice feature, but not much use to a Power User.

Since Macromedia has stopped shipping full manuals with Freehand MX, this title suffices as a manual, but not for people who are interested in the inner workings of Freehand, or even ideas on real world usage, and powerful insider tips to using Freehand effectively.

The name of the title, "Training from the source" just raises your expectations and this book leaves you expecting more.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Patti Schulzes' book is the perfect book for my needs., May 15, 2004

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Clifford Sarokoff "CAS" (Howard Beach, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source (Paperback)

As a professional who earns my income using Photoshop I was looking for help learning Macromedia Freehand MX. I understood that Freehand, similar to Photoshop is NOT intuitive.
Patti Schulze wrote and organized a "how to book" that enables the reader to reach their goal--learning Freehand MX.
The book is written in an understandable style that anticapated my questions. For example; while moving a rectangle to center it on the guides on the page, I was to drag and center the rectangle by placing the X that would appear in the center of the rectangle over the proper position on the guides. My problem was there was no X in the rectangle. The very next paragraph anticipated my question and gave the answer.
The success of your goal--learning Freehand MX takes effort on the readers part but the author has successfully done his job.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Freehand MX training from the source, September 10, 2005

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Henry Kreis "web tyro" (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source (Paperback)

A well written introductory level course book that will also be a good reference because of the explanations at each step. It tells why you ake an action and also gives alternative ways to accomplish the same task. 4 stars instead of five because a couple of key steps were omitted in two of the exercises. I had to backtrack repeatedly until I figured out the missing steps. Recommended.