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Aldus Freehand 4.0



Course Aims
This course is designed to provide readers with a knowledge of the fundamentals of Aldus Freehand and all the key skills necessary to achieve professional looking results with ease. Readers will learn how to use colour, layers & special effects to a professional standard. Readers will how to combine text, pictures and other graphic elements with in different page formats for both one-off or regular production. and how to prepare files for output to a printer or disk.
Assumed Knowledge
A basic understanding of the Windows Operating System is necessary.
Course Audience
Intending, new or less-experienced users of Aldus Freehand who wish to gain a good understanding of the software in a short space of time. Plus others who wish to learn about the scope of the software.

This course can be found in the following categories:
Course Library > Graphics > Aldus
Course Library > Graphics > Aldus

Table of Contents
The Freehand Desktop
  		• Three main elements
  		• The Document Window
  		• Menu Panel
  		• The Toolbox
  		• Window
  		• General Preferences
  		• Altering a new documents defaults
     
    The Document Making Process
  		• Beginning a new document
  		• Altering the page size
  		• Setting up multiple pages
  		• Naming and saving a document
  		• Closing a document
  		• Exporting a document for use in a DTP document
     
    Controls and Presentation
  		• Viewing documents on the screen
  		• Positioning
  		• Scaling
  		• Hiding/displaying non printing elements
  		• Previewing work in action
  		• Viewing drawing layers
  		• Using grids, guides and rulers
     
    Drawing with Freehand
  		• Drawing options
  		• Using the pen/bezigon tools
  		• Creating lines using the pen/bezigon tool
  		• Manipulation of paths/points
  		• Using the freehand/automatic tracing tools
  		• Drawing in loose freehand
  		• Automatic conversion of artwork into Freehand
     
    Using Imported Graphics
  		• Imported graphics
  		• Using graphics as a template for tracing. over
     
    Using Type
  		• Creating text
  		• Linking blocks of text
  		• Creating columns, rows and intervening rules
  		• Balancing columns and copyfitting text
  		• Changing type attributes
  		• Transforming text blocks
  		• Forcing a text line to follow a path
  		• Forcing text line to flow within a closed path
  		• Editing a block of text
  		• Manipulating the block of text
  		• Altering lettershapes
     
    Working with Objects
  		• Transforming objects
  		• Moving
  		• Rotating
  		• Reflecting
  		• Scaling
  		• Skewing
     
    Duplicating objects
  		• Duplication tools
  		• Cutting, copying and pasting
  		• Cloning
  		• Transforming again
  		• Duplicating/power duplicating
  		• Selecting/arranging objects
  		• Gaining information on objects
  		• Specifying screens
  		• Locking objects in position on page
  		• Grouping objects to form a single unit
  		• Constraining objects to special angles
  		• Aligning and distributing objects
     
    Using Four Special Effects
  		• Dropping objects within shapes and creating cut-outs
  		• Creating 'in-between' objects/fills and graduated effects
  		• Spanning fills across more multiple paths
  		• Creating negative/positive effects and transparent holes
     
    Using Layers
  		• Layering objects
  		• Working on a single layer
  		• Controlling layers
  		• Manipulating objects together on separate layers
     
    Painting Strokes and Fills
  		• Assigning Strokes to lines and Fills to closed paths.
  		• Using strokes
  		• Removing strokes
  		• Applying Basic strokes
  		• Applying Custom strokes
  		• Using fills
  		• Removing fills
  		• Applying flat fills
  		• Applying custom fills
  		• Applying graduated fills
  		• Applying radial graduated fills
  		• Applying tiled fills
     
    Using Colours
  		• Colour controls
  		• Mixing new colours
  		• Saving new colours
  		• Assigning colours
  		• Three ways of printing colour
  		• Converting process to spot and visa versa
  		• Using Pantone colours
  		• Using tints
  		• Colours as part of styles
  		• Changing a colour specification
  		• Using colour libraries
  		• Creating tint builds
  		• Applying colours to imported graphics
  		• Trapping
  		• Element-level trapping
  		• Ink-level trapping
  		• Manual trapping
  		• Trapping using process colours
     
    Printing
  		• Proof printing
  		• Checking page specifications
  		• Printing
     
    Imagesetting
  		• Specifying print /output options
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