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Freehand Tutorials - Making Custom Arrowheads In Macromedia® FreeHand® - Macromedia FreeHand ships with a selection of arrowheads but you may encounter a situation where the selection of predefined arrowheads is inadequate. In this case you could make a path object in the shape of an arrowhead and position it on the end of the line. This is not optimum, because if you change the line you will have to reposition, scale and/or rotate the arrowhead to remain properly oriented to the line.

Freehand Tutorials - The Anatomy of Vector Illustration - Illustrations created in all major vector drawing programs have a definite anatomy and share a common pattern. Whether you use Deneba Canvas™, Adobe® Illustrator®, CorelDRAW or Macromedia® FreeHand® you will find that this pattern exists even though each program may define the parts differently. The purpose of this section of the web site is to take apart a vector drawing so you can see how it is put together and able to understand it. In the illustration section is a table of equivalent terminology to better help you translate the terms from one application to another. This will clarify the subject and make it less confusing. You will not be bound to a single application once this becomes clear to you.

Freehand Tutorials - Keyboard Shortcuts For The Pen Buy Graphics & DTP Software! - This tutorial is for applications that use the pen: Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator® and Macromedia® FreeHand®. When drawing with the pen you will inevitably have to stop mid-path and make adjustments to anchor points, control handles or line segments. And Keyboard Shortcuts For The Pen
Examples and Pen Tutorial Practice Templates

Freehand Tutorials - FreeHand® Drawing Techniques (Part 1 of 5 part series)- The following tutorial details a simple technique for drawing a complex shape by combining primitive shapes in Macromedia® FreeHand. Part 2 and Part 3 and Part 4 and Part 5

Freehand Tutorials - Illustration Basics - This tutorial, the first in a two-part series, guides you through the basic tasks of designing illustrations with Macromedia FreeHand MX. You'll get hands-on experience using FreeHand and learn basic graphic design concepts along the way.

Freehand Tutorials - Perspective Drawing Technique For Macromedia® FreeHand® - Although the latest version of Macromedia FreeHand has a built-in perspective drawing grid, this technique uses guide lines to rough out the object you are drawing. As shown below in the following steps, I was able to draw a DSL modem using this technique.

Freehand Tutorials - Deconstructing FreeHand graphics: Part 1 - In this tutorial, you will examine an existing FreeHand image, then create your own version. To teach the techniques used to draw the original, this tutorial "deconstructs" the image one element at a time, letting you take a close look at how each piece was drawn.

Freehand Tutorials - Using Contour Gradients To Add Depth And Complexity to an Object - You can use a FreeHand 10 contour gradient fill to blend color in two dimensions to add depth to a vector object. You can also use two or more colors in the contour gradient to add complexity. Contour gradient fills apply gradations based on the shape of the selected object.

Freehand Tutorials - Deconstructing FreeHand graphics: Part 2 - In this tutorial, you will examine an existing image, and then create your own version using FreeHand 10. To teach the techniques used to draw the original, this tutorial "deconstructs" the image one element at a time, letting you take a close look at how each piece was drawn.

Freehand Tutorials - FreeHand 10 tips and tricks: Part 1 - Macromedia FreeHand 10 has many features so it may be easy to miss some of its powerful capabilities and simple shortcuts. This article is the first in a series that highlights some techniques that can enable you to work more efficiently. For more tips and tricks, see FreeHand 10 tips and tricks: Part 2.

Freehand Tutorials - FreeHand 10 tips and tricks: Part 2 - Macromedia FreeHand 10 has many features so it may be easy to miss some of its powerful capabilities and simple shortcuts. This article is the second in a series that highlights some techniques that can enable you to work more efficiently. For more tips and tricks, see FreeHand 10 tips and tricks: Part 1.

Freehand Tutorials - Drawing complex paths with the Pen tool - The Macromedia FreeHand Pen tool defines a path by placing points. A path looks like a series of curves and straight lines, so it can be easy to forget that a path is actually a series of two or more connected points. This article describes how to use the Pen tool to draw complex paths.

Freehand Tutorials - Using Brush Strokes in FreeHand 10 to Create Intricate Patterns - Brush strokes are patterned strokes based on an object that you create from a graphic or text and save in the Library panel as a symbol. By creating a brush stroke from a symbol, you save drawing time, eliminate excessive redraw time, and reduce file size, which is ideal for graphics that will appear on a Web page.

Web Based Image Editors - Online Photoshop Alternatives for Image Editing
With Adobe recently launching their online version of Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Photoshop Express - you might be wondering if there are other quality image editors online. You don't have to wonder anymore. We have put together a list of more than 30 web-based picture editors that are great alternatives to Photoshop Express. I am not saying that any of these online image editing tools are better than Photoshop Express, but they are all quality tools that can be used to create great image effects.

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Freelance Graphic Design Jobs and Web Design Jobs - We?re Rolling in Them
We have set up a script to take the freelance design jobs from dozens of freelance sites, graphic design forums, web design forums, job boards, and graphic design job sites. This script is set to automatically update this job board several times a day so you can be assured that you are looking at regularly updated freelance graphic design and web design projects on this aggregator.

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Fonts FAQ - Answers To Your Questions About Fonts
I get questions about fonts all the time and I wanted to write a post that would help many of you. Today I am answering many questions about fonts that will help you in your daily graphic design tasks.

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Productivity Tools for Efficient Graphic Designers to Automate Design Process
You will find that a lot of these tools can automate your graphic design process by actually doing the tedious repetitive tasks that slow you down. There are a ton of tools listed here, so make sure to bookmark this page.

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Sep 11

Logo Design Process of Inspirational Graphic Designer Jon Sandruck
Logo Design Process of Inspirational Graphic Designer Jon Sandruck Do you want to learn about the logo design process from a logo designer who is going to have two of his logos to be included in the inspirational Logo Lounge 5? Then please welcome the very talented Jon Sandruck. Today Jon Sandruck is going to detail [...]

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Most Unique / Silly Shopping Bags Ever Designed - Inspirational Graphic Design
I have collected more than a dozen of the coolest shopping bags that I have ever seen. The creativity that was put into designing these bags could be put towards any graphic design project, and is not only limited to shopping bag design. These graphic designers thought outside the box (or bag in this situation) and I would love to have you submit some designs that you think showcase the same creative thinking (designing).

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Sep 2

Collection of Free Photoshop Pattern Sites - Start Downloading Those Patterns
If you are a Photoshop guru, then you are probably always on the lookout for new free Photoshop stuff. Well, we try to do that legwork for you. On this page you will find a nice roundup of free Photoshop pattern sites. Click through to these sites and download some of those free patterns. Have fun.

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Huge Roundup of Typography Blogs, Resources, Articles, Galleries, & Tools
A collection of Typography blogs & resources, Typography articles, Typography showcases, and Typography tools and then categorized them for you in this article.

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A Roundup of the Best Photoshop Logo Design Tutorials Online
I have collected the top Photoshop Logo Design tutorials online and listed them for you below. There are also plenty of Web 2.0 Logo Design tutorials as well.

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Best Cool, Clever & Unique Billboards and Outdoor Advertising Part II
This part II of a never-ending series of the coolest outside ads, billboards, and public advertising.

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