Macromedia Freehand Mx: Training from the Source

By Patti Schulze

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321179161
• ISBN13: 9780321179166
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Macmillan/Rand McNally
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Good FH book to get you started

I am new with FreeHand. I bought MX2004 Flash Pro and I wanted to start using all of MX2004 apps including FreeHand. This book taught me how to get me started with FH. It comes with the practice files to work my way through the lessens and I had no problem following the book. I also purchased Fireworks version of this book from the same publisher.

Freehand MX training from the source

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.

Very Good

The author clearly states in the introduction the book is intended for new Freehand users. One of the previous reviews, stating it is unfit for power users, is probably correct; but that is not the intent of the book. Based on that, this book accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do: acquaint new users to Freehand. I thought it did a very good job. Additionally, the Freehand manual actually is shipped with the CD. It is located on the installation CD in .pdf format.

Patti Schulzes' book is the perfect book for my needs.

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.