skills

__Introduction of Freehand skills__ This is the page that we will teach you about the tools in Freehand. Later we will show and describe each of the tools in Freehand. Have you ever wondered how professional companies, brands, etc make their very own trademark logo? Have you ever noticed how professional it looks? But the bigger question is haven't you ever wondered how they make it and we are pretty sure that you have dreamt of making your very own ultimate trademark logo all about you! You don't need to use basic tools like Word, Paint or even drawing it by hand, you could use a more professional, over-standard and up-graded yet still quite easy to use Freehand program to make your creation logo dreams come true. This is so you have a clear and basic idea of the use of this program. It will also make it easier for you make your very own creation using the extraordinary and helpful tools of Freehand. It may seem quite difficult when you start but if you test each tool and learn more about the tools we will teach you, you can get the hang of it and learn to enjoy it as well. You know, they do call the program "Freehand" for a reason! = ) So we all wish you good luck using Freehand and don't worry, it is guaranteed that you will enjoy every minute of it! What more? How about your own professional logo with as much special effects as you want! Start reading our directions now and you are on your way to success and showing off to your friends! [|Freehand background information] Go to this link and scroll down for the Freehand users background information if you would like to know what exactly this program is all about and some miscellaneous information about Freehand.
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**• Color (fill in)- Fills in color in objects.**

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Transform Menu**

Transform Menu is used to change your object size, move, rotate, and skew. The Transform Tools are used to scale, reflect, rotate, and change the objects angle. You use the Align Tool to align objects. Arrange Tools is used to change the order of objects The Groups tool is used if you want to combine several objects into 1 so that you can move them at the same time. Ungroup is the exact opposite of the Group tool, it’s used to ungroup objects so that you can move them 1 by 1. Combine Tools are used to duplicate line, join 2 pictures together, crop out images, and hole punch.


 * Line and Fill Properties**

Where it says Basic on the picture is where you change the lines style. Just under it where it says Black is where you can change the color of your line. To the right of that is the tool that changes the thickness of the line. Down and to the right is the tool that changes the shape of the line. Just under that is the tool that changes if your line should be dashed or not. Under that and to the right is a tool that can give your line an arrowhead.


 * Effect properties**

Effect properties changes your objects look, for example you can blur your object or give it a shadow.