Macromedia Freehand
Swatches
Use the Colour List to
store, name, and apply
colours used in the
document.
Editing a Colour List
colour automatically
changes the colour of
objects with that colour
applied.
To create new colours
click Options and select
from :
Focoltone - Process
Colours are organized by
whether they share a
common percentage of either
cyan, magenta, yellow, or
black.
MUNSELL- Process
Colours are organized by
hue, value, and chroma.
PANTONE- Spot
Colours are organized in
chromatic order.
PANTONE- Process (fourcolour and Hexa-chrome)
Colours are organized in
chromatic order, including
process-colour simulations of
the spot-colour library.
Toyo -Process
Colours are organized first by
hue and then by saturation.
Trumatch - Process
Colours are specified in small
CMYK increments to avoid
colour gaps.
Web Safe - 8-bit compatible
Each of 216 colours is named
after its RGB and
hexadecimal values.
Layers
Layers divide an
illustration into planes,
as though the different
components of the
illustration were drawn
on separate tracing
paper overlays.
Every object in an
illustration resides on a
layer. Only objects on
visible, unlocked layers
are editable. Create all
layers before you draw
or add individual layers
as you need them.
Styles
Use the Styles panel to
create and apply
graphic or text styles.
If you edit a style later,
FreeHand automatically
applies the changes to
all objects with the
style applied.
Double-click any name
in the Styles panel to
rename a style.
If you modify an object
with an applied style,
you override the style.
A plus sign (+) in front
of a style name in the
Styles panel indicates
an overridden style.
Click the style name to
reapply the original
style.
Mixer
Use the Colour Mixer to
create a new colour for
use in the document
based on one of four
colour models.
Tints
The Tints panel
displays options for
creating tints.
Choose a base colour
from the Colour List or
drag a colour onto
either base colour well.