![]() ![]() The only drawback is the lack of a step-and-repeat function for cloning multiple pages.įreeHand also expands its support for SWF in version 9. And for those who prefer to animate pages using layers, a new tool lets you move pages, change their orientation, or even clone them (along with their contents) directly on the pasteboard. (Strangely, however, it lacks predefined Web sizes, so you’ll have to create your own 800-by-600-pixel or banner-ad setting.) You can likewise define custom units of measurementgreat if you tend to work in, say, 16-by-16-pixel blocks. ![]() And FreeHand 9 lets you name and store custom page sizes. For starters, with FreeHand 9 you can create page sizes that are geared specifically for Flash output. Meanwhile, FreeHand 9 has already leapfrogged ahead. FreeHand 7 exported scalable graphics that were readable with a Shockwave player FreeHand 8 could convert blended paths to frames in a Flash animation.īy the time you read this, Illustrator 9 will have caught up with FreeHandversion 8, that is. Fortunately for FreeHand loyalists, their software of choice backed a winner early on. Yet four years after that format’s introduction, most illustration programs are just now jumping on board. Just as Photoshop is a natural for creating Web imagery, drawing programs are ideally suited to vector-based SWF (Shockwave Format) content.
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