FreeHand 9 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

By Sandee Cohen

Helps you learn the popular illustration program using step-by-step instructions, along with hundreds of screenshots and dozens of illustrations created by seasoned Free Hand artists and designers.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201354896
• ISBN13: 9780201354898
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

worx for me

normally I'm an Illustrator user..but my job has forced me to learn other vector programs like freehand. This book is great for a reference. Basically all I wanted to know is how to do the things I already know how to do in Illustrator, only using freehand. and this book gave me that information. the book explains how each tool and panel works and leaves it up to you to figure how you're going to use them. no tutorials, no history of the program, no filler. I highly recommend this book (and the program also)

It's a reference, get it..

Ok. Let's partition the world of Freehand 9 owners into two logical spaces. There are those who have a specific thing they want to get done, and those who don't. I am in the first partition. This book has been written for people like me. It is a good (not excellent -- see below) reference for helping me to actualize a specific image I have in my head. Being a very experienced user of both AutoCAD 2000 and SolidWorks, I am VERY familiar with the concepts and functionality of layers and the various types of tools. So, I do not need alot of hand holding. Also, I always buy software to accomplish specific tasks as opposed to a gee-whiz purchase with the hope that it will somehow make me competent (ahem..).My only criticism: on at least two occasions since I purchased the book, I found that Sandy did not fully expain all of the options available with a specific menu selection or modal window. I was left to use trial and error to figure out what the checkbox actually did. I buy books like this to save time. So I had to give her a four star instead of five for this reason. Otherwise, I have saved plenty of time using the index/TOC to get right to an answer.

Perfect Reference Book on FreeHand

This is the book to have if you use FreeHand at all. For myself, who uses Illustrator primarily, I found this book to be quite handy for figuring out how to do "x" in FreeHand, which I'm not that familiar with.

New to Freehand? This is a good place to start learning!

I have been an Illustrator user for some time and decided to finally learn Freehand in order to increase the illustration options open to me. After reading the book this author co-authored with Deke McClellend on Illustrator 9 ( & loving it), I decided to give this book a shot. It didn't disappoint! Nicely paced and clearly written, I found it to have just the right mix of detail and examples needed for me to jump in and learn this tool. I would definitely recommend the book for beginners and those approaching the intermediate level. Advanced users should look elsewhere.

Good for beginners

I am new to Freehand 9 and found the Quickstart guide very helpful. I have used the photoshop Quickstart guide and the 3D studio quickstart and found both of them useful. I was not disappointed with the Freehand 9 Quickstart. If you're new to FreeHand 9 the Quickstart guide isn't a bad place to start.