Adobe Freehand Training Courses

COURSE DETAILS - FREEHAND - About | Introduction | Advanced

About Freehand

Macromedia Freehand was a sophisticated graphic creation tool. It was used to create images, logos and text effects for use in publishing or on the web. However, when Adobe bought Macromedia, they discontinued Freehand in favour of Adobe Illustrator CS3.

This from Adobe's website:

"No updates to FreeHand have been made for over four years, and Adobe has no plans to initiate development to add new features or to upport Intel-based Macs and Windows Vista.

To support customer workflows, we will continue to sell FreeHand and offer technical and customer support in accordance with our policies.

While we recognize FreeHand has a loyal customer base, we encourage users to migrate to the new Adobe Illustrator CS3 which supports both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs and Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Illustrator CS3 offers powerful new features, including functionality designed to appeal to FreeHand users such as tight integration with Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, sophisticated color controls, an intuitive Eraser tool, easier Path editing, and more responsive performance..."

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2 day Introduction - 1 day Advanced

Freehand Training Courses

Macresource Computer Training continues to offer Freehand training courses from beginner to advanced levels to individuals and companies still using this product. Our Introduction to Freehand course provides a solid grounding in the tools, concepts and techniques which are essential to using this feature-rich software package.

Our Advanced Freehand course shows experienced Freehand users how to utilise advanced features to create graphics and illustrations for publication and for the web.

Buying Freehand Software

Freehand can be bought in two ways: as part of the Macromedia MX Studio or as a separate package. Macromedia MX Studio comprises Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX, Flash MX, ColdFusion MX Server (developer edition) and Freehand 10. Macromedia MX Studio costs around £700, while Freehand on its own costs about £350. A range of generously priced upgrades from various previous versions to the full MX Studio is also available, making Macromedia MX Studio the best option for almost all users.

Downloading Freehand Free Trial Version

If you do not own a copy of Freehand and are not ready or able to buy it, you can download a fully functional version of the product from Macromedia's web site at the following URL:

http://www.macromedia.com/software/trial_download/

Rather than disable some of the features of the Freehand trial version, Macromedia have chosen to make it perfectly enabled. However, the software expires thirty days after installation and can no longer be used.

On-site training

We can offer you customised on-site training on Freehand 10 at £695 plus VAT, per day, for up to 10 users, wherever you are in the UK: Devon, Surrey, Berkshire, Essex, Humberside, Lancashire, Merseyside, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Avon, Cleveland, Hertfordshire, Cumbria, Tyne And Wear, Northumberland, Cornwall, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Durham, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Cheshire, Bedfordshire, Greater London, North Yorkshire, West Midlands, Hampshire, Shropshire, Northamptonshire, Greater Manchester, Kent, Derbyshire...