Working With Macromedia Freehand Mx; Placing Freehand Graphics In Fireworks - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Working with Macromedia FreeHand MX

Because both applications support vectors, vector graphics can be easily shared between
Fireworks and Macromedia FreeHand MX. The appearance of objects may differ between
applications, however, because Fireworks and FreeHand do not share all the same features. For
more information, see
The procedures provided in this section apply not only to using Fireworks with FreeHand but
also to using Fireworks with other vector graphics applications, such as Adobe Illustrator and
CorelDraw. For more information, see
on page 405.

Placing FreeHand graphics in Fireworks

You can place FreeHand graphics into Fireworks in a number of ways. You can import them,
copy and paste them, or drag them. Fireworks 8 supports FreeHand 7 or later graphics.
Importing FreeHand graphics into Fireworks
Fireworks can import vector graphics that were created in FreeHand. You can set the
following options when importing a FreeHand graphic:
Scale
specifies the scale percentage for the imported file.
Width and Height
specify the width and height of the imported file in pixels, inches, or
centimeters.
Resolution
specifies the resolution of the imported file.
Anti-Alias smooths imported objects to avoid jagged edges. You can choose this option
separately for paths or text.
Use the Property inspector to change selected objects to Anti-Alias or Hard Edge.
File Conversion specifies how multipage documents are handled when imported:
The Open a Page option imports only the specified page.
The Open Pages as Frames option imports all the pages from the document and places
each in a separate frame.
The Ignore Layers option imports all objects on a single layer.
The Remember Layers option maintains the layer structure of the imported file.
The Convert Layers to Frames option places each layer of the imported document into a
separate frame.
"Working with other vector graphics applications" on page
"Working with other vector graphics applications"
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405.