Controlling Color Values; Creating Grayscale Effects; To Brighten Or Dull Colors - MACROMEDIA FREEHAND MX 11 Use Manual

To brighten or dull colors:

Select an object.
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Select Xtras > Colors and then select an option:
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Lighten Colors
Darken Colors
Saturate Colors
Desaturate Colors
The effect increases each time you apply the Xtra until the maximum effect is reached.

Controlling color values

The Color Control Xtra adds or subtracts a percentage of a CMYK, RGB, or HLS color value to
or from all colors in a selection. If a color already consists of minimum or maximum values, or if
it is a spot color, the Color Control Xtra has no effect.
Using the Color Control Xtra to modify objects with named colors produces unnamed colors.
The original named colors remain in the Swatches panel. To add the modified colors to the
Swatches panel, you must name them (see "Naming colors" on page 155).
To control color values:
Select Xtras > Colors > Color Control.
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In the Color Control dialog box, select a color mode: CMYK, RGB, or HLS.
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Select Preview to view changes as you make them.
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Drag the sliders or enter values to adjust the color components, between -100% and 100%,
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and -360° to 360° for Hue; the default is 0 for no change.

Creating grayscale effects

You can convert vector objects to grayscale or convert grayscale graphics to another color for a
monochrome effect using the Convert to Grayscale Xtra. Converting a color also converts any
tints based on it.
To convert a selected object to grayscale:
Select Xtras > Colors > Convert to Grayscale.
Objects are converted to tints of black.
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makes the color lighter.
makes the color darker.
makes the color more intense.
dulls the color.