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Drawing overview

Macromedia FreeHand gives you a wide range of options for drawing. You can drag to create simple objects, such as rectangles, ellipses, and lines. You can also drag to create more complex shapes, including spirals, stars, and polygons. Most drawing tools let you set options. For example, you can change the number of sides on a polygon or the direction in which a spiral winds.

You can create paths by placing points with the Pen or Bezigon tools, or by drawing a freeform shape with the Pencil tool. You can change the type of points and edit them to adjust the shape of the path segments that join them. FreeHand also lets you edit paths by removing or adding points, combining paths, and dragging path segments into new shapes.

The Trace tool lets you create a path that follows the outline of a bitmap image. For example, you can trace a bitmap image of a rose and then edit the resulting paths to change the rose's appearance.

You can use other tools to create specialty objects. For example, the Chart tool lets you add charts to your drawings. The Graphic Hose lets you draw using a picture as a brush.