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Ron Rockwell
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Illustrator, designer, author, and Team Macromedia member Ron Rockwell lives and works with his wife, Yvonne, in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Ron is MXDJ's FreeHand editor and the author of FreeHand 10 f/x & Design, and he co-authored Studio MX Bible and the Digital Photography Bible. Ron has just introduced a "Casual FreeHand" course available at www.brainstormer.org.
He has Web sites at www.nidus-corp.com and www.brainstormer.org.
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Sparkling Text Effects By Ron Rockwell Sometimes you just need
to have a little sparkle
on your pages. If we're
talking about Web pages,
then those sparkles
better shine and twinkle!
You can use FreeHand MX
to create the right
amount of 'bling' in a
few simple steps. Mar. 15, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 24,410 | The Flow Between
Fireworks & FreeHand By Ron Rockwell These days it's a
slippery slope we wander
between graphics for
onscreen viewing and
graphics designed for
printing. Depending on
your own background, you
may be more prepared for
one application than the
other. Working with
FreeHand and Fireworks
can be slightly ... Jan. 21, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 24,056 Replies: 1 | Poster Art By Ron Rockwell They just don't make
posters as they used to.
There was a time when
posters were designed to
use as few colors as
possible to keep costs
down. Screen printing
techniques allowed for an
economical print run, and
artists learned to see
and draw people and
places in ... Dec. 21, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 14,925 | 40 Freehand Tips By Ron Rockwell There are dozens and
dozens of time - saving
things you can do in
freehand. Following is
just a brief selection. Nov. 18, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 19,978 | Typography Part 2 By Ron Rockwell A picture is worth a
thousand words, but
there's always some
loudmouth who wants to
add a thousand words to
your picture. For that,
you have to know a little
more about FreeHand's
text-handling methods. Oct. 18, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 15,251 | Typography in FreeHand By Ron Rockwell Type, text, copy, words,
and (ugh!) even print -
whatever you call it,
it's the art and science
of typography. FreeHand
has an extremely robust
text-handling feature
set. It's easy to learn,
and quite flexible and
tough enough for anything
from business cards to
W... Sep. 8, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 15,409 | Form vs Feature Part 2 By Ron Rockwell In the last issue of MXDJ
(Vol. 2, issue 7), we
discussed the Extrusion
tool. This time we'll
explore other drawing
methods. Some modeling
effects can be handled
quickly in FreeHand with
the Extrude tool, but
gradient fills and
creative blends from one
shape to an... Aug. 11, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 13,913 | Form vs. Feature Part 1 By Ron Rockwell The tools you use to
create three-dimensional
effects on FreeHand
objects make a big
difference in the final
appearance and the time
involved. There's not an
absolutely right or wrong
way to mold a form, but
there are definitely many
ways. In this first part
of a ... Jul. 20, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 13,359 | The Tricks to Tracing By Ron Rockwell Many casual users of
FreeHand MX ask how to
turn a bitmap or
photograph into vector
art. Naturally, the hope
is that there¹s a button
to click and the job is
done. There's not, but
it's close. Each image
will be different in
terms of both its content
and the look ... Jun. 17, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 16,117 | The Object Panel By Ron Rockwell The Object panel is the
key to virtually
everything you can do in
FreeHand MX. Most of us
don't take the time to
understand the Object
panel, however, and it
becomes a source of
frustration. May. 19, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 13,036 | Bulletproof Printing By Ron Rockwell If you've only used
FreeHand MX for Web-based
applications, then it's
time you learned about
the broader world of
print. FreeHand was
originally designed to
give artists a way to put
drawings onto paper via
the computer. Even though
the program's scope has
grown f... Apr. 7, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 15,305 | Are Your Brain Cells
Colliding? By Ron Rockwell Whenever I tried to win
an argument with my
mother, she'd usually end
up saying the final
words, 'Like it or get
used to it.' That's the
way it is with the
multitude of programs
graphic artists use
today. Incorporating
multiple programs into a
single, seamless sui... Mar. 2, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 11,042 | Library Power By Ron Rockwell If your work involves
company logos, a photo,
or other graphic element
that you use often,
symbols can save you a
lot of time. If you're in
the beginning stages of
creating a Web site or
multipage document with
recurring objects, a
library of symbols can
make layo... Feb. 2, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 15,386 | The Art of Freehand Pages By Ron Rockwell Freehand MX has to be one
of the most powerful
programs you can have in
your arsenal of graphic
tools. By purchasing
Studio MX, Illustrator
users are now finding out
that Freehand is capable
of many things that they
couldn't do in
Illustrator. Jan. 5, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 14,439 |
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