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Freehand Gives a Hand
Designers can often find solutions to problems by using another program. For
example, Morphing objects is not yet possible in Fireworks, but it can be
done in Freehand. Freehand has a blend tool that can morph one shape into
another. This morphing can then be exported in Illustrator format into Fireworks
as a collection of frames. It takes some planning, but it can be done.
In this demonstration I started Freehand 9
and created a blue cube and off to the right a red circle.
I select both objects and in the 'xtras toolbar' click the
'blend' icon. I used the default setting which creates a
blend of the object's color and shape in 22 steps. I then
go - Xtras - Animate - Release to Layers. Freehand places
each shape on its own layer. I then select all of my objects
and export them as an illustrator file.
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Use Freehand 9 to create morph animations for Fireworks
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Going back to Fireworks, I open a new document
and go - Import - and choose the file. The 'Vector File Options'
window appears. I select 'Convert Layers to Frames' under
File Conversion and click OK. Now the original blue cube
appears on frame 1 while the other shapes are spread across
the next 23 frames. Click the play button and your blue cube
morphs into a red circle.
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