User Guide

Setting up Your Document 125

Working with bitmap images in FreeHand

You can import bitmap images from other applications that have been saved in the

TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, Targa, BMP, and Photoshop (PSD) bitmap

formats.

In most cases, all bitmap formats behave in FreeHand exactly as TIFF images

behave. You can embed, extract, or change links to these ﬁles using the Links

dialog box.

FreeHand can apply some Photoshop plug-ins to bitmap ﬁles. However, once a

bitmap image has been modiﬁed with a plug-in, it is converted to a TIFF and is

embedded in the FreeHand document.

Note: Because of issues related to Macintosh OS X Carbonization, Adobe Photoshop

plug-ins are not supported in FreeHand for the Macintosh. For this reason, the Xtras that

provide support for Adobe plug-ins have been moved to the Unsupported Xtras folder on

the installation CD (Macintosh).

You can set preferences to display imported bitmap ﬁles at the highest resolution

available. For more information, see “Displaying imported TIFF ﬁles” on page 133.

You can set grayscale bitmaps to be transparent, where any white area is clear, and

edit the grayscale ramp. You can also apply a color to a black-and-white or

grayscale bitmap by assigning it a ﬁll color.

To extract an embedded bitmap:

1 Choose File > Open.

2 Navigate to locate the FreeHand document containing the embedded graphic,

and click Open.

3 Do one of the following:

• Choose Edit > Links.

• In the Object inspector, click the Links button.

4 In the Links dialog box select the embedded ﬁle to extract. Click Extract.

5 In the Extract Import dialog box, click Save to accept the ﬁle import.

6 Click OK.

To set a grayscale or black-and-white bitmap to be transparent:

1 Select the bitmap.

2 Select Transparent in the Object inspector.