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EPS clipping path into FH11?

August 28, 2008, 10:05 pm
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I saved a Photoshop EPS CYMK image with a clipping path. It imports into Adobe InDesign CS, but not into Freehand. All I get is a white box.
I just read here that Freehand will not accept EPS files. How else to get the PS clipping path file into a FH document?
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FHmx toolbar missing

September 4, 2007, 7:38 pm
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We do not have access to the main toolbar on our Mac Intel 10.4.10 based machine for Freehand 11.0.2. Our other machine is a generic Mac and does not have this problem. We have tried the fixits listed for 'missing toolbar' but that doesn't appear to work. Any clues anyone?
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Myspace

October 15, 2007, 3:41 pm
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Hi,
i want to know how to put drawing n stuff from freehand mx onto myspace. PLEASE HELP ME :( !!!
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Printing Error in Freehand MX 11

June 15, 2009, 8:59 am
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I am getting an odd error when I go to print from Freehand MX 11.  I am running Windows XP with SP3.  When I go to print an .eps file it tells me that "The specified printer could not be initialized.  Try a different printer, or reinstall the printer driver."  I have removed the printer driver and reinstalled it as well as Freehand.  This does not seem to fix the issue.  My default printer in Windows is set and Freehand is trying to use another printer driver associated with my multi-printer.  It is trying to send it to the "Fax" driver instead of the normal printer driver.  I have uploaded a screenshot of the error message.  Thanks in advance for any help given.  I have searched all over and have found a post, but not any answers.  Thanks again.

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I'm exporting a pdf in freehand mx and want to save my spot colours.

January 19, 2010, 10:44 am
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I'm working in freehand and trying to save spot colours when exporting a pdf. When I do this it's converting my file to cmyk. Please help.

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why Free Hand software stopped?

April 9, 2015, 12:19 pm
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I'm a senior graphic designer and I work in a cosmetics company.

I work using many Graphic software like (Adobe photoshop, InDesign, Audition, Illustrator and 3Ds max, 3D Maya ... etc.) on Mac OS and Windows.

 

My problem that I was work using (Macromedia Free Hand) for many years and this software was an important partner and part and parcel in progress and success in my work.

That was until your great and decent company has done a deal to buy Macromedia company software then stopped after this a wonderful software (Free Hand).

 

The question that ariseswhy has this software stopped?

This software is very easy and flexible and faster than the other softwares in the same class It only lacks a few things to become the most powerful software in its class.

It is not only my opinion but many other Designers as well who suffer from other softwares who forced to work with it.

We have a history of our formal designs that well be lost sooner if (Free hand) is not back once more. because he no longer works on Mac os 10:10 and (Fh11) format no longer Known from other softwares.

 

We dreamthat your great and decent company responds for many Graphic Designers and Launch(Adobe Free Hand)software to become the strongest, the newest and the fastest software in the vector world.

We need that software strongly and we have a great hope in your decent company that makes our future better.

I know that my opinion is simple, but i'm sure they'll find an ear to hear and a mind to understand our needs

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Freehand, Parallels and Snow Leopard not working?

January 25, 2017, 11:33 am
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Hello,

 

I have a new El Capitan Mac, installed Parallels 12, then installed Snow Leopard Server, then Freehand MX.... I get a bouncing Freehand Icon for a few seconds then nothing, no activation window. I have tried the adobe Freehand registration link which downloads a blank file? I have tried taking my Macromedia files from my old mac and putting them in the Application Support folder, Help!! What am I doing wrong? Am I missing something?

 

Thank you

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Lost Tool bar in freehand x

September 29, 2006, 5:43 am
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Some how my tool bar (the section with the pen tool etc.) is gone. I'm pretty new to freehand as you can tell. Just need to know how to pull it back up is there a simple command that I can use?
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fragmented text blocks

August 15, 2006, 3:56 pm
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Hello,

Does anyone know the reason that text blocks would become fragmented after replacing fonts prior to opening a FH file?

Thanks,

Kevin McCann
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Floating/Docking Toolbars

August 1, 2006, 1:57 pm
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Is there any way to park a floating toolbar in the upper-left corner of the screen and NOT have it turn into a docked bar? The short-rectangle two-column tool palette is tthe most compact and convenient for me. Unfortunately (IMO), it insists on docking (and wasting space on the side or top of the screen) if I move it into the corner.

I've gone through the preferenmces and help files and haven't found anything, but I'm hoping that either I missed something that is blindingly obvious to anyone else, or that there's a workaround.

Using: Freehand 10.0 on Mac OS X 10.4.7
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fh1o to fhmx

May 9, 2006, 8:35 am
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recently i've woking with freehand 10 & mx. I've been having no problems opening fh10 files in mx, but it occurred to me twice that i cannot open fh10 files with fhmx, and the program doesn't even recognise the file_ as it doesn`t appear the little icon next to the file name. it has to do with university project and i'm worried about it. any ideas to solve the problem?
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How to Export with Transparent Background

September 24, 2008, 8:46 am
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I have created a logo in Freehand 10, and I need to export it as an EPS with a transparent background to place in an InDesign document. How do I export the file with a transparent background?

Thanks!
-Elisha
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Freehand 11 Templates

June 4, 2007, 1:11 pm
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When I select "save as" Freehand Template, the file is still just a regular file, not a template. Why doesn't the template format work right?
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KDS & Vista - problem soved

April 9, 2008, 12:49 pm
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FreeHand worked well in Vista except using KDS, which enables about accurate screen colors, made ecrything light cyan magenta and black. This has happened many times before for example with incompatible icc-files in the system folder.

In FreeHand folder there are two .dll files for KDS kpcp32.dll (2.7.4.0) and kpsys32.dll (3.1.9.0) The ones FreeHand installs are very old.

With google I found files that are more fresh, kpcp32.dll (3.4.3.0) and kpsys32.dll (3.2.2.0). I copied them into FreeHand folder and KDS color management works like before in XP.

Jukka
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What's the point of using FreeHand?

February 27, 2008, 12:20 pm
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I draw for a living. Here are a few reasons why I prefer to draw in FreeHand
rather than in Illustrator CS3.

OBJECT HANDLING

1. Selection of objects behind others very simple with control-click through
stack

2. One pointer tool, function controlled by key modifiers

3. Paste Inside - masking that hides objects outside mask for purposes of
selection, dimension display and snaps

4. Raster images display current scale percentage from original size.

5. Easy handling of linked images, including 'extract image' function

6. Import multiple images by shift-clicking in Finder window. Place in
succession by clicking in FH document.

7. Find & Replace Graphics path shape

8. Find & Replace Graphics within selected objects only, 'add to selection'
function

9. Find & Replace stroke width within range of stroke widths

10. Delete point selected with pointer tool deletes only point, not adjacent
path segments (no need to switch to a special pen tool to delete point)

DRAWING TOOLS

11. One pen tool, function controlled by keyboard modifiers

12. Live shape primitives - polygons, stars, rectangles with interactive
rounded corners

13. Interactive rounded corners on rectangles which can be set independently

14. Interactive ellipses create segments, wedges, arcs, sectioned circles.

15. Join selected path segments with Join command or toolbar icon (AICS3
requires script or concatonate plug-in)

16. Split paths into segments at multiple subselected points

17. Convert point to 'automatic' with balanced handles

18. Connector points

19. Retract point handles function with icons in contextual object inspector

20. Convert multiple subselected points to curve point, or corner point, or
retract bezier handles, or set 'automatic' handles which smooth curves

21. "Bend-o-matic" -- bend straight path segment by dragging with pointer

22. All path and point controls are available on Envelopes

23. Knife tool cleanly cuts multiple open paths with one operation

24. Crop tool deletes whole objects outside crop area

25. Eraser tool cuts open paths cleanly, and at same location as filled
paths. It cuts accurately at all zoom levels.

26. Mirror tool creates quick and accurate rotational transformations from
clicked center

27. Spiral tool can be set to evenly spaced expansions

28. Perspective Grid creates accurate perspective distortions from user
defined vanishing points.

29. 3-D Rotate tool - creates quick and accurate perspective distortion

30. Transform Effect has movable, visible, center of transformation

31. Evenly spaced waves along length of path in Zig-Zag Effect

32. Contour Gradients, gradient handle controls

33. Expand Path Effect can be set to inside or outside of path (according to
path direction.

34. Path direction control easily reverses direction of attached brushes,
attached text, even-odd fill, arrowheads on open and closed paths

35. Keyboard shortcuts for increase/decrease stroke width.

VIEW

36. Custom ruler scales for scale drawings. Object inspector returns
dimension of objects in selected scale.

37. Consolidated contextual Object Inspector panel displays editing controls
available for selected item. No need to hunt through multiple panels.

38. Subselect and Superselect keyboard shortcuts make selection within
complex nested groups easy.

39. Zoom view to 512,000 X aids accurate editing of fine details

40. Multiple pages of various sizes

41. Page tool makes resizing, rearranging and duplicating multiple pages
quick and simple.

42. Fully customizable toolbars hold icons and input fields of a user's
most-used tools and operations

PREFERENCES

43. Adjustable snap and pick distances

44. Short and long nudge with arrow key can be set numerically, (long nudge
not limited to 10 times short nudge)

45. New object defaults are separated by text or vector objects (one does
not apply to the other)

46. Preference to move selected objects to layer by clicking on layer name

TEXT

47. Type on a single closed path such as a circle, reading upright top and
bottom

48. Auto-expanding text blocks that can be toggled to non-expanding blocks
and vice versa. Text blocks can auto-expand either horizontally, vertically
or both.

49. Text Editor window allows easy editing of text that is hard to read,
such rotated text, small text or text on a path.

50. Inline graphics

51. Keyboard shortcuts for horizontal scaling of text.

PRINT CONTROL

52. Object level halftones

STYLES

53. Graphic styles can be set to apply to stroke only or fill only (very
useful for my work)

I'm sure I'll find more reasons to love FreeHand as I spend more time trying
to draw in AICS3.

Judy Arndt

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consecutive numbering

July 13, 2006, 8:11 am
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I have a file which has 10 decals set up on a page. I would like to be able to generate consecutive numbers for each decal and produce 200 decals each with a different consutive number. Is there an easy way to do this in Freehand MX?
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Can't select most Tools in FH 11.0.2

January 14, 2008, 2:56 pm
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On selecting various tools (ie: Object, Align, Transform, Navigate, etc.) get the error message " could not complete your request because an unknown command was encountered"

Never had this problem before!

Have also gotten this occassionaly when opening FH11 documents
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Printing halftones in Freehand 10

May 7, 2007, 7:30 am
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Recently purchased a new printer (Savin MLP35n Postscript 3), but have been unable to change the halftone settings. In print setup, I see the box to insert the printer PPD. This printer does not have one listed in the menu. Is there another route to bypassing this in order to set a low lpi? I've tried the halftone box that initially allows me to make the change, but the printer is still putting out a much smaller halftone. Any help here would be greatly appreciated!
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Exporting a multipage FreeHand doc

May 3, 2007, 10:03 am
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I have several FreeHand files that have multiple pages. I want to export each page into a separate graphics file (such at TIFF). I tried doing a File-->Export but got an error that says "Could not save the document because an error occurred." I saved the file as a temp file, deleted all pages except one, and did another export and it worked fine. So I concluded that FH will not export if a file has more than one page.

Is there a way to get FH to do an export on a multipage file and have each page come out as a separate graphics file?
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Rotated type color prints wrong

March 5, 2007, 4:52 pm
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When I rotate type and print it to my Epson 2200 (non-Postscript) the color of the type changes. If I convert it to paths the color is ok but the type is much less crisp.

Any way to fix this? Or should I just live with less-than-crisp type (this is a comp - not the end of the world if it's not perfect).

- Bob
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