About burying a superior software ...
We are designers, producers, nerds, geeks. We aren’t interested in share holder value. We always just wanted to work with the VERY BEST software for vector drawing. We had it for many years. It was...
View ArticleInstalling MX on a New Mac
We purchased a new iMac Duo and went to the Adobe Store to re-download MX version 11.02 which we had on a prior Mac. MX 11.02 installs but when you double click to open, the Freehand icon bounces for...
View ArticleMaintenance Release
I know this is a hypothetical question but...What do you think the next FreeHand maintenance release that's scheduled will have? Will the maintenance release change the version number to 11.5 or...
View ArticleWindows 7 - Freehand MX ??
Hello Friendly Freehanders.Any comments yet on running FH MX under Windows 7?I understand Windows XP can run in emulation mode in Win7 Professional version and wonder if that will be an option for...
View ArticleUrgent help please -Reload Freehand
I have been using Freehand 10.4.9 for yars (sad maybe, bug it works and I love it) but all of a sudden it won't work properly. I create a document and send it to print. It downloads, then just quits....
View ArticleCan someone send me the Freehand MX hot fix?
I'm trying to load the Freehand MX on my MacBook Pro laptop, OS X 10.6.8. I followed Kurt Lang's instructions to download the demo from Adobe's site, then replace the registration file with the hot...
View ArticleBatch conversion of old Freehand clipart files to AI or EPS?
I've found several threads about simply opening an old Freehand file into Illustrator, but I am looking for a utility that can convert the entire disk, or at least entire folders at one time. Looks...
View Articlecorrupt files FH MX - again...
You all know how this is. Files saved, FH can't open it later because file is corrupted.But know I'm on another approach:File is still open in FH but I see it is corrupted in Explorer already, since...
View ArticleEmbed images inFH10
is there a way to make FH10 embed the images instead of linking to them. i print my artwork externally and this affects me a lot as i sometimes forget to include the images.
View ArticleCMYK values change between FH and Photoshop
Hi,I'm trying to recreate a logo in FreeHand MX11 from one done in Photoshop CS2 that's composed of PMS colors. Unfortunately, the original artist didn't leave notes as to which PMS colors she used,...
View ArticleI too, just realized that Freehand has been eliminated
To Adobe, I have to say that I enjoy using your software. Pretty much all of it. If Illustrator was as fast and easy to use as Freehand for vector drawing I would be much happier about this or I...
View ArticleCmd ~ keystroke
Mac OS X 4.1 on a G5Whilst surfing the web yesterday, I accidently hid Command (Apple) and ~ and it flipped me between pages I had open on my browser. I tried this is FreeHand this morning and it also...
View ArticleFH11 to Illustrator conversion: errors?!
I have a large project, originally created in FH11, which has finished review and needs lots and lots of modifications. I need to do these modifications in Illustrator. However, I have not found a...
View ArticleGuide Lines : how to see them all the time??
Since i'm used to use photoshop and it has the very useful guide lines, wich stay where I put them and keep visible all the time. Now i'm trying FreeHand and the guide lines on this program are a bit...
View ArticleFreeHand list online again
Hi,Today I received a message from Armour Van Horn that the FreeHand list is online again after being dead for half a year.Information can be obtained at...
View Articleprint error - read/write access
HiI am having a problem when trying to print seperations to file, getting the error message:"could not complete your request because read or write access has been denied"I have read the technote...
View ArticleFreehand 11.02 No Longer Opening Leopard 10.5.8
Hi, I am hoping you can help me. I am running Leopard 10.5.8 and in the last few days Freehand 11.02 is refusing to launch. The icon keeps bouncing in The Dock. I downloaded the Adobe Fix although...
View ArticleOS X 10.4.7 Update & FH 11 Crashing
Is anyone experiencing Freehand 11 crashes when trying to open a complex document after installing the Apple Mac OS X 1.4.7 update?I can open & create simple documents but not able to open a...
View Articlefreehand 8 on vista
I just bought a new laptop with vista prem home. I installed my original freehand 8 then put the up dateMy problem is I can not get rid of the splash screen it just freezes. Can anyone help? I am a...
View ArticleFreehand suddenly crashing
Freehand suddenly crashing alot on a mac with 10.6.8, anybody have some advise?
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