ADOBE'S (UN)PROFESSIONALISM
Is there a future for Freehand?None of us devoted users know the answer to that small but important question.And why is that? We all discussed about it in many threads... but all we got was a "public"...
View ArticleCan't open Freehand Mx in Leopard 10.5.8
I've been using Freehand Mx for years and have lots of recent files. Around 6 months ago updated my system (Intel iMac) to Leopard 10.5.8. Freehand was working fine until yesterday!Now when I try to...
View ArticleShift and option key
For some reason, I have never been able on my computer to use the option drag and the shift key restrain feature on this computer, it is about a year old. On my older macs all the option and shift key...
View ArticleClosing Open Paths Globally
Hello All,Does anyone know how to close all paths in a document? e.g. I have a file that someone has converted all type to paths, but there are a bunch of letters that are left open. I select the group...
View ArticleNow What
I've made my living off of Freehand and I've been using Freehand since 3.1 I've built my skills according to this program. I've tested these against illustrator time and time again and have found that...
View Articlefreehand to press-ready PDF for plate output...
Hi, Through my image setter / plate maker consultant, I set up "virtual-like" print settings, to select when in the Adobe PDF print dialog box.The PPD is also selected from within this box, along with...
View ArticleFreehand and Mac OS 10.7 - no workie?
Well it looks like Freehand will truly be dead if you update to the next Mac OS 10.7... No more support for Rosetta - no more PowerPC apps... Dang.
View ArticleConvert EPS images from Mac to PC
I wonder if anyone have any experience of converting large quantities of images from Mac to PC? I have several thousands of freehand eps-images saved for Mac that I need to convert to a PC-eps. Anyone...
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Unsanity's FontCard or You Control Fonts works with Snow Leopard?
Well, Folks.Now that we know that freehand works with snow leopard, let's go to the next step. FontCard or YouControl Fonts are very useful utilities to group fonts by family in the menu font of...
View ArticleIs FreeHand going to disapear?
Hi,I've been using FreeHand since version 2, when Aldus bougth it from Altsys, the creator of the program. Macromedia did a great job developing the product into a very robust application. But I worry...
View ArticleLost Tool bar in freehand x
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?
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 11
Where can I download Freehand 11? I have a license and also have done free trail but cannot work out where to download software
View ArticleFreehand Export to PDF
Could someone please help me, I am trying to export Freehand file to PDF, If I select Page 1 and Export, I could export to PDF format easily, But I am having problem when I try to export multiple pages...
View ArticleFreeHand Replacement
I've decided there really isn't one! I tried CanvasX (Mac) and it crashed 3times in 5 minutes. I could not get the keyboard shortcuts for zooming towork and a few other things were broken. I wrote to...
View ArticleDead or Alive
Many of us are working professionals that depend on Freehand for our livelihoods, and yes, we could migrate to Illustrator, but many like me just don't want to. Why, because we believe that Freehand is...
View Articlefreehand licence
1. I have a new laptop and cannot get Freehand running without the serial #. How can I do this?2. Freehand is out of buisness....Is there another program that calls up freehand files? Thanks
View ArticleThe right way to do it, IMO
I understand Adobe purchase Macromedia. When I hear that, I knew FreeHand was doomed. There hasn't been an update to MX in so long and there are so many bugs popping up since Tiger was released.As a...
View ArticleFreehand Viewer
Hello. Many years ago in art school, I did some projects in freehand. Fast forward to now, I can't view the files as I no longer use the same OS as I once did. Does anyone know of a free MAC OS...
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