FreeHand has a new App Icon
John Nack at Adobe has published a color wheel of ALL the redesigned application icons and color schemes.See it hereIf you look in the south west quadrant you will see the FH of FreeHand Icon. Is this...
View ArticleAI to FH Migration Guide
I should have something up on Moday. I am putting a message board on my site just for the purpose of hearing your guys ideas for this migration guide. I will then compile it into a book, available via...
View ArticleAlternative to our dying Freehand... and monopolistic Illustrator
Finally some other vector application has multipage like Freehand. Well... it's more similar to InDesign multipage, but nevertheless it is a step forward. Although Xara Xtreme is fine piece of software...
View ArticleLost in Font Hell
Can anyone help me with this font mystery? I have FH MX 11.0.2 running in OSX 10.4.11. I have converted some old FH 5.5 files to MX. They exported to eps fine in the older app. When I export an eps...
View ArticleFreehand MX Shuts Down After entering serial number
I have located the page on the Adobe site with all the serial numbers for unsupported Macromedia apps. When enter the number for Freehand MX, after following the instructions, Freehand immediately...
View ArticleFreeHand MX 11.0 Printing Problem
I'm Using Adobe FreeHand MX 11.0, when i need to print out always msg error"Could not complete your request becuase read or write access has been denied". can your help me solve it? i'm using Window...
View ArticleDear Adobe, If you are REALLY smart.........
Dear Adobe,Now I'm no coder and maybe I'm totally wrong here, but it seems to me that fixing the annoying existing bugs in FH MX could be done with minimal trouble or resources. Make sure it ran well...
View ArticleBogus Permissions Error
Hope someone else has seen this one,I am using Freehand 7(yes I know its old) and when I open a previously saved file and try to export it as a .tiff file I get the following error after I have select...
View ArticleMac OS 10.6.6 & Freehand MX
Anyone out there that can help me? I have MX installed but cannot upgrade to 11.0.1 or 11.0.2 on my Intell based Imac. I spent at least 12 hours on the phone with Adobe and their final evaluation was...
View ArticleFreeHand Page Updated!
This may not be BIG news but...Adobe has finally updated the tech notes for FreeHand. A bit of a relief that Adobe is at least thinking about FreeHand!Check out the link...
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 ArticleSOS FOR FREEHAND
PLEASE do notlet her dieinFreehand,for many is thebest programdesignwould not bejustthrownpartofAdobeleavingmany designers, thanksSOS
View ArticleDear Adobe, If you are REALLY smart.........
Dear Adobe,Now I'm no coder and maybe I'm totally wrong here, but it seems to me that fixing the annoying existing bugs in FH MX could be done with minimal trouble or resources. Make sure it ran well...
View ArticleDrag-&-dropped bitmaps downscaled, why?
Using Freehand 11.0.2.When I drag-&-drop a .bmp file from Windows Explorer into Freehand, itshows up just fine, except Freehand decides to downscale it for some reason.For example, a 486x450 bitmap...
View ArticleIf you can’t beat it, buy it ...
It doesn’t make sense anymore to repeat all the anxious questions why the hell Adobe buried the better software, keeping the worse one alive. We are designers and producers in the middle of life, not...
View ArticleTiff display and printing problem
I've tried every setting adjustment I can think of. I've attempted every fix recommended by Adobe. On-screen resolution is set at Full, document raster setting is at 300dpi. But the art I import as a...
View ArticleHorrible issues with FreehandMX on 10.5.6 Help!
I just purchased a new Mac Mini with 4mb ram in March '09. I was previously using FHMX on my iMac on 10.3.9 with relativley few issues. Mostly crashing because of what I thought was lack of sufficient...
View ArticleHow do I Get Freehand to open links in new folder?
I have collected a Freehand file and all its links in a new folder. At present its links are in multiple folders and it opens these automatically. I want to open the Freehand file so it links to the...
View ArticleObtaining the 11.0.1 updater
Hi, I contacted Adobe Customer Service and adobe chat online and they couldn't help me. I have Macromedia Freehand MX 11.0 and I would like to update it to 11.0.2. In order to download the 11.0.1...
View ArticlePlease save my FreeHand :(
My FreeHand 11.0.2 was working fine under 10.5.4 (Intel MacBook), until I installed a security update 2008-005 (at least I suspect that's the reason). After that FreeHand jumps in the dock and nothing...
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