Adobe Officially Killed Freehand
From the french web siteMacbidouille :“Frédéric has sent us an information directly from Adobe Live to report a fleshly released information from Adobe Marketing Director: Adobe has officially decided...
View ArticleConverting FreeHand Files to native .ai
If all you have is CS6 how do you convert old FreeHand files to native .ai? I used FreeHand for 15 years and I can't simply give a finger to my archive of art just because Adobe makes a dumb-*** call...
View ArticleFreehand MX and Leopard
Have any of you out here had the opportunity to try Freehand MX on a beta of OSX Leopard by chance? I hope Leopard doesn't break it any more than Tiger did.. :-(
View ArticleConverting FreeHand files with Illustrator CS5
I have not upgraded to OS Lion because it does not work with FreeHand MX. Reluctantly I finally got Illustrator CS5, planning on converting all my many many FH files to AI, which I have yet to learn to...
View ArticleFreeHand and Lion (Mac Os X 10.7). The game is over
Is sad, but Freehand ends this summer, with Mac Os X 10.7. Lion will drop Rossetta (the emulation code to support legacy Power PC programs). Freehand runs smoothly in Snow Leopard but it hasn't been...
View ArticleFreeHand Support PAGE
http://www.enrichdesign.com/freehand.htmlPost your comments...This is OUR (FH USERS) Petition to ADOBE. the reaction to the page is increasing exponentially.Lots of users from GERMANY...its time North...
View ArticleR.I.P. FreeHand
The depth of my hatred for Adobe tonight is nearly boundless. Like most longtime FreeHand users, I greeted Adobe's purchase of FreeHand with a sense of foreboding and dismay. I hoped that Adobe would...
View ArticleHow to Export with Transparent Background
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...
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Demand a FreeHand Upgrade!!
Convince Adobe there are enough users to warrant an upgrade... I myself have hundreds of FreeHand files and I don't wish to convert them to Illustrator -- or Corel Draw [yuck!].Surely, we users are...
View ArticleIs Freehand MX11.02 10.6 Snow Leopard compatible?
I am currently working on Mac Pro 2x2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon. System Version ist 10.5.7.Except the well known bugs including fonts, guides and PDF-writing everything works out fine. Yesterday i...
View ArticleUnwanted small boxes/squares in PDF
When I convert my files from FreeHand MX to PDF using the Export command, I get tiny squares on most of the pages. These tiny squares are inline with the text and usually occur where there is a tab....
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Adobe latest FreeHand MX upgrade, Would you pay?
Dear FreeHand User all over the world,To upgrade Freehand MX (The world most user friendly vector software).We need numbers, the shareholders needs to know how much is the return if Adobe is going to...
View ArticleTab Leader not working as desired
Hi,I have inserted certain tabs in my text in the text area. I want those tabs to be leaded by some specific characters. What I know I can use Tab Leaders for that. Am I correct? Or is Tab leaders for...
View ArticleCan't install a downloaded MX
I had to erase and do a clean install on my Mac OS10.4.11. Can't find my original CD of Freehand MX to install it again. Tried to order it from Customer service but it will take too long to get it...
View ArticleGreetings from Xara
I have a trial of Xara and rather like it. None of the hard core users of Xara want to break into the Freehand Forum - but they invite all to take a look at an extended trial - are very receptive to...
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 Articleblend modes and semi-transparent gradients?
Hi all.I don't do a lot of print, so whenever I have the need I find myself a little disoriented in my design approach. I know AI has blend modes, does FH have any sort of blend mode ability?I also...
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 ArticleHelp! Freehand using OSX 10.6.3
I've just bought a new macbook, osx 10.6.3 with snow leopard and didn't think to check compatibility of freehand software. I'm getting incredibly frustrated trying to figure out what to do... I've...
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