tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post1686051636984251001..comments2024-02-17T10:23:58.479-06:00Comments on Tips & Techniques: FreeHand MX on Mac OS X 10.6Keith Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17639216496820581739noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-66743097671908611992011-08-08T15:57:27.483-05:002011-08-08T15:57:27.483-05:00i was running freehand mx on os 10.5.8, and after
...i was running freehand mx on os 10.5.8, and after<br />running the trial version of mac keeper, mx doesnt<br />work anymore...what gives!!!!!!cose66https://www.blogger.com/profile/14245833332263090142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-12208426727327264932011-05-26T20:21:55.659-05:002011-05-26T20:21:55.659-05:00I came across your article today and see there are...I came across your article today and see there are a number of FreeHand users here. If you all haven't heard the news, Macworld reported this a week or so ago:<br /><br /> <b>FreeHand users sue Adobe for 'killing' the application </b><br /><i>http://www.macworld.com/article/159949/2011/05/freehand_lawsuit.html</i><br /><br />Check it out. Over 5 pages of comments.Markhttp://www.freefreehand.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-13317448072119720182011-03-20T18:58:12.180-05:002011-03-20T18:58:12.180-05:00I'm running Freehand 11.0.2 build 92 on OX 10....I'm running Freehand 11.0.2 build 92 on OX 10.6.6 with only a little weirdness with fonts and printing (PDFs are fine, tho). I've been using Freehand since it belonged to Aldus, and ditto all the Illustrator comments.<br /><br />My other escape from Illustrator was Canvas, that I used for many years. But now it's Windoze-only. <br /><br />It that IT???? A supercomputer sitting on my desktop and I have to settle for unworkable Illustrator or a nearly-dead Freehand? Disgusting.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-11936184915882991922011-03-09T22:28:50.571-06:002011-03-09T22:28:50.571-06:00OMG! I am going to try this. I am a die-hard Freeh...OMG! I am going to try this. I am a die-hard Freehand MX user. I have a brand new Imac sitting at my desk that I watch movies on while I work on my old G5. But, my G5 is crashing. I brought a freehand file into CS5 Illustrator and could not even figure out what I could do with it. If Rosetta works, I will be one happy girl!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-82221015998334566412011-02-26T09:01:41.503-06:002011-02-26T09:01:41.503-06:00I've used freehand for years producing literal...I've used freehand for years producing literally hundreds of full vehicle (truck, bus and car) cutaway illustrations, that back in the day illustrator would just chug with. I've tried and tried to get to grips with illustrator but find even doing simple things overly complex, difficult and ultimately frustrating. Rectangles with rounded corners, try changing the corner radius. Paste inside. Path operations like punch, and then modify the resultant shape (if I want to remove a bit of my shape I don't need to see it like it was).<br />And gradient fills. So many thing so overly complicated to do in illustrator. I spent hours in Illustrator cs5 the other day just trying to do some logo visuals for a friend, after many hours of frustration and searching the not very useful help, and menus etc. I gave up and went back to freehand and it was job done in 30 mins. I just couldn't make illustrator do what I wanted to do an there seemed no way to do it either. Stuff which I knew was easy!<br /><br />It was a dark day when Adobe bought Macromedias products, they certainly haven't improved them much and killed off perfectly good ones. They could at least release freehand to the community....Andy Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012597298230992948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-74574387645508135692011-02-18T09:44:22.856-06:002011-02-18T09:44:22.856-06:00I for one would love to see a list of the things d...I for one would love to see a list of the things die-hard users of FreeHand name as a reason not to move over to Illustrator.Sigurdur Armannssonhttp://font.isnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-65985811933649079222011-02-17T10:51:31.907-06:002011-02-17T10:51:31.907-06:00Why oh why did Adobe trash Freehand!!!!!! I have b...Why oh why did Adobe trash Freehand!!!!!! I have been designing on it for years and it is so fast, solid and edears itself to the creative process, it is the exact opposite of illustrator which is slow clunky and a shear pain to work with!<br />I will use this program to the end of time on my new mac with rosetta.<br />Adobe hang your head in shame!! and I hope the god's of design rain terror on you for this awful decision!!Adriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-52455208704245532032011-02-07T05:55:30.412-06:002011-02-07T05:55:30.412-06:00I'm running FreehandMX on 10.6.6 and other tha...I'm running FreehandMX on 10.6.6 and other than a bit of colour wierdness when printing to pdf (now sorted), it's working fine. After using Illustrator back in the day and then making a full switch to Freehand, I'm still much more comfortable with some functionality within Freehand, so was delighted that MX would run. CS5 Illustrator is fine and I'm learning all the time with it, but MX is rock solid for my type of vector work and I find it an easy program to use.mir685https://www.blogger.com/profile/05436929406280747229noreply@blogger.com