![]() ![]() If Freehand was ever to "embrace PDF", it would have been logical that Adobe would be the one to do it "in all this time", or? But no: they decided to discontinue updating Freehand instead.īTW: Freehand did and still does export to PDF. I think it is surprising that in all this time Macromedia did not embrace pdf like Illustrator so that one could open the files almost anywhere/įreehand was updated last in 2003 by Macromedia, and was bought in 2005 by Adobe. While they are currently in "moderated" talks with Adobe after filing suit against them, I seriously and realistically don't expect a positive outcome for quite a while. I've been a member and donor to for a few years. Summary: whether we like it or not, Freehand and it's files are officially dead moving forward, and there is nothing it appears that any of us can do about it. You "could" also Screen Share to your old Mac if it's still running. you could virtualize Snow Leopard and/or Win7 and Freehand in Parallels 7. ![]() TIP 2: if you need to purchase a new Mac, you won't be able to "downgrade" to Snow Leopard, HOWEVER. TIP 1: you should know that you can have both the new CS6 and any older version installed at the same time on your Mac. I will say again: hope you can keep your current Mac running smoothly on OSX 10.6.8, and also keep your last version of Illustrator, whether CS5 or below. ![]() Fact is, I doubt any Senior Employee is ever going to reply here satisfactorily, and even if they did, it would boil down to, "live with (without) it". I also have some 400k + Freehand files from over 23 years of using it. Micrographix Designer was (sort of) turned into Corel Designer -the last couple or so versions are really modified builds of CorelDRAW rather than the old Micrographix - Well, all I can say is welcome to the "Old Club". Neither Illustrator or CorelDRAW can import ACD Canvas art files, Canvas was formerly developed by Deneba. Other apps besides Freehand are arguably lapsing into obsurity or dying. For instance, neither one knows how to properly import each other's interactive gradient fills. It's already challenging enough making CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator play nice in how they trade files between each other. However, the mileage varies on how well Freehand artwork is imported. The rival CorelDRAW application still offers Freehand import support. I can plug my Wacom tablet into a notebook. I'd rather use a notebook with full computer functions rather than something primarily built for media consumption. Tablets are popular with a lot of people, but I don't have much use for them given all the limitations in storage capacity, connectivity, etc. It has me thinking of a scenario where I'm smearing my finger on the screen and suddenly run into a scenario where I have to break out the credit card in the middle of a mobile improv creative session. The "work on up to 10 layers for no extra charge" thing scares me a little. Obviously the app is geared for tablet use. I don't know too much about the Adobe Ideas app other than my Android phone might not be big enough for me to create little sketchy things good enough to bother importing into Illustrator and/or Photoshop. ![]()
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