Adobe and the Future of FreeHand
No updates to FreeHand have been made for over four years, and
Adobe has no plans to initiate development to add new features or to
support Intel-based Macs and Windows Vista.
Note: Freehand does not work with Mac OS X 10.6 or higher.
To support customer workflows, we will continue to sell
FreeHand and offer technical and customer support in accordance with our
policies.
While we recognize FreeHand has a loyal customer base, we
encourage users to migrate to the latest version of Adobe Illustrator
software, which supports the latest Mac and Windows operating systems.
Multiple Attributes
Add more visual punch to your designs and illustrations—apply unlimited
stroke, fill, and effect attributes to a single vector or
text object. Multiple attributes eliminate the need to stack
duplicates of an object to create a particular appearance,
making updates easier, faster, and leaving fewer objects to
manage.
Object Panel

Live Effects
Maximize creative expression with live effects, which apply complex distortions and effects without altering the original object. FreeHand MX includes vector effects (such as bend, sketch, and transform) and raster effects (like bevel, drop shadow, and gradient transparency). The complete control of ordering provided in the Object panel allows you to apply effects in any order, to all or selected attributes of the object.
Live-Edit Graphic Primitives

Macromedia Flash Integration
Increase productivity and streamline development of Macromedia
Flash projects. Plan, layout and design entire projects in single
document. Now you can even import more complex Macromedia Flash movies
into your FreeHand MX document and integrate them into your
designs before exporting back out to SWF with improved efficiency.
Placed SWFs can be edited using launch and edit in Macromedia Flash
functionality. Macromedia Flash can also open and import FreeHand MX
files.
Action Tool
Connector Lines Tool
Quickly map information architecture, data flows, and site maps
with the Connector Lines tool. Just drag the tool to assign persistent
relationships between objects. Connector Line styles let you completely
customize the appearance of connectors and quickly apply them.
Creative Capabilities
Fireworks Integration
Creative Capabilities
Realize your creative vision with a collection of enhanced tools
and functionality. Create exciting 3D appearances with the Extrude tool,
which gives complete live control over extrude attributes, including 3D
rotations, lighting, and shared vanishing points. Drag and drop the
Blend tool to create and modify live blends, or use the Eraser tool to
modify paths in an, organic way. Additionally, FreeHand MX now provides
alpha channel support for imported bitmaps.
Fireworks Integration
Streamline your graphics development workflow with enhanced
Fireworks integration. Launch and edit imported bitmap images with a
single click in the FreeHand MX Object panel, make your changes in
Fireworks, then click back in FreeHand MX— your image is now updated,
without losing any effects or transformations applied to the original
FreeHand MX image. You can also open or import FreeHand MX files
directly in Fireworks, with improved vector and text reliability and
editability.
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