Freehand MX Questions
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- GIGART
I use Freehand all the time...I just upgraded to MX and have found that the fill / stroke functions have been modified...I have been reading about it, but not sure I like it at all...
Has anyone found this easy to learn or get around...
Any hints to make me understand it easier?
Any sites or forums discussing this I can read?
- GIGART0
I expect the first answer I will get will be to use Illustrator...but I would like to figure this out...any help would be appreciated.
- godbcdy0
yeah i just upgraded too, and it's annoying. and maybe it's just me but when you apply fills/strokes to groups it doesn't work anymore, and even when you do it the right way (when you double click on contents so it selects everything), it's still suspect.
i only upgraded because there was something that was really irritating in FH10. bleh.
MX isn't that much slower than 10 though (and i'm on a g3 500/640).
- build0
It is very annoying, basically you have to 'un-group' objects before you can apply a different 'fill/stroke'. Either that or select the group and using the 'Replace/Find graphics' panel you just apply changes that way.
FreeHand MX is good, but in my opinion [i have been using FreeHand from 3.0] FH 9-10 have been the best versions so far.
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- GIGART0
Will Freehand 10 work on osx?
- build0
Yes. I just use FreeHand so i keep 10 on my machine as i sometimes have to send files out using version 10.
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- GIGART0
Sorry to ask this again...but does it work on ox panther...
...or do you mean on classic...cause I am trying not to install classic...if I don't need to...thanks.
- cinder0
Macromedia has a history of breaking their applications - and not fixing them
like how key commands dont work in Flash MX 2004 on OS X
or how Flash deletes your FLA if it loses connection to a server or external drive you're working on
or how the removed the object-linked undo system that was far superior to any ever created
Or how they made it so when you select an object - it doesn't choose the fill color in the palette
or how when you select an object and the color you want to color it is selected, you have to select another color in the palette first and then reclick the original color you wanted to get it to change
or how the palettes float over save dialogs in OS X
or how the ridiculously buggy 'focus' API they use always fucks me up
or how the collapse palette trigger doesnt work properly in OS X like it does in windows
- godbcdy0
FH10 works in jaguar, so i don't see why not.
- build0
Yes 10 works in Panther.
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