Software

Publish date:

05/18/07 @715

Editor:

blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/05/fr...

Adobe Freehand goes EOL

According to Adobe's John Nack FreeHand has reached it's End of Life:

"After a long and storied career, Adobe (neé Altsys, Aldus, and Macromedia) FreeHand has reached the end of its development road. The application has not been revised since Macromedia released MX nearly four years ago, after which the company removed FreeHand from the Studio product line. Adobe has created an FAQ (PDF) that explains the details of the decision not to rev FreeHand, talks about Illustrator CS3 features added to make FreeHand users more comfortable, and more."

Current FreeHand customers are eligible for an upgrade to Illustrator CS3, which has been priced at $199,-. Adobe will also provide support for customers making the jump to Illustrator through the "Switch to Illustrator" section on Adobe.com, and specific content within the Illustrator Design Center.

12/18/2008 @893 Adobe Issues Call for Entries for 2009... (12)

09/24/2008 @161 Adobe Photoshop CS4 announced (18)

04/23/2008 @679 Xtrain on Adobe TV (3)

10/12/2007 @593 Creating A 3D Logo In 3DS Max 9 From Adobe... (4)

04/07/2007 @615 Adobe - Illustrator CS3 & Adobe Photoshop CS3 (18)

Darknekomata

05/18/07 @799

i've never tried it before,what does it do?

Slapo

05/18/07 @864

It's a similar to Illustrator in some ways, so it's pretty much a program for creating vector graphics.

ritaisabel

05/19/07 @236

what about director? freehand was totally expected cuz illustrator is much better... but now director don't understand why they didn't made a new version, unless they're exchanging it for flash but director is still a good use.

Inabottle

05/19/07 @277

I liked freehand, a lot more responsive and faster than illustrator, maybe those updates are in Illustrator CS3, which I do not like.

Wysiwyg

05/19/07 @713

Sorry acida, Director is dead too.

So is Adobe ImageReady and quite frankly I'm surprised Fireworks survived the CS3 cut.

bakatron

05/19/07 @862

i miss freehand.

illustrator blows!

chrispis

05/21/07 @314

Freehand is great,.. I have always worked with it,... but I saw it coming, unfortunately. It is so much faster drawing vector drawings,... but I guess I have to get used to Illustrator,... damn

Here are some reactions of harcore freehand users.

hirlome

06/08/07 @702

Illustrator has always been an inferior product compared to the ease of use of Freehand...One statement...typeis MUCH harder to use in Illustrator.

Hey Adobe what about a Freehand to Indesign import for those of us that have made THAT switch...

headz

06/10/07 @637

it was predictable that the greatness of illustrator would come above freehand, i mean, freehand is (was) a nice vector software but illustrator is the bomb! and with all the new compatibilities between flash and illustrator and photoshop im suprised that fireworks isnt dead to.

hkron1997

12/03/08 @867

To write a comment you need to be logged in

If you're not a registered member, click here to sign up.

Read the Terms of use and Privacy Statement.
This site is a property of Brothers in art For more information and support, contact .

Category: