<s>
Adobe	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Macromedia	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
and	O
Aldus	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
two-dimensional	O
vector	O
graphics	O
oriented	O
primarily	O
to	O
professional	O
illustration	O
,	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
and	O
content	O
creation	O
for	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
was	O
similar	O
in	O
scope	O
,	O
intended	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
functionality	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
,	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
and	O
Xara	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
FreeHand	O
's	O
dedicated	O
page	O
layout	O
and	O
text	O
control	O
features	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
compares	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
InDesign	I-Operating_System
and	O
QuarkXPress	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professions	O
using	O
FreeHand	O
include	O
graphic	O
design	O
,	O
illustration	O
,	O
cartography	O
,	O
fashion	O
and	O
textile	O
design	O
,	O
product	O
design	O
,	O
architects	B-Application
,	O
scientific	O
research	O
,	O
and	O
multimedia	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
Aldus	O
merged	O
with	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
and	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
overlapping	O
market	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
,	O
FreeHand	O
was	O
returned	O
to	O
Altsys	O
by	O
order	O
of	O
the	O
Federal	O
Trade	O
Commission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Altsys	O
was	O
later	O
bought	O
by	O
Macromedia	O
,	O
which	O
released	O
FreeHand	O
versions	O
5	O
through	O
11	O
(	O
FreeHand	B-Application
MX	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
acquired	O
Macromedia	O
and	O
its	O
product	O
line	O
which	O
included	O
FreeHand	B-Application
MX	I-Application
,	O
under	O
whose	O
ownership	O
it	O
presently	O
resides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2003	O
,	O
FreeHand	O
development	O
has	O
been	O
discontinued	O
;	O
in	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
catalog	O
,	O
FreeHand	O
has	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	B-Application
MX	I-Application
continues	O
to	O
run	O
under	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
using	O
compatibility	O
mode	O
and	O
under	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
10.6	I-Device
(	O
Snow	B-Device
Leopard	I-Device
)	O
within	O
Rosetta	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
code	O
emulator	O
,	O
and	O
requires	O
a	O
registration	O
patch	O
supplied	O
by	O
Adobe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freehand	O
10	O
runs	O
without	O
problems	O
on	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
10.6	I-Device
with	O
Rosetta	B-Operating_System
enabled	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
registration	O
patch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Someone	O
using	O
a	O
later	O
version	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
than	O
10.6	B-Device
might	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
VMware	O
Fusion	O
,	O
VirtualBox	O
or	O
Parallels	O
to	O
virtualize	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
Snow	I-Device
Leopard	I-Device
Server	O
and	O
run	O
Freehand	O
using	O
this	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
premier	O
PostScript	B-Language
font-design	O
package	O
,	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
such	O
program	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
PostScript	B-Language
background	O
having	O
been	O
established	O
by	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
,	O
Altsys	O
also	O
developed	O
FreeHand	O
(	O
originally	O
called	O
Masterpiece	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Postscript-based	O
illustration	O
program	O
that	O
used	O
Bézier	O
curves	O
for	O
drawing	O
and	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
...	O
Macintosh	B-Device
graphics	O
program	O
described	O
as	O
having	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Adobe	O
's	O
Illustrator	B-Language
plus	O
drawing	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
in	O
Mac	O
Paint	O
and	O
Mac	O
Draft	O
and	O
special	O
effects	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
Cricket	O
Draw.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Seattle	O
's	O
Aldus	O
Corporation	O
acquired	O
a	O
licensing	O
agreement	O
with	O
Altsys	O
Corporation	O
to	O
release	O
FreeHand	O
along	O
with	O
their	O
flagship	O
product	O
,	O
Pagemaker	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Aldus	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
1988	O
,	O
a	O
competitive	O
exchange	O
between	O
Aldus	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
and	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
ensued	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
with	O
each	O
software	O
advancing	O
new	O
tools	O
,	O
achieving	O
better	O
speed	O
,	O
and	O
matching	O
significant	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
PC	I-Application
development	O
also	O
allowed	O
Illustrator	B-Language
2	O
(	O
aka	O
,	O
Illustrator	B-Language
88	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
)	O
and	O
FreeHand	O
3	O
to	O
release	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
to	O
the	O
graphics	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
insert	O
PostScript	B-Language
routines	O
anywhere	O
within	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1991	O
,	O
a	O
3.1	O
upgrade	O
made	O
FreeHand	O
work	O
with	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
7	O
but	O
additionally	O
,	O
it	O
supported	O
pressure-sensitive	O
drawing	O
which	O
offered	O
varying	O
line	O
widths	O
with	O
a	O
users	O
stroke	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtuoso	O
continued	O
its	O
development	O
at	O
Altsys	O
and	O
version	O
2.0	O
of	O
Virtuoso	O
was	O
feature-equivalent	O
to	O
FreeHand	O
4	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
NeXT-specific	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
Services	O
and	O
Display	O
PostScript	B-Language
)	O
and	O
file	O
compatible	O
,	O
with	O
Virtuoso	O
2	O
able	O
to	O
open	O
FreeHand	O
4	O
files	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fear	O
about	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
competition	O
between	O
these	O
two	O
leading	O
applications	O
was	O
reported	O
in	O
the	O
media	O
and	O
expressed	O
by	O
customers	O
(	O
Illustrator	B-Language
versus	O
FreeHand	O
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
versus	O
Aldus	B-Application
PhotoStyler	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
was	O
returned	O
to	O
Altsys	O
with	O
all	O
licensing	O
and	O
marketing	O
rights	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Aldus	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
's	O
customer	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
brief	O
plans	O
to	O
keep	O
it	O
in-house	O
to	O
sell	O
it	O
along	O
with	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
and	O
Virtuoso	O
,	O
Altsys	O
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
the	O
multimedia	O
software	O
company	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
acquired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mutual	O
agreement	O
provided	O
FreeHand	O
and	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
a	O
new	O
home	O
with	O
ample	O
resources	O
for	O
marketing	O
,	O
sales	O
,	O
and	O
competition	O
against	O
the	O
newly	O
merged	O
Adobe-Aldus	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
featured	O
a	O
more	O
customizable	O
and	O
expanded	O
workspace	O
,	O
multiple	O
views	O
,	O
stronger	O
design	O
and	O
editing	O
tools	O
,	O
a	O
report	O
generator	O
,	O
spell	O
check	O
,	O
paragraph	O
styles	O
,	O
multicolor	O
gradient	O
fills	O
up	O
to	O
64	O
colors	O
,	O
speed	O
improvements	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
accepted	O
Illustrator	B-Language
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1995	O
,	O
a	O
5.5	O
upgrade	O
added	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
plug-in	O
support	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
import	O
capabilities	O
,	O
the	O
Extract	O
feature	O
,	O
inline	O
graphics	O
to	O
text	O
,	O
improved	O
auto-expanding	O
text	O
containers	O
,	O
the	O
Crop	O
feature	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Create	O
PICT	O
Image	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
FreeHand	O
5.5	O
upgrade	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
FreeHand	O
Graphics	O
Studio	O
(	O
a	O
suite	O
that	O
included	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
,	O
Macromedia	O
xRes	O
image	O
editing	O
application	O
,	O
and	O
Extreme	O
3D	O
animation	O
and	O
modeling	O
application	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
included	O
a	O
redesigned	O
user	O
interface	O
that	O
allowed	O
recombining	O
Inspectors	O
,	O
Panel	O
Tabs	O
,	O
Dockable	O
Panels	O
,	O
Smart	O
Cursors	O
,	O
Drag	O
and	O
Drop	O
with	O
Adobe	O
applications	O
and	O
QuarkXPress	B-Operating_System
,	O
Graphic	O
Search	O
and	O
Replace	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
(	O
programming	O
language	O
)	O
and	O
AppleScript	B-Application
Automation	O
,	O
Chart	O
creation	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
Effects	O
tools	O
and	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
leverage	O
graphics	O
for	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
began	O
integrating	O
to	O
the	O
Web	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
export	O
graphics	O
directly	O
to	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	O
released	O
this	O
as	O
Carbonized	O
for	O
both	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	B-Application
MX	I-Application
sold	O
for	O
$399	O
in	O
2003	O
or	O
for	O
$	O
1,580	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Studio	O
MX	O
2004	O
bundle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
11	O
was	O
marketed	O
as	O
FreeHand	B-Application
MX	I-Application
and	O
featured	O
tighter	O
interface	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Macromedia	O
MX	O
line	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
also	O
featured	O
a	O
revamped	O
Object	O
Panel	O
where	O
all	O
attributes	O
and	O
text	O
properties	O
are	O
centralized	O
for	O
editing	O
,	O
Multiple	O
Attributes	O
for	O
unlimited	O
effects	O
,	O
Live	O
Effects	O
,	O
Live-edit	O
of	O
basic	O
shapes	O
,	O
Connector	O
Lines	O
tool	O
,	O
Flash	O
and	O
Fireworks	B-Operating_System
integration	O
,	O
Extrude	O
,	O
Erase	O
,	O
and	O
Chart	O
tools	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
FreeHand	B-Application
MX	I-Application
,	O
the	O
customer	O
install	O
base	O
was	O
400,000	O
users	O
worldwide	O
but	O
because	O
of	O
competition	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
's	O
market	O
share	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
focused	O
instead	O
on	O
its	O
web	O
oriented	O
lineup	O
of	O
Flash	O
,	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
,	O
Fireworks	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Contribute	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
released	O
a	O
final	O
product	O
suite	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
2005	O
merger	O
with	O
Adobe	O
,	O
called	O
Studio	O
8	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
characterized	O
by	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
FreeHand	O
from	O
the	O
suite	O
's	O
interactive	O
online	O
applications	O
of	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
,	O
Flash	O
,	O
Fireworks	B-Operating_System
,	O
Contribute	B-Application
,	O
and	O
FlashPaper	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
acquired	O
FreeHand	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
entire	O
Macromedia	O
product	O
line	O
that	O
included	O
Flash	O
,	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Fireworks	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
not	O
including	O
Fontographer	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
FontLab	B-Application
Ltd	O
.	O
had	O
licensed	O
with	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
buy	O
all	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Macromedia	O
cast	O
doubt	O
on	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
FreeHand	O
,	O
primarily	O
because	O
of	O
Adobe	O
's	O
competing	O
product	O
,	O
Illustrator	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
later	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Adobe	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
discontinue	O
development	O
and	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
program	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
provide	O
tools	O
and	O
support	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
Illustrator	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2008	O
interview	O
with	O
Senior	O
Product	O
Manager	O
of	O
Illustrator	B-Language
,	O
Terry	O
Hemphill	O
,	O
he	O
told	O
FreeHand	O
users	O
:	O
"	O
FreeHand	O
is	O
not	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
revived	O
;	O
time	O
to	O
move	O
on	O
,	O
really	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Illustrator	B-Language
team	O
is	O
making	O
a	O
determined	O
effort	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
FreeHand	O
into	O
Illustrator	B-Language
,	O
which	O
should	O
be	O
evident	O
from	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
in	O
CS4.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
Forum	O
listed	O
,	O
"	O
Adobe	O
latest	O
FreeHand	B-Application
MX	I-Application
upgrade	O
,	O
Would	O
you	O
pay	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Free	O
FreeHand	O
Organization	O
(	O
a	O
user	O
community	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
securing	O
a	O
future	O
for	O
FreeHand	B-Application
MX	I-Application
)	O
was	O
founded	O
and	O
by	O
2011	O
,	O
its	O
membership	O
had	O
surpassed	O
6,000	O
members	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
petitions	O
with	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Flash	O
Player	O
11	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
Adobe	O
intentionally	O
ditched	O
the	O
support	O
for	O
SWF	O
contents	O
created	O
in	O
FreeHand	O
supposedly	O
aiming	O
to	O
urge	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
its	O
Illustrator	B-Language
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
2012	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
initiated	O
by	O
Free	O
FreeHand	O
Organization	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
settlement	O
with	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
by	O
which	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
group	O
received	O
discount	O
to	O
Adobe	O
products	O
and	O
a	O
promise	O
for	O
product-development	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
based	O
on	O
their	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
file	O
formats	O
use	O
filename	O
extensions	O
AGD	O
and	O
FHD	O
;	O
these	O
shound	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
opened	O
in	O
the	O
applications	O
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
,	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
or	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
,	O
they	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
saved	O
into	O
the	O
OpenDocument	O
format	O
or	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
2.0	O
(	O
update	O
:	O
2.0.2	O
)	O
Aldus	O
1988	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
Editable	O
blends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
3.0	O
(	O
update	O
:	O
3.1.1	O
)	O
Aldus	O
1991	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Multiple	O
pages	O
in	O
any	O
sizes	O
and	O
orientation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
4.0	O
(	O
update	O
:	O
4.0b	O
)	O
Aldus	O
1994	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
NeXT	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Virtuoso	O
"	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
A	O
54-inch	O
square	O
area	O
for	O
document	O
pages	O
,	O
which	O
fits	O
24	O
letter-sized	O
pages	O
with	O
extra	O
space	O
for	O
pasteboard	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
5.0	O
(	O
updates	O
:	O
5.0.2	O
and	O
5.5	O
)	O
Macromedia	O
1995	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Knife	O
tool	O
automatically	O
closes	O
the	O
paths	O
it	O
cuts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documents	O
viewed	O
in	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
different	O
windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accepts	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
plug-ins	O
,	O
to	O
control	O
scanners	O
or	O
apply	O
filters	O
to	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
6.0	O
Macromedia	O
only	O
existed	O
in	O
beta	O
FreeHand	O
7.0	O
(	O
update	O
:	O
7.0.2	O
)	O
Macromedia	O
1996	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Drag	O
and	O
drop	O
between	O
both	O
FreeHand	O
and	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Export	O
FreeHand	O
to	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
(	O
Flash	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
8.0	O
(	O
update	O
:	O
8.0.1b	O
)	O
Macromedia	O
1998	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Transparency	O
in	O
vector	O
and	O
bitmap	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drag	O
and	O
drop	O
selections	O
from	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
onto	O
a	O
FreeHand	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
9.0	O
(	O
updates	O
:	O
9.0.1	O
Mac	O
and	O
9.0.2	O
Win	O
)	O
Macromedia	O
2000	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Add	O
hyperlinks	O
to	O
objects	O
and	O
export	O
to	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
HTML	O
or	O
Flash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Export	O
to	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
with	O
layers	O
intact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
10.0	O
(	O
update	O
:	O
10.0.1	O
)	O
Macromedia	O
2001	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Master	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeHand	O
11.0	O
(	O
MX	O
)	O
(	O
updates	O
:	O
11.0.1	O
and	O
11.0.2	O
in	O
2004	O
)	O
Macromedia/Adobe	O
2003	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Extrude	O
tool	O
for	O
3D	O
effects	O
to	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
