The completely redesigned FreeHand MX streamlines workflow and productivity of visually rich graphics for print, Internet, and Macromedia Flash projects. FreeHand MX contains a powerful collection of illustration and drawing-tool enhancements that enable designers and web developers to maximize their creative vision with improved editing, layout, and publishing functions that provide an open, expandable workflow for multi-publishing design.
Top Reasons to Upgrade
- Increase productivity with the Object panel.
With the FreeHand MX Object panel, you can now quickly inspect and change object properties—such as stroke, fill, and effect—in one centralized location. Additionally, the Object panel allows for the ordering of multiple attributes. Users can drag-and-drop attribute lists from the Object panel into the Styles panel to create or redefine styles. - Rapidly create and revision visually complex designs
and illustrations with multiple attributes.
With multiple attributes, you can build visually rich objects by applying and ordering an unlimited number of strokes, fills, and effects on a single vector or text object. This eliminates the need to keep up with and edit multiple copies of an object for the same visual appearance. - Enhance graphics and editing ease with live vector
and raster effects.
Vector effects such as bend, sketch, and transform and raster effects like bevel, blur, and transparency are now available and can be applied just like any other attributes—either to an entire object or to other selected attributes of the object. - Quickly organize site and project structure visually
with the Connector Lines tool.
The FreeHand MX Connector Lines tool enables you to assign persistent relationships between objects. Connector Lines provide the ability to quickly map information architecture, data flows, and site maps. - Rapidly create rich designs and illustrations with
live-edit graphic primitives.
This new feature allows you quickly reshape graphic primitives while maintaining editability. Rectangle corners can be rounded, ovals turned into arcs, and the shapes of stars can all be changed in the workspace. - Easily integrate SWF movie import/re-export and
Rich Internet Applications into the design layout.
SWF files can be directly imported, placed, previewed, and re-exported in a FreeHand MX document. SWFs that are generated from a FLA file and placed in a FreeHand MX document can be edited in Macromedia Flash —just click the Object panel. Updates made to the FLA file in Macromedia Flash are automatically applied to the SWF placed in FreeHand MX. Macromedia Flash can also open FreeHand MX files directly. Other SWF publishing enhancements include: easy-to-use movie settings and smart optimization of movies for the smallest possible file size. - Assign navigation with a drag-and-drop Action tool.
The FreeHand MX Action tool allows for assignment of ActionScript navigation commands between a source object and a target page by dragging and dropping a link between the source object and the page. - Maximize creativity and visually rich designs with
improve tools and alpha channel support.
FreeHand MX comes with several tools, including the Extrusion tool for 3D effects, the Blend tool to create blends between two blend shapes using a point-and-click metaphor, and the Eraser tool to delete portions of vector paths—as well as full import and display support for TIFF, PSD, PNG, and GIF alpha channels. - Tight integration with Macromedia Fireworks.
FreeHand MX allows users to import Fireworks PNG files and maintain the editability of objects and text. Bitmap images placed in a FreeHand MX document can now be edited and optimized in Fireworks with a single click in the Object panel. You can also open FreeHand MX files directly in Fireworks.
Upgrade Pricing
For questions on upgrading, please see our Upgrade Policy.
How to Upgrade
- Make sure your copy of Macromedia FreeHand MX is eligible for upgrade. Only Full commercial versions of FreeHand 9 and FreeHand 10 are eligible for upgrades. Free trial products, Not For Resale, Educational, and beta versions are not eligible for upgrade.
- Find your product's serial number. You will need to enter this number when you install your upgrade. (Read the Upgrade FAQ for tips on finding your serial number).
You can purchase your upgrade through these options.
- Install your new upgrade You will need to enter your old product serial number.
- Register your new upgrade to receive a variety of benefits. Registering your product does not start the free 90 day technical support period. The free support period only begins with your first phone call to Macromedia Technical support.
More questions about upgrading? Read the upgrade FAQ.
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