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Macromedia FreeHand
Macromedia FreeHand is a computer application for modifying 2D and 3D vector graphics, oriented to the professional desktop publishing market. It is available in versions for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.
It is very similar in scope, intended market, and functionality to Adobe Illustrator. It was created by Aldus, which released versions 1 to 4. When Aldus merged with Adobe Systems, version 5 was released by Adobe. Because of the overlapping of market with Illustrator, Adobe sold Freehand to Altsys soon after the merger. Altsys was later bought by Macromedia, which released Freehand 5.5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11/MX. In 2005 Adobe acquired Macromedia, thus returning the Freehand product to Adobe.
A flexible application, it is used for page layout as well as creating and editing vector graphics for print and the Web.
Its current version, Freehand 11, is marketed as Freehand MX, which shows its integration with the new Macromedia MX line of products, which also includes Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Macromedia Fireworks.
See also
- List of vector graphics editors
- Comparison of vector graphics editors
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