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Does anyone here use Macromedia Apps. for design. I just got Macromedia Studio MX, and was pleasantly suprised to see that Fireworks was allot like Photoshop, and Freehand is allot like Illustrator. I really only bought if for Dreamweaver MX and Flash MX, so the vector and bitmap editors were a nice bonus. Is anyone familier with these?
-------------------- Jeff Bailey Rapid Tac Inc. Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 231 | From: Grants Pass, Oregon, USA | Registered: Feb 2001
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Freehand was our first design package 12 years ago and is still our primary package. Great program with exceptional text handling - which is important to us because of the plaque and nameplate side of our business.
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I use Freehand for flash graphics, plus it has text preview which Illustrator does not, (my only Illustrator complaint) Fireworks has some cool effects as well, I think I remember an article that Dan Antonelli did in Signcraft on using Fireworks for better presentations, showing dimension and detail. Rick
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1540 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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"Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasies. But most of us just dream about the things we'd like to be." - Rush Posts: 1192 | From: Washington, NJ | Registered: Feb 1999
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Been in this for too long, but Freehand is the Fisher-Price version of Illustrator. Rounded corners, smooth interfaces, can't poke your eye out feel... Illustrator for 15 years... Man that makes me feel old... and I still have my original Illustrator 88 installation diskettes....
-------------------- Eric Patzer A.S.A.P. Design Lafayette, CO epatzer@earthlink.net Posts: 208 | From: Lafayette, CO USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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