Macromedia FreeHand MX v11 for Snow Leopard 10.6
FreeHand MX is Macromedia's design counterpoint to website design software Dreamweaver although, with its print precedents, it's been much longer in production as you can see by its version number.
FreeHand's long been playing very competitive leapfrog with Adobe Illustrator, but where Adobe relies on other products under its umbrella for page layout, FreeHand has included some layout functions for print production in its portfolio for a few iterations now, including text wrap and other attributes for handling text.
You can produce Flash directly from FreeHand with Flash MX Integration, meaning you can plan, lay out and design entire projects in a single document. You can even import complex Macromedia Flash movies (SWFs) into your FreeHand MX document, integrate them into your designs then export them back out to SWF. (Macromedia Flash MX also opens and imports FreeHand native MX files.)
Other new features for FreeHand 11 include Multiple Attributes - the ability to apply unlimited stroke, fill, and effect attributes to a single vector or text object; an Object Panel that lets you inspect and change object and text properties from one panel (inherited from the web design world); drag-and-drop between the Object and Styles panels to create, edit, and redefine graphic and text styles; Live Effects which apply complex bend, sketch, and transform distortions and vector effects (such as) and raster effects (like bevel, drop shadow, and gradient transparency) without altering the original object.
Pros
- Flash integration
- Multi-page spreads
- Architectural features
- Full resolution preview
Cons
- Slows as work gains complexity
- Expensive upgrade if you just wanted to solve v10 problems

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