Flash :: Freehand MX

Freehand --> Flash ?
so we have a client who is a home realtor... and part of the project is porting their floorplans to a vector based flash enriched environment... so we trace the floorplans in freehand (we've tried in versions 8, 9 and 10) and then intend to import OR copy/paste them into flash 5...
the problem we are having has to do with pattern fills in freehand... when it comes to aspects of the floorplans such as tile floors we are using a grid pattern fill... this works all fine and dandy UNTIL we attempt to import OR copy/paste the pattern fill into flash... in flash the pattern fill shows up as a solid black fill... we have tried may other ways including tiling and bitmaps but all of these look like crap when imported into flash...
it seems that the only answer is tracing the tile floors line for line but that kills our productivity, as you can imagine... whats the story with this incompatibility?! any ideas?! please! we're desperate...
thanks!

FreeHand And Flash?
Anyone use FreeHand? How could this program beneift me for Flash? I was told that FreeHand can do excellent conversion of bitmaps to vector. I downloaded the trial, and cant find that option in the program.. So far, it seems to be pretty worthless, but i'm not giving up on just spending a few minutes with it..

so, what's the skinny on FreeHand?
-myk

Freehand To Flash
I'm having problems with colour when moving a document from Freehand ( 8, 9 or 10 ) into Flash ( 5 and MX )
No matter how I attempt to do this, the colours fade and wash-out, so the vibrant design becomes flat and dull.
I have tried every import/export combination, copy/paste special etc... but no luck. And because it doesnt work with so many different versions of the programs, I can only guess that there is something wrong with my PC. And no, I cant afford to buy a Mac.
Does anyone have any good ideas?

What Is Flash Freehand?
Does anyone know?

Freehand Or Fireworks
ok because i found not other way i must learn some picture making software to create a layout for my site which should I go with Freehand or Fireworks? What is ht eeasier one remeber i just want to make layouts for my site not detailed hardcore pictures

Freehand Drawing With MCs
I've been trying to get this started for some time now. I've tried a form of API drawing and I've tried a grid of MCs when the mouse is dragged over they change to the brush/colour selected. (This was to resource hungry)

Here's what i want to do... I need the user to be able to draw "freehand" but the MCs have to be a set distance apart. Any thoughts?

I'm using MCs because there will be different frames with different "brushes" in them. If there is an easier way to do any of this let me know.

Cheers, Steve

[MX] Importing From Freehand MX
Hi, does anyone know how to keep the same line thicknesses in your vector graphics when importing from freehand MX. Every time i import Something it seems to disregard the stoke sizes and put everything at the same thickness. Any help is much appreciated.

Freehand Drawing
I've been trying to figure out how to freehand draw and it show up in the other browser using Flashcom. I did it fine with stratght lines using a tuturial I found on Macromedia's site, but I can not get it to work with freehand lines. Any suggestions or known tuturials out there?

Freehand Mx -> Fmx Import
Anyone else having trouble importing freehand mx docs into FMX??:-
I have installed the additional FREEHAND MX READER FOR FLASH MX but I don't know if I'm exporting/ importing correctly?? I have an extruded object in freehand and I just want to import into flash!

Freehand - Flash
I have freehand, but was trying to figure out how to make the instance recognize the guide, anyway, I figured out that I could drag straight from free hand to flash, but is there another way? Perhaps a faster or easier way (though easy enough, good to know other ways)

Photoshop Or Freehand?
Hello!

I have Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia freehand. What do you guys use for your interface and etc. Can anyone give me a guide on what to use for which?

I heard that vector art is smaller than pixels.. is that right?

Bitmapping In Freehand Mx
ive recently encountered a bitmapping problem going from freehand mx to flash 5. the type (thats been outlined) is appearing bitmapped for pc explorer viewers. ive never had this prob with freehand 8 or 10. can anyone help? thanks

Help With Freehand Text Boxes
I know this is a 'General Flash Help' forum but being linked with Flash I thought I'd give it a try.

Lets say I have the word 'help', the 'he' is contained in one text box and 'lp' in another by the side. Is there any way of combining the two text boxes into one and therefore combine the 'he' and 'lp'?

I've tried selecting both the text boxes and looking through the menus to see what options are open to me but as yet haven't found anything.

I have both Freehand 10 and 9.

Any help would be appreciated.

Flash To Illustrator... Or Freehand
I need to know if theres a way to export images to illustrator or freehand and keep the transparencies and gradients cool and the same.
I've become accustomed to drawing with flash and the wacom pad but i need to blow up one of my drawings now. the hard part is that the colors get screwed up and i lose transparencies and tints etc. ... gradients dont look goog blown up either....! aHHHHH!! maybe someone knows of a little program that helps with this...?

my site

Swift 3d, Freehand, Illustrator?
Hey,
just a little question, (im on my vacation, so now i have time for learning more stuff) do you know of places just like the supersite www.flashkit.com , but for swift 3d, freehand or illustrator , so i can learn more cool stuff!!!
thx,

Freehand MX Simple Question
K,

So this might not be the right place to ask freehand questions, but none the less I am stumped on something quite simeple that I am hoping someone can help me with.

I just bought freehand MX and I need to know how to make a picture frame? What I mean is basically lets say I have a blue rectangle drawn. Inside I want to add another smaller rectangle which is transparent. Problem is, I dont want to see the blue of the other rectangle, I want to more like cut out a rectangle within so you will see "through" the inner box. Seem ssimple enough but Il be damned if I can figure it out.

Anyone?

Using Patterns From Freehand(vector) In MX
How do I import patterns from freehand and still have them as VECTOR in flash? I can't figure it out. I don't like building patterns in flash...very time consuming.

Shared Freehand Drawing
Hi all,

I'm putting a freehand drawing mode in a shared whiteboard. To make it work locally (without storing anything) is piece of cake, however, I'm confused on how to store this information in a shared object in a way I can keep every client syncronized on the drawing as it's being made.
My issue is: it's easy to store the information on how to draw, for example, a line in a S.O. You get the startX, startY, endX, endY, and thrown in a lineTo in the onSync. However, my freehand drawing function is as follows:

draw_mc.lineStyle(stroke, colour);
draw_mc.moveTo(currentx, currenty);
draw_mc.lineTo(currentx + 0.5, currenty);
draw_mc.lineTo(currentx, currenty);

This snippet is attached to an onMouseMove event, so whenever I'm moving the mouse around holding the button, I get the drawing done.
How can I store this information in a shared object? Any idea is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Freehand MX -> Flash MX 2004
I have a prob using these two programs, been having the problem for some time now but i've never had so much text to paste in flash that it bothered me (i've always manually straightened it out)

the prob:
when i copy-paste from freehand to flash the text boxes move quite a bit
(just enough that they aren't centered any more -> about 20-25 pixels)!!!

Does anyone know how to fix this (i havent had problems with mx03)

thnx

Import From Freehand Problem
i am importing a layer from freehand into flash mx

problem is, one of my most important layer is missing, done it a few more times to no avail.

what could i be missing?

sometimes it would be imported but would lack some curbed lines.

How Can I Animate The Drawing Of A Freehand Line?
Hope someone can help...

Problem:
I need to create a series of animations for small TV commercials where sketches are drawn on the screen (think Pictionary style) over the course of 15 seconds.

Status:
Currently the sketches (which range from stick-figure people to houses and trees) have all been created in Adobe Illustrator in bezier line (no fills). Originally I was going to take them into 3D Max and grow a shape along each path. The result wasn't perfect so I thought Flash may provide a better solution. I was hoping there was a script I could write that would allow me to tween the growth of a path over time.

If anyone can point me in the right direction (advice, tutorial, sample etc) it would be much appreciated.

Import *.eps (from Freehand) Doesn't Work
I've just created something in freehand and when I try to import the file...........NADA. Some format problems. The file it' ok. If i check it with photoshop or other programs it works.The MX just won't do it.
THANX

Expanding Buttons When Pasting From Freehand
Hello,

I'm having a really weird problem. When I paste vector art work from Freehand 2004 into Flash 2004 Pro as a button, it looks fine, but at runtime, the vectors expand to about 200% what they should be and look all weird.

If I paste the same artwork into Flash as a movie clip, it works fine.

Has anyone experienced this weirdness? Any solutions?

Thanks
sngflash

Importing/Pasting Designs From Freehand MX Mac
Hi All,

Been gone a long time was previously registered as Mixter73 and haven't been back to the boards in a couple of years.

Anyway enough of the introductions and down to my problem.

Just started developing and designing my design consultancys website after not using flash for a while and stumbled on the following frustration.

SOME IMAGES WHEN IMPORTED TO FLASH MX LOOSE THEIR STOKE ATTRIBUTES AND PASTE INSIDES DON'T SEEM TO WORK EITHER.

I've tried simply copying and pasting and also exporting as .swf, I've even gone to the trouble of exporting to FH8 and pasting from there but no joy.

However this doesn't happen with all files which puzzles me even further.

I can upload a before and after (how it looked in FH and then in Flash) if that would help or if you require any further info just let me know.

Hope someone can help as this is really slowing me down with the progress site.

Thanks in advance
Mark at Moderata UK

Importing Artwrok From Freehand MX Into Flash MX
I have created all the artwork for my website in Freehand MX.

Now that I want to create the website in Flash do I have to recreate the entire arwork again in Flash or is there a method of importing my artwork from Freehand into Flash that I can use?

8 Hours Of Work Is Lost Freehand
Please help!!!! I spent 8 hours working on this file and my computer restarted.
When I'm about to open this file I can see the preview in preview window, but later I'm opening this file and I'm getting an error message: Could not complete your request because the file is not a valid Freehand Document
Any help is very much appreciated.
Document is here.

Importing Text Fields From Freehand
Whenever I try to copy/paste a formatted text field from freehand to flash, I get a text field with a different height/width. Is this a known Issue? Is there a workaround?

thanks

Import Freehand Gradients And Shapes
I have some problems for special shapes that I want to import form
Freehand. In Flash sometimes a simple shape become 'thousands' of
grouped and masked shapes that are displayed correctly when editing but
some shapes vanish when exporting swf. And simple freehand gradients
become 'really' thousands of shapes, which can slow down the whole
application when animating.

Is there a simple way instead of redrawing to convert a Freehand shape?

TIA

Design Methods: Freehand And Flash
Hi all,

I was just wondering what programs people use to design in flash. I am pretty versed at creating navigation and art in photoshop and dicing it up into tables for html websites, but I was under the impression that vector art is better in Flash.

I assume using vector graphics is better in flash because it takes up less space. What do you use to create the elements of you website? When I see drop shadows and gradients and complex vector art in a Flash site, is it done in freehand or illustrator?

So I guess my real question is how to import these vector files to flash. I have been trying out freehand. In one instance I made a retangluar menu item with rounded edges, a gradient fill and a drop shadow. Mostly using the effects in freehand.

But when I import the free hand file into flash it just shows the base shape and fill color with none of the effects. What am I doing wrong? There is an option to turn it into a movieclip, but that also doesn't keep those effects elements in place when I import to flash.

What is considered some of the better methods? Are there any good tutorial sites?

Thanks,
Brian

Importing/Pasting Designs From Freehand MX Mac
Hi All new member here, hope you can help,

Just started developing and designing my design consultancys website after not using flash for a while and stumbled on the following frustration.

SOME IMAGES WHEN IMPORTED TO FLASH MX LOOSE THEIR STOKE ATTRIBUTES AND PASTE INSIDES DON'T SEEM TO WORK EITHER.

I've tried simply copying and pasting and also exporting as .swf, I've even gone to the trouble of exporting to FH8 and pasting from there but no joy.

However this doesn't happen with all files which puzzles me even further.

I can upload a before and after (how it looked in FH and then in Flash) if that would help or if you require any further info just let me know.

Hope someone can help as this is really slowing me down with the progress site.

Thanks in advance
Mark at Moderata UK

Importing Illustrator Or Freehand Into Flash
This might already be a thread, but i wasnt sure how to word the search.  So i ended up coming up with nothing.

Heres my issue:
I have created a logo in both freehand MX and Adobe Illustrator CS that I would like to animate.  I was wondering if there is a way to save the file from either program so I can open or import into Flash and animate from there.  Specificallly looking for a way to animate only part of the logo (I guess I would need to layers to be selectable in Flash).  To give you a better idea of what Im trying to do, the logo is a tachometer and I need to only animate the needle.

I know I can recreate this in Flash, but it would take a while.  Figured if there was a way to use the logo from either program i already created, that would save me some time.  Thanks for any help.

Freehand For Flash MX: Asset Or Redundancy?
Hi,

I'm playing wit the Flash MX tutorial (trial version) and I see many similarities between the graphics editor for Freehand and Flash.

Does Freehand MX have some gutsy attributes that Flash MX does not have?

Is there a significant advantage to developing graphics in Freehand and then importing them into Flash?

Is it worth the extra $300 for the Freehand software?

Thanks,

Rougy

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The death of dogma is the birth of reason.

Use Patterns From Freehand Or Firwrx As VECTOR?
How do I import fills w/ patterns as vectors in flash MX(V6)? OR do I need 2K4? I can't figure it out it just sends me paths w/o the pattern or in fireworx it imports as bitmap. I've seen many others do it, I can't assume they're doing the tedius pattern build in flash..but I could be wrong.
Thanks for any help!

Flash For Print... Importing Swfs To Freehand ?
Hi,

I use flash for illustrating and I am very comfortable with it.
I illustrate for web most of the time without any problem but sometimes I get print jobs.That is a big headache for me.

I need big files with high resolution.So I publish the flash file and zoom in on explorer than get a Printscreen and paste it into photoshop file, then do it few more times until I get the whole file from flash then I paste them together in Photoshop.Here is my file.

Do you have another solution , I guess there must be easier ways

Can you import swf files into Freehand without any loss, is it porssible? I know you can import freehand files to flash but what if the opposite?

I hope someone can help me about it.I really not comfortable with freehand for illustration, I prefer to use flash even for print.

Thanks for your time.

Best

How To Make Vector Drawing Like In Illustrator Or Freehand
Hi,

Is there is any chance to write drawing as and then save that drawing using xml any thing else.

I have seen some examples of drawing throught flash. but i need advise for :

1- is this is possible to have control on path like in popular drawing softwares. Like bazier or linier corners. Control points ???
2 - how can it possible to save&load with xml.

any advice?

Eps Into Flash8 From Freehand Ignores Clipping Path
Hi,
Flash8 is seeing vector lines beyond the clipping path when its exported as an eps from Freehand9 or MX.
I have a map with roads etc drawn in FH9, I have placed a box over that part of the map I wish to export as eps and cut contents then paste inside box. I now see just the map within the box. Export as eps. (I do this all the time). Open it into photoshop, it sees just out as far as the box border. No problem

However File >Import to Library in Flash 8 , then drag drop to stage, sees all the artwork outside of the box, stuff I don't want. No difference if exported as eps from MX. Trimming hundreds of roads etc down to the edge of the box is impractical for every eps I need to make, as I need to export each bus route on the map as a separate eps, and there are many !

Envirographics

Why Doesnt Exported Flash .eps Files Work In Freehand?
Hiya there.

I have a problem with exporting images from Flash MX to Freehand 10. So in short - I just need a way to export things from Flash to Freehand in a way that if i print the document in Freehand the images i've exported from Flash would be in _high_ proper printing resolution and look good?

Any tips and hints to make this work proper...im too lazy to all the images AGAIN in freehand to have a good quality printing.

With glee.

Titiu

How To Import Freehand Or Fireworx Patterns In Flash Vector
How do I import patterns from either freehand(preferably) or fireworks and have them be VECTORS in flash MX...I can get ahold of MX 2K4 if need be. I've looked everywhere and can't seem to find the solution.

Creating My Website Artwork In Freehand MX And Importing It Into Flash MX
I have designed all my website pages in Freehand MX. I have now started to learn the basics of Flash MX and now wish to create my website in Flash MX.

Do I now have to re-create all my artwork again in Flash MX or is their a method of importing all my artwork into Flash MX from Freehand MX that I can use?

Freehand Vector Prog Paths Wont Act As Guides
Macromedia allow their vector prog Freehand to be imported into Flash. I have artwork in Freehand I need to animate in Flash, I have Flash MX2004 v7.2. I import to stage my freehand file, choosing scene and layers, but the layer with lines on it that I need to use as the guide layer will not act as a guide, the object just runs straight from keyframe to keyframe without following the path. Surely this can't be so, Flash and freehand have existed together for years. Tried it with FH9 and also FH MX (11). What do I need to do to import my 50 or so layers of paths each of which I need to have objects follow ?

If I draw a quick path with flash pencil tool the object will follow that. There is absolutely no way I can draw those paths from scratch in Flash, the tools are not up to it for starters, hundreds of hours of work drawing them for 2D publications in Freehand and they in many places run abutting each other. Roads in fact !

Going File>import they all come in beautifully in the right order and stil looking like they are in Freehand.

What is the solution or is my PC not doing what it should do here ?

Envirographics

Stupid FREEHAND MX 2004 User Prefs Question
Here's a weird thing...my tools palette has become blank in Freehand. Rather than running vertically down the left side of my page area, it has become a wide blank rectangle - sometimes some of the tools show, but most often not, and I am unable to resize the palette shape in any way. The only way to get access to any of the tools is to drag and drop the whole palette above the page area so that the tools become part of the toolbar (horizontal). I have no idea how this happened. When I reset preferences to default - it does not fix the problem - my palettes are still wacky. I thought perhaps the program had become corrupted and was going to uninstall and then reinstall, BUT before I do that - I logged into another user profile on my computer (my boyfriend's side of the PC) and when I launch Freehand on his side - everything is fine - tool palette vertical, resizeable, able to dock on horizontal toolbar, able to undock and become vertical again, etc. Which leads me to believe that the program is fine but my user preferences have become corrupted...? So my question is, is there a place on my PC where I can throw out my personal prefs for Freehand and make my user profile start fresh on my next launch/restart of Freehand to see if the tools come back and/or palettes appear correctly? I'm used to using Macs and being able to easily trash settings and start over, no need to uninstall before reinstall, etc. Not as good with troubleshooting things like this on PC platform. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

OR.... would it be better to create a new profile for myself on the computer - move all my files over to it and then delete my old profile? I'm trying to avoid the drastic troubleshooting measures until I try the basic ones first. I already set my computer back 24 hours because the only irregular thing I did recently was opening an Illustrator file that displayed all funky last night thinking that that file corrupted me - so that I could restore to a time before I opened that file, but it did no good. Also ran a virus scan - nothing there... I'm still funky... ugh! Thanks in advance to anyone who can suggest anything! Vgirl

P.S. All the tools palettes in Flash, Fireworks and Dreamweaver are fine, just Freehand is screwy for me (if this has any meaningful use in troubleshooting?) Thx! V

Flash Media Server Whiteboard Component With Freehand
Hi does anyone has a working example of a freehand tool in the whiteboard component that works with FMS?

Good Printing Quality With Exporting Files From Flash To Freehand?
Hiya there.

I have a problem with exporting images from Flash MX to Freehand 10. So in short - I just need a way to export things from Flash to Freehand in a way that if i print the document in Freehand the images i've exported from Flash would be in _high_ proper printing resolution and look good?

Any tips and hints to make this work proper...im too lazy to all the images AGAIN in freehand to have a good quality printing.

With glee