Exporting eps /ai files to Illustrator

[Martin]

Why can't Macromedia and Adobe just get on? Or at least get their
applications talking to each other!!

When I try and export a FH11 file as an .eps or .ai file it turns the whole
thing to crap! Illustrator just doesn't like anything that Freehand makes!
Can it be so hard?? I don't like using Illustrator and find it a difficult
program (like most Adobe apps!) and would much rather use Freehand. But I
need to make eps files for a printer who uses Illustrator.

Whats the story on this?

Cheers
Martin

[D. Plank]

IMHO it is because Adobe thinks, and rightly so, that by sharing
it's formats with a competitor such as Freenand it will lose
market share to a superior product. Adobe has not shared it file
format with Macromedia since version 8. I am sure Freehand would
provide export to later versions if they could.

dp

Martin wrote:

> Why can't Macromedia and Adobe just get on? Or at least get their
> applications talking to each other!!
>
> When I try and export a FH11 file as an .eps or .ai file it turns the whole
> thing to crap! Illustrator just doesn't like anything that Freehand makes!
> Can it be so hard?? I don't like using Illustrator and find it a difficult
> program (like most Adobe apps!) and would much rather use Freehand. But I
> need to make eps files for a printer who uses Illustrator.
>
> Whats the story on this?
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>
>

[Martin Gamache]

You could try making a PDF and opening the pdf in Illy. Your file may not
get as mangled that way.

mg

"Martin" <mpfinnegan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:cev4ch$d6c$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Why can't Macromedia and Adobe just get on? Or at least get their
> applications talking to each other!!
>
> When I try and export a FH11 file as an .eps or .ai file it turns the

whole

> thing to crap! Illustrator just doesn't like anything that Freehand makes!
> Can it be so hard?? I don't like using Illustrator and find it a difficult
> program (like most Adobe apps!) and would much rather use Freehand. But I
> need to make eps files for a printer who uses Illustrator.
>
> Whats the story on this?
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>
>

[Bruce Kieffer]

Martin,

What you want can be done, but it could be made easier if the two companies
would just get along.

1) Open the FHMXa file and export it as a FH 9 file.
2) Open AI (CS or 10) and open a new blank file.
3) Place the FH 9 file into the AI file.
4) Ungroup the placed file and the individual elements will then be
editable.


in article cev4ch$d6c$1@forums.macromedia.com, Martin at
[email]mpfinnegan@bigpond.com[/email] wrote on 8/6/04 12:19 AM:

> Why can't Macromedia and Adobe just get on? Or at least get their
> applications talking to each other!!
>
> When I try and export a FH11 file as an .eps or .ai file it turns the whole
> thing to crap! Illustrator just doesn't like anything that Freehand makes!
> Can it be so hard?? I don't like using Illustrator and find it a difficult
> program (like most Adobe apps!) and would much rather use Freehand. But I
> need to make eps files for a printer who uses Illustrator.
>
> Whats the story on this?
>
> Cheers
> Martin