Mac FH10 to PC FH10 problems

[ChrisRucci webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I've read all the posts I could find on this but still no luck:

Ad agency guys use Mac Freehand 10 to create print art.

We wanna use these files to create corresponding video stuff.

They use Macs...we use PCs.

They give us FH10 file and we can't open them.
We've tried having them stuffit first (and zip and RAR) to no avail.
We've had them save as fh9, fh8, fh7....still no go.
We have MacOpener installed on the PCs (this has helped in the past for PhotoShop stuff).
Oddly enough, they can open FH10 docs that we create. (PC->Mac ok)

We've even tried to think different ;) but we can't make it work.

Any help is appreciated!

Chris Rucci
Art Boy, Inc.
[url]www.artboyinc.com[/url]

[david gangwisch]

FH10 Win can open FH10 files created with FH10 Mac. This means that your
problem is either:
1. The method you use to open the files. You fail to specify, so I can't say
if this applies or not.
2. They way "they give" you the files.

FH files on Mac do not have extensions by default. Unless you add the
extension, they can be opened on Windows only by using the File>Open dialog
and changing the dialog's file filter. Either select "All Files" in the
Files of Type field or enter *.* in the File Name field. Other methods of
opening the file (double clicking on it, drag & drop to FH icon, ...) will
generally fail without the proper extension.

If that is not your problem then the file is being damaged in transit. Mac
files should be ZIPed or BinHexed (HQX format) before being sent by email.
They should "travel well" if saved to Windows formatted portable media
(burned to CD, saved to floppy or Flash RAM card, ...)


"ChrisRucci" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I've read all the posts I could find on this but still no luck:
>
> Ad agency guys use Mac Freehand 10 to create print art.
>
> We wanna use these files to create corresponding video stuff.
>
> They use Macs...we use PCs.
>
> They give us FH10 file and we can't open them.
> We've tried having them stuffit first (and zip and RAR) to no avail.
> We've had them save as fh9, fh8, fh7....still no go.
> We have MacOpener installed on the PCs (this has helped in the past for

PhotoShop stuff).

> Oddly enough, they can open FH10 docs that we create. (PC->Mac ok)
>
> We've even tried to think different ;) but we can't make it work.
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Chris Rucci
> Art Boy, Inc.
> [url]www.artboyinc.com[/url]
>
>
>

[ChrisRucci webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

The plot thickens....

I opened one of their files in Notepad to examine the ASCII.

It was ADG6 FH11

Their artist just says "It says Freehand MX...."

So...I guess FreehandMX for Mac is v11 and my FreehandMX for PC is v10

Guess I gotta update

[Judy Arndt]

If the documents contain the new FHMX Raster Effects or Extrude then you
would want to upgrade. I would never be one to talk you out of spending some
money ...
:-)
.... however, you could ask them to Export the file in FreeHand 10 format.

File > Export > FreeHand 10 document

Judy Arndt



ChrisRucci wrote:

> The plot thickens....
>
> I opened one of their files in Notepad to examine the ASCII.
>
> It was ADG6 FH11
>
> Their artist just says "It says Freehand MX...."
>
> So...I guess FreehandMX for Mac is v11 and my FreehandMX for PC is v10
>
> Guess I gotta update
>
>
>

[darrel]

> So...I guess FreehandMX for Mac is v11 and my FreehandMX for PC is v10

Freehand MX is 11 on both platforms. Freehand 10 initially shipped with
Studio MX, though, hence the confusion. And freehand 10 sucks, so yea, you
want to upgrade. ;o)

-Darrel

[david gangwisch]

There has been a lot of confustion about which apps are "FreeHand MX".

_ALL_ releases of "FreeHand MX", both Mac and Win, are version 11, either
11.0 or 11.0.1. _NO_ release of a version 10 FreeHand was ever labeled as
"FreeHand MX" by Macromedia. Some users incorrectly think that the FH that
shipped as part of the original release of Studio MX is "FreeHand MX", but
those that do are wrong. That product was simply "FreeHand 10", version
10.0.1. The later releases of the Studio, "MX Plus" and "MX 2004", do
contain FHMX.

FH10 will not read FH11 files although FH11 will read FH10 files. This could
easily explain why you can't read the files sent to you by the Mac users
(who presumably use FHMX) and why they can read your FH10 files.

David W Gangwisch
Software Design Engineer - FreeHand
Macromedia, Inc.


"ChrisRucci" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:bu248n$lil$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> The plot thickens....
>
> I opened one of their files in Notepad to examine the ASCII.
>
> It was ADG6 FH11
>
> Their artist just says "It says Freehand MX...."
>
> So...I guess FreehandMX for Mac is v11 and my FreehandMX for PC is v10
>
> Guess I gotta update
>
>

[darrel]

> David W Gangwisch
> Software Design Engineer - FreeHand
> Macromedia, Inc.

I just wanted to say 'thanks' for partaking in these forums. It's always
nice to see people actually on the FH team in here!

-Darrel

[ChrisRucci webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Yeah, David, thanks for the info. It is nice to get a definitive answer from the source.

Thanks again to everybody who took the time to help!

Chris Rucci
Art Boy, Inc.
[url]www.art-boy-inc.com[/url]