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Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Migrating existing FreeHand content
Watch these four vides from the Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator series, and learn how to migrate your FreeHand® files to Adobe® Illustrator® CS2. Whether you have native FreeHand files, or EPS, PDF, or Illustrator files, you’ll learn everything you need to know to get your content into Illustrator. In these short video tutorials, you’ll learn how to migrate FreeHand content four different ways:
- Via native FreeHand files
- Via EPS files
- Via PDF files
- Via Illustrator files
To follow along with these tutorials, download the migratingfreehand.zip file.
migratefreehand.zip (ZIP, 407K)
Via native FreeHand files
There’s no need to discard your legacy FreeHand files just because you’ve switched to Illustrator. Mordy Golding shows you the ins and outs of the various methods for converting your FreeHand files to Illustrator.
Watch the video (10:04 minutes)
Via EPS files
Explore another method for converting FreeHand files to Illustrator format. In this short video tutorial, learn how to save your FreeHand files in EPS format, before opening them in Illustrator. See how Illustrator handles objects such as text and blends when you use this method to migrate your files.
Watch the video (6:17 minutes)
Via PDF files
Adobe PDF is yet another format you can use when converting files from FreeHand to Illustrator. Learn how to export a FreeHand file to PDF before opening it in Illustrator. Watch this short video tutorial to learn how Illustrator handles color, text, and blends in PDF files.
Watch the video (7:38 minutes)
Via Illustrator files
In this last video, learn how to convert your FreeHand files to Illustrator. Simply export your files from FreeHand in Illustrator 7 or later format, and then open them in Illustrator.
Watch the video (5:41 minutes)
Where to go from here
For more information about Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator, check out the following resources:
- Adobe Illustrator CS2: FreeHand to Illustrator migration guide (PDF, 6.5M)by the experts at Adobe
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Getting started, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Working with multiple pages, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Basic object editing, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Working with text, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Advanced object editing, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Live Trace and Live Paint, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Enhancing creativity, by Mordy Golding
- Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator: Enhancing productivity, by Mordy Golding
About the authors
Mordy Golding has been a production artist for print and the web for many years, and is an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Print Specialist. At Adobe, he was the product manager for Illustrator 10 and Illustrator CS. A popular presenter at Macworld, Photoshop World and other worldwide events, Mordy is also the author of several books, including SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite All in One, The Web Designer's Guide to Color, and SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe Illustrator in 24 Hours. In 2003, Mordy was named a Champion of Graphic Design by Graphics IQ. Currently he serves as the founder of DesignResponsibly.com, teaching designers and printers how to successfully adopt today's new technology. Mordy is also the author of the Illustrator CS2 and Flash 8 Integration video training title published by lynda.com.
Excerpted from “Migrating from FreeHand to Illustrator with: Mordy Golding” © 2006. Used with the permission of lynda.com. To view the full-length video-based tutorial series, please visit www.lynda.com.
