Format
Macromedia Freehand
Summary
- Name
- Macromedia Freehand
- Version
- 4 & 5
- Identifiers
- PUID: x-fmt/53
- Format type
- Image (Vector)
- Description
- FreeHand, created by Altsys Corporation in 1988 and licensed to Aldus Corporation, is a discontinued vector graphic editor for Windows and Mac. Uses include professional illustration, desktop publishing and web content. FreeHand versions 1 though to 4 were released by Aldus, later versions were developed by Macromedia. In 2005 Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia but FreeHand development has been discontinued.
- File extensions
-
fh5,fh4 - Source
- Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Developed by
- Macromedia, Inc.
- Supported by
- Adobe Systems Incorporated
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
Internal signatures
FreeHand 5
- Note
- MAC File type Code AGD1
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
41474431- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V98
- Release date
- 27 October 2021
Macromedia FreeHand (4 and 5): Previously Macromedia FreeHand (5). File format description updated, expanded to include version 4 and extension fh4 added. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
-
Added in V69
- Release date
- 19 July 2013
Macromedia FreeHand 5: Added version number.
Macromedia FreeHand 5: Signature provided by Georgia Technology Research Institute.