Macromedia Freehand

   There are three very strong vector drawing software packages available for graphic designers. We will be using Macromedia Freehand. Adobe Illustrator is also a popular application and works almost the same as Freehand. You may chose to do the assignments in Illustrator rather than Freehand. An often overlooked program is CorelDraw. It is very powerful but started off as a PC based program rather than a Mac based program. Most designers were Mac users (this trend has shifted dramatically in the last five years).
   I will post information about Freehand during the semester. I currently use Freehand 9.0, but 10.0 is now available. Macromedia offers a free thirty day trial on their web site that you may want to take advantage of.