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Subject:	Re: FLASH: Freehand or Illustrator?
From:	Roger Smith
Date:	Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:50:57 +0100

i currently work with Corel 7 on a Win 98 machine. i t is the worst. I
used to use 5, went to the mac and used both Freehand adn Illustrator.
Corel is the worst. it's unstable and temperemantal, and in short is a
plain ugly and clunks prgram.

Go with illustrator.

Roger

Gregory Landry wrote:
>
> I've worked with them all: Freehand, Illustrator and Corel Draw. I work in
> Windows NT Workstation 4.0 because I do work with 3D Studio Max. I know I
> may get yelled at for this but I still think Corel Draw 8 is the best Vector
> program I have ever worked with. I'm amazed at all the criticism at this
> stage in Corel's development. If you want to work with vector graphics ,
> IMHO, go with Corel...but if you want exporting to Flash probably Freehand
> is the best even though I NEVER use it anymore. I have Freehand 8 sitting
> here doing nada.
> Sincerely,
> Gregory Landry,
> Founder of Libmansworldhttp://www.libmansworld.com
> libmanlibmansworld [dot] com
> or
> glandry1maine [dot] rr [dot] com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ownershocker [dot] com [ownershocker [dot] com]On">mailto:ownershocker [dot] com]On Behalf Of Tim
> > Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 12:38 PM
> > To: flashershocker [dot] com
> > Subject: FLASH: Freehand or Illustrator?
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to decide which to purchase: Freehand or Illustrator. I want
> > to get a package specifically for doing vector art which I can bring into
> > Flash. From my understanding, Freehand is better integrated with
> > Flash but
> > Illustrator is more polished and has more features. It seems that there
> > are more Illustrator users. Is that because it's better or has
> > been around
> > longer and is part of the Photoshop family? Any comments?
> >
> > Also- any recommendations for Vector art libraries? Anything on the web
> > (like the sound libraries that were recommended in another post?
> >
> >
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