Opening FreeHand 8 files in AICS2 and AICS3

#1 08-21-2008, 05:41 PM

CS2 was (is) able to open my prehistoric FH8 files directly. CS3 13.0.1 can't. "File X is an unknown format and cannot be opened."

Anyone know what changed? Shouldn't CS3 be able to open the same alien files as CS2?

PS. I know the 13.0.2 update is supposed to do something in relation to Freehand files but of course I haven't figured out how to update to 13.0.2 without flying to Madagascar and back. And not even sure that will result in a successful update install. And I'm not sure it would solve this problem either.

#2 08-21-2008, 05:50 PM

Uh... it may be FH7 (!) that CS2 can open and CS3 can't.

#3 08-21-2008, 06:57 PM

They must be even older. CS2 can open FH4 files, while CS3 can only open FH7.

#4 08-21-2008, 09:59 PM

Wow. Maybe 5.5? I think that's the first version I ever used. Thanks, Monika.

#5 08-23-2008, 04:27 AM

In CS3, while important enhancements were made to import of FH9, FH10 and FH11 (MX) files, support for importing FH file below FH7 were withdrawn.

#6 08-23-2008, 10:22 AM

Neeraj, do you know this from the literature/documentation on 13.0.2 specifically? Or AICS3 generically? Or have you successfully updated to 13.0.2?

If the last, by what sleight of hand did you succeed at this?

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