# Freehand MX to Flash mx **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 19, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550 "2003-01-19T00:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/1 "2003-01-19T00:11:22Z")
I have a graphic that I created in freehand…And I am trying to get it into flash mx. It imports okay but for some reason it screws up the dotted line that I made in Freehand…Does anyone know how I can get my graphic from freehand without losing my dotted line?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/2 "2003-01-19T00:15:42Z")
well 3d this is off subject but do you like Freehand? cause i have used both Freehand and Illustrator and i like Illustrator like 50 times more…i just dont know why… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/3 "2003-01-19T00:20:23Z")
Im not a big fan of illustrator I forget why but I have not used it in a while since like 7 or something, but they are basically the same. But once again I use dreamweaver fireworks and flash so the integration is why I stay with freehand ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/4 "2003-01-19T00:30:29Z")
yeah i was just wondering why, maybe cause i am so used to PS…but i thought the newsest Freehand was 10? cause thats what i am using… [edit] yeah i was right, i just checked the MM site…i was like how did i already get an outadeted version…i just got it lol ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/5 "2003-01-19T00:41:54Z")
I don’t know if this will work, but have you tried to bring it into FW, then flash? I take it you are trying to export to swf from FH… Don’t use FH much… Sorry… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/6 "2003-01-19T00:48:38Z")
3d, try doing this to your graphic, give it a transparent border about 5-10 pixels all around, that is the method I used to maintain my images when bringing them into flash. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/7 "2003-01-19T12:02:44Z")
Hey electron could you elaborate a little bit on how to do this? I still have figured it out. Let say I was making a box no fill with a dotted line border. How would I do this with your technique. Rev. I tried that it seems to make it worse. I tried png swf gif eps…stilll same thing ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/8 "2003-01-19T18:21:28Z")
Ok let’s say you made a box with a dotted line border, the dimensions are width=200, height=200 for example, I’m not really familiar with Freehand, but in Photoshop you can adjust the canvas size. So what you would do is change the canvas size to width=220, height=220 and this will give your image a 10 pixel transparent border all around. Your box would still look the same, but just with the transparent border around the dotted line border. I hope that’s a bit more clearer. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freehand-mx-to-flash-mx/11550/9 "2003-01-19T20:38:54Z")
OHHH okay i get it. Yeah freehand does not give you the option to resize canvas. BUt I kinda fixed the problem. Just created a dotted line gif in PSP 7…then put it on a layer above the other stuff. I know that is not a fix but hey. Thanks for your time tho man!!!