![]() ![]() ![]() The engineers also created Macromedia Fireworks and the two software projects often shared resources. The original development team in Richardson, Texas was renamed the Digital Arts Group and continued development of the program as Macromedia FreeHand. Acquisition by Macromedia Īltsys was acquired by Macromedia in January 1995. ![]() Altsys sued to regain marketing rights to FreeHand, citing a non-compete clause clause because of Adobe's development of Adobe Illustrator. Aldus (not Altsys) was absorbed by Adobe Systems in a merger that was completed on August 31, 1994. The program was released as Aldus FreeHand 1.0, with Altsys retaining development rights. 1.2 Acquisition by Adobe and discontinuationįreeHand was originally developed by Altsys from Fontographer's graphics engine as Masterpiece, which was licensed to Aldus in the fall of 1987. ![]()
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