AI Plugins
We develop plugins for Adobe Illustrator CS3 to Adobe Illustrator 2025 which run on both Windows and Mac.
We have customers in the USA, Europe, Canada, South America, Russia, Australia, Asia and Africa.
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Latest Illustrator version that has been tested and is officially supported:
- Adobe Illustrator 2025 (version 29.0) released 14 October 2024 (Requires plugin version 5.1.0 or later).
- Now has native support for Mac M1 chip (plugin version 4.0.3 or later)
Download FreeHand Plugin Version 5.1.0
Note: Version 3.0.0 and later require an active support subscription.
Use the installers below to install the FreeHand plugin to Illustrator CS6 or CC. If you don't enter your license key during installation, you will be asked to enter it the first time you try to open a FreeHand file. See the User Guide for more information. You can buy a license key from the Online Store. If you have any problems installing or running the plugin or have any other questions, please Contact Us.
Mac: High Sierra - Sequoia
Mac: Snow Leopard - Sierra
Windows
FreeHand Plugin Version History
- 5.1.0 (16 October 2024) Support for Illustrator 2025.
- 5.0.0 (24 September 2023) Full support for macOS Somoma (previous versions don't work with Intel versions of AI)
- 4.2.4 (12 April 2023) Fix Illustrator crash when opening some files with embedded content.
- 4.2.3 (27 Febuary 2023) Support for Illustrator 2023 version 27.3.
- 4.2.2 (22 January 2023) Fix certain files not opening in some versions of Illustrator.
- 4.2.1 (6 December 2022) Fix files not opening in Illustrator 2023 version 27.1.
- 4.2.0 (19 October 2022) Support for Illustrator 2023.
- 4.1.5 (12 May 2022) Fix for files not opening on Illustrator 2022 (version 26.3).
- 4.1.4 (20 April 2022) Update decompression code.
- 4.1.3 (13 December 2021) Reduce height of Import Options window so it fits on lower resolution displays.
- 4.1.2 (5 December 2021) Fix some files not opening on Macs with M1 chip.
- 4.1.1 (1 November 2021) Fix Illustrator hanging on Mac OS Monterey.
- 4.1.0 (25 October 2021) Support for Illustrator 2022.
- 4.0.4 (20 September 2021) Fix files with embedded images crashing Illustrator CC on Mac.
- 4.0.3 (15 July 2021) Fix M1 compatible plugin not being installed.
- 4.0.2 (13 July 2021) Fix files with certain fill methods failing to open.
- 4.0.1 (5 June 2021) Fix font discovery issue on Mac.
- 4.0.0 (21 May 2021) New feature: Overset font scaling.
- 3.3.1 (7 January 2021) Fix for Illustrator 2021 (version 25.1) on Mac.
- 3.3.0 (11 October 2020) Extrusion fixes.
- 3.2.0 (3 September 2020) Replace increasingly unreliable Adobe dialogs with native OS versions.
- 3.1.7 (17 June 2020) Fix crash when opening files with Illustrator 2020 version 24.2.
- 3.1.6 (10 June 2020) Fix live effect crash (issue since version 2.0.0).
- 3.1.5 (1 March 2020) Limited support for Hebrew text encoding.
- 3.1.4 (28 January 2020) Improved handling of missing fonts (issue since version 2.3.0).
- 3.1.3 (24 November 2019) Fix positioning of cropped images on Mac (long-standing issue).
- 3.1.2 (11 November 2019) Fix disappearing text (64 bit issue).
- 3.1.1 (6 November 2019) Fix Illustrator 2020 crashes.
- 3.1.0 (5 November 2019) - Limited Release Support for Illustrator 2020.
- 3.0.0 (27 October 2019) First full 64 bit version on Mac to support OS Catalina.
- 2.7.2 (18 April 2019) Fix Windows installer sometimes not finding Illustrator CC 2019 installation.
- 2.7.1 (1 September 2018) Fix CC 2015.3 and CC 2017 install issues.
- 2.7.0 (22 August 2018) Support for Illustrator CC 2019.
- 2.6.1 (7 January 2018) Fix permissions issues on Windows 10.
- 2.6.0 (19 October 2017) Support for Illustrator CC 2018.
- 2.5.0 (11 June 2017) Support for Chinese and Japanese text encoding.
- 2.4.2 (6 October 2016) Improved installation error handling.
- 2.4.1 (3 September 2016) Fix cannot save license to hard drive error.
- 2.4.0 (30 June 2016) Support for Illustrator CC 2015.3.
- 2.3.7 (27 May 2016) Fix for Mac hang when opening files with embedded images in TARGA format.
- 2.3.6 (6 March 2016) Fix for files that have duplicate style names.
- 2.3.5 (21 February 2016) Mac fix for pattern handling that causes "Can't save the illustration" error when saving.
- 2.3.4 (15 February 2016) Workaround duplicate multibyte font names.
- 2.3.3 (12 January 2016) Fix license update issue.
- 2.3.2 (11 January 2016) Fix for crashes when choosing to keep missing fonts.
- 2.3.1 (21 December 2015) Fix for CC 2015.2 failing to open some FreeHand files.
- 2.3.0 (14 October 2015) Option to keep missing fonts.
- 2.2.0 (22 March 2015) Support for batch mode processing through scripting.
- 2.1.4 (28 January 2015) Fix strange tab stop behaviour in forms.
- 2.1.3 (18 October 2014) Support for files that use autogenerated names.
- 2.1.2 (27 August 2014) Support for Live Effects that use binary data.
- 2.1.1 (8 August 2014) Fix for failing to connect to license server through proxy.
- 2.1.0 (30 July 2014) Support for files with embedded images.
- 2.0.4 (10 July 2014) Recognise non English versions of Illustrator on Mac.
- 2.0.3 (9 July 2014) Fix opening of FreeHand 7 and 8 files on older versions of Illustrator.
- 2.0.2 (5 July 2014) Fix plugin display in Mac Finder.
- 2.0.1 (3 July 2014) Support for Illustrator 2014.
- 2.0.0 (2 July 2014) First Public Release.
Fix reported file open failures.
Support for Illustrator 2024.
Fix wrong font size being used for blank lines (long standing issue)
Extrusion fixes.
Fix all reported file issues.
Fix rare permissions issue that prevents saving of licence key.
Fix Illustrator time out issue.
Fix opening files that use certain text transforms.
New feature: Choice of replacement font.
Native support for Apple M1 chip.
All options available when placing files.
Workaround spot color names that are longer than 32 characters.
64 bit file issues fixed.
New version available notification.
Fix checkbox and radio button text misalignment on Mac OS Big Sur.
Consolidate Windows and Mac source code.
More consistent text to outline results.
Fix for dialogs not opening on Mac OSX Mountain Lion or earlier.
Improved handling of invalid elements (long-standing issue).
Support for Illustrator 2021.
Improved positioning of text on a path.
Update obsolete functions used for font matching.
Single reported 64 bit file issue fixed.
All reported 64 bit file issues fixed.
All reported 64 bit file issues fixed.
Workaround for files containing invalid elements (long-standing issue).
All reported 64 bit file issues fixed.
Workaround for spot colours with reserved names (long-standing issue).
All reported 64 bit file issues fixed.
Fix styling of monochrome images (long-standng issue).
Fix scaling and positioning of cropped images (long-standing issue).
Fix Mac installer issues.
Fix Mac installer crash.
Fix for embedded images not loading on Mac OS Mojave and Catalina.
All reported 64 bit file issues fixed.
Fix for rare network adapter crash on Windows.
Various cosmetic fixes.
Workaround code signing issue on Illustrator CS6.
Fix for Mac when opening files with embedded images in Photoshop format.
Fix rare Mac installer crash.
Fix justify paragraph alignment.
Fix installer crashes.
New installers.
Show informative error message when trying to open files older than FreeHand 7.
Windows installer support for 32 bit machines.
Windows 10 license hang fix.
Installer fixes for plugin not being installed correctly in CC 2015.2.
Standalone plugin installer.
Fix setup as Administrator, run as User issues.
Fix dialog hangs on Windows.
Minor user interface enhancements.
Support for files that use Live Effects, e.g. Drop Shadow.
Improved font matching.
Support for filenames containing non-ascii characters.