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 February
25, 1998
Secret Splash ScreensMost people know that starting with FreeHand 5 you could Option/Alt+click in the About window to make colored squiggle lines appear. But how many of you knew about the "Taking Illustrator out of the Picture" secret splash screen in FreeHand™ 7 for the Mac?
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To get to this secret splash screen,
first activate the Caps Lock key. Next click and hold your
mouse over the "About...." menu item under the Apple.
Press and hold the Command+Tab keys, then release
the mouse button (the only reason I'm telling you to press the
keys after you've held the mouse over the menu item, is if you
have a control panel like Program Switcher installed or
use MacOS 8.5 which uses the Command+Tab key combo).
Now isn't that interesting? HA HA.
Looks like someone from the development team is in a band and
poked a little fun at "Pat."
FreeHand 5 (Win) submitted by Bolla, Zoltan
To get to this secret splash screen
hold Control while selecting "About FreeHand"
from the help menu.
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy. Stimpy
gets his 15 minutes of fame.
FreeHand 7 (Mac)
To get to this secret splash screen,
first activate the Caps Lock key. Next click and hold your
mouse over the "About...." menu item under the Apple.
Press and hold the Command+Tab keys, then release the mouse
button (the only reason I'm telling you to press the keys after
you've held the mouse over the menu item, is if you have a control
panel like Program Switcher installed or use MacOS 8.5
which uses the Command+Tab key combo).
"Taking Illustrator out of the
Picture" is my interpretation of this lovely piece of art.
Besides the text you see here, every time you activate this screen
it says other things. The pattern behind all of the phrases is
that they are all anagrams of "Macromedia FreeHand".
FreeHand 7 (Win) submitted by Jan Suhr
To get to this secret splash screen
hold Control+Alt while selecting "About FreeHand"
from the help menu.
You will see all people that have
been involved in the development scrolling through.
FreeHand 8 (Mac) submitted by Scott Thompson
To get to this secret splash screen
hold Shift+Command+Option while selecting "About FreeHand"
from the Apple Menu Eight times in a row.
If you have QuickDraw 3D installed,
you'll see a spinning cube with the words FIRE! on it. This was
the codename for FreeHand 8 during the development cycle. If you
click on the cube, it changes the spin direction. You'll also
see a bit of Greek mythology scroll by.
FreeHand 8 (Win) submitted by Randy Vail
To get to this secret splash screen
hold Control+Tab or Control+Caps Lock while selecting
"About FreeHand" from the help menu.
You will see all people that have
been involved in the development scrolling through.
FreeHand 9 (Mac)
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