Well I'm not sure HD, but when I select the Freehand tool and then click on a bitmap I see what looks like 4 small handles on the corners? Having looked again the main handles on the bitmap do disappear, but the four smaller handles stay, maybe this is what should happen? When I lock the bitmap I do not see the smaller handles, which maybe are not handles at all? I'm now mystified, because I can't recreate the problem either.