![]() ![]() Adobe had to acquire FreeHand to copy this one. And man, what a hack job of an interface!Ĭonverging Perspective Grids. Illustrator can still only manage a single type of operator in an expression (i.e., multiplication/division or addition/subtraction, but not both). Another one still inferior to FreeHand's. ![]() And Illustrator's treatment of it is still cumbersome compared to FreeHand's more straightforward interface.īasic Math Operators in Value Fields. Many probably think Adobe invented the idea. Predictably, many of those same users now no doubt couldn't live without it. Why, it was going to be the end of the world the coming of the apocalypse illustrators everywhere would be committing hara-kiri! Egads! What a concept! The garment-rending, sackcloth-and-ashes outrage from Illustrator devotees (who had practically zero experience with FreeHand or any other drawing program) anytime the need for multiple pages was even mentioned, was just laughable. (Still sub-par compared to FreeHand because Illustrator's insistence on two separate primary selection tools effectively prevents it from "knowing the difference" between a path being selected at the object level, as opposed to merely having all its nodes selected.) Performing alignment and distribution on Anchor Points (nodes). (Ex: filling outlined text with a raster image.) (Making a path with a hole in it.)Ĭlipping Paths. (In other words, simply being able to edit paths with their stroke and fill attributes showing.)Ĭompound Paths. At least so far as CS6 ('cause I won't rent business-critical software), Illustrator still can't actually crop a raster image it can only mask it.įor the benefit of those who may not have "been there," Illustrator trailed versions (i.e., years) behind its historic nemesis, FreeHand, in all these areas:Įditing in Preview Mode. ![]()
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