Adobe Illustrator

As a professional artist and business creative, Adobe Illustrator has been an application well used in my toolbelt of visual software. From vector creations to typographic layouts, Illustrator never ceases to amaze me in terms of innovation. The thing I like most about it is the guidance it provides for artists and designers really shines through. Specifically, Illustrator analyzes and

I've learned that each software has a strength of its own. And it's best to understand how it works so you can maneuver through it without a lot of issues. That's why Illustrator really works for me. The only setback would be the brush types. I do wish the variance in stroke would expand more in terms of the lines it creates. I've noticed that the strokes would have lines within them, but would just be copied versions. However, I believe this is a minor issue and not much to dwell on!

Good in making curves , variety of temps

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So, I've been an AI user for now almost 10 years. I've used it at it's worst, at it's best and at it's "ok" moments. It's powerful and the type of work that you can create is really just limitless. There has been a significant effort in onboarding users whenever it gets a design overhaul or new features are added. I've found that a lot of these updates do tend to boost my ability to perform or create work at a faster speed, and same goes when making edits. I'm a heavy pathfinder user and the ability to just tweak my workplace to my needs, adding different windows and condensing them into one section has been a huge time saver. So in terms of granting you the ability to really modify the space to your liking, it's great.

I think one of the aspects about illustrator that has over time made it a more difficult tool to rely on has been the constant updates. Yes, those updates are sometimes great and very much needed, but there is no onboarding and the existing tour points hold so much information, it's hard to keep up with it.

I think generally speaking, I want to also be able to use the same shortcuts I have been using over time with the software, so when certain aspects of it change - sometimes it does affect my ability to perform at the same speed. I think more efforts need to be done to really create a focused on boarding for users when you introduce new features.

When compared to other vector design programmes, Illustrator's feature set is much superior. It's the gold standard in the business world, and I picked it up very quickly.Adobe Illustrator streamlines the process of creating vector illustrations and layouts that are print and scale-ready. Moreover, the Image Trace function has enabled me make the most of the small size images we have licenced for curricular use and provide each of our departments with the highest quality print-ready files possible. Rather than having to build a massive file in a non-vector programme and then exporting it to the suitable format, I can work with text and logos for our ministry regions and special events in a single file that can scale across many print media, from big posters to t-shirts to videos.

Today, working together is essential. And although Illustrator does include collaboration features, attempting to add real-time collaboration would be missing the purpose. Many designers rely on Adobe's Illustrator, making this enhancement crucial. If you don't need the other components of Adobe's suite, buying Photoshop alone will wind up costing you a fair bit of money.