When it comes to handling elements like brand artwork, "perfect" is the standard. It sort of works, but it sure isn't perfect. It's akin to using Google's automated functions to translate a web page written in German (or French, Spanish, etc) into English. Different drawing programs often don't play nicely with art imported from rival applications. That gets back to why I have to use Adobe Illustrator (and CorelDRAW too).
It helps to at least be using the same, industry standard applications. They get compounded when you need to send art to other service bureaus to do something you can't do in-house, like print a 48' wide X 14' tall billboard face. The issues of color management and CMYK are critical. The type families available through there are worth a fortune. It's the equivalent of a Creative Suite Master Collection with a number of bonus goodies that didn't come in a Master Collection box, such as the Adobe Fonts service. You're getting a lot more than just one or two applications. But that monthly fee actually buys quite a lot. Not many like paying $50+ per month for a Creative Cloud subscription. I also use CorelDRAW, but that program (and others) don't open client-supplied PDFs and AI files in 100% reliable manner. My shop has to handle a lot of corporate logos and other customer supplied materials. It's like going back to the 1990's.Įven if I could live without some of the latest bells and whistles found in Illustrator (and its 3rd party plug-ins) I still need Illustrator to reliably open and edit customer supplied PDFs and AI files. Open source alternatives like Inkscape are better than nothing, but they lack many features and just feel clunky. CorelDRAW is still fairly popular, but it only runs on Windows. Freehand was the closest alternative it was the only other drawing app that could paste AICB vector paths into Photoshop. That especially goes for integration with other applications, such as Photoshop. But none of them totally replace all the functions found in Adobe Illustrator. YMMV.Īs for alternatives, there's a number of vector-based drawing programs out there. So far I haven't seen any serious issues. I personally waited for Adobe's first maintenance release for Illustrator as well as updated plug-ins from Astute Graphics before migrating my CC apps to the 2019 versions. What did Adobe do specifically to "completely ruin" Illustrator?
0 kommentar(er)
