Don't upgrade to Adobe Illustrator CS4!
That's right, DON'T upgrade to Adobe Illustrator CS4 when it's released later this month. Oh, that is UNLESS you want the two most requested features in Illustrator's long and storied history.
Multiple Artboard documents and transparency in gradients have finally found their way into Adobe's latest upgrade. A whole host of other feature enhancements to smart guides, text on path, the user interface, and more, complement the two big new features in this latest upgrade.
If you're a heavy Illustrator user, this Illustrator CS4 review is definitely something you'll want to check out.
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Wow! Finally! Now why
Wow! Finally! Now why weren't they in CS2 or CS3??
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www.jhousedesign.com
Apparently because
Apparently because it wasn't possible at the time. Or maybe they couldn't get it done in time for CS3. Software roadmaps are typically set in place years ahead of time. They get in what they can in the allotted time. I'm not really sure, to be honest with you.
Why did it take until now to get the user interface the same between AI, ID and PS? Who knows, but I'm glad they finally did!
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Money, my good man. Money is
Money, my good man. Money is the reason.
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Natobasso
dirtandrust.com
"Powerpoint is not a design application"
Could Not Agree More!
... Wait, oh, you think you are being funny or clever or something! Well your headline as is stands correct! Those on the cutting edge KNOW that Paint '09 is the way for all graphic artist to go!
Pixel Manipulation is the way to go people!
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Gawd, you actually had a
Gawd, you actually had a point there for a second until you started talking about Painter 9.
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Natobasso
dirtandrust.com
"Powerpoint is not a design application"
Not Joking!
Paint '09 running on Win7 rocks baby!
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Yay: Feature bloat! Now
Yay: Feature bloat! Now Illustrator will take as long as Photoshop to load! (groan)
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Natobasso
dirtandrust.com
"Powerpoint is not a design application"
They load pretty quickly for me...
I have the last betas of the Design Premium Suite and they all load at least as fast as CS3 did if not faster, with Photoshop loading perhaps the fastest. I don't know how much difference the final shipping versions will have, but I suspect it won't be too different at all.
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Yes, but no doubt you have
Yes, but no doubt you have the latest and greatest Intel chipped mac? :)
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Natobasso
dirtandrust.com
"Powerpoint is not a design application"
You give me too much credit...
Or at least, too much money! ;-)
I've been testing the CS4 suite on a MacBookPro, 2.2ghz with 2GB RAM and the standard hard drive. Because it's a laptop, it has a slower hard drive than desktop machines, so it should be faster on my MacPro - but I'm not installing betas on my main machine.
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