Adobe Illustrator CS
by Adobe
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Software Summary
Manufacturer: AdobeBrand: Adobe
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2003-10-24
Platform: Windows XP
Model: 26001360
Product features:
- Cross-media publishing; publish your artwork to any delivery medium you like
- Includes 3D graphics effects, character and paragraph styles, and innovative text composition controls
- Enhanced support for Adobe PDF, expanded print capabilities, faster performance, and more
- Timesaving tools include dynamic data-driven graphics, robust scripting support, and Action Sets
- Create logos, illustrations, packaging, maps, posters, Web graphics, and more
- Microsoft Office XP Standard Upgrade [Old Version]
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 Upgrade
- Doom 3
Software Reviews of Adobe Illustrator CS
Customer Review: CS BITES!..................
Summary: 2 Stars
CS is a piece of crap! Why can't they leave well enough alone? I'm 40 years old and I've been using Illustrator since version ONE in '87 and I'm at the end of my rope. This is the buggiest version since v7! I'm sick to death of Adobe (as well as others) constantly making changes for change sake while introducing new bugs and not fixing the old ones. What's with the damn selection tools in this-- especially when selecting text? You can't win-- if you try to select type using baseline selection (now for some reason changed to the less-than-elegant "Type Objects Selection by Path Only), good luck actually hitting the baseline. If however, you use the default type area select, good luck NOT selecting everything else in the vicinity OTHER than the type you want! I highlight one text string and two OTHERS somewhere else highlight! Don't even get me started on adjusting type on a path! Text occasionally appears in a file, apparently from some other dimension, and doesn't allow you to delete it! And whose brilliant idea was it to make it so that masked objects cannot be ungrouped??? (To be fair-- I think that started in the previous version.) I also love how the "smart quote" control is now a tiny checkbox called "Use Typographer's Quotes" which is hidden under the "Document Setup" dialog box and always defaults to the ON position every time you open a file. The list goes on.
I use to feel as if Illustrator was an extension of my hands. Now it's like I'm wearing bulky gloves that I spend more time messing with than I do designing/illustrating. Do they actually run these damn programs past longtime users anymore before releasing them or do they just let snot-nosed little programers do what they feel like doing? I'm ready to reevaluate pen and ink!
Description of Adobe Illustrator CS
Illustrator CS makes it easier to reach your creative vision with a full-featured vector graphics package and all the tools you need. Tighter integration with Microsoft Office for easier import/export into office documents, presentation and WebsitesIllustration Software
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