OT: Illustrator capabilities (was Re: [OS X TeX] OT: log from Acrobat 7.0)

[Jack Kuipers]

May I interject --- the best graphics program (for me, having tried  
them all)
is EAZY DRAW. 'Takes learning, but it will do anything you want.      
Jack Kuipers

On Jul 25, 2006, at 11:45 AM, William Adams wrote:

> On Jul 25, 2006, at 10:46 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> Since we are already definitely OT, I feel safe (?) to ask for a
>> couple of examples of what Illustrator can do that other drawing
>> programs cannot—and that non-professional illustrators might want
>> to use? (When I went from Canvas to Intaglio, it was such a relief  
>> … )
>
> Very good OpenType support --- in some instances better than InDesign
> (did a cover design using Waters Titling and then discovered I had to
> write up extensive instructions on how to get the same text effects
> in ID using the glyph palette manually as AI got w/ a button click).
>
> Native-pdf transparency features
>
> Support for the nifty Warmreader marked object plug-in (though Altsys
> Virtuoso in NeXTstep supports the TeX eq -> eps Service for similar
> functionality or one can use psfrag &c. on other platforms if using
> dvips)
>
> I think that's pretty much it. Certainly Creaturehouse Expression did
> brushes better, and FreeHand has basic bezier drawing handled more
> efficiently.
>
> More glaring are things one has to get plug-ins for which other
> programs ``just do'', such as a sensible pattern to how aligning
> objects work, multi-page support or dimensioning tools.
>
> William
>
> -- 
> William Adams
> senior graphic designer
> Fry Communications
>
>
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