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1. Re: Why is it so hard to cookie cutter in Illustrator???
rcraighead Mar 29, 2011 2:30 PM (in response to zoon_unit)Have you experimented with the "Shape Builder Tool" in AICS 5?
As for retaining the "cookie cutter", why not just copy it and paste-in-place when you're finished creating the inner shapes?
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2. Re: Why is it so hard to cookie cutter in Illustrator???
zoon_unit Mar 29, 2011 2:42 PM (in response to rcraighead)Thanks for the reply.
Your reference to "paste-in-place" was exactly the workaround I mentioned in
the post. It's not a horrible workaround, but you always run the risk that
during the copy/paste-in-place sequence, that you forget and copy something
over top of the clipboard. Then you have to undo-cycle-through or remember
to save profusely.
It's just inefficient. We are spending literally thousands of dollars for
premiere/high end software when we purchase Adobe. Simple things like
cookie cutter functionality and rounded corner manipulations are something
that should have long since been added to Illustrator functionality.
I come from a CorelDraw background, and frankly, Corel is MUCH better from
the usability standpoint, and things work logically. Unfortunately, Corel
doesn't have the pixel perfect sophistication of Adobe, hence the need to
move to the "pro" package. But, since we're paying "pro" prices, we should
expect "pro" functionality!
Kent
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3. Re: Why is it so hard to cookie cutter in Illustrator???
rcraighead Mar 29, 2011 2:55 PM (in response to zoon_unit)I agree. I just forked out a BIG wad to upgrade to CS5 Extended and there are things I would like to see addressed. I've made suggestions, but doubt my small voice gets much attention at Adobe.
That being said, when I want to create professional, clean vector artwork, I turn to Illustrator. In spite of its flaws, it is the best, most versitile vector tool out there and I would be lost without it.
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4. Re: Why is it so hard to cookie cutter in Illustrator???
zoon_unit Mar 29, 2011 3:14 PM (in response to rcraighead)I agree with you. Having struggled with Corel for a long time, I appreciate
the professional approach of Adobe. HOWEVER, these guys are getting "lazy"
in the sense that they own the "space" and as a result, they fail to take
advantage of some of the innovations they could easily accomplish, yet
choose to ignore because it's not a "pressing issue."
As long as they are "king of the hill" they don't see the need to keep up
with change. That hurts us all, and is one of the reasons why I like open
source. Not because everything should be free, but because "volunteers" are
"free" to innovate without the constraints of "business."
If Adobe were smart, they would be parsing out every advantage of their
competitors, and adding that functionality to their own product. But pride
and sloth get in the way. And we end up with a substandard effort.
For instance, why IN THE WORLD does Adobe have 10 or more odd applications
that do essentially the same thing, but with slightly different approaches?
(since the programmers obviously don't communicate with each other.) WHY do
we need SEVERAL swatch libraries and locations? WHY do we need several
different ways to handle vector shapes? (Illustrator vs. Photoshop vs.
Dreamweaver vs. Fireworks) Why can't we have one, simple, "vector, type,
image, video" application that works together toward one end?
You can see, I'm frustrated.
Kent

