YES! This is exactly what I’m hoping I hear more and more people say over the coming months. I haven’t made the switch yet, but I’m seriously considering it for home (freelance) use. My workplace is a different story, but I’m more than a little tired of paying for Adobe’s subscription model, which strikes as more of an extortion scheme.
As for the new features in the whole CC suite, as usual, I don’t really need any of these features. Perhaps two or three of them would be useful (new gradient tool for Illustrator, although I’m anticipating possible RIP problems with it), but that’s about it. In my opinion, the rest is mostly just bloat added to already terribly bloated applications.
The problem with so many new additions to Adobe software is that they are always trying to get things to market first. So most of the “new” features are incomplete and/or buggy. The code for meshes, pattern swatches, and complex smart objects are all still inefficiently written (essentially putting processes in the wrong order) and only work about 80% of the time to the level promised on first release.
Another problem is that even if they weren’t buggy, few of these additions are all that useful. They mostly just amount to Adobe’s rationale for continuing to charge ongoing fees for something that really hasn’t been substantially improved in years.
It’s a problem most every successful software developer faces. Come up with a great product, sell it, make a bunch of money then try to figure out how to keep the revenue stream coming in even though the product has already been purchased and already does the job it was purchased to do. The solution: never-ending and marginally useful incremental “upgrades” and bug fixes.
Couldn’t agree with you more on this. That’s why I’m still running CC 2018 on High Sierra. I’m waiting for everyone else to solve the technical issues before I upgrade.
I’m having trouble with the latest Illustrator update. Getting files to transfer to press is taking a very long time and sometimes times out the machine. These files are only 15MB so this is not a size issue.
It would help if you describe your procedure. “Transfer to press” isn’t an official feature name, and if you’re referring to simply invoking the Print command, long spool times are almost never the fault of the host application. It’s much more likely to be an issue with the artwork itself (file size notwithstanding) or an OS-level, print driver hangup. Have you tried printing from Acrobat instead of directly from Illustrator?
HotButton beat me to the question: what exactly does “transfer to press” mean?
Are you just printing something to an output device of some kind? If so, I haven’t experienced any problems with it in this regard. Could your printer driver or firmware be in need of an update? Have you tried printing to PDF or another output device of some kind to see if the problem is the same in each instance? Is it just one file you’re having problems with or is it a general problem with all files?
Transfer to press: All I mean is that the pressman pulls my art from the server to set up the ganging, then sends it to the Press Control Unit. The problem seems to be between his computer (running the press software) and the control unit of the press itself.
This is happening intermittently. Ex: A file may make it over and print normally once, but then hang the next time. So it’s not individual files.
Cache is cleared. Jobs list is minimal. Press is completely functional otherwise. So it shouldn’t be a memory issue.
We have a communication problem between the setup cpu (preflight) and the control cpu (press cpu). I’m going down a series of checks to fix it. One check is the software update.
the new features of Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 is really Awesome . I agree with you .
Adobe Illustrator does vector graphics, which is great for print media. I use it for making publication quality figures. eg. Setting fonts, doing layouts, or making cartoons.
I used a XP-Pen Artist 12 Pro graphics display tablet , it’s nice for Illustrator because of its plug and play compatibility and ease of use.
You shouldn’t be doing multipage layouts in Illustrator. In fact, I wish they never made Illustrator a multipage program because people abuse this feature a lot. InDesign is far superior for doing multipage layouts and it has better color and image control.
And the worst feature in Illustrator is the in-program image cropping. Just Don’t.
Well, the multipage feature shouldn’t be used as a substitute for InDesign, but I’ve found Illustrator especially useful for small back/front projects, like trifolds, flyers, cards, etc., which I typically prefer building in Illustrator.
InDesign is fantastic for multipage documents that depend on continuity, consistent styles, jumps, master pages, etc. For the more freeform kinds of things I tend to do for simple, one-sheeters, I find InDesign just too confining and rigid.
I think the problem comes into play with designers who really don’t know the strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the two programs, then use the one that’s least appropriate for the job. Photoshop falls into this mix too, since it’s not often the right tool to build a complete layout, however there are occasions when it is an acceptable tool for doing just that.
I print a lot of things out of photoshop that are appropriately done in photoshop. BIG things. But they fall more into the realm of scenery, rather than billboards or hand held publications and they don’t contain legible text.
@iraszl,
Thanks for this announcement of the latest features introduced in ADOBE CC 2019. We could be able to produce designs and images reflecting the variety and new features.
Best.
Thanks
Too bad Illustrator 2021 just released last Monday.
Might want to update to the newer features, one of which is an extended artboard that can all kinds of mess things up if you do it unknowingly.