Thursday, September 21, 2006

IconFactory's Top 5 Pet Peeves with Illustrator

iconfactory has been making some delicious icons for the Mac platform for years. I've used them in my own OS. They were creating these with Freehand, but have since moved to Illustrator and along the way, have run into som bumps listed in this article. Some of the things are usual things that Illustrator user's just deal with regularly, like making selections. My response to that peeve is to work in Artwork mode and zoom in tight. That's the best way to deal with difficult to select objects. The other peeve I can respond to is printing. I've never had trouble printing from Illustrator. I might've had to wait an eternity, but for the most part, my printing efforts have succeeded. I'm wondering if they are trying to print on inkjet or postscript printers as, of course, this would make a big difference. I find printing even to be better in CS2. Finally, I really don't think clipping masks are all that mysterious. It could be worse.