It is often used by designers to draw vector illustrations, brand logo, fonts and so on.
And the feature that the vector elements keep sharp edges no matter how scaled,
It is also widely used in the design of printing and publishing.
Of course, it is not without the web interface of AI. ...
In addition, AI has good compatibility with other kinds of software-
Needless to say, PS and AE of adobe system;
C4D is a 3d software widely used by designers at present.
It is also common to draw plane graphics in ai and then import C4D to make 3D models.
Sketch is also a vector tool,
There are many UI designers who draw icons and graphics in AI, and then turn to sketch to make adjustments. ...
In a word, AI, as a comprehensive vector drawing software, is not comparable to it at present.
Let's take a look at the updates in version 20 19.
Start page
Start page or blank page, such as ps,
A general document portal and a genuine purchase portal have been added to this page.
Such an obvious purchase entrance, the high probability is to improve the purchase conversion rate of software. =
First of all, any shape gradient
In addition to radial gradient and linear gradient, AI also adds a new type of gradient with arbitrary shape.
It provides a new color blending function, which can create a more natural and vivid gradient.
There are two modes of arbitrary shape gradient: point mode and line mode.
They can add color patches anywhere, and move and change the color of the color patches.
Ai automatically blends colors and smoothly applies gradients to objects.
Two gradient modes:
Points: Creates color patches as independent points in an object.
Adjust the display area of gradient color by controlling the position of points and the size of range circle.
Line: Creates a color code as a line segment or curve in an object.
Linetype is similar to Bessel path, which can be said to be closed or open.
? Click on the blank space to add a new point, select a point and press delete to delete it, and press alt to switch the selected point to sharp corner/fillet.
In addition, the most tearful thing is that the gradient tool of ai can finally get the color alone!
Finally waiting for you ~
Double-click the point to bring up the palette. You can adjust the color in three ways:
1 color panel-adjust the color value;
2 swatch-directly call the stored color;
3 straws-Absorb any color
Second, global editing.
The global editing function of graphics is increased,
In other words, when there are the same elements in the page, all similar objects can be modified at the same time with one click.
Not only for individual elements, but also for groups. Whether the element is in one artboard or in multiple artboards.
After global editing is selected, when one of the objects is moved, rotated, scaled, deformed and changed in color, other objects will also change.
This function is very convenient for designers to adjust the graphics in their works at the same time.
For example, when doing brand VI.
It is difficult and time-consuming to manually edit all the objects one by one, and it is easy to make mistakes in the process of modifying, deleting and pasting.
The new global editing option can help designers to edit globally with one click, which can be said to be 66666.
Tip: After I deformed the graphics in the test, the global editor didn't recognize my deformed elements; Normal enlargement and reduction are still recognizable.
Thirdly, font browsing visualization.
The official statement is:
A new tab is provided to learn more. You can browse thousands of fonts in hundreds of typesetting factories from Illustrator, and then activate them immediately and use them in your works. Ferocious
All Creative Cloud applications can use Live fonts.
But I can't use this function when testing.
I was prompted to activate my adobe font, but the activation was invalid.
The system provides a new filter: recently added.
This function is still practical, and it can display fonts added in the last 30 days, which is more convenient to choose.
The font classification filter has also been optimized.
Now it is a drop-down list that shows examples of font types, not just font type names.
But after testing, Chinese fonts still can't be filtered in the filter, so sad.
Fourth, customizable toolbars.
AI optimizes custom toolbars, and the official provides two toolbars-? Basic and advanced,
The basic toolbar contains a set of tools that are often used to draw illustrations.
The advanced toolbar is a complete toolbar, which can be opened by clicking the … icon at the bottom of the toolbar, or by selecting a window? & gt？ Toolbar. Open it.
Create your own custom toolbar, which can also be opened by … at the bottom.
17 version began to support panel customization.
However, the new version adds a group that supports custom toolbars. Just drag the tool to the same icon.
Five, control the deformation enhancement
AI can now identify the best area to transform artwork and automatically add points to artwork.
And the automatic scoring function will be enabled by default, and manual marking is not required.
If you want to modify points, you can still add and delete points.
If you don't want to enable automatic manipulation deformation, you can choose Edit? & gt？ Preference? & gt？ General Deselect the Enable Content Recognition Defaults option.
VI. Demonstration mode
Add a full-screen presentation mode, which can be opened at the bottom of the toolbar.
The application menu, panel, guide line, grid and selection in demo mode are hidden, and the document cannot be edited.
When playing, use the left and right arrows to switch the previous and next drawing boards, without loops.
Mac can use the trackpad to move and zoom the artboard, and press esc to exit.
Seven, cut view
In the menu bar view, add view mode cutting view,
It is convenient to preview the overall effect of the design draft.
Any elements outside the artboard will be hidden, and all non-printing objects (such as grids and guides) on the canvas will be hidden.
In this mode, you can still create and edit graphics.
Eight, the interface can be scaled (?
The official statement is:
You can customize the size of tools, icons, menus, panels, and controls so that they are displayed at the appropriate size.
In Preferences-User Interface Settings, you can use the slider to zoom the interface, which will recognize the screen resolution and adjust the zoom factor of the application accordingly.
This is definitely good news for us 13 inch small screen users.
I turned on my preferences excitedly.
?
What about the agreed zoom slider?
Cheat on my feelings!
According to the official update catalogue, there are some other optimizations:
1. Zoom in faster
We have improved the Enlarge Outline mode so that you can view the canvas when it is reduced or enlarged.
2. Content recognition and cutting
Adobe Sensei supports this new feature, which uses machine learning to provide suggested cutting schemes.
3. Preview of actual size
When the view is set to 100%, the design will be displayed at the actual size.
Note: 20 19 series software updates delete the old version by default.
In order to prevent unnecessary trouble, click the advanced option when updating, and uncheck Delete the old version, so that you can keep the old version while trying out the new version ~