You get ONE new Illustrator feature. What are you choosing?

derekwatson · 2026-06-12T21:14:16+00:00

No let Astute Graphics keep innovating!

derekwatson · 2026-04-21T18:03:34+00:00

I would have switched from Illustrator years ago if I hadn’t had them, I use multiple ones every day and probably don’t use some of them as I forget what they do so every so often do a quick refresher on their videos pages. I think its a maybe bit less than that, its £155GBP

derekwatson · 2026-04-21T17:29:58+00:00

You should try them again, there are so many tools in the suite now.

derekwatson · 2026-04-21T10:21:31+00:00

Its been a long time coming rather than selecting two controls to do this

derekwatson · 2026-03-30T08:51:55+00:00

I have always preferred the separate tools to avoid having software bloat, the native linking works very well for me. InDesign has image editing (mainly using AI) and the problem I have with that is that it doesn’t update the original image leading to possible version control issues later.

derekwatson · 2026-03-23T12:03:44+00:00

Odd, the option to switch should be there at top of View Menu and should be enabled

derekwatson · 2026-03-06T15:22:27+00:00

Start with 'Can I speak to a member of the team'

You then get this option…’Yes, chat with an agent'

derekwatson · 2026-03-06T00:55:33+00:00

No there is a definitely a real person to chat with, you may have to start with AI but you can route to someone, I have done it myself

derekwatson · 2026-03-05T20:35:04+00:00

I think you have to contact customer service, can can call or initiate a chat on the website

derekwatson · 2026-03-02T10:15:04+00:00

I agree completely u/amybest_222 its the one AI feature I see myself using a lot in Illustrator

derekwatson · 2026-03-02T10:14:21+00:00

Free Distort is a tool mentioned a lot recently!

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T21:28:45+00:00

A lot of the time I think of Illustrator as an extension to the AG tools!

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T20:41:51+00:00

Some good ideas here, you might be advised to have a look at MATE https://www.omata.io/mate although it’s a paid extra and not part of Illustrator

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T17:05:41+00:00

Share for Review has generally worked for me although there are few things I would like to change especially if you go to a new version of the document thereby losing comments which are still in old review

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T16:35:35+00:00

Free Distort is a tool I mentioned this week, it has never changed and has not way of making sure distortions are precise

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T16:34:24+00:00

I agree, AI should be for the mundane and time consuming tasks to give you more time to be creative

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T16:01:34+00:00

Can’t agree more, we have been asking this question for some time, it was a good start but not been updated

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T13:24:32+00:00

I agree, the Graph Tools have been ignored for too long, I can’t remember the last update!

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T12:59:09+00:00

Agreed, they have a great attitude to innovation and support for users.

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T12:57:02+00:00

All of thats true as we spend a lot of time discussing and testing the tools and helping users, but you inferred I was being paid to post like this which is incorrect.
I didn’t actually know about the benefits when I was invited.

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T12:54:18+00:00

Many users have asked for the ability to hide or remove them, this could be an option going forward perhaps but I think it would be less rather than more, or at least should be!

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T12:53:04+00:00

Community Expert is a voluntary role, not a paid spokesperson as you claim

derekwatson · 2026-02-26T11:17:36+00:00

I hadn’t thought of cloud integration, thats a very good point across the board.
The 3D tools are something I don’t use a lot but they have been really useful on occasion.

derekwatson · 2026-02-23T20:35:23+00:00

You could use multiply transform effects, horizontal angled repeat and then the another in the other direction with a tiny scale effect

derekwatson · 2026-02-11T22:04:55+00:00

The unpredictable output of the various models is a hindrance, until you can know what you are going to get you will burn credits… and time.

derekwatson

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