I just picked up a great new plugin for Illustrator, Zoom to Selection (Mac only) from the Adobe Illustrator plugin coder known cryptically as Worker 72a. Zoom to Selection does exactly as it’s name implies – allows one to zoom (maginify) in and out of an Illustrator document using the currently selected object as the centering point of the zoom.
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There’s a very positive review of Illustrator CS3 over at Macworld.
Of note is the reviewer’s love of the new zooming anchor points I am so much looking forward to:
When you pass the Direct Selection tool over a control point, the control point enlarges so that you can easily see and select it. While this may not sound like much, you’ll get accustomed to the change very quickly, and you’ll soon realize how helpful—even luxurious—it is. Of all the program’s new features, Illustrator CS3’s easier-to-see anchor-point highlighting is the one you’ll encounter most often, and it’s a great idea.
Once again, the anticipation is killing me, can’t wait to get my hands on AI CS3!
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Illustrator guru (and former Illustrator project manager) Mordy Golding on his excellent Adobe Illustrator blog “Real World Illustrator” has just posted a link to his Illustrator CS3 review at CreativePro.com. He touches on just the features he thinks are significant in the new release, and should easily whet one’s appetite to upgrade to the new vector goodness.
I cannot wait to get my hands on this and get a full review out there myself.
Mordy Golding Illustrator CS3 review at CreativePro.com
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Wacom has just updated their graphics tablet driver software for Macintosh and the release notes PDF tells us that a new feature has been introduced, “Scroll Click” (my nickname for it). This is an awesome new feature that allows the user to set a pen button to the “scroll click”, and then when pressing that button, you can drag the pen on the tablet to activate scrolling. In addition to this being very cool, it’s a feature that I suggested to the tech & PR departments a few weeks ago, I can’t help but assume this was implemented due to that request. I was initially given a not-so-encouraging response, basically because the Intuos line of tablets has the Touch Strips srcoll/zoom hardware touch-sensitive areas. Of course, their other tablets do not have these.
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I have been holding off on writing up a review of the Wacom Intuos3 graphics tablet until I had a chance to work with them for some time and really get a feel for real-world usage, particularly for cartoonists & illustrators. Oddly enough I had a hard time finding an in-depth review specifically geared towards artists that draw. There were some big questions that needed to be answered, most importantly that of how the Wacom tablets worked with Adobe Illustrator. Continue reading 'Wacom Intuos3 Graphics Tablet Review for Cartoonists & Illustrators'
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I recently purchased one of these Pantone Huey monitor calibration gizmos to enhance my on-screen ability to proof colors for accuracy when printing. In short, it’s awesome and worth every penny. Read on for more… Continue reading 'Pantone Huey Monitor Calibration Tool'
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