when you have some vector drawings that just slows the whole work process, i just want to call them up and say you guys have a shtty product.
is there a fix for this? how to make it go faster when some drawings slow the project down?
also is there any better alternatives to illustrator?
JonathanLivingston
May 24, 16 5:50 pm
Try displaying only the paths instead of also the line weights.
tduds
May 24, 16 6:32 pm
All Adobe products are RAM hogs. You either have not enough RAM to run Illustrator properly or you have too many other programs open.
That said, Illustrator is the best product at what it does, by a ridiculous margin.
gwharton
May 24, 16 6:56 pm
I draw all the paths and geometry in AutoCAD and then import them to Illustrator for coloring and text. That saves lots and lots of heartache.
archanonymous
May 24, 16 7:09 pm
batman, I would recommend a minimum of 32gb of RAM for Illustrator and InDesign work. Otherwise, this thread has had pretty good suggestions.
gruen
May 24, 16 8:45 pm
Illustrator will choke on really big files. But how often? Maybe you need to reduce file size. Build your vectors in CAD.
thisisnotmyname
May 24, 16 9:32 pm
Like the above posters, i do as much as possible in cad and go into illustrator at the end for final touches.
I find Adobe's habit of radically rearranging their user interfaces and toolbars in each new release of products maddening. Bridge was really useful for me until they changed it all up.
Stephanie Braconnier
May 25, 16 10:23 am
Sketch. Mac only right now I think, but it's like photoshop and illustrator combined. People use it for web design a lot as an alternative to adobe CS and it's pretty solid, along with only being 99$ for a lifetime license.
when you have some vector drawings that just slows the whole work process, i just want to call them up and say you guys have a shtty product.
is there a fix for this? how to make it go faster when some drawings slow the project down?
also is there any better alternatives to illustrator?
Try displaying only the paths instead of also the line weights.
All Adobe products are RAM hogs. You either have not enough RAM to run Illustrator properly or you have too many other programs open.
That said, Illustrator is the best product at what it does, by a ridiculous margin.
I draw all the paths and geometry in AutoCAD and then import them to Illustrator for coloring and text. That saves lots and lots of heartache.
batman, I would recommend a minimum of 32gb of RAM for Illustrator and InDesign work. Otherwise, this thread has had pretty good suggestions.
Illustrator will choke on really big files. But how often? Maybe you need to reduce file size. Build your vectors in CAD.
Like the above posters, i do as much as possible in cad and go into illustrator at the end for final touches.
I find Adobe's habit of radically rearranging their user interfaces and toolbars in each new release of products maddening. Bridge was really useful for me until they changed it all up.
Sketch. Mac only right now I think, but it's like photoshop and illustrator combined. People use it for web design a lot as an alternative to adobe CS and it's pretty solid, along with only being 99$ for a lifetime license.