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    Default I have to admit, Illy's pretty darn good

    Despite the negative comments generally associated with Adobe products, I must say that the more I use Illustrator, the happier I am using it.
    It's like it repays you for taking the time and trouble to get acquainted. I particularly like the way I can easily achieve grunge type effects like
    the one I have attached below. I wasn't able to get the clipping mask to do what I wanted in Illustrator, so I saved the work and brought it
    into XDP 7 to use clipview and on importing, it came in as a whole load of paths. I wasn't successful in grouping them all and so some got left
    outside of the clip...I liked the happy accident, though.
    Bob.
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    Default Re: I have to admit, Illy's pretty darn good

    it should be good for the price
    If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
    They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
    Avoiding Manual Labour.
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    Default Re: I have to admit, Illy's pretty darn good

    I sure dislike discussions which revolve around price. Pricing is really a take it or leave it thing and has little to do with the issues. For many, DP is too expensive. So? For others even more budget conscious, P&G is expensive. Again, so?

    Illy does work well for what it does, but isn't a do all, end all product. There are features designers have been longing for in Illy and likely will never get. Sound familiar?

    I have and still use Illustrator for some things. Mostly I use it when it is a company/job requirement as my design work is rather simply and doesn't tax the capabilities in either it or DP.

    Nice design, Bob. And it is a happy accident you achieved. I wouldn't have known it was an accident if you hadn't mentioned it. The elements outside the clip just look right.

    Take care, Mike
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    Default Re: I have to admit, Illy's pretty darn good

    Quote Originally Posted by mwenz View Post
    I sure dislike discussions which revolve around price.
    so you dont compare products in the supermarket
    If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
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    Default Re: I have to admit, Illy's pretty darn good

    sorry Frank, but you are being silly - I don't believe for a moment you do not understand what is being said

    what matters is that you get what you want and you get it at a fair price - there are many who need what illustrator has, and the price for that is reasonable; if you don't need it well, its not even an issue, is it
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    Default Re: I have to admit, Illy's pretty darn good

    no, what is silly is not talking about value for money

    Adobe Illustrator CS5 €860,00 convert

    Adobe Photoshop CS5 €969,90 convert

    Adobe CS5.5 Design Standard €1 895,24 convert

    links from amazon.fr

    no wonder 99% of people who use it have a pirate copy

    i paid a grand for my copy of cs1 and regretted it ever since not because its crap software but because its hugely overpriced and in the end i found workarounds for everything using non-adobe prods

    and yes i compare products in the supermarket not because im poor but because i dont like being ripped off and this is no different
    If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
    They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
    Avoiding Manual Labour.
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