I've been limping along with Illustrator CS2 for too long. I now have the latest version. It's going to take a little time to get used to the new look, but here's a quirk I just don't get and I'm hoping someone can quickly steer me in the right direction. The first picture is a gradient made in Illustrator CC (newest cloud version) The results are awful.
Then I opened my old CS2 version and created the gradient in the exact same way and got what I wanted. Does anyone know why the new version is giving me funky results? Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
Dave, would you give us a screen shot of how you set up the gradient? Or just give the settings? Are the sliders exactly the same in both? It appears that the top one has the sliders too far towards the center of the gradient.
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
Are your color settings the same in both? I would think that the CC version would be an all encompassing setup between , IL, ID, PS, etc.
On a more basic lever, are they both the same color mode? Cmyk or RGB?
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
Oops, posting was just crawling, wasn't sure I hit the button.
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Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
Other than added bells and whistles, I don't see anything different in making gradients between CS2 and CC.
Well...besides that we could make a gradient with CS2 without paying a monthly ransom to use the software.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Well this is just freaky. I've made hundreds of gradients in Illustrator and never got the results I got above. So to get the job done I simply copied the proper gradient from CS2 and pasted it into CC. When I clicked on either gradient, the settings remained the same. Yes I could have done the job in CS2 but what the heck, got to learn the new tool locations and features. And wow, lots of added tools since CS2, and CC prints instantly instead of taking a minute to generate the output.
Anyway, I came back in tonight and tried to duplicate the fades so I could take the screen shots you wanted Don, and wouldn't you know it, CC created the gradient like I wanted in the first place. No matter what I tried I could not get the funky gradient to show up. So
Never mind. Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
That's ok. Was nice to get together with you and Bill Modzel again on an Adobe problem. Just like old times. We even still have the same profile pics. Letterville, when you never have to get old. Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
When I posted this I was hoping you two guys would jump in and help. I know Adobe is holding us hostage Don, but since the cloud subscription includes everything, I'm kind of excited to learn Dreamweaver and maybe write a few websites. In the long run, this subscription will be cheaper for me than upgrading, and adds all their fonts and other programs. I guess this is just the first wave of things to come.
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
I guess I'm the minority- I prefer paying a little each month instead of the $2000+ all at once, when I bought CS3.3 Master Collection back in 2008... but I use a bunch of programs- I can see the issue if you are just using one or two.
Dave- check out Adobe Muse, it is a pretty interesting web design program- geared more for designers than coders
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
Michael, you have a point, except that many including myself, can easily skip several years of upgrades w/o it being a problem. People requiring "the Master Collection" are in a tiny minority.
I'd just be more comfortable if the subscription was out there as an option, instead of being mandatory.
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
I hear ya- I bought a really cool photography suite of programs and one of the side programs was a really cool little software that would do photo frames on images... then a few months later they released the next version, and that photo frames program was missing, then they just discontinued support for the whole older suite... so now there is no way to get that program (unless you are like me and have it still running on an older machine) it won't work along side of the newer software. Unfortunately they don't give the option of using ANY of the previous versions of their software- when they do an update, you are almost forced to keep upgrading.
I still have CS3.3 running on one machine, but I still don't think I have used it enough to justify the amount of $$$ that I paid...
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
btw- this was not Adobe, it was a small software company that makes photography add on software to work with Photoshop, Lightroom, Appeture...
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
Michael,
I still have Illustrator 10 running on a G4 because Gerber dropped MacImprint before the intel processors.
Fortunately, there's still al=lot of them around that are still functioning.
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