Overall Satisfaction with Adobe Illustrator CC
Adobe Illustrator CC is used almost daily in the publishing department of my company to access color information from our catalogue of EPS files, although it is also used frequently across the company. [Adobe Illustrator CC] is a reliable vector editor, useful to prepare client files for printing/press preflight, as well as create our own images to be used in digital and printed publications.
- Create resizable images (vector images)
- Export files into image files at multiple sizes
- Color management: remove spot colors before printing; gather CMYK or RGB values to ensure consistent color use across all projects — this is something that Adobe CC Libraries also assists with greatly.
- Create files for web use
- Access to colors or selecting an area of an image can take a few more clicks than expected.
- The trace tools have come a long way since older versions of Illustrator but still do not reliably transform every image into usable vectors, i.e., you cannot easily transform a photo into line art by merely using a trace tool.
- I would like to see more free-hand vector pen tools
- File layers
- Swatches
- Layer masks
- Exporting multiple sizes of the same image, batch processing
- Simplifies our workflow
- Allows us to seamlessly update files: edits made in Illustrator will show up in InDesign when the linked file is saved
- Is not suitable for all of our image creation needs
Affinity Designer is a very reasonably priced "dupe" (substitute) for [Adobe Illustrator CC], as it is a one-time price of $99 rather than a repeated cost. Affinity offers photo editing and publishing software that compete with other Adobe products as well, so it is something I value for personal use. However, my company relies on Adobe Illustrator [CC] because we are already invested in the Creative Cloud: the font library of TypeKit alone is vital to the organization to ensure all of publishing has the access to the same font rather than a slightly different version of the font from a different source. [Adobe Illustrator CC] also gives employees solid resources to grow their abilities with the software, thanks to Adobe-sponsored and non-sponsored video and web tutorials.
Do you think Adobe Illustrator CC delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Adobe Illustrator CC's feature set?
Yes
Did Adobe Illustrator CC live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Adobe Illustrator CC go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Adobe Illustrator CC again?
Yes