Adobe Illustrator and InDesign CC Updated With New Features

[MacRumors]

Adobe today rolled out new updates for Illustrator CC and InDesign CC, introducing new features and improvements.

For Illustrator CC, Adobe is introducing a new image crop tool for manipulating embedded images, which means Illustrator users no longer need to create clipping masks to hide image content or switch over to Photoshop to crop images.

Adobe says the new feature will reduce the size of Illustrator CC files, bringing increased tool performance.

As for InDesign CC, Adobe is debuting a new user interface that's meant to be easier to navigate. Tools and panels (selection, text, pen, and eyedropper) are gaining new icon designs with the aim of creating a distraction-free workspace, and users can expect a more modern, flat look. There are also four UI themes: dark, medium-dark, medium-light and light.

InDesign CC is also gaining design-ready quick-start templates that can be obtained from Adobe Stock when creating a new document.

Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign are part of Adobe's suite of Creative Cloud apps and can be accessed through a Creative Cloud Subscription priced at $19.99 per month.

Article Link: Adobe Illustrator and InDesign CC Updated With New Features

 

[LordQ]

Is this real life? Cropping in Illustrator?

 

[RubberChicken]

That's destructive cropping.

 

[lunarworks]

Is this real life? Cropping in Illustrator?

What year is this?

 

[now i see it]

Man I hate it when Adobe changes the UI. It seems that by the time you get so familiar with it (inDesign, Photoshop, illustrator) that you no longer even have to think about where tools are, they "upgrade" the programs & shuffle things around making us hunt & peck to find things again like a newb. Uggg

 

[Col4bin]

Highly interested in testing this new crop functionality in Illustrator. I use clipping paths in all of my professional work and rely on the ability to "unmask" extranneous design elements while designing. If the new crop tool is destructive to vector paths (like the vector eraser tool), I doubt I'd be using it much. I can live with larger files.

 

[Vroem]

Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign are part of Adobe's suite of Creative Cloud apps and can be accessed through a Creative Cloud Subscription priced at $19.99 per month.

That price is wrong. It's $49.99/month for Creative Cloud with all the apps. The $19.99/month price is for a single app subscription.

 

[RubberChicken]

Highly interested in testing this new crop functionality in Illustrator. I use clipping paths in all of my professional work and rely on the ability to "unmask" extranneous design elements while designing. If the new crop tool is destructive to vector paths (like the vector eraser tool), I doubt I'd be using it much. I can live with larger files.

Only works on images as fas as I can see.

 

[Col4bin]

Only works on images as fas as I can see.

I guess "permanently" cropping bitmap images in Illustrator could be beneficial in certain instances. I'd just miss the flexibility of recropping a photo if ever needed as opposed to re-linking back to the original version.

 

[RubberChicken]

I guess "permanently" cropping bitmap images in Illustrator could be beneficial in certain instances. I'd just miss the flexibility of recropping a photo if ever needed as opposed to re-linking back to the original version.

Absolutely, non-destructive is always my preferred workflow. And I only use Illustrator for drawing logos and technical things. All our design work for packaging etc is always done in InDesign. I've always despised the way Illustrator handles images. And I still have not forgiven them for killing FreeHand

When I first saw the feature I thought they were offering cropping like InDesign.

 

[M.PaulCezanne]

Adobe says the new feature will reduce the size of Illustrator CC files, bringing increased tool performance.

Always welcome.

Man I hate it when Adobe changes the UI. It seems that by the time you get so familiar with it (inDesign, Photoshop, illustrator) that you no longer even have to think about where tools are, they "upgrade" the programs & shuffle things around making us hunt & peck to find things again like a newb. Uggg

The worst is when in a pinch you have to use another program like Pixelmator or something and everything is almost entirely different. Takes you 10x as long to crank something out.

 

[JohnArtist]

Anyone having issues with this update not appearing in their CC menu?

 

[gombach]

Adobe today rolled out new updates for Illustrator CC and InDesign CC, introducing new features and improvements.

For Illustrator CC, Adobe is introducing a new image crop tool for manipulating embedded images, which means Illustrator users no longer need to create clipping masks to hide image content or switch over to Photoshop to crop images.

Adobe says the new feature will reduce the size of Illustrator CC files, bringing increased tool performance.

As for InDesign CC, Adobe is debuting a new user interface that's meant to be easier to navigate. Tools and panels (selection, text, pen, and eyedropper) are gaining new icon designs with the aim of creating a distraction-free workspace, and users can expect a more modern, flat look. There are also four UI themes: dark, medium-dark, medium-light and light.

InDesign CC is also gaining design-ready quick-start templates that can be obtained from Adobe Stock when creating a new document.

Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign are part of Adobe's suite of Creative Cloud apps and can be accessed through a Creative Cloud Subscription priced at $19.99 per month.

Article Link: Adobe Illustrator and InDesign CC Updated With New Features

[doublepost=1491591276][/doublepost]Oh crap. And I was finally just getting comfortable with the Old "New" InDesign user interface.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Been using Affinity Designer instead of Ai, and i like it.

 

[snipper]

[doublepost=1491591276][/doublepost]Oh crap. And I was finally just getting comfortable with the Old "New" InDesign user interface.

Been like this since the basic functions were covered. They always say they want to make it better or (ie. the color panel) equal in all apps, but it always turns out to be slightly but most annoyingly different. Another reason to stick with older - bought - versions as long as possible for me.

 

[JGRE]

Man I hate it when Adobe changes the UI. It seems that by the time you get so familiar with it (inDesign, Photoshop, illustrator) that you no longer even have to think about where tools are, they "upgrade" the programs & shuffle things around making us hunt & peck to find things again like a newb. Uggg

No different from MS Office...... Not even Office for Mac and Windows are the same, horrible.

 

[MacGizmo]

Adobe didn't move any tools in InDesign. The "new UI" is simply flatter appearance, and limited color/contrast in the UI instead of the adjustable slider in the previous version. A few weeks to some icons, some spacing, and color adjustments is all it really amounts to.