#Turn off astute graphics plugin code#
If you are talking about Serif licensing some of their code for use in Designer but that brings up a whole lot of questions. I know that it has been mentioned before but I don't understand how this would give AD an upper hand over Illustrator? You can use Astute Graphics Technology on Illustrator now, so if Designer could also run it that wouldn't really give Designer an advantage would it? For some people it might put them on an even playing field but it wouldn't give Designer an advantage. in which case maybe they're just being secretive until their project is further along. I've been wondering if Photoshop for iPad is going to also accompany an unveiling of a rewritten Photoshop for desktop. The latest copies of Photoshop and Illustrator are very slow and unstable, and instead of fixing these issues they just keep on adding more features that contribute to compromised performance and unreliability. I feel like Adobe doesn't really focus on their products with special care and attention they used to. I've also wondered why Adobe hasn't gone this route. And the developers at Serif will know who best to fit it in without compromising their suite. I doubt astute will want to support plugins for multiple suites.
Serif could also develop the tools as part of AD expansion, and just create a subscription for those of us that need it. I actually agree with your completely, if I could just use the same plugins that would also be great! If it is part of the core software, it makes it a better core package. It would bring features to the table like better boolean operations, cleaner curves, collision detection, curve fitting, scattering operations, Curve extension based on trajectory, etc. It would give AD the upper hand because the technology would be built into the software, where right now Adobe only supports it as a plugin. So for me the whole point of this thread should be about requesting that Designer be able to use plugins. I'm guessing that a lot of people don't need the features that Astute's plugins offer so it seems better to me to leave it as a optional thing, like what plugins offer. Astute has some really nice stuff but I'd prefer that Designer could use Plugins so that users could decide whether or not they needed and wanted to pay for such things.
So much more so that it makes me wonder if it would be worth it. Does Astute Graphics even do that? If they do why hasn't Adobe done it? Surely Adobe could afford it seeing how much profit they make from forcing their users to rent their software.Įven if it were possible it still does't change the fact that Illustrator can still run Astute's Graphics plugins so that isn't really an advantage as they would both have access to the same technologies. Also if that were possible, I imagine it would drive the price up for Designer quite a lot.
I know that it has been mentioned before but I don't understand how this would give AD an upper hand over Illustrator? You can use Astute Graphics Technology on Illustrator now, so if Designer could also run it that wouldn't really give Designer an advantage would it? For some people it might put them on an even playing field but it wouldn't give Designer an advantage. If you are talking about Serif licensing some of their code for use in Designer but that brings up a whole lot of questions. +1 more vote on integrating the Astute Graphics Technology in Affinity designer.