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Illustrator
Features
Drawing Enhancements
You can now work more intuitively with anchor
points and handles, making vector drawing
faster. Illustrator offers many vector drawing
improvements, including the display of the handle
at the opposite end of the segment, to give you
a better sense of the curve, and the option to set
a preference for the size at which anchor points are
displayed. The selection tolerance has also been
increased, so you can more easily make selections.
Eraser Tool
The Eraser tool allows you to erase vector artwork
using a brush, similar to the way you erase pixels
in Photoshop, so that you no longer have to delete
anchor points individually. This tool creates clean
vector artwork to match what you visually erase.
Note that the Eraser tool will remove all layers of
art, unless you are within a selection or have locked
portions of your artwork.
See Adobe Video Workshop topic, Using the Line, Eraser, and shape tools
60 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide
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Draw a simple curve to
experience the enhanced draw- your artwork to see how the
ing features, such as the display anchor points highlight as
of the handle at the other end of your pointer approaches them.
the curve. When you select points
on a path, the Control panel will
display path editing tools.
1 Select the Eraser 2
tool from the tool box, like to erase. Make a selection
then adjust your brush to erase only that artwork,
or lock any portions you don't
using the options in
the toolbar. want to erase.
3
Deselect and mouse over Adjust anchor point
display size and tolerances
in Preferences > Selection &
Anchor Display.
Go to the area you would 3 Erase the artwork. Note that
your vectors have been updated
to match what you've erased.