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This is one of the nice things about the occasional comp delivered in AI. Its so much easier to translate assets to the web that it confounds me why AI wasn't the standard from the beginning.

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I haven't used it recently, but a few years ago? AI was terrible compared to PS. I mean, I like vector graphics and was willing to struggle with a lot of pain for the advantage of using vectors instead of rasters for a project... holy crap AI was awful. Crashy, cumbersome, cringeworthy.

I'm an amateur, so I'm not going to be an expert on the professional features, but a few days with AI led me to go right back to Inkskape.

I have no idea why they put their resources into that thing over Fireworks.

Its even worse for not sharing any of its hotkeys with Photoshop.

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