Now all you have to do is double-click on a symbol and it opens in Isolation mode, where it’s brought into focus while all other objects are greyed out. More importantly, it provides a new Edit Symbol command that replaces the previous complex system of breaking links, editing and replacing. Symbol handling is much improved, and it can be used to apply an instance name that will then be available for scripting in Flash. There’s a great new Eraser tool that lets you rub out artwork just as easily as you do in Photoshop, while automatically taking care of creating and smoothing the necessary new paths and anchor points. Handling anchor points is also easier, with a more sensitive and accurate Direct Selection tool that highlights nodes as you move over them. You can now align and distribute points just as you do objects. The Control bar is also more useful in contexts such as working with envelope distortions, clipping masks and, crucially, anchor points. Illustrator also provides an alternative via its context-sensitive Control bar the control this offers has been greatly extended, making alignment easier, for example, and letting you quickly select objects similar to the current selection. It’s Illustrator that gains the most from the new CS3 streamlined interface – especially if you set up your own customised workspaces. As with all the main CS3 apps, Illustrator now sports the new floatable palette groups stacked neatly into collapsible docker windows.
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