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Still waiting huh? ;-) If you're on a Mac then: Pivot - Display Rotation for $1.99 looks like a viable and cheap solution as discussed previously. Even better for $24.99 (regularly $49.99) you can get...
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this program actually looks pretty awesome, and at that price is very interesting alternative to .ai file sharing with others through ai is the main reason to stick with it (and the fact its tried and...
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I bought this program and I exercise on it for quite some time. Another moment and throw it into the trash Ai and cease to be nervous.Ideally, they made a second version of the modern Illustrator2...
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My art professor taught me to paint and draw with the stationary artboard. That has translated well to the computer and I've never used the "rotate canvas" feature in PS. Probably never will.
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Is your professor had designed the side of the box product upside down... ?
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Ha! Probably not. That's where I'd use a symbol and work right side up, then rotate the symbol. I don't care if this feature is introduced, I just feel there are more important tools that need to be...
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Of course we use symbols for this purpose, but the symbols Ai have their limitations, eg. Not allowed to use graphic link ... crazy wheel. "Have you checked out Affinity" — sorry?
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Affinity is growing nicely. I test it constantly. and already I'm missing a little to throw out Ai.However, I would like to work on Ai but this new interface can be Illustrator® 2-new tool.
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Like I mentioned previously, as Affinity innovates rapidly with alternatives to Adobe's flagship products, it should force Adobe to take notice and accomplish something from a feature standpoint in...
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This is my exact problem. In a package with several layer, some of it locked, it wold be nice to rotate the view to draw.
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So many think merely rotating the art (or switching to another art program) is the answer for this issue. It's the wrong answer for anything but the simplest art. With dozens of layers, high-res placed...
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Well said rmdtulsa! The absolute hostility I've seen over this simple, rational request is baffling. A moderator actually sent me a nasty, snide email that literally said, "If you don't have anything...
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Its super annoying for packaging which Ai seems to be the industry standard for artwork / print. i really hope that Adobe can bring us this feature, it seems inevitable, but then i felt the same about...
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dandid wrote: i really hope that Adobe can bring us this feature, it seems inevitable, but then i felt the same about re-link missing assets when i saw how in-design handles it, and that seems to still...
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yes the 'problem' i have is that I've retained a few clients for 15 or more years so I've gone through hard drive set ups and filing systems that all made perfect sense at the time, but leave me with...
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This topic started off in 2010, 6 years later we still don't have a solution Adobe! I am in packaging field, making some copy changes on the existing artwork for the side panel - Client has decided to...
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I also do packaging... this is why I design in InDesign which I much prefer anyway... printing houses have the complete Adobe Suite anyway. And I use Master templates for products that have a variety...
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I would love to use Indesign. My client uses packagers that demand Illustrator, on top of that Illustrator CS6. No fun at all.
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Reillet wrote: Is this something we can expect in a future release? It would be very useful, so no. I would not expect Adobe to add this useful feature in a future version of Illustrator. Nothing Adobe...
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I agree. Basically we are just begging here, and hoping....but not expecting.
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Yup, getting a kric in my neck right now from tipping my head 90° trying to edit type in a supplied die-line for a packaging job. Since the size of my type changes when I retype or kern it as it...
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Testing the pre-release 2017 version and I can't comment on the features that may have been added, but my neck is also still sore! FFS
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If you are working on packaging. Say a box, (set up flat for print). Which you will be editing. Sometimes it is simpler to rotate the VIEW not the actual artboard. That way I do not have to be twisting...
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My food manufacturer client requires everything be 100% built in a specific version of Illustrator. Many groups require Illustrator. I don't get to choose software.
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Oh! yes. I understand perfectly, I have that issue myself and need Illustrator to have that feature. That InDesign reply was for this post: Bit rude, Wade…Correct Answerby Wade_Zimmerman on Jul 11,...
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I totally agree - we work on a lot of packaging that has to be supplied to the printer in Illustrator - it would be soooooooo helpful to be able to rotate the view so you can work on all sides without...
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Adding my voice the the 6 year old chorus... working in packaging design and would love to be able simply roate the canvas!
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Would be nice to have some answer from AI team like: Hey guys, we're not ignoring You, this is just horribly difficult to add and we have got a separate team of programmers working on it in the...
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I need to be able to rotate the canvas in Illustrator, I'm working with complex dielines for packaging and a lot of the time the artwork is upside down because of how the material needs to be cut and...
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It is utterly ridiculous that this program does not have a simple rotate canvas command.If you want this solved, make a feature request.Feature Request/Bug Report Form As long as it is not solved, you...
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I filed a feature request, but I can't use symbols because I'm not supposed to edit the art. I'm checking the dieline proofs before print so I need to be able to read all the words and check spelling...
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When designing a fanzine or a piece where you have to fold, sometimes you have to design rotating the piece. That's why Illustrator should have that option.
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I'm working on plan and elevation views for a building, working in Illustrator for ideation because I'm used to it and fast with it. I've never missed a rotated view feature, but I do now! Elevation...
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This is STRICKLY a workaround. Could you convert each view to a Symbol, keeping original art in horizontal view and rotating the placed Symbol instance? This method would let you share custom colors,...
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I'd suggest everyone who wants this to go over to the uservoice page, have a vote and perhaps comment. Illustrator - Rotation of the Artboard – Adobe Illustrator Feedback
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i am designing a package and cant believe that there is not such a function. hard to make the upside down side of package
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Yep. I think the best workaround is to build the side as a Symbol then rotate the symbol into position.
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JFC what tablet peed in your cheerios. I've never read a more obtuse and bizarre set of complaints about a really useful tool. Are you bad at drawing and using real drawing tools or what? You seem to...
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Catseman, sounds like you're unloading a pretty stupid amount of whinging yourself. If you don't need such a feature, keep your comments to yourself.
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I do need such a feature, had a bunch of brochures to do today where half the crap was upside-down and made it a pain to work on without the rotate function this thread is about. I was just amused by...
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package design upsidedown areas: solution was to choose all and rotate all 180 degrees. grid alignement is lost though.
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Hello World! 2019 and this is still a wish... My coworker is working on some upside down food packaging, editing everything that way LOL I started searching, found this thread and then thought to...
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If that's what you wanted, you could do the same thing with the Transform effect.
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Yeah as long as it's the "live" effect 'Transform' I guess The rotate canvas (or view) feature would of course be fantastic but I think it might be too complicated to represent rotated XY vectors on a...
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