Effect in Illustrator

[bubbbab]

Hopefully this is the right place to post this. I am trying to make a decision in purchasing some design software.

My question is, when applying eefects such as bevel, drop shadows etc. does Adobe Illustrator rasterize those effects or are the effects as true a vector as the rest of the drawings in the document?

Thanks
bub...

 

[jimoblak]

Yes.

Ilustrator can produce both raster and vector effects. It can produce live and flattened transparency effects.

Don't trust me or any other stranger in a forum. Download the demo before purchase.

 

[bubbbab]

Thanks for the input and for the great advice. One thing I have heard is that you can't use the mouse wheel for zoom. I know it sounds picky but, I'd love software to do that one thing if nothing else to save messing around with the keyboard.

Thanks again.
bub...

 

[jconingham]

You can use the mouse wheel, but only along with a keyboard combination:

Zoom

If you want to zoom in or out using the mouse wheel just hold the Alt key.

Scroll

To scroll vertically using the mouse wheel hold the Shift key; for an horizontal scroll hold the Ctrl key instead.

http://teom.coningham.net/ai-cs2/using-the-mouse-wheel-to-zoom-and-scroll

 

[bubbbab]

Thanks again for this great advice. I did sue the trial download and then purchased it. It will be quite some time before I have learned all there is to know about it but, it is certainly the right designware to be using. I might actually take a few classes to learn some of the more advanced features.

The only thing I have seen elsewhere out there that would be neat is a b-spline tool but, ya can't have everything! Thanks again,
Steve.