Adobe Illustrator users rely on tools like pen, line, arc, spiral, and live corners to bring their ideas to life. This sneak explores the next generation of Illustrator tools that are as fun as they are smart.
One of the most entertaining sessions during Adobe MAX is the annual sneak peek at technology that is still in the experimental stages. Many of these technologies will never make it into commercial products, but others may be just around the corner.
The Shaper Tool prototype in action: using a circle object to deform a line.
Adobe Illustrator Principal Product Manager Anubhav Rohatgi trotted out a Surface Pro 3 for his demonstration of the Shaper Tool, a technology we hope makes its way to market very soon. The interface being demonstrated is the new Touch Workspace just released in the Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 for Windows October update.
The goal of the Shaper developers is to replace up to 15 traditional tools and guides with one highly interactive tool.
Although it wasn't Surface Pro 3 specific, another sneak that the crowd also loved was Project Para, an open source tool developed by the presenter, an MIT student and Adobe intern. You can play with the software here: paradrawing.com.
