Comments on: Important Change in Illustrator CS4 Pathfinder

By: Eddy

Eddy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:14:08 +0000

This change got me by surprise since the launch of CS4 I’ve been having nightmare with this, numerous times I’ve been wanting to go back and change something and I never could, this will save me loads of time re-editing sapes thanks!

By: John

John — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:53:05 +0000

btw
I love this change, most ppl want final shape, it saves times.

By: John

John — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:47:33 +0000

thank you so much.
You did me a huge favor.

By: John R. Nyquist

John R. Nyquist — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:25:28 +0000

Thanks Claudia, the change did catch me by surprise. Nothing like toggling the behavior from version to version

By: joseluis

joseluis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:46:03 +0000

THANKS !!!!!, i almost became crazy. That is a IMPORTANT CHANGE, REALLY… THANKS!!!!!!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:56:31 +0000

It’s to keep our brains nimble

No, I think a lot of the changes in CS4, across the Suite, were to make the applications a bit easier for new users. The side effect, of course, is that experienced users have to adjust. I’m willing to forgive a few alterations in light of some of the wonderful improvements in Illustrator. But I do grumble about the change for channel shortcuts in Photoshop, for what that’s worth.

And keep in mind that you can customize the shortcuts to suit you, so feel free to fight back!

By: JonZ

JonZ — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:47:53 +0000

I find this annoying Adobe changing all those shortcuts we are used to. What in hell do they have to gain for?

By: Chamil

Chamil — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:55:55 +0000

Great, I didn´t know the alt thing, now I can use it like the old Illustrator. You helped me a lot!!!!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:54:16 +0000

Rick,

I can’t seem to find a preference for restoring the old CS3 behavior. Now I’ll have to dig through old computers to see when the Opt/Alt thing changed. I guess it doesn’t matter, but it’s sort of nice to know for historical purposes. Or to impress geek friends

I quite like your Dutch New York site, and, digging deeper, I see from your portfolio that you are an Illustrator aficionado, and, digging further, find that you are a fellow Catholic school survivor. I’m pleased to make your acquaintance.

By: Rick Wolff

Rick Wolff — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:19:14 +0000

As I recall, the first version to have Pathfinder (9? 7?) had it that way: you held down the alt/option key to retain the shapes. So in CS4, they’ve changed it back again. Not having CS4 in front of me, I wonder if they give you the choice to change the functionality back to the CS3 way in Preferences.