Adobe illustrator 88
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- Nairn0
heh, so cute - I particularly like the post-Wall Street bespectacled corporate designer with his gigantic screen.
Kind of surprising to see how little has changed over the past 20 years, in a sense - beyond the speed increase borne of improvements in the underlying tech, the fundamental program hasn't really changed that much.
Nice find.
- Bluejam0
digging the soundtrack
- SkyPoo0
"It used to be that the only way you could create quality artwork was by hand using tools that were reserved for those with the skill, the patience and time to MASTER their use.... but now theres *a better way*..."
Hmmmm. it USED to be about skill, patience, mastery.
- Fariska0
All of a sudden i realize how computer graphic is related to the 80s
- SkyPoo0
There's a shot of a graphic piece in that which shows a 3d diagram of an underground cave printed on a laserwriter. I was lookign at that and thinking "that's exactly the kind of thing that some hothead would do now, today, for no reason at all, and with no meaning or intention, and stick it on Ffffound and everyone would love it".
It just looks so 2008 post-meaning 'G-art' style.
- ETM0
"You don't have to be a professional to get professional results"
I think time has certiainly proved that statement very false. :)
- graham0
render that type!
- ukit0
lolza!
- Josev0
I used Illustrator 88 when it first came out to create this illustration for a Discovercard promotion. I was inspired by samples on the Adobe promotion and packaging so I used a lot of gradient blends. We sent it to the engraver and they couldn't get it to output. They tried working on it for days but it kept failing to RIP. We ended up calling Adobe and one of their tech gurus told us that most imagesetters (that were available at the time) wouldnt be able to output the file. They had custom written a RIP file to process the complex illustrations they used in their promos. We ended up imaging it to a slide but it was too late to be used on the final product.
- neferiu0
Is it just me or is the Autotrace back then far superior at least in implementation to the autotrace of today...
- neferiu0
I mean, dude just clicked on a few things and they were instantly converted to shapes...
- seven8nine100
do we know why it started at 88 (is that the year or what?)
- drgss0
how little has changed in 20 years. we are living in the golden age
- horton0
We were banned from using Illustrator gradients in college projects because rendering the previews locked up all the Macs.
True story.
- horton0
launched in 1987... 88 was the FUTURE!
- DataSelected0
I started with that version !
Good memories though it was very very limited at the time.