Why Do People Hate Illustrator? 48% People Do (1,637 opinions)

sucks balls horrible to learn looks like they
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sucks balls horrible to learn looks like they spent more time on PS then they did on illustrator read all

by アキラウ on 03 May - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Software I HATE the Most for Technical Drawings
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Illustrator always has bad code and stupid illogical stuff going on -- like CS4, in the "print" window, chose the "scale" radio button. In normal professional software, the cursor would ... read all

by Gae X on 22 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
ILL-ustrator, or Frustrator -> to frustrate -> ILL
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ILL-ustrator, or Frustrator -> to frustrate -> ILL being EVIL, SUFFERING. DISEASE. read all

by Bartohlomäus S on 05 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

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I mean Freehand is free and ILLUSTRATOR IS EVIL.
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I mean Freehand is free and ILLUSTRATOR IS EVIL. read all

by Bartohlomäus S on 05 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

fucking hate illustrator
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The name tells you: ILL. and FREE. read all

by Bartohlomäus S on 05 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
My IQ and confidence dropped about 12 points
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My IQ and confidence dropped about 12 points yesterday after using Illustrator for the 13th hour. Anyone who is intuitive should be able to grasp system patterns and module functionality ... read all

by Louise G on 10 Jan - 2 replies - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
1) Shitty bezier drawing tools: Why they added
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1) Shitty bezier drawing tools: Why they added ability to move the whole object with direct-select tool? There's normal select tool for that - countless time I have clicked right ... read all

by Tuomas K on 13 Dec - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Pretty much hate... hate to say!
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Numerous reasons. User interface is one. InDesign and Photoshop are better... go to Illustrator to do the same thing and you are up the creek without a paddle. Some simple ... read all

by Riki on 22 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Pilo
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******* ILLUSTRATOR IT'S A WASTE OF TIME ******* It's hateful! Why is all so complicated in Illustrator? Why is so difficult to select a single node without selecting anything around ... read all

by Pilo on 12 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
STUPIDEST PROGRAM I HAD EVER SEEN!
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Fucking layers! AAAHHH I am choosing layer in layer panel, traing to move it IT FUCKING GOES WITH OTHER OBECTS IN GROUP!!!! Fuck YOU! I SHOULD uninclude it from group ... read all

by Firanolfind on 31 Oct - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Sucks.
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A few tools ruin the whole thing. For example, the gradient tool sucks my clammy, sweaty white balls, even in cs5. I mean really, still no eyedropper to sample colors ... read all

by quakefiend on 25 Aug - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
That stupid layers palette, look how refined and
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That stupid layers palette, look how refined and simple freehands was compared to "ill-frustrator". Total bag of spanners. I was designing some artwork that in illustrator would have been a ... read all

by Chris on 17 Aug - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

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Pile of total Toss.
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It sucks ass, I don't want to see the whole goddamed construction of a job (half of which is irrelevant. every time I click on one element. It handles groups ... read all

by Chris on 16 Aug - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I would hate illustrator a little less and simply
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I would hate illustrator a little less and simply live and let live, if illustrator didnt somehow indirectly cause the demise of freehand. read all

by Jasper Greek G on 11 Jul - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

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It's hard as hell to select objects and move
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It's hard as hell to select objects and move nodes, and most illustrator work i've seen is sloppy. read all

by Jasper Greek G on 21 May - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
illustrator blows donkey balls
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illustrator is simply non-intuitive. bloated. slow. i hate it, HARD. bring back FREEHAND read all

by User-411ram on 07 May - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Oh yes how I HATE the damned Adobe Illustrator.
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Oh yes how I HATE the damned Adobe Illustrator. Somebody should buy the rights and bring Freehand back from the land of the dead. Things that were just trivially easy, ... read all

by User-8185fp on 02 Apr - 2 replies - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Now I know I'm not a professional artist, but I've
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Now I know I'm not a professional artist, but I've just spent 40 minutes trying to adjust the bloody brightness of a layer. I still don't know how to do ... read all

by PGriff on 16 Feb - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Yeah and can we have inline help so I don't
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Yeah and can we have inline help so I don't have to be connected to the internet to access a help file?!?!?! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! read all

by Frank Z on 12 Feb - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

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Compared to Corel Draw it is ten times more
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Compared to Corel Draw it is ten times more unintuitive with no added value. read all

by Frank Z on 12 Feb - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag