poking at updates dubiously

Playing with CS4 because the free transform tool in CS3 is broken for perspective distorts on meshes, which is how I do ultra-quick perspective (the '3D transform' tools suck, because their interface is seperate from the main edit window, and besides it's completely accurate perspective instead of cartoony eyeballed perspective.). Let's go down the "What's New" list in the help and see what sucks!

( probably only interesting if you use Illustrator )

sketchbook

Someone on the Illustratorworld forums had mentioned that he uses AI's 'scribble' effect to do the fake currency pieces he plays with. I felt like trying this - and yes, with a bit of fiddling with the settings, you can very quickly turn solid shapes into something that looks like currency!

Even if you don't bother looking at real paper money, or actually finishing them - which is why I'm classing this post as 'sketchbook'!



I am pretty sure that "rounds" are actually coins; the Skylands are too romantically-anarchic to have transitioned from coins made of rare but otherwise useless metal onto paper money. On the other hand I could also see forgery being hilariously rampant - this one is kinda supposed to look like it's poorly printed on crappy newsprint. Print all you like, your wealth is determined by your chutzpah and whether or not people realize that the note you're passing has your own face plastered on it...