New crop feature
Would much prefer this feature to be similar to InDesign. Don't see me likely to use as is since it throws away unused data and embeds. Ability to NOT crop like that is one of the most useful features in InDesign. Masking although clumsy as a crop tool seems it will remain more flexible and useful.
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I personally see little difference between InDesign 'images-are-always-put-in-frames' concept and Illustrator’s clip masks.
The only difference is UX and some useful fitting commands, but other than that — no that big.The 'Crop' is a different beast. It embeds, it actually deletes pixels, it has some problems with precision, and if you meant this method — there are many separate more specific requests and reports about it, I encourage you to find and vote for them specifically.
The 'Mask' button (both in Control and Properties) is more convenient. It creates an image-sized clipping mask and selects it. Then I just resize it, as I can with InD’s frame. To toggle between the contents and the mask I can use buttons (and InD wins here with on-canvas controls), but I prefer the custom-assigned Edit Contents hotkey for these. Works almost fine, except for once I select either one, I can’t select both using a hotkey :)
Anyway, let’s discuss more.
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