873 The improved Simplify command in Illustrator 2020

- Hey, gang, this is Deke McClelland. … Welcome to Deke's Techniques. … Now, if you've updated to Illustrator 2020, … then you are perhaps aware … that it doesn't offer many new features. … In fact, it may be the least new-feature-offering version … of Illustrator the world has ever known. … But what few new features it does offer are pretty swell. … Including the much-improved simplify command, … which takes a bunch of path outlines … that contain way too many anchor points … like these path outlines that I created in Adobe Fresco … just a few weeks ago, … and slims them down to just those anchor points … that are actually required. … Altogether automatically, … and with nothing more than a right-click from you. … You know how sometimes we accuse Adobe of feature bloat, … adding stuff that just junks up the software? … Well, not this time. … This is Simplify. … All right, so here's that vector-based artwork … that I drew in Adobe Fresco running on an iPad. … Notice, if I press Command + A or Control + A on a PC …