Illustrator CS6 / Buying guide
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| Pattern creation |
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| Image Trace |
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| Gradients on strokes |
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| Variable-width strokes |
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| Shape Builder tool |
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| Perspective drawing |
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| Bristle Brush |
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| Stretch control for brushes |
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| Precise arrowheads |
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| Dashed line control |
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| Stretch control for brushes |
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| Brushes with corner control |
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| Blob Brush |
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| Transparency in gradients |
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| Elliptical gradients |
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| Eraser tool |
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| Live Color |
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| Adobe Mercury Performance System |
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| Efficient, customizable interface |
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| Inline editing in panels |
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| Enhanced Gaussian Blur |
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| Enhanced Color panel |
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| Enhanced Transform panel |
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| Type selection improvements |
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| Dockable hidden tools |
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| Workspaces with rooms |
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| Enhanced Control panel |
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| Improved Transparency panel |
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| True white canvas color |
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| Drawing enhancements |
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| Multiple artboards |
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| Gradients exposed |
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| In-panel appearance editing |
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| Refined Graphic Styles |
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| Practical Smart Guides |
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| Clipping masks demystified |
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| Isolation mode enhancements |
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| Spring-loaded panels |
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| Color-blind workspace |
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| New Document Profiles for web, video, and mobile |
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| Enhanced point selection |
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| Point alignment and distribution |
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| Web, video, and mobile devices | ||||
| Adjustable UI brightness |
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| Seamless pattern creation for web |
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| Clean, sharp graphics for web and mobile |
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| Symbols with 9-slice scaling |
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| Resolution-independent effects |
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| Multiple artboards for web, video, and mobile |
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| Multipage output |
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| Separations Preview |
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| Support for bleeds |
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| Flex integration |
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| DeviceN colorspace support |
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