Create beautiful and effective vector artwork using sophisticated drawing tools, expressive natural brushes, a host of time-savers, and integration with Adobe CS Live online services^1,2 in Adobe® Illustrator® CS5 software. CS Live services are complimentary until April 12, 2012.

Beautiful Strokes

Fully control variable-width strokes, arrowheads, dashes, and art brush scaling along a path.

Perspective drawing

Use perspective grids to draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1-, 2-, or 3-point linear perspective, creating the look of realistic depth and distance.

Integration with Adobe CS Review

Create and share online reviews for clients down the hall or around the world using Adobe CS Review, an Adobe CS Live online service.^{1, 2}

Advanced typography

Design beautiful text for any media with professional controls for paragraph and character styles, support for OpenType®, transparent effects, and more.

Gradients and transparency

Interact with gradients directly on your objects and control the transparency of individual colors in gradients and gradient meshes.

Bristle Brush

Paint with vectors that resemble real-world brush strokes. Achieve the expressiveness of natural media with the scalability of vector graphics.

Multiple artboards for web and interactive

Define up to 100 working areas in one file. Paste objects in place across artboards for repeating artwork on multiple web pages, screens, or frames.

Shape Builder tool

Intuitively combine, edit, and fill shapes directly on your artboard without accessing multiple tools and panels.

Drawing enhancements

Draw behind elements, disregarding stacking order. Draw or place an image inside an element, instantly creating a clipping mask.

Resolution-independent effects

See raster effects such as drop shadows, blurs, and textures maintain their appearance across media. Create work for different types of output and know that raster effects will look the same no matter how your resolution settings change.

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²Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe’s online privacy policy. Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.