Illustrator CS5 / Features

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

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

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.

Edit object characteristics directly in the Appearance panel, eliminating the need to open fill, stroke, or effects panels.

Make symbols more powerful than ever thanks to new 9-slice scaling and registration point control. Use layers inside symbols to create extremely complex symbols that you can repeat as usual, keeping file sizes small.

See how your vector artwork will look when rasterized using the Pixel Preview mode. Edit your artwork and the preview changes live — as you work.

Move projects smoothly from design to print or digital output, thanks to tight integration with industry-leading Adobe software such as Adobe Photoshop®,
Acrobat®, Flash® Professional, and Digital Editions.

Work with almost any type of graphic file — including PDF, EPS, FXG, Photoshop (PSD), TIFF, GIF, JPEG, SWF, SVG, DWG, DXF, and more.

Access new pixel-grid alignment from web and mobile device profiles, which also include relevant dimensions, color groups, and more.

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}

Edit artwork in Illustrator while maintaining structure and interactivity added using Adobe Flash® Catalyst® software.

Create vector-based slices from objects, groups of objects, or layers that are preserved when exporting your artwork as a SWF or PSD file.

Combine styles for unique effects and increased efficiency, and apply styles without disturbing an object’s existing appearance. Enjoy new thumbnail previews and an expanded library of prebuilt styles.

Stay oriented with Smart Guides that are intuitive and practical. Unobtrusive appearance and behaviors don’t clutter your view, such as aligning to objects on the artboard rather than the cursor.

Control the visibility of layer comps in linked, embedded, or opened Photoshop files from within Illustrator CS5.

Edit objects using Isolation mode, which temporarily sequesters your selection for editing without disturbing other parts of your artwork. Isolate any type of object, including clipping masks, and add new art to a specific place in the stacking order.

Try out the latest in HTML5 and CSS3 to more easily design web and device content with the Illustrator HTML5 Pack on Adobe Labs.

Create and align vector objects precisely on the file's pixel grid for clean, sharp raster graphics. Use text anti-aliasing options for individual text frames.

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.

Create more secure, multipage, graphic-rich PDF files with Illustrator layers retained. Share files confidently with service providers, including support for PDF/X standards.

Design, preview, and test rich graphic content for mobile devices and deliver engaging experiences to billions of subscribers.

Easily view, optimize, and export for web and mobile devices, with choices for format, color, quality, compression, and more.

Avoid color output surprises such as unexpected spot colors, unwanted overprinting, overprints that don't overprint, white overprinting, and CMYK blacks in text and placed files.

Quickly set up your artboards for bleeds with the new Bleeds document attribute. You can choose to work with bleeds when you open a new document or add them later in the Document Setup dialog box.