Upgrade details
Check the eligibility chart for upgrade options and pricing based on the software you currently own, or use the interactive upgrade eligibility tool to check upgrade paths for all Adobe Creative Suite® 4 products.
For more information, see the Creative Suite 4 policies FAQ.
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| Illustrator CS4 | Illustrator CS3 | Illustrator CS2 | Illustrator CS | |
| Creative tools | ||||
| Blob Brush tool | yes | no | no | no |
| Transparency in gradients | yes | no | no | no |
| Elliptical gradients | yes | no | no | no |
| Eraser tool | yes | yes | no | no |
| Live Color | yes | yes | no | no |
| Live Paint | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Live Trace | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Adobe Photoshop® layer comp support | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Clipping masks | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Tablet support | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Graphic styles | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Adobe Photoshop raster effects | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Productivity and workspace features | ||||
| Multiple artboards | yes | no | no | no |
| Gradients exposed | yes | no | no | no |
| In-panel appearance editing | yes | no | no | no |
| Color-blind workspace | yes | no | no | no |
| New Document Profiles for web, video, and mobile | yes | yes | no | no |
| Isolation Mode | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Adobe Bridge | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Control panel | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Smart Guides | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Adobe-standard user interface | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Selection tools | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Professionally designed content | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Typography | ||||
| Text underline and strikethrough | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Stylesheets | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| OpenType® font support | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| WYSIWYG font menu | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Alternate Glyphs panel | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Automatic kerning and optical alignment | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Output | ||||
| Multipage output | yes | no | no | no |
| Separations Preview | yes | no | no | no |
| Support for bleeds | yes | no | no | no |
| DeviceN colorspace support | yes | yes | no | no |
| Multipage PDF support | yes | yes | yes | no |
| PDF/X support | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Web, video, and mobile support | ||||
| Multiple artboards for web, video, and mobile | yes | no | no | no |
| Adobe Device Central | yes | yes | no | no |
| Mobile content creation | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Adobe Flash® integration | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Web and mobile device export | yes | yes | yes | yes |
