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60fps live editing
Instantly see edits in Illustrator as you apply effects, scale, or transform objects. Thanks to performance enhancements, edits and color changes appear live, so you can work confidently and iterate faster.
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Import SVG to After Effects
You can now easily bring Illustrator vectors into After Effects. Create keyframes for animation and bring complex artwork to life without losing fidelity or layer structure.
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“Designers have been praying for this.”
For designer Callum McHugh, gradients used to be time consuming. But now presets in Illustrator make applying gradients a breeze. He also loves the new color picker and font filtering features.
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Artboard management
Managing multiple artboards in Illustrator just got easier. Rename, lock, and rearrange artboards without switching tools or zooming in. Plus, work faster with editable labels and selective exporting.
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Smarter snapping
Now you can use Snap to Tangent or Snap to Perpendicular to create precise paths without extra steps. You can also limit snapping to a specific artboard or object to draw with more precision.
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Color updates
For more control and less manual work, Illustrator now supports perceptual and dithering gradients for natural blends, has new gradient presets, and has a clearer color picker.
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Enhanced font browser
Find, apply, and organize fonts easily. Use the enhanced font browser with cleaner sections and new filters to quickly find your fonts and discover new ones from the vast Adobe Fonts library.
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Speed improvements
Illustrator just got a whole lot quicker. It launches up to 3x faster, saves files up to 6x faster, and handles linked artwork with ease. You can stay in your workflow and create faster without the waiting.
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Paste on selected artboards
You can now paste the same element on several selected artboards in Illustrator, saving a ton of time. Use familiar shortcuts like paste in front or paste in back to make precise changes, several times over.
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Save patterns and gradients
Easily reuse and share your favorite gradients and pattern swatches by saving them in Creative Cloud libraries. Select Add Elements from the Libraries panel and choose Fill/Stroke Pattern or Gradient.
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Extract color
Create a color swatch palette in Illustrator based on colors in a piece of artwork. Display the results as HEX, RGB, HSB, or CMYK, and ensure maximum precision when sharing colors for brand guidelines.
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Smart file naming
Say goodbye to tedious manual file naming. Now you can simply create a prefix, choose files, and check a box. Mass exporting of multiple artboards has never been easier.
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“We asked and Adobe delivered.”
Watch as illustrator Nataszko demonstrates how the new live preview feature works in the Pencil tool. “We’ve been begging for these Illustrator tools…"