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Illustrator CC
See on-screen controls clearly
You can now increase the size of anchor points, handles and bounding boxes making them even easier to work with.
Merge data using CSV files
It’s easier than ever to merge data in the Variables Panel now that you can use CSV or XML files.
Import multiple page PDFs
Save time when you import all the pages of a PDF all at once. You can choose a page range or select individual pages.
Dropbox Smart Sync improvements
Now you can browse your Dropbox files without inadvertently downloading them.
Illustrator CC
Properties panel
Work faster with access to all your controls in one place. The new and intelligent Properties panel shows you only the controls you need, when you need them.
Puppet Warp
Transform your vector graphics while maintaining a natural look. Puppet Warp, powered by Adobe Sensei, lets you quickly create or modify a graphic without having to adjust individual paths or anchor points.
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More artboards
Now Illustrator lets you create up to 1,000 artboards on a single canvas so you can work with more content in each document.
Stylistic sets
Apply predefined glyph alternates to an entire block of text without having to individually select and change each glyph.
Easier artboard organisation
Select multiple artboards at one time and align and organise them automatically on your canvas in just a click. Objects locked to an artboard now move with it.
SVG colour fonts
Design with fonts that include multiple colours, gradients and transparencies thanks to support for SVG OpenType fonts.
Variable fonts
Illustrator supports OpenType variable fonts, so you can modify a font’s weight, width and other attributes to create your own style — while still maintaining fidelity to the original design.
MacBook Pro Touch Bar support
Get instant access to core tools right when you need them on the contextual MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
Text management in Creative Cloud Libraries
Libraries in Illustrator now support text, so you can store and access the passages you use most — like taglines, brand marketing descriptions and other placeholder copy. Plus, share text between Illustrator and Adobe InDesign CC libraries.
And so much more
Also includes: Faster launch times and greater stability.
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Illustrator CC (2017.1)
Easier image cropping
Faster document creation
Re-designed Colour Theme panel
Stability enhancements
Illustrator CC (2017)
Pixel-perfect artwork creation
Faster font searching
Easier use of glyphs
Quicker start to your designs
Adobe Stock templates and search
New Creative Cloud Libraries capabilities
Creative Cloud Assets improvements
Introducing Typekit Marketplace
Font and text enhancements
Zoom to selection
Modern user experience
And so much more
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Illustrator CC (2015.3.1)
Adobe Stock search inside Illustrator
Illustrator CC (2015.3)
Better collaboration with libraries
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Updated Libraries panel
Improved Adobe Stock integration
Fast export of assets and artboards
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Live Shapes and Transform panel updates
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Adobe Portfolio to showcase work
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Adobe XD integration
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And so much more
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Illustrator CC (2015.2)
New Creative Cloud Libraries capabilities
Shaper tool
New Live Shapes: Ellipses, Polygons and Lines
Dynamic Symbols
Enhanced Smart Guides
New SVG export option
Touch workspace updates
Adobe Capture CC integration
Illustrator Draw for Android
Enhanced Adobe Comp CC integration, plus iPhone support
And so much more
Illustrator CC (2015)
Linked assets for universal updates
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Adobe Stock to find the perfect image
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10x faster zoom, pan and scroll
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10x greater zoom magnification
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Auto-recovery of files
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Integration with new Adobe Comp CC
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Use of Photoshop Sketch art in large-format designs
And so much more
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Illustrator CC (2014.1)
Creative Cloud Libraries
Browse and access your favourite creative assets — colours, type styles, graphics, brushes and more — in new libraries that are available in Illustrator, Photoshop and mobile apps like Sketch and Draw. Libraries sync to Creative Cloud so you always have the files you need, right when you need them.
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Touch workspace
Access the full power of Illustrator on-the-go using a new workspace optimised for your Microsoft Surface Pro 3 or any Windows 8 tablet. Get essential tools for drawing and editing with a pen and your finger in a touch environment, including French curves that you can scale, move and trace.
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Curvature tool
Draw refined curves and straight lines quickly and visually. Click once with the Curvature tool to place points and see the curve flex around them dynamically or double-click to create corner points for straight lines. Edit using the same tool — no need to hassle with anchor points and handles.
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Join tool
Easily join paths that cross, overlap or have open ends — and simultaneously trim unwanted segments — without affecting the original path trajectories.
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Area-type auto-sising
Say goodbye to overset text boxes. Now, area type frames resize automatically as you add, delete or edit text.
Integration with the Illustrator family of mobile apps
Seamlessly bring in artwork from Sketch, Line and Draw and enhance it using the full range of Illustrator tools for a complete mobile-to-desktop design workflow.
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Colour and shape inspiration anywhere
Create customised brushes, graphics and colours using the Brush CC, Shape CC and Color CC mobile apps and then easily bring them into Illustrator via Creative Cloud Libraries to incorporate them into your designs.
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Illustrator CC (2014)
Live Shapes: Rectangles and Rounded Rectangles
Rectangles now have quickly modifiable corners, including independent radius control. Corner attributes are retained if you scale and rotate your rectangle. Now Illustrator remembers your work — width, height, rotation, corner treatment — so you can return to your original shape.
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Pen tool preview
See the path you’re drawing before you drop your next point. A rubberband-like line from your last anchor point to the tip of the pen appears as you draw. Visualise where the next curve will go as you plot your next point — and spend less time cleaning up paths.
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Anchor point enhancements
Fine adjustment of curves is now easier. New anchor point controls allow unequal or different-direction handles to be dragged as you draw to control the smoothness of each segment. You can even change a corner point to smooth without ruining your shape.
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Snap to pixel, point and grid updates
When snapping is turned on, your anchor points align perfectly to your choice of pixel, grid or point. But your anchor handles should not. They’re now disengaged from snapping so you can preserve the precision of your curves and achieve fine control while editing.
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Better path control
Close your paths with precision and predictability. As you complete a drawing, you now have more control connecting the end and start points. Reposition your closing point or choose to break the direction lines to adjust the closing curve exactly as you wish.
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Windows GPU acceleration
New GPU acceleration for Windows lets you work faster on Windows 7 or 8 computers. This feature requires an Adobe-certified NVIDIA graphics card with at least 1 GB of VRAM.
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Illustrator CC (17.1)
Live Corners
Edit and re-edit the corners of shapes and paths with on-art controls or by entering values in the Control panel or new Corners dialogue box. You can round, invert or chamfer one or multiple corners at the same time.
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Rebuilt Pencil tool
Draw curves more accurately with options to extend and close paths and draw straight lines. Use presets to create smooth paths with fewer points or more precise renditions of actual strokes. This new technology extends to the Brush, Blob Brush and Smooth tools.
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Path segment reshaping
Drag path segments into the shape you desire. New path reshaping technology, available in the Anchor Point and Direct Selection tools and accessible from the Pen tool, provides a more direct and intuitive way to edit path segments.
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Adobe Typekit integration
Browse fonts from Typekit in the Type or Font Family menus, whether filtering directly in-menu or launching the Typekit website. Select from a growing library of desktop fonts from Typekit, sync them to your computer and then use them straightaway in your projects.
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Windows 8 support for touch and pen pressure
Work with a pressure-sensitive pen on the latest Windows 8 tablet computers, along with enhanced direct touch support. Enjoy HiDPI display support for computers running Windows 7 and 8.
Customised Tools panels
Create specialised toolsets by dragging and dropping just the tools you need — like drawing, editing or selection tools — into a customised panel. The full Tools panel can then be hidden, allowing for a clean, efficient workspace.
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Settings import and export
Share your Illustrator settings across multiple computers. Simply export them to a folder where they can then be imported by other users. While Sync Settings lets you standardise settings on your own computers, now you can also share them across your organisation.
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Perspective drawing enhancements
Modify perspective grid attributes, such as vanishing points and the horizon line and your artwork dynamically updates to match the new perspective.
Responsive SVG export
Export scalable, responsive SVG files that can adapt to different screen sizes and resolutions and roundtrip-edit SVG files that maintain precise pixel alignment.
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And so much more
This update also offers many other improvements, including the ability to resize artboards from the centre, Fill/Stroke controls in the Swatches panel, sliders that control opacity, layers that remember open/closed county and quick-cancelling drag operations.
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Illustrator CC (17)
Touch Type tool
Design with type by manipulating characters like individual objects. Move, scale and rotate text and still change the font or edit at any time. You can use multitouch devices as well as a mouse or stylus.
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Images in brushes
Paint with a brush made from a photo. Art, Pattern and Scatter brushes can contain raster images, so you can create complex organic designs quickly — with simple brushstrokes. As with all Illustrator brushes, your strokes can be reshaped and modified at will.
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Font search
Quickly find the perfect font, fast. In the Character panel, type a style such as “bold” or “italic,” a font family or any other part of a font name. You’ll get a filtered view that lets you see just the fonts that match your criteria.
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Multiple file place
Import multiple files into your Illustrator layout at the same time and with control. Use thumbnail views to define the location and size of your files, which can be images, graphics or text.
CSS extraction
Take visual designs to the web faster by letting Illustrator generate CSS code for you. Copy/paste or export code for text, objects, even entire layouts with images, directly into your HTML editor or for handoff to a web developer.
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Colour syncing
Capture colour themes out in the world with the Adobe Kuler iPhone app. Share your themes and explore thousands of others available on the Kuler website. Sync your favourite themes and they’ll be accessible immediately in Illustrator.
Sync Settings
Synchronise your settings, including preferences, presets, libraries and workspaces, to Creative Cloud and have the same working settings and environment on multiple computers, Mac or PC.
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Auto corners for pattern brushes
Create pattern brushes quickly with a choice of auto-generated corners that perfectly match the rest of the pattern.
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On-art Free Transform tool
Move, scale and rotate objects directly using a touch screen device. Or use a mouse or other pointer right on the artboard to transform objects in a more immediate and intuitive way.
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Exchange panel
Discover plug-ins, extensions, templates and other content that you can purchase or download for free from the new Adobe Exchange panel in Illustrator.
File packaging
With a single command, you can gather all your files, including linked graphics and fonts, into a single folder for organisation or to hand off.
Unembedded images
Replace embedded images with links to their extracted PSD or TIFF files by selecting the image and choosing Unembed from the Links panel menu or clicking Unembed in the Control panel.
Expanded Links panel option
View and track additional information about placed artwork directly in the Links panel.
And so much more
This update offers many other enhancements, including the ability to export unused SVG graphic styles, an option to avoid white overprint, support for Indic languages and more.
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