Adobe Illustrator
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Create distinctive vector artwork for any project. Used by Adobe Illustrator software provides precision and power with sophisticated drawing tools, expressive natural brushes, and a host of time-savers.
With Special offer: 10 free images!
Meet the most powerful and connected Illustrator ever. The new Touch Type tool gives you even more control over type: Move, scale, and rotate individual characters knowing you can change the font or copy at any time. And with Adobe Illustrator, you can share work directly from within the application, sync colors from Adobe Kuler, and sync fonts from Adobe Typekit.
Your entire creative world, together in one place. Only in Illustrator CC — part of Creative Cloud — your creative process becomes seamless, intuitive, and more connected. Get it as a single-app subscription or with a Creative Cloud complete membership, which also includes every other
What`s new
In-app learning
Enhance your skills with Adobe Illustrator’s in-app learning resources, including tutorials, tool guides, and creative inspiration, readily accessible within the software.
Faster feedback and sharing
Streamline your feedback process and speed up your reviews with Illustrator’s feature that allows you to organize comments and notes directly within the program.
Intertwine for text and objects
Add depth and complexity to your designs by intertwining text and objects using the Intertwine tool, which enables you to loop, overlap, and weave design elements together.
3D effects
Transform your 2D artwork into stunning 3D designs with realistic effects, textures, and lighting using Adobe Illustrator’s 3D effects feature.
Iconic work at any size
Get all the drawing tools you need to turn simple shapes and colors into sophisticated logos, icons, and graphics. The app artwork is
Gorgeous typography that says it all
Incorporate a company name into a logo, create a flyer, or mock up a website design with the best type of tools out there. Add effects, manage styles, and edit individual characters to create typographic designs that perfectly express your messages.
Draw attention everywhere
Create freehand drawings, or trace and recolor imported photos to turn them into works of art. Use your illustrations anywhere, including printed pieces, presentations, websites, blogs, and social media.
Pro power comes standard
With fast, responsive performance and precision tools, it’s easy to focus on design, not process. Reuse your vector graphics across documents. Work seamlessly with other Creative Cloud apps like InDesign,
Highlights
Freeform Gradients
New color blending capabilities let you create richer, photorealistic gradients that look more natural.
Global editing
Save time when you modify similar objects across multiple artboards — all at once.
Visual font browsing
Made it easier to browse different font classes to find the right font faster. And you can now choose from different sample text options, too.
Customizable toolbar
Add, remove, or group tools in your toolbar the way it works best for you.
More accessible Adobe Fonts
Easily see and activate thousands of fonts within the app. Preview the selected font in your project, even if it’s not activated.
Presentation mode
Each artboard becomes a slide you can preview, browse, and project in presentation mode.
Trim view
See exactly how your designs look without guides, grids, or elements extending beyond the edge of the artboard.
Scaling to fit your monitor
Now you can customize the size of your tools, icons, menus, panels, and controls so they look just right.
Faster zoom
Improved zoom in outline mode so you can watch as your canvas shrinks and grows incrementally.
Content-Aware Crop
This new feature, powered by Adobe Sensei, uses machine learning to provide suggested crops.
Actual size preview
Preview your designs at their actual dimensions when you set the view to 100%.
Puppet Warp enhancement
Thanks to Adobe Sensei, pins are now automatically suggested so there’s no need to manually plot them.
And so much more
Also includes stability improvements and bug fixes.
Main Features
- Vector graphics: It uses vector graphics, which means that you can scale your artwork to any size without losing quality.
- In-app learning: You can learn new skills and techniques directly within the app with built-in tutorials, tool guides, and creative inspiration.
- Creative Cloud integration: Illustrator is part of Adobe Creative Cloud, which means you can easily access and share your work with other Adobe apps like Photoshop, InDesign, and After Effects.
- Live Shapes: Easily modify and adjust your shapes with Live Shapes, which allows you to edit corners and edges directly without the need for additional anchor points.
- Intertwine for text and objects: Create more complex designs by intertwining design elements together with Intertwine to add unique depth to your work.
- 3D effects: Bring a new dimension to your work with realistic effects, lighting, and textures that turn 2D art into 3D designs.
- Faster feedback and sharing: You can organize notes and comments right in Illustrator to make reviews faster, easier, and more efficient.
- Advanced typography: It offers advanced typography tools such as variable fonts and glyph editing to create unique and customized typography designs.
- Adobe Stock integration: Access millions of high-quality photos, illustrations, videos, and templates directly from Illustrator with Adobe Stock integration.
- Mobile app: You can create and edit vector graphics on-the-go with the Adobe Illustrator mobile app for iOS and Android.
is the industry-standardthat lets you create logos, icons, drawings, typography, and illustrations for print, web, video, and mobile. Millions of designers and artists useto create everything from web icons and product packaging to book illustrations and billboards. Enjoy!Create distinctive vector artwork for any project. Used by design professionals worldwide,software provides precision and power with sophisticated drawing tools, expressive natural brushes, and a host of time-savers.With Adobe Stock Images you can find the perfect image/photo to enhance your next creative project!Meet the most powerful and connected Illustrator ever. The new Touch Type tool gives you even more control over type: Move, scale, and rotate individual characters knowing you can change the font or copy at any time. And with, you can share work directly from within the application, sync colors from Adobe Kuler, and sync fonts from Adobe Typekit.Your entire creative world, together in one place. Only in Creative Cloud . With– part of Creative Cloud — your creative process becomes seamless, intuitive, and more connected. Get it as a single-app subscription or with a Creative Cloud complete membership, which also includes every other Adobe creative tool.Enhance your skills with Adobe Illustrator’s in-app learning resources, including tutorials, tool guides, and creative inspiration, readily accessible within the software.Streamline your feedback process and speed up your reviews with Illustrator’s feature that allows you to organize comments and notes directly within the program.Add depth and complexity to your designs by intertwining text and objects using the Intertwine tool, which enables you to loop, overlap, and weave design elements together.Transform your 2D artwork into stunning 3D designs with realistic effects, textures, and lighting using Adobe Illustrator’s 3D effects feature.Get all the drawing tools you need to turn simple shapes and colors into sophisticated logos, icons, and graphics. The app artwork is vector-based software , so it can scale down for mobile screens and up to billboard size — and always look crisp and beautiful.Incorporate a company name into a logo, create a flyer, or mock up a website design with the best type of tools out there. Add effects, manage styles, and edit individual characters to create typographic designs that perfectly express your messages.Create freehand drawings, or trace and recolor imported photos to turn them into works of art. Use your illustrations anywhere, including printed pieces, presentations, websites, blogs, and social media.With fast, responsive performance and precision tools, it’s easy to focus on design, not process. Reuse your vector graphics across documents. Work seamlessly with other Creative Cloud apps like Photoshop XD , and Premiere Pro . The tool makes it a snap to add the artwork to designs, videos, and more.New color blending capabilities let you create richer, photorealistic gradients that look more natural.Save time when you modify similar objects across multiple artboards — all at once.Made it easier to browse different font classes to find the right font faster. And you can now choose from different sample text options, too.Add, remove, or group tools in your toolbar the way it works best for you.Easily see and activate thousands of fonts within the app. Preview the selected font in your project, even if it’s not activated.Each artboard becomes a slide you can preview, browse, and project in presentation mode.See exactly how your designs look without guides, grids, or elements extending beyond the edge of the artboard.Now you can customize the size of your tools, icons, menus, panels, and controls so they look just right.Improved zoom in outline mode so you can watch as your canvas shrinks and grows incrementally.This new feature, powered by Adobe Sensei, uses machine learning to provide suggested crops.Preview your designs at their actual dimensions when you set the view to 100%.Thanks to Adobe Sensei, pins are now automatically suggested so there’s no need to manually plot them.Also includes stability improvements and bug fixes.
How to Use
Creating a new document:
Open Adobe Illustrator, go to File > New, and set the document parameters such as size, orientation, color mode, and resolution.
Drawing basic shapes:
To draw basic shapes, select the shape tool from the toolbar on the left-hand side of the workspace, and click and drag to create the shape.
Adding and editing text:
To add text, select the Type tool from the toolbar and click on the document where you want to add the text. You can then edit the font, size, color, and other properties from the Character panel.
Applying colors and gradients:
To apply colors and gradients, select the object you want to modify and choose a color or gradient from the Swatches panel.
Using layers:
Organize your artwork using layers. You can create a new layer by clicking the New Layer button in the Layers panel.
Using the pen tool:
The Pen tool is used to create custom shapes and paths. Select the Pen tool from the toolbar and click on the artboard to create anchor points, then click and drag to create curves.
Saving and exporting:
To save your artwork, go to File > Save As and choose a location and file type. To export your artwork, go to File > Export and select the format you want to use.
These are just some basic steps to help you get started with using Adobe Illustrator. There are many other advanced features and techniques that you can learn to take your designs to the next level.
What’s the difference between Illustrator and Photoshop?
Although both tools allow you to generate stunning and accurate designs and graphics, they differ in their creation methods. Illustrator is more suitable for producing graphics that can be scaled up or down infinitely without blurring or losing clarity since they are composed of points, lines, and curves rather than pixels.
You may use these vector graphics in any format you choose, whether it is digital or print, small or extra-large. Photoshop, on the other hand, is designed for dealing with images, and for creating or modifying pixel-based, or raster, graphics.
System Requirements
- Operating system: Windows 11/10 (64-bit) version 1809 or later
- Processor: Multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) or AMD Athlon 64 processor
- RAM: 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended) for 64-bit version
- Hard disk space: 2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation; SSD recommended
- Monitor resolution: 1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended)
- GPU: Optional: To use GPU Performance, your Windows should have a minimum of 2 GB of VRAM (4 GB recommended), and your computer must support OpenGL version 4.0 or greater.
Pricing
For individuals, the annual plan starts at $20.99 per month, while the monthly plan starts at $31.49 per month. Students and teachers can purchase a Creative Cloud All Apps plan for $19.99 per month, which includes Adobe Illustrator, along with other Adobe Creative Cloud apps.
For businesses and teams, the annual plan for Adobe Illustrator costs $33.99 per month, per license. Adobe also offers volume licensing for larger organizations, with custom pricing based on the number of licenses required.
Conclusion
Adobe Illustrator is a powerful vector graphics editor that provides designers with a range of tools to create stunning graphics and artwork. With features like precision drawing tools, typography controls, and seamless integration with other Adobe apps, Illustrator is a must-have tool for any professional graphic designer. Whether you’re creating logos, illustrations, or complex graphics, Illustrator makes it easy to bring your ideas to life.
While the pricing can be a barrier for some, Adobe’s various subscription options make it accessible for both individuals and teams, and the in-app learning and support options ensure that you can make the most of the software. Overall, Illustrator is a top choice for anyone looking for a versatile, powerful, and intuitive vector graphics editor.
Note: 7 days trial version.
Also Available: Download Adobe Illustrator for Mac
