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Softpedia Editor's Review for Adobe Illustrator
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Explore new paths with the essential vector tool
Written by Elena Opris on November 9th, 2011
Adobe Illustrator CS5 is a vector graphic editor, designed for anyone who is passionate or who works with vector images.
The best thing about this tool is that while you're using it, all your work is fully editable and resizeable (without causing any damage to the image quality), so adjustments can be made at any time.
In addition, Illustrator supports cross-media design, so the layout will adapt to your preferences, whether you draw or edit something for printing, publishing online, or displaying on a mobile phone.
The installation process is fairly simple, but it takes a while. Make sure to select all of Illustrator's features to find out what they are capable of.
Illustrator's interface is very appealing and intuitive. Whether you are an expert designer or a novice, navigating through this software shouldn't be too difficult.
If you ever get lost at a point and don't know how to use a certain tool, be sure to look over the video tutorials. They are very straightforward and easy to follow.
New features found in Adobe Illustrator CS5 include a new Perspective Grid tool that allows you to draw in perspective, so your image's details are more accurate, dashed line adjustments, stretch control for brushes, several artboard improvements, a shape builder tool, and many others.
Since Illustrator is a complex program (like Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks), be sure the CPU and memory resources will be extensively used. Then again, you're in the big boys league now.
All in all, Adobe Illustrator CS5 is an impressive enhancement of CS4, and it definitely lives up to the present standards of vector graphic editors.
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Adobe Illustrator description
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Here are some key features of "Adobe Illustrator":
Sophisticated vector drawing controls:
· Create distinctive designs with precise shape-building tools, fluid and painterly brushes, and advanced path controls.
Gradients and transparency:
· Interact with gradients directly on your objects and control the transparency of individual colors in gradients and gradient meshes.
Beautiful Strokes:
· Fully control variable-width strokes, arrowheads, dashes, and art brush scaling along a path.
In-panel appearance editing:
· Edit object characteristics directly in the Appearance panel, eliminating the need to open fill, stroke, or effects panels.
Integration with Adobe CS Review:
· Create and share online reviews for clients down the hall or around the world with Adobe CS Review, one of the new Adobe CS Live online services.
Industry-standard graphic file format support:
· Work with almost any type of graphic file — including PDF, EPS, FXG, Photoshop (PSD), TIFF, GIF, JPEG, SWF, SVG, DWG, DXF, and more.
Adobe PDF file creation tools:
· Create more secure, multipage, graphic-rich PDF files with Illustrator layers retained. Share files confidently with service providers, including support for PDF/X standards.
Advanced typography:
· Design beautiful text for virtually any media with professional controls for paragraph and character styles, support for OpenType, transparent effects, and more.
Perspective Drawing:
· Use perspective grids to draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1-, 2-, or 3-point linear perspective and create the look of realistic depth and distance.
Multiple artboard enhancements:
· Work on up to 100 artboards of varying sizes in one file — named, organized, and viewed the way you want.
Drawing enhancements:
· Draw behind, disregarding stacking order. Draw or place an image inside, instantly creating a clipping mask.
Integration with other Adobe design applications:
· Share files smoothly with other Adobe professional design applications and easily create artwork for multiple uses.
Crisp graphics for web and mobile devices:
· Create vector objects precisely on the file's pixel grid for delivering pixel-aligned raster artwork.
Requirements:
· Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
· 1GB of RAM
· 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
· 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
· DVD-ROM drive
· Broadband Internet connection required for online services
Limitations:
· 30 days trial What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· PSD files lose saturation of spot colors when imported into AiCS5
· Performance problems when guides are set to dot
· Acrobat 10 documents with passwords fail to open
· Improved precision with DXF import
· Links are broken in legacy formats when image name contains Japanese characters for voiced sound marks
· Rounded Corner Edges that curved inside flipped to curve outside
· Non-Specific Crash when opening or closing files
· Security Issues
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