Adobe Illustrator CS3 13.0.2

• Popularity:

  #1 in Illustration (out of 110 products)

• License:

  Free to try; $599.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 9 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  190,244

• Requirements:

  Mac OS X 10.4

• Limitations:

  30-day trial

• Date Added:

  October 16, 2007

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Adobe Illustrator CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS2 Adobe Illustrator CS Adobe Illustrator 10.0 Adobe Illustrator 9.0 Adobe Illustrator 8.0 Adobe Illustrator 7.0 Adobe Illustrator 6.0

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Publisher's description of Adobe Illustrator CS3

Adobe Illustrator is a drawing package that allows users to create sophisticated artwork, technical illustrations, graphics, and page designs for print, multimedia, and the Web. Illustrator offers a full range of drawing and painting tools, as well as typographic control. Similar to Photoshop, Illustrator offers nondestructive drop shadows, feathering, and inner and outer glows for easier button creation. With the Release To Layers command in the Layers palette, you can automatically generate a separate layer for each object.

Version CS3 has new drawing tools and controls, live color, integration to Adobe Flash, and other improvements.

Note: The Download Now link will direct you to a form on the developer's site that you must fill out before download. Version 13.0.2 includes unspecified updates.

Editor's review of Adobe Illustrator CS3

• 5.0 stars

• "Some kind of colorful"

True to its name, Adobe Illustrator began life as a standard-bearer for vector-based illustration and design, but fell behind the times because it lacked the Web output of competitors, such as Macromedia Freehand. Eager to shed Illustrator's stodgy image as a print-only application, Adobe has taught this old dog many new tricks. Beginning with version 9, Illustrator has embraced the Web while continually adding new drawing tools and productivity features.

Illustrator 10.0 is geared toward achieving that ever-important balance between image size and quality. You can edit SVG (scalable vector graphics), slice and map your images, and make use of symbols for repeating graphics. This new version also delivers better layout tools, including snap-to grids, Smart Guides, and the Align palette.

Graphic artists will appreciate the mass of new creative tools, including warp effects; liquefy controls; arc, grid, and shape tools; editable drop shadows, glows, and other effects; and editable compound shapes. Timesaving technology, such as data-driven graphics (which allows for scripted generation of design variations), should appeal to pragmatic developers.

With all these features, as well as native support for Mac OS X's preemptive multitasking and the G4's Altivec technology, Illustrator is truly a graphic designer's best friend. Illustrator is not for everyone. As is typical for Adobe products, the system requirements and learning curve can be daunting, and strict limitations on the demo prevent saving, exporting, or printing. That said, this program offers features and functionality that can't be matched, and is a must-have for anyone who is serious about professional-quality digital illustration.

Adobe Illustrator CS2 convert bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively. It saves time with intelligent palettes and optimized workspaces. Plus, tight integration with other software allows you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the Web, and mobile devices.

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  Version: Adobe Illustrator CS3 13.0.2

  "useful"

  by kellykuo0906 on April 30, 2008

  Pros: easy

  Cons: expensive

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