Adobe Illustrator CS3 software allows you to create sophisticated artwork for virtually any medium. Create compelling vector graphics that remain sharp as you scale, edit, and output them to virtually any medium. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork, paint intuitively, explore color variations, design with advanced typographic control, and easily find the tools you need. Industry-standard drawing tools, flexible color controls, and professional type controls help you capture your ideas and experiment freely, while timesaving features such as easier-toaccess options let you work quickly and intuitively. Improved performance and tight integration with other Adobe applications also help you produce extraordinary graphics for print, web and interactive, and mobile and motion designs. Import native Adobe Illustrator files into Flash with paths, anchor points, gradients,clipping masks, and symbols intact New Eraser tool plus easier and more flexible anchor point selection Improved performance in key operations, including faster screen redraw, object moving and more New Document Profiles - Create artwork easily by selecting prebuilt profiles, or save custom profiles that specify such setup parameters as artboard dimensions, styles, and color spaces Define crop areas interactively for print or export; define multiple crop areas andeasily move between them as needed With Isolation Mode you can edit objects in a group without disturbing other parts of your artwork Symbols for Flash animate repeated objects while keeping file sizes small Web and interactive tools - Easily create for the web and mobile devices using vector-basedslicing tools

Live Color lets you select any artwork and interactively edit the colors to see results immediately

Quickly and accurately convert photos, scans, or other bitmap images to editable and scalable vector paths using Live Trace

Live Paint - Paint any closed or partially closed area, detect and correct gaps and interactively select colors from a Swatch palette for faster work

Easily create and control type with over 100 OpenType fonts, paragraph and character styles, paragraph composition, underline and strikethrough, transparent effects and more

Use the Color Guide panel to quickly choose tints, shades, or harmonious color combinations