Explore new paths with the essential vector tool
Adobe Illustrator CS4 software is a comprehensive vector graphics environment with new transparency in gradients and multiple artboards that invite you to explore more efficient ways to design.

A single file can encompass multiple outputs
New multiple artboards allow you to manage an entire project within a single file. With up to 100 artboards varying in size, common elements such as colors, type, and symbols can be quickly updated all at once across all project components. The timesaving benefits are supported by independent research.

Drawing tools are intuitive
The new Blob Brush tool for natural sketching results in a single, filled object. Advanced path controls and graphic styles make drawing with vectors intuitive

Sketch naturally using the Blob Brush tool that turns strokes into a single filled object; Advanced path controls, graphic styles, and appearance editing enable intuitive vector drawing

Share files smoothly with other Adobe professional design applications, collaborate with colleagues, and work easily among multiple tools for different media

Enjoy easy type creation and professional control with more than 80 OpenType fonts, paragraph and character styles, paragraph composition, underlining and strikethroughs, transparent effects, and more

Create files containing up to 100 artboards of varying sizes and displayed any way you want--overlapping, side by side, or stacked; save, export, and print artboards independently or together; save a selected range or all artboards as a multipage PDF file

Explore, apply, and control color variations using Live Color to interactively edit or replace colors; use the Color Guide panel to quickly choose tints, shades, or harmonious combinations