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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 | | | Features: | |
• Create files containing up to 100 artboards and display them 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
• Define the opacity of any individual color stop in a gradient; reveal underlying objects and images, and create rich color and texture mixes using multiple layers, knockouts, and cover-up fades
• Sketch with a brush that generates a single clean vector shape, even when strokes overlap; draw naturally, using the Blob Brush tool together with the Eraser and Smooth tools
• Interact with gradients right on your object; set gradient angle, position, and elliptical dimensions; add and edit colors using sliders--all with immediate feedback where you work
• Collaborate with your team, work across products, and deliver almost anywhere thanks to integrated tools and extensive format support; confidently design for print, interactive experiences, motion effects, and more
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.9 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.7 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.9 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
| | | System Requirements: | | | Platform:
| Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows XP / Windows | | Media:
| DVD-ROM | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Awesome UpdateMar 13, 2009
Half the price and we did not have to buy the original just an update.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A Must Upgrade!Dec 07, 2008
After getting this upgrade, I couldn't really find much in the form of improvements to the product (at first blush).
After going through it a few times and working with some of my file though I started noticing a few things.
WOW - its faster. Operations seem zippier than in CS3. I really appreciate the work that was done.
WOW - its more stable. Sometimes my Illustrator CS3 would freeze or just plain refuse to save a file.
Just the speed improvements and stability in the product alone make it worthwhile.
The biggest addition from CS3, is the ability to have multiple crop areas. This allows you to in effect have multiple pages to an AI file. Illustrator even treats each different crop area as a page. Of note to newcomers to illustrator has always been that that you can only have one page open at a time and that you can't combine pages. For graphic artists it probably doesn't matter but for those of us who do page design work, it has been a bit of a nuissance. not a big one as most of my work goes into another Adobe product for further processing but still would be nice.
A huge bonus is with Bridge CS4 --- the speed increase is literally PHENOMENAL. I can actually use Bridge now where before I had a hard time running it. Bear in mind I have a Core 2 Duo processor and 4Gig of Ram so it wasn't my machine that was slow - it was Bridge CS3 and now its fixed.
In using Dreamweaver CS4, I can also tell that the look and feel of the products have merged into a more standard look and feel. Kindof like when Microsoft Word and Excel started to become a Suite back in the 90s (Microsoft haters, please be kind to me at the audacity of comparing the two suites) but you can tell that with CS4 - Creative Suite is definitely coming more together.
If you're still using CS2, this upgrade to CS4 is definitely worth it as you also get the collapsing menus etc.
Finally, the toolbar in CS4 is much more intuitive than in CS3, it does display my most used tools.
Overall, I consider this a must get upgrade if for nothing else, just the speed and stability.
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