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Adobe Illustrator CS6 software is a comprehensive graphics environment that provides powerful drawing tools that let you paint vector graphics and draw in perspective. Design websites, interactive experiences and original graphics that developers will love with Adobe Illustrator.

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New Features

What's new in Illustrator CS6

• Adobe Mercury Performance System - Work with precision, speed and rock-solid stability on large, complex files thanks to a new performance system that powers Illustrator CS6. With native 64-bit support on Mac OS and Windows you can access all the RAM on your computer to easily open, save, and export large files and preview demanding designs. Just about everything feels faster and more responsive.
• Pattern Creation - Easily create seamlessly tiled vector patterns. Experiment freely with different types of repeating patterns that can be edited at any time for maximum design flexibility.
• New Image Trace - Convert raster images to editable vectors with a completely new tracing engine. Get clean lines, accurate fitting, and reliable results without using complex controls.
• New efficient, flexible interface - Take fewer steps to accomplish daily tasks in a new, streamlined interface. Enjoy inline editing of layer names, precise color sampling, and UI brightness that's smoothly adjustable to match other Adobe tools.
• Gradients on strokes - Apply gradients to your strokes - along the length, across the width, or within the stroke itself - all with complete control over gradient placement and opacity.
• Inline editing in panels - Efficiently edit names in layers, swatches, brushes, artboards, and other panels directly in the panels themselves without using intermediate dialog boxes.
• Gaussian Blur enhancement - See that Gaussian Blur and effects such as Drop Shadows and Glows are applied significantly faster than before. To improve accuracy, preview directly on the artboard rather than in a dialog box.
• Color panel enhancements - Sample colors faster and more precisely using an expandable color spectrum in the Color panel. And now, copy and paste hex values into other applications more quickly.
• Transform panel enhancements - Quickly access the popular Scale Strokes and Effects option, thanks to its new availability in the Transform panel.
• Type panel improvements - Use arrow keys to change fonts in context for selected text. Glyphs for caps, superscripts, and more can now be accessed in one place — from the Character panel.
• Dockable hidden tools - Tear off and dock previously hidden tools, such as the Shape and Pen tools. Dock tools horizontally or vertically for a more efficient workspace.
• Workspaces with rooms - Move fluidly from workspace to workspace with support for rooms. Achieve consistency across your work areas and maintain layout changes until you actively reset them.
• Control panel enhancements - Quickly find what you need in a more efficient Control panel, now with consistency across options, anchor point controls, clipping masks, envelope distortions, and more.
• Transparency panel improvements - Create and work with opacity masks more easily, thanks to the new Make Mask/Release button that now displays the masking functionality in the Transparency panel.
• True white canvas color - Set your Illustrator CS6 workspace canvas to white for fast color sampling when you need to quickly grab a pure white.

Features

Key features in Illustrator CS6

Sophisticated vector drawing tools

Design with speed and precision. Create compelling vector graphics for virtually any medium. With precise shape-building tools, fluid and painterly brushes, and advanced path controls, you can experiment freely and capture your vision with intricate shapes, color, complex effects, and rich typography - all driven by a powerful performance system.

Integration with other Adobe solutions

Move projects smoothly from design to print or digital output, thanks to tight integration with industry-leading Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Acrobat, and more.

Adobe Mercury Performance System

Work with precision, speed, and rock-solid stability on large, complex files due to native 64-bit support on Mac OS and Windows, with RAM and overall performance optimisation.

Gradients and transparency

Interact with gradients directly on your object — defining the dimension of elliptical gradients, editing colors, and adjusting opacity. Even create gradients on strokes and meshes.

Crisp graphics and text for web and mobile

Create and align vector objects precisely on the file's pixel grid for clean, sharp raster graphics. Use text anti-aliasing options for individual text frames.

Image Trace

Confidently convert raster images to editable vectors with a powerful tracing engine. Get clean lines, accurate fitting, and reliable results using simple, intuitive controls.

Perspective drawing

Use perspective grids to draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1-, 2-, or 3-point linear perspective, creating the look of realistic depth and distance.

Pattern creation

Easily create seamlessly tiled vector patterns. Experiment freely with different types of repeating patterns that can be edited at any time for maximum design flexibility.

In-panel appearance editing

Edit object characteristics directly in the Appearance panel, eliminating the need to open fill, stroke, or effects panels.

Industry-standard graphic file formats

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 knowing that Illustrator supports PDF/X standards.

System Req.

Windows

• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
• 1GB of RAM (3GB recommended) for 32 bit; 2GB of RAM (8GB recommended) for 64 bit
• 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM.

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
• 2GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
• 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive.

Note: This product requires activation over the internet. Phone activation is not available.