Illustrator for design
Explore new paths with the essential vector tool
Create distinctive vector artwork for any project. Used by design professionals worldwide, Adobe Illustrator CS5 software provides precision and power with sophisticated drawing tools, expressive natural brushes, a host of time-savers, and integration with Adobe CS Live online services. CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time.

# Beautiful Strokes
Adjust stroke width interactively using new width handles. Precisely position arrowheads and symmetrically align dashes. Control stretch at any point when scaling art brushes on a path, and see how patterns behave beautifully at corners

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

# Integration with Adobe CS Review
Create and share online reviews for clients down the hall or around the world using Adobe CS Review, one of the new CS Live online services.

# Advanced typography
Design beautiful text for any media with professional controls for paragraph and character styles, support for OpenType, transparent effects, and more.

# Gradients and transparency
Interact with gradients directly on your objects and control the transparency of individual colors in gradients and gradient meshes.

# Bristle Brush
Paint with vectors that resemble real-world brush strokes. Achieve the expressiveness of natural media with the scalability of vector graphics.

# Multiple artboard enhancements
Work on up to 100 artboards of varying sizes in one file - named, organized, and viewed the way you want.

# Shape Builder tool
Intuitively combine, edit, and fill shapes directly on your artboard without accessing multiple tools and panels.

# Drawing enhancements
Work faster with everyday tools. Join paths with a keystroke, draw behind, and draw inside.

# Resolution-independent effects
Apply raster effects, such as drop shadows, blurs, and textures, that maintain a consistent appearance across media.

Illustrator for web
Design websites, interactive experiences, and original vector graphics that developers will love with Adobe Illustrator. Create pixel-aligned artwork that stays crisp when rasterized and define up to 100 artboards in a single file.

# Crisp graphics for web and mobile
Create vector objects precisely on the file's pixel grid for delivering pixel-aligned artwork. Generate clean, sharp raster graphics by turning on Align To Pixel Grid and using text anti-aliasing options for individual text frames

# Experiment with HTML5
Follow along as Adobe Evangelist Greg Rewis demonstrates how the Illustrator CS5 HTML5 features help web designers easily design web and device content.

# Resolution-independent effects
Apply raster effects, such as drop shadows, blurs, and textures, that maintain a consistent appearance across media.

# Symbols for Adobe Flash Professional
Use symbols to animate objects and make editing faster. Registration points are maintained when imported into Flash Professional.

# Integration with Adobe Flash Professional
Import Illustrator files into Flash Professional with type better preserved and symbol registration points supported.

# Web and mobile device export
Easily view, optimize, and export for web and mobile devices, with choices for format, color, quality, compression, and more.

# Multiple artboards for web and interactive
Define up to 100 working areas in one file. Paste objects in place across artboards for repeating artwork on multiple web pages, screens, or frames

# New Document Profiles for web and mobile devices enhanced
Access new pixel-grid alignment from web and mobile device profiles, which also include relevant dimensions, color groups, and more.

# Adobe Device Central
Design, preview, and test rich graphic content for mobile devices and deliver engaging experiences to billions of subscribers

# Versatile slicing tools
Create vector-based slices from objects, groups of objects, or layers that are preserved when exporting your artwork as a SWF or PSD file.

# Pixel Preview
See how your vector artwork will look when rasterized using the Pixel Preview mode. Edit your artwork and the preview changes live - as you work.

Illustrator for video
With the powerful vector drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator, you can design intricate and sophisticated artwork for video. Use multiple artboards with video-specific presets and create layers, masks, gradients, and effects that import beautifully into Adobe After Effects.

# Beautiful Strokes
Adjust stroke width interactively using new width handles. Precisely position arrowheads and symmetrically align dashes. Control stretch at any point when scaling art brushes on a path, and see how patterns behave beautifully at corners.

# Multiple artboards for motion and effects
Use up to 100 artboards in a single file for multiple frames or design variations. Choose from resolutions for video and options for safe areas, center marks, and more.

# New Document Profiles for motion and effects
Select prebuilt profiles that include relevant document sizes, color groups, gradients, and patterns for video

# Advanced typography
Design beautiful text for any media with professional controls for paragraph and character styles, support for OpenType, transparent effects, and more

# Sophisticated vector drawing tools
Create distinctive designs with precise shape-building tools, fluid and painterly brushes, and advanced path controls.

# Gradients and transparency enhanced
Interact with gradients directly on your objects and control the transparency of individual colors in gradients and gradient meshes.