- Adobe Illustrator, developed by Adobe Systems, was first made for the Apple Macintosh back in 1986, as a companion program for Adobe Photoshop. Throughout the years, there have been many updated versions of the program. These were versions 1-88. Adobe Illustration 6 was introduced in 1996, with vital new changes in the user interface. In October of 2008, Adobe Illustrator CS4 was released, with a variety of new and exciting improvements as well as brand new features (such as creating multiple artboards).
- Adobe Illustrator has a lot of powerful creative tools that allow users to experiment with a lot of effects. Some of the program's features are path editing, point alignment, stroke options, a smoothing tool, precise positioning, erasing options, blog brushing, penciling, flexible brushing, live tracing and much more. There are advanced typography features such as transparent text effects, ligatures and alternate glyphs paneling. Some creative color effects are 3D effects, live distortion and blending.
- There are a lot of benefits for using Adobe Illustrator as opposed to other graphics programs. Some of the benefits are that the program allows users to work more efficiently with custom workspaces. It also has an updated interface with many space saving features and custom viewing options. There are also text options such as OpenType fonts and paragraph composition. It also encourages productivity with in-panel appearance editing and multiple artboards.
- Adobe Illustrator programs usually range from about $300 to $600. The newest versions of Adobe Illustrator are always going to be a lot more expensive than the older versions, for understandable reasons. However, if you are simply upgrading to a newer version of Adobe Illustrator, it is only going to cost you $199 (you don't have to buy an entirely new product).
- Adobe Illustrator programs can be purchased at many national chain stores such as Best Buy and CompUSA. You can also find Adobe Illustrator programs on many websites on the Internet. Some places to purchase the program include the official Adobe website, the Academic Superstore, Software King, Amazon.com, Campus Tech and many more.
