Adobe Illustrator CS3 software allows you to efficiently create
sophisticated vector artwork for virtually any medium. Access tools
quickly and easily, explore color variations, and share files
seamlessly between Illustrator and other Adobe professional
applications as you prepare content for print, web and interactive, and
mobile and motion designs.
Explore New Paths With the Essential Vector Tool
Produce vector artwork for all types of media using Adobe Illustrator
CS3. Discover dynamic new ways to explore, apply, and control color
variations; work faster with new drawing tools and controls; and
increase your efficiency using new document profiles and the Crop Area
tool. Take your graphics to the printed page, websites, video, mobile
devices, and virtually everywhere you want to go. See for yourself how
Illustrator CS3 lets you explore new paths.
Use powerful, precise creative tools
Quickly explore multiple design options with the powerful, precise
creative features in Illustrator CS3. Industry-standard drawing tools,
new color controls, and a wealth of powerful effects enable greater
creative productivity and the ability to easily experiment. Use new
Live Color to explore color harmonies and interactively apply color to
any selection of objects. Work faster by controlling path editing and
point alignment in the Control panel. And enhance your artwork with
professional typography and transparent effects.
Work quickly and intuitively
Efficiently execute your ideas in Illustrator CS3. With easier access
to tools and options, flexible and customizable workspaces, and a
wealth of timesaving features and shortcuts, you can speed through
design and production tasks. The enhanced Control panel frees up screen
space and puts more options at your fingertips, while New Document
Profiles provide a launch pad for video and other designs. Whatever
your final output destination, you can create your artwork quickly and
easily in Illustrator CS3.
Enjoy tight integration
Streamline your design workflows by moving easily between Illustrator
CS3 and other Adobe applications. Leverage robust integration with
Adobe Flash software for your web animations, and preview mobile
artwork in Adobe Device Central CS3. Use your vector designs as the
basis of DVD menus, titles, and visual effects by moving them easily
between Illustrator and Adobe motion and effects applications. And
create reliable Adobe PDF files, with multiple pages and layers intact,
for high-quality printed output.
Audience benefit
Graphic designers--Adobe
Illustrator CS3 software lets you create compelling vector graphics
that remain sharp as you scale, edit, and output them to virtually any
medium. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork, paint intuitively,
explore color variations, design with advanced typographic control, and
easily find the tools you need. Rely on industry-standard drawing tools
and tight integration with Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Flash CS3
Professional, Adobe InDesign CS3, and other favorite applications to
quickly realize your ideas.
Web and interactive designers--Adobe
Illustrator CS3 software gives you the power to create compelling
interactive vector graphics for rich online experiences. Tight
integration with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
software enables you to easily design layouts and comps using
industry-standard creative tools, and then smoothly move files between
applications for efficient authoring workflows to produce vector
graphics that look sharp, remain editable, and go virtually anywhere.
Motion graphics and visual effects designers--Adobe
Illustrator CS3 software delivers the tools you need to produce
innovative motion graphics and visual effects. Integration with Adobe
After Effects CS3 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, and Adobe
Encore CS3 software means you can use small, efficient vector files as
the foundation for your designs, and a wealth of industry-standard
drawing tools let you explore creative possibilities with ease. Whether
you create DVD menus or music videos, station identities or special
effects, Illustrator CS3 is an affordable, efficient, and powerful
post-production tool.
New in Adobe Illustrator CS3
Live Color
Explore, apply, and control color variations using Live Color, which
lets you select any artwork and interactively edit the colors to see
results immediately. Use the Color Guide panel to quickly choose tints,
shades, or harmonious color combinations.
Adobe Flash integration
Import native Adobe Illustrator files into Flash CS3 Professional, or
copy and paste artwork from Illustrator to Flash with paths, anchor
points, gradients, clipping masks, and symbols intact. Layers, groups,
and object names are also preserved.
Drawing tools and controls
Draw in Illustrator more quickly and fluidly than ever. Easier and more
flexible anchor point selection, improved operating performance, and a
new Eraser tool help you create artwork efficiently and intuitively.
Improved operating performance
Enjoy more responsive drawing and editing with improved performance in
key operations, including faster screen redraw, object moving, panning,
scaling, and transformations.
Control panel
Discover
more options faster and free up screen space by accessing anchor point
controls, clipping masks, envelope distortions, and more from the
context-sensitive Control panel.
Eraser tool
Quickly
remove areas of artwork with the Eraser tool as easily as you erase
pixels in Photoshop, and enjoy complete control over the width, shape,
and smoothness of the erasure.
New Document Profiles
Create artwork easily by selecting prebuilt profiles for various types
of media, and save custom profiles that specify such setup parameters
as artboard dimensions, styles, and color spaces.
Crop Area tool
Define crop areas interactively for print or export. Choose preset web
ratios or video formats with safe areas, and set crop marks
intuitively. Define multiple crop areas and easily move between them as
needed.
Isolation mode
Edit objects in a group
without disturbing other parts of your artwork. Easily select
hard-to-find objects without having to restack, lock, or hide layers.
Symbols for Flash
Use Symbols to animate repeated objects while keeping file sizes small.
Define and name symbol object attributes, and preserve these properties
when you take the artwork to Flash CS3 Professional for further
editing.
Additional Features
Live Trace
Quickly and accurately convert photos, scans, or other bitmap images to editable and scalable vector paths using Live Trace.
Integration with Adobe design applications
Speed your way through graphic designs and print production thanks to
tight integration with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat software.
Live Paint
Easily paint any closed or partially
closed area of your artwork with the Live Paint Bucket, which
automatically detects and corrects gaps and lets you interactively
select colors from a Swatch palette for faster work.
Advanced typography
Easily create and control type with over 100 OpenType fonts, paragraph
and character styles, paragraph composition, underline and
strikethrough, transparent effects, and more.
Custom workspaces
Work more efficiently using custom workspaces that display only the
panels you need for a specific task. Save, share, or access any
workspace at any time, or use workspace presets.
Adobe PDF file creation tools
Create native Adobe PDF files, including multipage PDF files, so
clients and others can easily review your artwork using Adobe Acrobat
or free Adobe Reader software.
Web and interactive tools
Easily create for the web and mobile devices using vector-based slicing
tools, robust integration with Flash, New Document Profiles for web and
mobile designs, the capability to preview mobile content in Adobe
Device Central, and more.
New Document Profiles for web and mobile devices
Select profiles for web or mobile devices that include prebuilt
proportional crops, symbols, and more. Save custom profiles for your
projects and clients.
Save For Web/Mobile
Easily
export using the Save For Web/Mobile dialog box, which lets you choose
from HTML, SWF, GIF, and JPEG formats, along with color count,
compression, file size, mobile output, and more.
Adobe Device Central CS3
Create rich graphic content for mobile devices by using Adobe Device
Central CS3 to open a specific New Document Profile, and then preview
output using the Save for Web/Mobile dialog box.
Integration with Adobe motion and effects tools
Use your Adobe Illustrator artwork in Adobe After Effects projects,
Adobe Premiere Pro video productions, and Adobe Encore projects to
create DVD titles, animations, effects, and more.
Live Color for motion and effects
Use Live Color to explore, apply, and control color variations for
effects. Quickly change colors in your artwork and automatically see
the update in Adobe After Effects or Adobe Premiere Pro software.
New Document Profiles for motion and effects
Select prebuilt profiles that include video color profiles, pixel
aspect ratios, transparency grids, and aperture settings. Save profiles
with custom parameters.
Crop Area tool for motion and effects
Use
the Crop Area tool to define working areas on your artboard that are
specific to your video aperture, complete with safe-area guides.
Product Description
Adobe Illustrator CS3
for Mac software defines the future of vector graphics with
groundbreaking creative options and powerful tools for efficiently
publishing artwork on the Web, in print, everywhere. Does NOT include
full printed User Guide in the box; Fulfillment will include: 30-50
page Getting Started Guide in the box; A PDF of the unabridged User
Guide on the CD/DVD; Generic doc fulfillment card outlining policy and
our commitment to the environment in the box 2; Online help (both on
web and on the desktop) which includes readily accessible training
beyond what manuals include. Full printed User Guides will be available
at adobe.com.
System Requirements:
Apple MacOS X 10.4.8 - PowerPC G4 - RAM 512 MB - HD 2.5 GB
Apple MacOS X 10.4.8 - Intel multi-core proccessor - RAM 512 MB - HD 2.5 GB