Adobe® Illustrator 101

So, before we dive into the crazy world of Adobe Illustrator, let’s first take a look at the program’s history. So, Adobe Illustrator was first developed for the Apple Macintosh in 1986. Adobe Illustrator was made to compliment Adobe Photoshop. If you don’t know Photoshop, know that it is geared primarily towards digital photo manipulation. And while Photoshop is great for photo manipulation, Adobe Illustrator provides superior results in the typesetting and logographic areas of design.

So, we have two similar products, with two different purposes. Illustrator, upon first release, was a reliable, capable product. And while it was very powerful , it was user-friendly and provided a tool for people who could otherwise not afford high-end software programs like AutoCAD. Long story short, Macintosh made a gamble and won big, Adobe Illustrator successfully filled a niche in a growing market.

How Adobe Illustrator Can Work For You

If you are looking for a top of the line graphics program that can handle both raster and vector graphics, then Adobe Illustrator is right for you! Adobe Illustrator offers more to you, the user, than any other graphics program on the market.

Let’s outline some pros and cons of the new version of Adobe Illustrator:

Pros

• New features for developing web graphics and objects
• Superior integration with other Adobe products
• For Windows and Macintosh

Cons

• Steep learning curve, even for veteran users
• Could have a more user-friendly method of saving symbols and objects

When You Buy Adobe Illustrator, Here’s What You Get

Complete with amazing raster or vector Web graphics, Adobe Illustrator 10 introduces the use of symbols created by the Illustrator user. There are improved slicing options and many new distortion effects including warping, envelops and liquefy tools. Adobe Illustrator has new drawing tools including line, arc, grid, polar grid and new compound shape enhancements.

Adobe Illustrator is known for its powerful tools that will allow designers and developers to collaborate on web sites or print documents.

So, all in all, Adobe Illustrator 10 has some new tools, new techniques and has come a long way since the first Adobe Illustrator hit the market place in 1986. Adobe has always been known for its sophisticated and complex software products, and Illustrator is one of their flagship products. Adobe Illustrator 10 is taking the industry standard for vector graphics software to a new level. Illustrator 10, like its counterpart Adobe Photoshop 6, has become not only a product for creating, but also one for optimizing, vector or raster-based graphics for the web. Whether you are a seasoned Illustrator or new to the program, you will love the new symbolism tools. Many people predict that this will become one of the most used new tools that the Adobe Illustrator developers have created.