Discover new ways to experiment with color; work faster with new drawing tools and controls; and produce artwork for print, web, mobile, and motion designs with Adobe Illustrator CS4 software.

Adobe Illustrator CS4 is a powerful utility that allows you to create sophisticated artwork for virtually any medium.

Industry-standard drawing tools, flexible color controls, and professional type controls help you capture your ideas and experiment freely, while timesaving features such as easier-to-access options let you work quickly and intuitively.

Improved performance and tight integration with other Adobe applications also help you produce extraordinary graphics for print, web and interactive, and mobile and motion designs.

Here are some key features of "Adobe Illustrator":

· Live Color.
· Integration with Adobe Flash.
· Drawing tools and controls.
· Improved operating performance.
· Control panel.
· Eraser tool.
· New Document Profiles.
· Crop Area tool.
· Isolation mode.
· Symbols for Flash.

Requirements:

· PowerPC G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor.
· 512 MB of RAM (1GB recommended).
· 2.5GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation).
· 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card.
· DVD-ROM drive.
· QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features.
· Internet or phone connection required for product activation.
· Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos and other services.

Limitations:

· 30 days trial period.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· New: Multiple artboards - Create files containing up to 100 artboards of varying sizes and display them any way you want — overlapping, side by side, or stacked. Save, export, and print artboards independently or together. Save a selected range or all artboards as a multipage PDF file.
· New: Transparency in gradients - Define the opacity of any individual color stop in a gradient. Reveal underlying objects and images, and create rich color and texture mixes using multiple layers, knockouts, and cover-up fades.
· New: Blob Brush tool - Sketch with a brush that generates a single clean vector shape, even when strokes overlap. Draw naturally, using the Blob Brush tool together with the Eraser and Smooth tools.
· New: Gradients exposed - Interact with gradients right on your object. Set gradient angle, position, and elliptical dimensions. Add and edit colors using sliders — all with immediate feedback where you work.
· Enhanced: Integration and delivery - Collaborate with your team, work across products, and deliver almost anywhere thanks to integrated tools and extensive format support. Confidently design for print, interactive experiences, motion effects, and more.
· Enhanced user experience - Stay in the creative groove thanks to interface improvements that include on-object controls. Interact with tools smoothly, and increase your efficiency using new timesaving features and shortcuts.
· New: In-panel appearance editing - Edit object characteristics directly in the Appearance panel, eliminating the need to open fill, stroke, or effects panels. Work with shared attributes and control display for faster rendering.
· Enhanced: Refined graphic styles - Combine styles for unique effects and increased efficiency, and apply styles without disturbing an object's existing appearance. Enjoy new thumbnail previews and an expanded library of prebuilt styles.
· Enhanced: Clipping masks demystified - Work with masks more easily by viewing only the clipped area of your objects during editing. Take advantage of Isolation Mode, and use Edit Clipping Path for even more control.
· New: Separations Preview - Avoid color output surprises such as unexpected spot colors, unwanted overprinting, overprints that don't overprint, white overprinting, and CMYK blacks in text and placed files.