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Adobe Illustrator CS3

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Adobe Illustrator CS3 software 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.

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From: Pcmag Reviewed by: Pcmag Expert Posted: May 04, 2007 Type: Expert Review

Adobe Illustrator CS3 is the best vector drawing program on the market. This statement would be more impressive if Adobe hadn't purchased and read the last rites to Illustrator's only serious competition, Macromedia FreeHand. Luckily, however,...
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PROS: ExcellentFlashintegrationManyimprovementstoworkingwithanchorpointsandpathsNewLiveColorfeatureErasertool
CONS: Nonesignificant
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From: Networkitweek Reviewed by: Networkitweek Expert Posted: Apr 04, 2007 Type: Expert Review

Adobe?s take-over of Macromedia was particularly beneficial for Illustrator. For starters, it meant that Adobe was able to jettison Macromedia?s Freehand , leaving Illustrator as the unchallenged king of the professional vector graphics market....
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PROS: Improved drawing tools; ease of use
CONS: Expensive; high system requirements Overall: It?s expensive, but Illustrator remains the first choice for professional-level vector graphics work
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From: Computerarts Reviewed by: Computerarts Expert Type: Expert Review

Illustrator CS3 Illustrator CS3 is a sleek graphics workhorse, but do the new features make it worth the upgrade? The first impression of Illustrator CS3 is that not a lot has changed, aside from the sleek interface, which is now unified across...
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From: Zdnet Reviewed by: Zdnet Expert Type: Expert Review

Although it remains an excellent vector drawing tool, there's not a lot in Adobe's Illustrator CS3 to compel CS2 users to upgrade...
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PROS: Live Color Streamlined interface
CONS: Still no multipage support Grouping objects forces them all to the same layer Can't manipulate multiple Bezier handles
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From: Techradar Reviewed by: Techradar Expert Type: Expert Review

During the course of its last two incarnations, Illustrator developed from a design tool to a medium unto itself. Just witness the digital art trends that have been affected by its tool sets: with the release of CS, boxy vector art exploded, cropping
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PROS: Speedy with good stability; Works with Flash better than before
CONS: Gradient panel is still due an overhaul
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