UPGRADE VERSION

Adobe® Illustrator® CS2 software gives you powerful new creative options, easier access to tools, and the versatility to quickly produce flexible graphics for print, video, the Web, and mobile devices.

Features

Know no limits

• Live Trace
  Quickly and accurately convert photos, scans, or other bitmap images to editable and scalable vector paths with the Live Trace feature.
• Live Paint
  Apply color to any area of your artwork and use overlapping paths to create new shapes with the Live Paint feature, which intuitively colors artwork and automatically detects and corrects gaps.
• 3D effects
  Turn 2D shapes into fully editable 3D objects by extruding and revolving paths. Add lighting and wrap images around 3D shapes to easily create objects such as packaging mock-ups.
• 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.
• Envelopes and live distortion
  Easily warp, liquify, and distort artwork any way imaginable with envelopes and live distortion tools.

Enjoy a smoother ride

• Control palette
  Discover new features and find existing features faster in the context-sensitive Control palette. Accessing selection-based tools from a single location eliminates the need for multiple palettes.
• Adobe Bridge
  Use Adobe Bridge to efficiently browse and preview your creative assets, run automation scripts, access Adobe Stock Photos, and more.
• Professionally designed content
  Jump-start your projects with more than 270 professionally designed templates and over 100 OpenType fonts, all included with Illustrator CS2.
• Custom workspaces
  Work more efficiently and optimize your screen area using custom workspaces that display only the palettes you need for a specific task. Save, share, or access any workspace at any time or use workspace templates.
• Production automation
  Work at peak efficiency with timesaving tools like dynamic, data-driven graphics, robust scripting, action sets, and automated processing in Adobe Bridge.

Work well with others

• Integration with your favorite applications
  Keep your work flowing with easy integration of your designs into other Adobe applications, as well as into Macromedia® Flash® (SWF), QuarkXPress, and Microsoft Office products.
• Enhanced Adobe PDF file creation
  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.
• Superior Web graphics
  Easily create for the Web using vector-based slicing tools, expanded SVG import and export, Pixel Preview mode, expanded Adobe Photoshop® export options, simplified SWF file export options, and more.
• Nearly universal graphic file format support
  Work with almost any type of graphic file — including PDF, EPS, SVG, Photoshop (PSD), TIFF, GIF, JPEG, SWF, and more.
• Superior print capabilities
  Get fast, consistent results with an intuitive interface that includes advanced control over separations, transparency flattening, Fit To Page, and new support for printing page tile overlaps.