Adobe Illustrator 8.0 Product Brochure

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System Configurations • Training and support materials, including: – Adobe Illustrator 8.0 User Guide and Adobe Windows® Illustrator 8.0 Quick Reference Card •Pentium® or faster Intel® processor – A QuickTime tour of Adobe Illustrator 8.0 • Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or – QuickTime movies of feature demonstrations Windows NT® 4.0 Workstation or Server and drawing techniques – Online tutorials with step-by-step Create beautiful shading for your Take care of your fundamental operating system illustrations by blending colors in instructions and lesson files design needs with the powerful • 32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended) multiple directions at once using color controls in Adobe Illustrator. – Adobe Illustrator 8.0 Software Development Kit any combination of colors. Click the Specify industry-standard spot and • 50 MB of available hard-disk space – Adobe Technical Notes and developer Gradient Mesh tool on any color- process colors for print, or create (95 MB recommended) support information filled object to lay down a gradient RGB colors for on-screen graphics. mesh. Then specify the colors that • CD-ROM drive – Learning resources, including Adobe certified With Adobe Illustrator 8.0 software, Enjoy Adobe product integration Robust type controls let you refine every radiate from each anchor point in • Video card displaying 800x600 pixels trainers, service providers, and more Adobe Illustrator 8.0 works smoothly aspect of your text. the mesh. Even manipulate the About Adobe Systems desktop area • Versatile artwork and other content, including: you can express your visual ideas with Adobe Photoshop,® Adobe PageMaker,® shape of each blend by adjusting – Premium Adobe Type 1 fonts* the handles on the anchor points. Based in San Jose, California, Adobe Adobe ImageReady,™ and other Adobe Master the tools with ease Power Macintosh – Illustrator extras, such as brush libraries, Systems Incorporated, the award- more easily as you create dazzling software, sharing common tools, menus, For an illustration program to offer true • PowerPC® processor Action Sets, templates, and pattern libraries winning provider of graphics and palettes, and keyboard shortcuts. If you accessibility, it should be as easy to use • Apple System Software version 7.5 or later – Professional-quality clip art, stock graphics for print, presentations, and publishing solutions, gives you the photographs, and textures from the know one professional Adobe product, as pencil on paper. That’s why Adobe power to make your ideas stand • 32 MB of RAM with 20 MB available to Adobe Image Library* you can learn another quickly—and Illustrator introduces a new Pencil tool out—exactly as you intend. Whether Adobe Illustrator (64 MB recommended) the Web. For professional designers – Digital Art Gallery move among them easily to accomplish that lets you draw naturally on-screen. you work in a design studio, an office, ® • 50 MB of available hard-disk space – Adobe Type On Call CD-ROM your everyday design tasks. The program also offers tutorials and or at home, Adobe software, images, (95 MB recommended) and businesspeople worldwide, this (retail version only) other learning resources that make type, and printing technologies * Not included in Education version offer you a seamless workflow for • CD-ROM drive innovative illustration software Balance speed and quality Illustrator fun to master. Place text on a path in a few quick creating and distributing graphically • 800x600 monitor resolution steps. Even attach vertical text to a In most businesses today, you must path with ease. Then efficiently rich communications in print and For more information expands the creative possibilities constantly look for ways to work faster Whether you’re a businessperson who specify any typographical attribute electronic media. Contents In the U.S. and Canada, call 800-649-3875 or without sacrificing quality. The powerful wants to polish your communications or from color to kerning. for producing packaging, Web • Adobe Illustrator 8.0 software for either contact your local Adobe Authorized Reseller. productivity tools in Adobe Illustrator 8.0 a graphic designer, Adobe Illustrator 8.0 Windows or the Power Macintosh, plus In other countries, please contact the nearest are designed to help you. These tools software delivers a complete and graphics, presentations, logo these other useful programs: Adobe distributor or representative. 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• Open or place files saved in Adobe Illustrator, EPS, PDF Control and precision tools Masterful typography (one page at a time), or Adobe Photoshop 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, or Ī Zoom in and out of illustrations quickly with the • Precisely specify point size, leading, kerning, tracking, ® ™ 5.0 formats; Macromedia FreeHand 5.0, 5.5, and 7.0 Navigator palette. Specify precise magnifications up to baseline shift, hyphenation, and other text attributes. ™ formats; CorelDRAW 5.0, 6.0, or 7.0 formats; or Amiga 6,400 percent. IFF, BMP, CGM, CMX, DXF, EMF/WMF (Windows only), Enhance your creative range with the new live brushes. Paint graphics along • Build rows and columns; perform spelling check or Ī GIF89a, JPEG, Kodak® Photo CD,™ PCX, PICT Position, align, transform, and create objects quickly and editable paths with Art brushes, and scatter graphics randomly with Scatter search and replace; apply smart punctuation; and more. precisely with Smart Guides and snap-to grid. brushes. Draw easy-to-edit calligraphic strokes, and paint patterns on a path in (Macintosh only), PNG, PXR, TGA, and TIFF formats. an instant. Work with nearly 800 built-in brushes or create your own. • Place text on a path, wrap it around a shape, and link Ī • Export files in Adobe Illustrator, EPS, PDF, Amiga IFF, Scale, skew, rotate, reflect, and apply perspective objects text blocks with complete control. with the Free Transform tool. BMP, EMF (Windows only), GIF89a, JPEG, PCX, PICT Ī Create easy-to-edit calligraphic paths with the revised • Create vertical text and vertical text on a path. (Macintosh only), PNG, PSD, PXR, TGA, and TIFF format. Ī Sample text, fill, or stroke attributes with the Eyedropper Calligraphic brushes. Special effects tool, and instantly apply those attributes to another object. • Import and export text saved in ASCII, Microsoft RTF, Ī Paint patterns along a path with the Pattern brushes. Ī Easily incorporate Adobe Illustrator into your Photoshop and PageMaker work. Transform photos into textured sketches with the photo Adobe Illustrator is packed with Microsoft Word 6.0/95, and Corel WordPerfect® formats. • Undo or redo up to 200 steps. Move quickly between the programs, using their common menus, tools, Superior color control crosshatch filter, or use related filters to simulate other palettes, and keyboard shortcuts. Even preserve your illustration layers when • Align objects along an x or y axis with the Align palette. types of ink pen drawings. powerful, flexible features that you export in Photoshop format. Ī Automatically blend any number of different objects and Meet tough deadlines with superb results • Arrange artwork on different layers for greater control. colors along an editable path, and edit the blend freely. • Convert any illustration into a raster image, and then apply Efficient automation and links management Photoshop compatible filters to enhance or distort the image. can help you transform your Integrate smoothly with other Adobe products Add, delete, hide, display, or specify template layers with Ī Use the unique Gradient Mesh tool to blend colors Adobe-standard user interface Ī Use more than 150 preset actions in the Actions palette the Layers palette. smoothly in multiple directions at once. • Work with punk, bloat, roughen, and other distortion to perform common illustration tasks instantly, such as filters, as well as with mosaic, blurring, impressionistic, Ī Rely on common Adobe components, such as the • Use the Transform palette to check an object’s height, • Combine spot colors, process colors, patterns, and more ideas into stunning graphics for adding drop shadows or embossing an object. and other special effects filters. Actions, Color, Links, Layers, and Navigator palettes. width, location, and more, and to perform mathemati- in your illustrations. Ī Record your own actions with the Actions palette to au- cally precise transformations. • Work with the award-winning Adobe user interface, print, presentations, and the tomate many daily tasks. Even share Action Sets with • Create smooth graduated blends between two or more which offers common tools, menus, shortcuts, and Web-ready graphics Enjoy an intuitive, easy-to-learn tool set colleagues to improve efficiency. colors with the Gradients palette. palettes across Adobe’s professional graphics programs. • Embed URLs in graphics and then quickly output client- Flexible work environment Web. Here is just a sample of Ī Monitor linked files with the Links palette to ensure • Exercise complete control over your color output using • Learn Adobe Illustrator quickly by applying your side or server-side image maps. • Arrange tabbed palettes any way you like to customize proper handoff to your service provider or printer. industry-standard color management support and high- knowledge of other Adobe programs, including Adobe • Manage colors for on-screen display with complete RGB end prepress controls for trapping colors, applying your work environment. the features you can rely on to Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, and Adobe ImageReady. Ī Replace linked files while maintaining any applied color support and a built-in 216-color Web palette. halftone screens, and printing color separations. • Access commonly used commands quickly with context- transformations. Extensive compatibility • Export GIF and JPEG files directly, or drop graphics into sensitive menus. produce high-quality graphics Ī • Link any image file that Adobe Illustrator reads while ImageReady for further optimization. Preserve your illustration layers when you export • Tear off tool sets from the tool box for faster access. Illustrator files in Photoshop format. keeping files small. Share images between files—even with ease and efficiency. update the images—and see the changes in your Adobe • Maximize the number of layers visible in the Layers palette. Ī Integrate CAD files saved in DXF format. Illustrator file. Express your creative ideas with ease Accessible tools • Copy and paste Illustrator artwork into Microsoft® Superb drawing tools Ī Draw on-screen as easily as you do on paper with the Office, PageMaker, and other OLE 2.0-compliant Ī Produce difficult-to-draw objects using the Pathfinder Pencil tool. Edit paths by simply drawing a new line near programs, or vice versa. palette to combine, subdivide, or isolate parts of overlap- the path you want to alter. • Produce high-quality Adobe PostScript® printing, ping objects. Ī Resize objects using an easy-to-manipulate bounding box. including smoothly shaded gradients, when printing to • Draw with precision using the bézier Pen tool. Adobe PostScript 3™ devices. Ī Quickly smooth out unwanted bumps in a path or erase • Easily create special shapes with the Star, Spiral, Polygon, part of a path with the new Smooth and Erase tools. • Enjoy feature parity and file compatibility across Windows® Circle, and Rectangle tools. and Power Macintosh versions of Adobe Illustrator. Content and learning materials Versatile art brushes • Get up to speed in a flash with the hands-on tutorials, Import/export formats Ī Gradient Mesh tool—Blend colors together in multiple directions to Paint artwork along an editable path with predesigned or movies, online help, and other included learning resources. • Open files from any version of Illustrator, and open EPS custom-made Art brushes. create painterly shading effects. Just click the Gradient Mesh tool on an object to lay down a nonprinting mesh, and then specify the colors files created by any program that writes Adobe PostScript • Start to work quickly with built-in brush libraries, Actions palette—Play back more than 150 preset actions included with Adobe Ī Disperse artwork randomly along an editable path with that blend between anchor points. Level 1 files. Illustrator to perform common illustration tasks, such as embossing type or Action Sets, templates, pattern libraries, fonts, clip art, creating a 3D button. Record your own actions to automate your work. Then the Scatter brushes. stock photographs, and more. Ī = New feature in version 8.0 share those actions with colleagues to improve efficiency. Key Features