Adobe Illustrator Release Date New! Access
| | Release Date | Notable New Features | |-------------|----------------|---------------------------| | Illustrator 1.0 | March 1987 | First release (Macintosh only); Bézier curves, basic drawing tools. | | Illustrator 88 | January 1988 | Color support, more precise positioning. | | Illustrator 3.0 | October 1990 | First Windows version (1991); gradients, text on a path. | | Illustrator 4.0 | May 1992 | Windows only initially; Mac version 1993. | | Illustrator 5.0 | June 1993 | Live editing, global styles. | | Illustrator 5.5 | June 1994 | Spell check, search/replace text. | | Illustrator 6.0 | February 1996 | Powerful memory management; Mac only. | | Illustrator 7.0 | May 1997 | Major UI overhaul , first with docking palettes. | | Illustrator 8.0 | September 1998 | Pencil tool, dynamic blends, brush libraries. | | Illustrator 9.0 | June 2000 | Transparency, pixel preview, PDF support. | | Illustrator 10.0 | November 2001 | Symbols, slicing for web, envelope distortions. | | Illustrator CS (11.0) | October 2003 | 3D effects, SVG export, type on path improvements. | | Illustrator CS2 (12.0) | April 2005 | Live Trace (now Image Trace), Live Paint, control palette. | | Illustrator CS3 (13.0) | March 2007 | Isolation mode, crop area tool, improved PDF integration. | | Illustrator CS4 (14.0) | October 2008 | Multiple artboards, blob brush, gradients on strokes. | | Illustrator CS5 (15.0) | April 2010 | Perspective drawing, variable-width strokes, bristle brush. | | Illustrator CS6 (16.0) | April 2012 | 64-bit support, pattern creation tool, image trace overhaul. | | Illustrator CC (17.0) | June 2013 | Cloud sync, touch type tool, packaged files. | | Illustrator CC 2014 (18.0) | June 2014 | Live shapes, pencil smoothing, SVG export improvements. | | Illustrator CC 2015 (19.0) | June 2015 | Curvature tool, stock assets integration. | | Illustrator CC 2017 (21.0) | November 2016 | Faster zoom/pan, toolbar customization. | | Illustrator CC 2018 (22.0) | October 2017 | Properties panel, variable fonts, puppet warp. | | Illustrator CC 2019 (23.0) | October 2018 | Freeform gradients, global editing, scalable UI. | | Illustrator 2020 (24.0) | November 2019 | Cloud documents, improved brush workflow, repeat layouts. | | Illustrator 2021 (25.0) | October 2020 | Retype (restore missing fonts), enhanced cloud docs. | | Illustrator 2022 (26.0) | October 2021 | 3D & materials (Ray tracing), share for review. | | Illustrator 2023 (27.0) | October 2022 | Intertwine tool, quick actions, mockup support. | | Illustrator 2024 (28.0) | October 2023 | Text to vector graphic (beta), retype improvements. | | Illustrator 2025 (29.0) | October 2024 | Mockup improvements, enhanced path simplification. |
When you search , a complete feature set would include: adobe illustrator release date
Released in October 2003, bundling Illustrator with Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat. | | Release Date | Notable New Features
Adobe Illustrator's initial version (1.0) was released in for the Apple Macintosh. It was originally designed to provide an easy-to-use drawing program that utilized the PostScript language to create high-resolution graphics and complex layouts. Key Milestone Release Dates | | Illustrator 4