Adobe® Illustrator CS6

Adobe® Illustrator® CS6 software is powered by the new Mercury Performance System that delivers native 64-bit support for both Mac OS and Windows.® You can now work with precision, speed, and rock-solid stability on large, complex files. An updated interface streamlines daily tasks, and new creative options let you design and edit seamless patterns, leverage a new image-tracing engine, and apply gradients to strokes. Spend less time waiting and more time creating.

Sophisticated vector drawing tools

Create distinctive designs with precise shape-building tools, fluid and painterly brushes, and advanced path controls.

Integration with other Adobe solutions

Move projects smoothly from design to print or digital output, thanks to tight integration with industry-leading Adobe software, such as Adobe Photoshop,® InDesign,® After Effects,® Acrobat,® and more.

Mercury Performance System

Work with precision, speed, and rock-solid stability on large, complex files due to native 64-bit support on Mac OS and Windows with RAM and overall performance optimisation.

Multiple art boards

Organise and view up to 100 artboards of varying sizes overlapping or on a grid. Quickly add, delete, reorder, and name. Save, export, and print independently or together.

Gradients and transparency

Interact with gradients directly on your object, defining the dimension of elliptical gradients, editing colours, and adjusting opacity. Even create gradients on strokes and meshes.

Crisp graphics and text for web and mobile

Create and align vector objects precisely on the file's pixel grid for clean, sharp raster graphics. Use text anti-aliasing options for individual text frames.

Image Trace

Confidently convert raster images to editable vectors with a powerful tracing engine. Get clean lines, accurate fitting, and reliable colour results using simple, intuitive controls.

Perspective drawing

Use perspective grids to draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1-, 2-, or 3-point linear perspective, creating the look of realistic depth and distance.

Pattern creation

Easily create seamlessly tiled vector patterns. Experiment freely with different types of repeating patterns that can be edited at any time for maximum design flexibility.

Industry-standard graphic file formats

Work with almost any type of graphic file—including PDF, EPS, FXG, Photoshop (PSD), TIFF, GIF, JPEG, SWF, SVG, DWG, DXF, and more.

In-panel appearance editing

Edit object characteristics directly in the Appearance panel, eliminating the need to open fill, stroke, or effects panels.

Adobe PDF file creation tools

Create more secure, multipage, graphic-rich PDF files with Illustrator layers retained. Share files confidently with service providers knowing that Illustrator supports PDF/X standards.

Media

• Media: DVD

Mac

• Mac OS X v10.6.8 to v10.8
• 2GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
• Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
• 1024 by 768 resolution (12800 by 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• 2GB of available hard-drive space for installation; additional free space required during installation. Cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices.

• Adobe Illustrator CS6