Draw rectangles, squares, grids, rounded rectangles, ellipses, circles,
arcs, spirals, concentric circles, hexagons, stars and other multi-sided
polygons.
Use calligraphic pens to create natural, fully editable strokes.
Eyedropper tool pulls colors out of any object (including TIFF images)
for further use in your document.
Create and edit illustrations in full-color preview or keyline modes.
Apply path-editing shortcuts, such as punch, mix and transparency,
for creating complex objects quickly.
Freeform object editing with on-screen controls for rotation
and skewing.
Manipulate Bézier curves without the use of control points or
handles by clicking anywhere along a curve.
Direct selection and editing of objects within groups without
ungrouping.
Advanced Scissors tool for cutting objects anywhere.
Automatic object re-blending.
Simultaneously edit multiple Bézier curves and/or control points.
Apply any Ink (color, gradient, texture, hatch, symbol) to
strokes, fills & text.
Warp object shapes with 20 pre-defined templates.
Magnetic guide lines.
Create standard color tints (10%, 20%, etc.) and custom colorizing
tints from any base color.
Create eye-catching effects with multi-colored linear, radial or directional
gradient fills.
Instantly transform 2D objects or text into 3D (with light
source effects).
Select calibrated CMYK colors from a digital "swatch" book.
Easily convert any object shape into editable Bézier curves
or polygons.
Gamut Warning indicator highlights any color out of CMYK gamut.
Object binding to curves or shapes.
Easily import any Ink (gradient, custom color, texture, hatch
or symbol) from other documents.
Specify line joins and end caps.
Drag-and-drop objects between documents.
Autotrace scanned images into editable Bézier curves.
Floating master palette for real-time feedback on object attributes.
Use the floating Inks palette to pick & create colors,
gradients, textures, hatches and vector-based symbols.
Easily remove the overlapped portion of underlying objects.
Use any vector-based object (including text) as an arrowhead.
Fine-tune color blends with the Gradient Vector tool.
Customizable rulers and adjustable ruler guides for easy graphic placement
and page layout.
Interruptible screen redraws let you work without having to wait for
complex graphics to appear completely.
Use the floating Strokes palette to pick and create pen weights
(including calligraphic pens), dashes, arrows and parallel or "fuzzy" neon strokes.
Easy-to-use floating Graphic Styles palette for naming and
reusing design elements.
Fractal drawing simulates natural phenomena.
Automatic object shadows with custom color shading.
Join and/or split curves and objects.
Automatic object embossing.
Modifier key for dragging a copy of a selected object(s).
Access to over 16.7 million true colors.
Precision Technical Illustration
Precision to 0.5 micron (1/65,000th of a PostScript point).
Powerful SmartMouse snap-to drawing aid.
Programmable object movement from keyboard arrow keys.
Name, arrange, lock and hide layers. Password protect individual
layers for added security.
Rotate and skew graphics in 0.01° increments.
Automatic dimensioning with configurable industry standards.
Dynamic object libraries.
Zoom in and out to arbitrary magnification levels between 3%
and 3200% in 0.01% increments.
Custom parallel lines, Bézier curves and polygons.
Dashed object borders.
Snap-to-grid options with user-definable grid spacing.
Hatch pattern fills for materials.
Dynamic object connections.
Scale objects uniformly or non-uniformly.
Custom dash lines and curves.
Area and perimeter calculations.
Replicate command with custom settings.
Work more efficiently by creating different views of your document
including variable magnification levels.
Lock individual graphic elements from unwanted deletion or editing.
Natural Image-Editing and Photo-Retouching
Unequaled flexibility in editing and converting between Bitmap,
Grayscale, Duotone, Indexed Color, RGB and CMYK TIFF images.
Up to 24 alpha channels for saving multiple selections.
Feather-edge selections for blending backgrounds and combining
foreground and background images.
Quick Mask command for creating, viewing and editing masks
directly on an image.
Magic Wand for automatic color range selection.
Lasso or rectangular and elliptical polygons for regional selections.
User-definable soft-edged brushes with brush size previews.
Brush, Airbrush, Neon Brush, Marker tools with fade effects
and pressure-sensitive controls for graphics tablets.
Clone and Rubber Stamp (for cloning part of an image) tools.
Dodge and Burn tools for selectively correcting exposure.
Sponge tool for selectively saturating and desaturating color.
Retouching tools include Smudge, Sharpen and Blur.
Independent color balance adjustment for shadows, highlights
and midtones.
Controls for selectively adjusting hue, saturation and brightness.
Adjustments for brightness, contrast and midtones (gamma).
Filter effects include multiple choices for image sharpening,
softening, stylizing, distortion and noise.
Live previews of image adjustment controls and filter effects.
Compatible with all third-party Photoshop plug-in filters.
Support for high-dynamic range scans and files.
TWAIN interface support for the broad range of image-acquisition
devices.
Superior Typography
Font sizes from 2 to 720 points in 0.1-point increments.
Format individual paragraphs in the same text block with named
Paragraph Styles.
Add emphasis to letters or words with named Character Styles.
Control font and paragraph settings in the Type floating palette.
Interactive on-screen text kerning and tracking.
Type text directly on any curve or shape with on-screen controls
for editing both the text and the graphic object.
Independent leading for the first line of a paragraph.
Pre-defined templates and user-definable controls for indents,
margins, columns, gutters and rules.
Rotate and skew editable text in 0.01° increments.
Slanted text margins.
Integrated 100,000-word spell checker.
Hyphenation controls.
Automatic drop caps.
Dynamic text wraps around or inside any object with 0.1-point
object avoidance settings.
Automatic column-to-column or shape-to-shape text flows.
Drag-and-drop tabs, including left, right, center, decimal
and comma tabs.
Separate horizontal and vertical font scaling controls.
Control letter and word spacing, last line and ragged width
settings and widows and orphans.
Create customized letterforms by converting Type-1 or TrueType fonts
to outlines.
Integrated font mapping for identifying missing fonts and substituting
others.
Choose from over 2,000 TrueType and more than 2,000 PostScript
Type-1 typefaces included free.
Comprehensive Control
Correct unwanted changes easily with unlimited levels of undo
and redo.
Handy Revert command.
Intelligent Find palette for object and text searches.
Professional Output
Ability to print individual selections, layers and non-consecutive
pages with one print command.
WYSIWYG color calibration screen and output device controls.
Support for device-independent CIE LAB color space for consistent
color output.
Choose from the most popular color-matching systems including
PANTONE® Spot, PANTONE Process and TruMatch.
Color separate all graphic elements, including CMYK TIFF, RGB
TIFF and Kodak PhotoCD images.
Ability to specify, separate and print spot colors, process
colors, or tints of either.
Professional control of undercolor removal (UCR), gray component
replacement (GCR), undercolor addition and ink densities.
Object-level overprinting for basic trapping.
Moiré elimination.
Printer's marks include crop and registration, plate identification,
time/ date stamping and document naming.
Accurate color proofs from color composite printers.
Create halftone color separations from continuous- tone images.
Effortless Usability
Work with intelligent illustration-, publication- or presentation-type
documents.
Open architecture design provides user-configurable tool sets.
Fully-integrated drawing and image-editing environment.
Define multi-page and custom document sizes in a 38.5' by 38.5'
pasteboard.
Create new documents with an array of professionally designed
templates including Publication designs for newsletters, fliers and greeting
cards or Presentation templates for overheads, on-screen slide shows and
35mm slides.
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