A full-featured drawing program for Windows and Macintosh from Adobe. It provides sophisticated tracing and text manipulation capabilities as well as color separations. Illustrator was originally developed for the Mac in 1987 and, up until Version 7.0, which was introduced in 1997, the Mac version included more features. The Macintosh version is the most widely used drawing and composition program for the Mac platform.
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- Soxy 1.0 (Mac)
- There's a common problem when there are multiple versions of applications like Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator... installed on the same computer. Double-clicking a file's icon will often cause the wrong application version to launch. As a result, you might unwittingly re-save a document into a more recent file format,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2 13.2 (Windows)
- Suitcase Fusion 2 provides stand alone users with outstanding stability and reliability, coupled with a modern interface for working with type. Suitcase Fusion 2 offers the best-in-class font previewing capabilities, allowing users to easily browse, compare and select the ideal font for any project. The new interface gives you the...
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Adobe cuts 680 jobs
- If cutting jobs is the only way a company can report a problem, it's not difficult to think ahead and think what happens if nothing changes.kaboomEven the rich lose out because the global economy becomes nothingoops, "report a profit"...but it's not difficult to fathom what the problem is. Real...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Poster 1.3 (Mac)
- Poster makes it easy to convert any Illustrator file (.ai, .eps or .pdf) in Illustrator, EPS or PDF format. Just drag and drop files on the app's icon, select the desire format and it will convert for you. Note: version of final file is the same of version of Adobe...
- Software downloads 2009-10-09
- REALbasic 2009.4.0.0 (Mac)
- Create software faster, enjoy increased productivity REALbasic is a rapid application development RAD environment that provides developers a marked increase in productivity over other cross-platform development tools. REALbasic includes drag-and-drop capability to enable you to quickly create a user interface design, then incorporate the code behind it to add power...
- Software downloads 2009-09-29
- ArtOptimizer 2.3 (Mac)
- ArtOptimizer is a workflow automation solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe Illustrator document by eliminating excessive image data. The program reduces the size of linked images whose effective resolution is higher than user defined target resolution. ArtOptimizer will open images in Adobe Photoshop, automatically reduce their...
- Software downloads 2009-09-28
- Suitcase Fusion 2 13.2.1 (Mac)
- Suitcase Fusion 2 continues the tradition of professional font management capabilities, by focusing heavily on the creative aspects of typography with a host of features that allow users to really appreciate their type. By using Suitcase Fusion 2's Glyph View Palette users can easily preview and navigate through potentially thousands...
- Software downloads 2009-09-16
- Adobe to acquire Omniture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer'
- Adobe Systems said Tuesday that it will acquire Omniture, which offers Web analytics, measurement and optimization technologies, in a cash deal that's valued at about $1.8 billion, or $21.50 per share of Omniture. That adds up to a premium of about 45 percent over Omniture's average closing price over the...
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Algolab Raster to Vector Conversion Toolkit 2.97.63 (Windows)
- Vectorizer for CAD/CAM/GIS professionals, designers and illustrators. Available also as Raster to Vector SDK, ActiveX and Com Component. Converts, digitizes and refines architectural, mechanical, various technical drawings, maps, math graphs, graphics for books and journals and more from raster to vector. Digitizes math graphics. Also refines vector graphics, creates fine...
- Software downloads 2009-08-27
- File format blues
- File format bluesTry to educateWhen I receive a *x file, I usually respond with a note to the sender that the file is unreadable, and would he/she please check the program's default format settings and then re-send as .doc, .xls, etc.As others have noted, most of the time the sender...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Studio 7_3_561 (Mac)
- Studio is a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that puts interactive 3D packaging creation in your hands. Studio offers a 3D viewing environment where you can see your artwork applied instantly on the packaging. Studio also brings packaging-savvy navigation and alignment tools. And by writing a 3D PDF file from Studio,...
- Software downloads 2009-07-17
- ST Thumbnails Explorer 1.2.2310 (Windows)
- ST Thumbnails Explorer allows you to browse the thumbnails of files Adobe Illustrator v.7-12(CS2) (AI, AIT, EPS), CorelDRAW v.4-13(X3) (CDR, CMX, CCX, CDT, PAT, CLK, CPT,CMV,DES,CSL), Macromedia FreeHand v.7-11 (FH7-11, FT8-11), CorelXARA/Xara X (XAR, ART, WEB) and others (MDI, WMF, EMF, PDF, PS, JP2, TIF, GIF, PSD, and WCN). Shows...
- Software downloads 2009-07-11
- EXDXF-Pro 3.05 (Mac)
- EXDXF-Pro3 provides you with the capability to import CAD standard DXF files to Adobe Illustrator, and to export AI files to CAD, allowing you to make your data compatible in both applications. Illustrator CS4 includes basic DXF/DWG import and export functions, but the translator of Adobe Illustrator may not recognize...
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- Colors for iPhone 1.2 (Mobile)
- With Colors for iPhone, you can create palettes based on colors you like best and quickly convert between RGB, HSB, and Grayscale as well as integer and floating point scales. With Colors for iPhone you can extract colors and color palettes from photos taken with the iPhone camera, or imported...
- Software downloads 2009-07-06
- Algolab Raster to Vector Conversion Toolkit 2.97.62 (Windows)
- Vectorizer for CAD/CAM/GIS professionals, designers and illustrators. Available also as Raster to Vector SDK, ActiveX and Com Component. Converts, digitizes and refines architectural, mechanical, various technical drawings, maps, math graphs, graphics for books and journals and more from raster to vector. Digitizes math graphics. Also refines vector graphics, creates fine...
- Software downloads 2009-06-25
- Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions
- Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Strata 3D CX 6.0 (Mac)
- Powered by Strata's award winning photo-real rendering technology, Strata Design 3D CX is ideal for illustration, consumer product design, environmental design, motion graphics and interactive design. With an interface that Adobe users will recognize, Strata Design 3D CX connects to your design toolset with file linking to Photoshop, import of...
- Software downloads 2009-06-18
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery.You can't polish a turd. It still has linux underneath it. The problem is there is no fixing linux. Its inner workings of being a mesh of...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- MAPublisher 8.1 (Mac)
- Powerful suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator that bridges the gap between Geographic Information Systems GIS and high-end graphic design for high quality creation, high resolution printing and electronic publishing of maps. Cartographic quality map production is now faster, easier and better. Avenza understands that completing GIS graphics tasks is...
- Software downloads 2009-06-15
- BetterHandles 1.31 (Windows)
- BetterHandles is a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that combines a tool and palette to make working with Bezier curve handles easier and more powerful. Select multiple handles, and collectively move, extend, rotate, or retract them. Extend or retract handles without changing their angles. Copy and paste handles. Edit points numerically:...
- Software downloads 2009-06-08
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