New Killer Features in Illustrator CS5

The new Illustrator CS5 has been released with new features to speed up your work. Draw 3D buildings with perspective grids, paint vectors with natural media brushes and so much more possibilities in Illustrator CS5. So let's take a look at what the new version has to offer.

Perspective Drawing

The new perspective grids will allow you to draw accurate 1, 2, and 3 points perspective in Illustrator CS5. This allows you to create realistic depth and buildings with the easy snap on grids. Objects like text and symbols can also be easily placed into perspective. You will definitely love this feature.

Crisp Pixel Graphics for Mobile

Drawing pixels in vectors? Mobile game designers will definitely appraise this new feature. The new pixel grid allows you to draw perfect aligning pixels. You can zoom in and check every single pixel in your artwork.

Multiple Artboard Enhancements

Now you can work on 100 artboards in a single file in Adobe illustrator CS5. The new multiple artboard features make it easy to stay organized and you can also set the view you want for each artboard. This makes working with multiple artboards much simpler than before.

Better Stroke Controls

It isn't easy to apply dashes to strokes in the past but with the new stroke features, you will be able to create dashes so much easier. Additional features include new width handles to adjust stroke widths and precise positioning of art brushes.

Enhanced Gradients and Transparency

The new gradients will allow you to control your gradients directly. It also gives you the ability to control the transparency of individual colors in your gradient. With this feature, there is no need for clipping mask on gradients to create transparent gradients in Illustrator.

Natural Vector Brush Strokes

Drawing realistic paintings in vectors is never possible without the new bristle brush. The new bristle brush lets you choose from a variety of natural media brushes. You will be able to draw expressive paintings with the new bristle brush. The transparency options let you create natural blending in your drawings.

Blob Brush

The new blob brush will make sketching easier. It generates a clean single vector shape which makes drawing in computer feel so natural. Combine it will the eraser and smooth tools and you can create a beautiful drawing in no time.

New Advanced Typography

You will now be able to layout text and paragraphs neatly in Illustrator with the new advanced typography tool. It comes with more powerful controls for paragraph and character styles and more support for Open Type fonts.

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