Discover new ways to experiment with color; work faster with
new drawing tools and controls; and produce artwork for
print, web, mobile, and motion designs with Adobe
Illustrator CS3 software.

Explore New Paths With the Essential Vector Tool
Produce vector artwork for all types of media using Adobe Illustrator CS3. Discover dynamic new ways to explore, apply, and control color variations; work faster with new drawing tools and controls; and increase your efficiency using new document profiles and the Crop Area tool. Take your graphics to the printed page, websites, video, mobile devices, and virtually everywhere you want to go. See for yourself how Illustrator CS3 lets you explore new paths.

Use powerful, precise creative tools
Quickly explore multiple design options with the powerful, precise creative features in Illustrator CS3. Industry-standard drawing tools, new color controls, and a wealth of powerful effects enable greater creative productivity and the ability to easily experiment. Use new Live Color to explore color harmonies and interactively apply color to any selection of objects. Work faster by controlling path editing and point alignment in the Control panel. And enhance your artwork with professional typography and transparent effects.

Work quickly and intuitively
Efficiently execute your ideas in Illustrator CS3. With easier access to tools and options, flexible and customizable workspaces, and a wealth of timesaving features and shortcuts, you can speed through design and production tasks. The enhanced Control panel frees up screen space and puts more options at your fingertips, while New Document Profiles provide a launch pad for video and other designs. Whatever your final output destination, you can create your artwork quickly and easily in Illustrator CS3.

Enjoy tight integration
Streamline your design workflows by moving easily between Illustrator CS3 and other Adobe applications. Leverage robust integration with Adobe Flash software for your web animations, and preview mobile artwork in Adobe Device Central CS3. Use your vector designs as the basis of DVD menus, titles, and visual effects by moving them easily between Illustrator and Adobe motion and effects applications. And create reliable Adobe PDF files, with multiple pages and layers intact, for high-quality printed output.

Audience benefit


Graphic designers--Adobe Illustrator CS3 software lets you create compelling vector graphics that remain sharp as you scale, edit, and output them to virtually any medium. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork, paint intuitively, explore color variations, design with advanced typographic control, and easily find the tools you need. Rely on industry-standard drawing tools and tight integration with Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe InDesign CS3, and other favorite applications to quickly realize your ideas.

Web and interactive designers--Adobe Illustrator CS3 software gives you the power to create compelling interactive vector graphics for rich online experiences. Tight integration with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software enables you to easily design layouts and comps using industry-standard creative tools, and then smoothly move files between applications for efficient authoring workflows to produce vector graphics that look sharp, remain editable, and go virtually anywhere.

Motion graphics and visual effects designers--Adobe Illustrator CS3 software delivers the tools you need to produce innovative motion graphics and visual effects. Integration with Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, and Adobe Encore CS3 software means you can use small, efficient vector files as the foundation for your designs, and a wealth of industry-standard drawing tools let you explore creative possibilities with ease. Whether you create DVD menus or music videos, station identities or special effects, Illustrator CS3 is an affordable, efficient, and powerful post-production tool.

In Bridge, view all the metadata saved with your llustrator artwork which includes the file properties, fonts, and color plates used in the document, all of your color swatches, linked files, and more.