Express your creative vision with shapes, color, effects, and typography. Work with speed and stability on large, complex files, and move designs efficiently among Adobe's creative applications.

Meet the most powerful and connected Illustrator ever. The new Touch Type tool gives you even more control over type: Move, scale, and rotate individual characters knowing you can change the font or copy at any time. And with Illustrator CC, you can share work directly from within the application and sync colors from Adobe Kuler. Your entire creative world, together in one place. Only in Creative Cloud.

In-app learning

Grow your skills with built-in tutorials, tool guides, and creative inspiration right at your fingertips.

Faster feedback and sharing

Organize notes and comments right in Illustrator to make reviews faster, easier, and more efficient.

Intertwine for text and objects

Loop, overlap, and weave design elements together with Intertwine to add unique depth to your work.

3D effects

Bring a new dimension to your work with realistic effects, lighting, and textures that turn 2D art into 3D designs.

Features

  • Touch type tool
  • Images in brushes
  • Font search
  • Sync Settings
  • Multiple-file place
  • CSS extraction
  • Sync Color
  • Area and point type conversion
  • Auto corners for pattern brushes
  • On-art Free Transform

What's New

View objects from multiple angles for new creative directions

  • Use Turntable to generate multiple rotated views of a raster or vector object and see what it looks like from different angles. You can smoothly slide between views, extract the ones that interest you for editing, and export them as GIF files.

Create more variations with Auto Select in Text to Vector Graphic

  • Use Auto Select to generate up to 4 variations from a single prompt, making it easier to compare results and choose the best fit for your creative needs.

Apply style reference with new partner models when using Text to Vector Graphic

  • Define the Style Reference for your outputs using a reference image across partner models like GPT Image and Gemini.

Export files directly to Adobe cloud storage from Export for Screens

  • Export your Illustrator files to Adobe cloud storage from Export for Screens to access, share, and reuse them anywhere, on desktop or web.

Enhance creative control with modernized colors

  • Work with colors more precisely and flexibly across your designs. Copy color values instantly to apply, manage, and reuse them with ease.

Copy color values instantly

  • Illustrator now lets you copy color values directly from the Color panel, Color Picker, New Swatches, or Swatch Options dialog box. You can pick any color, select to copy the hex values, and share them instantly across documents or brand assets.

Align objects smarter with modernized snapping

  • Snapping in Illustrator is now more responsive, flexible, and accurate. With smarter guides, clearer visual feedback, and customizable snap settings, you can align shapes exactly where you need them – whether snapping to grids, rotated objects, or other elements.

Snap objects with precision

  • Snap precisely to the endpoint, midpoint, and center of any object with Smart Guides for faster, more consistent alignment across your design.

Create pixel-perfect designs with enhanced Snap to Grid

  • Enhanced Snap to Grid lets you position objects freely inside grid cells while still snapping to lines or intersections when needed. New dotted guides now give you clear visual feedback, making pixel-perfect alignment easier than ever.

Design sharper with enhanced Snap to Pixel

  • Enhanced Snap to Pixel keeps your artwork aligned to the pixel grid by eliminating half-pixel shifts and misleading alignment cues. Guides only appear between truly pixel-perfect objects, so your designs stay sharp and accurate for screen-based workflows.

Align objects faster with the Snapping Quick Access panel

  • Quickly toggle between Snap to Grid, Snap to Pixel, Snap to Point, and Smart Guides directly from the Snapping Quick Access panel under the Control bar. Use the panel to fine-tune snapping preferences instantly, like Alignment Guides and Snap to Glyph, for smoother, more accurate alignment without breaking your flow.

Snap accurately to rotated objects

  • You can now accurately align shapes and paths to the endpoint, midpoint, and center of any rotated object. The enhanced Smart Guides detect rotation angles automatically, making alignment consistent at any angle.

Limit snapping to current artboard and isolated objects

  • You can now limit snapping to objects only within the active artboard. You can also snap to isolated objects directly from the Preferences panel. This prevents unwanted alignment with elements outside your working area, keeping your edits focused and accurate.

Take control of snapping with advanced settings

  • Use the new advanced settings in smart guides to customize how objects align and snap on the canvas. Choose whether to force snap to grid, adjust snapping tolerance, or show guides during snapping so snapping adapts seamlessly to your work.