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Adobe Illustrator CS | 
 enlarge | From: Adobe
Category: Software
Buy New: $749.00
New (1) Used (2) from $249.00
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 4147
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard Edition
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 3.1 x 0.8
MPN: 26001360
Model: 26001360
UPC: 718659321840
EAN: 0718659321840
ASIN: B0000DBOCN
Release Date: October 24, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Cross-media publishing; publish your artwork to any delivery medium you like | | • | Includes 3D graphics effects, character and paragraph styles, and innovative text composition controls | | • | Enhanced support for Adobe PDF, expanded print capabilities, faster performance, and more | | • | Timesaving tools include dynamic data-driven graphics, robust scripting support, and Action Sets | | • | Create logos, illustrations, packaging, maps, posters, Web graphics, and more |
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Product Description
Illustrator CS makes it easier to reach your creative vision with a full-featured vector graphics package and all the tools you need. Tighter integration with Microsoft Office for easier import/export into office documents, presentation and Websites
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 CS BITES!.................. September 8, 2005
Paul S. Fuller (PA)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
CS is a piece of crap! Why can't they leave well enough alone? I'm 40 years old and I've been using Illustrator since version ONE in '87 and I'm at the end of my rope. This is the buggiest version since v7! I'm sick to death of Adobe (as well as others) constantly making changes for change sake while introducing new bugs and not fixing the old ones. What's with the damn selection tools in this-- especially when selecting text? You can't win-- if you try to select type using baseline selection (now for some reason changed to the less-than-elegant "Type Objects Selection by Path Only), good luck actually hitting the baseline. If however, you use the default type area select, good luck NOT selecting everything else in the vicinity OTHER than the type you want! I highlight one text string and two OTHERS somewhere else highlight! Don't even get me started on adjusting type on a path! Text occasionally appears in a file, apparently from some other dimension, and doesn't allow you to delete it! And whose brilliant idea was it to make it so that masked objects cannot be ungrouped??? (To be fair-- I think that started in the previous version.) I also love how the "smart quote" control is now a tiny checkbox called "Use Typographer's Quotes" which is hidden under the "Document Setup" dialog box and always defaults to the ON position every time you open a file. The list goes on.
I use to feel as if Illustrator was an extension of my hands. Now it's like I'm wearing bulky gloves that I spend more time messing with than I do designing/illustrating. Do they actually run these damn programs past longtime users anymore before releasing them or do they just let snot-nosed little programers do what they feel like doing? I'm ready to reevaluate pen and ink!
 Existing Illustrator Users Beware! April 13, 2005
Katherine M. Chalmers (Vienna, VA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've been using and enjoying Illustrator for years. Version 10 had some serious color management/PMS color table problems. Adobe's v10 patch and recommended bug fix never quite worked properly, so I decided to upgrade when the new Creative Suite became available.
It's a disaster so far! Nowhere in the pre-sales documentation did the marketing team at Adobe happen to mention that the new text engine in the CS version will completely wreck all of the text in your existing Illustrator documents! Even documents created in Illustrator 10 (just 1 version back!) are rendered un-editable in CS. How so? A single line of text might be broken into 4 or more separate text objects.
Adobe support's recommendations for dealing with this problem? 1) Just don't edit any text created with earlier versions; 2) Manually fix (essentially re-type) all of the text in your documents. Give me a break - like I have time for this nonsense!
The product marketing manager and development manager who inflicted this monstrosity on loyal Adobe customers should BOTH be fired. Don't buy it - wait to see if the next version is better. Meanwhile, I'll be uninstalling and reverting back to version 10 - in spite of the bugs it's a better product.
too darn buggy November 30, 2004
Helen E. Cargill (Cambridge, MA United States)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
I'm normally a big fan of Illustrator, but this new version is much more trouble than it's worth. It doesn't seem like you get all that much more than illustrator 10, and the cost is huge.
My biggest pet peeves:
1) stability - the single most important problem with this program. Where Illustrator 10 was a workhorse, you need to make it a habit to save frequently with Illustrator 11. It crashes frequently and unpredictably. I find myself thinking that "it's not too bad, now that I save every 10 minutes...." and then realize that something is horribly wrong with this program.
2) text - this program simply can't handle large blocks of text in any appropriate fashion. I've used huge images, complex shading, and used some of the new tools to warp groups of vector images , and nothing slows the thing down more than text. It literally takes minutes for me to edit text in the thing sometimes, and it gets worse with image-heavy files. Frustrating. I know that's what InDesign is for, but again, I never had these problems with Illustrator 10.
3) the 3-d tool is a piece of garbage - why is it here? Ugh. This tool really isn't worth it. If you want to use 3-D software, use 3-D software. There are good programs out there that will do all these 3-d functions smoothly and flawlessly. When you try to use this in Illustrator, you get unpredictable, pixelated effects. If you try to use it extensively, you can not only crash Illustrator, but you can sometimes freeze your entire computer. Your effects, especially if you try to map an image on a 3-d object, look pretty pixelated. It's fun to play with if you have too much time on your hands, but don't rely on it. and get ready to crash the program if you use it.
All complaints aside, I've gotta say that warping things with the mesh tool is fun, but again, it adds a lot of processing time to the program. Just be prepared to wait to save, print and load if you use it a lot.
Overall, until Adobe improves stability and text handling, I'd stay away from this. The new features aren't worth the bugginess. If you want further instances of CS problems, go to the Adobe support site for Illustrator, and look up CS crashes. You'll find almost 200 postings from frustrated users, and equally frustrated Adobe tech support folks who can't really help.
 I love this version November 3, 2004
S. McMahon (La Palma, CA)
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
The school I went had the previous version of Illustrator. However, I purchased this version for myself to practice on and use once I graduated. I found it very easy to use and have had very few problems. The Adobe programs can be a little complicated to learn but once you master them the options are endless.
Prepare to be annoyed! September 9, 2004
Designer
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
Illustrator is a good program but CS is junk. There are a slight few reasons to use CS over 10 but for those few features you have to deal with the program crashing about 3-5 times a day (and note I work in Illustrator from 9-5). And if that wasn't bad enough most of the time it crashed it while you're trying to save as if to make you as mad as possible. Also you can't save for previous versions which is a serious flaw considering not everyone is dumb enough to shell out the $500 for the CS.
I'm glad that I got to try this out at work where I didn't pay for it and that I still have my Illustrator 10 at home.
I hope Adobe clues in to everyone writing bad reviews and decides to actually check their program before releasing it. Until then SAVE YOUR MONEY!
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