Adobe Illustrator-versionshistorie — [better]

A highly stable, beloved version. Added Live Trace (powerful raster-to-vector, replacing Streamline) and Live Paint (intuitive fill of overlapping paths without merging). Control Palette (context-sensitive options bar) debuted. Spot color links to InDesign. Also introduced Wacom tablet pressure for opacity and size. First universal binary for Mac Intel (early 2006). Many professionals stuck with CS2 for years.

Since its launch in 1987, Adobe Illustrator has stood as a cornerstone of digital graphic design. As the company’s second software product (after PostScript), it pioneered the transition from manual paste-up boards to vector-based digital illustration. This paper chronicles every major version of Adobe Illustrator, analyzing its technological milestones, competitive responses, and paradigm shifts—from the first PostScript-dependent release to the modern, AI-integrated Creative Cloud era. adobe illustrator-versionshistorie