Gone was the clunky bounding box from the 90s. V23 gave us a widget that floated near your cursor, offering quick access to distort, perspective, and free-transform modes. It made isometric design infinitely easier without switching to the specific distort tools.
, introduced several major productivity and creative features aimed at streamlining complex design workflows. Wikipedia +1 Key Features of Version 23 (CC 2019) Freeform Gradients: A new gradient type that allows for more natural, photorealistic color blends. Unlike linear or radial gradients, you can drop "color pins" anywhere on an object to create complex color transitions. Global Edit: This tool allows you to select, find, and edit similar objects across multiple artboards simultaneously. If you change one logo or icon, all other instances of it in your document update automatically. Content-Aware Crop: Powered by Adobe Sensei, this feature automatically identifies the most important parts of an image and suggests a crop, saving time when working with raster images. Customizable Toolbar: Users can finally organize their workspace by dragging and dropping only the tools they need into the toolbar, reducing clutter. Visual Font Browsing: This version added the ability to preview thousands of fonts from Adobe Fonts directly within the application without needing to download them first. Essential Getting Started Steps Setting Up Document Guides: To help with alignment, go to illustrator version 23