Wiley Illustrator CS3 Bible 978-0-470-12634-9 Manuel D’Utilisation

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t’s always exciting to see what’s new in new versions of your favorite soft-
ware. Longtime Adobe Illustrator fans certainly have a great interest in
learning about the new features in Illustrator CS3, but those changes

aren’t of interest only to people who’ve used Illustrator extensively in the
past. New users and people who currently use competing products also want
to know if this new version adds must-have features.

In this chapter, I introduce several features that have been added to
Illustrator CS3 as well as some changes that make existing features easier to
use or simply more powerful. Fortunately, Illustrator CS3 maintains a strong
connection with the past so that you don’t have to relearn the entire applica-
tion. Still, many of the changes that have been made are important ones that
you’ll find useful and fun. Let’s dig in!

The most powerful and useful change to Illustrator CS3 isn’t some snazzy
new tool, but instead the evolution of the Illustrator interface. All Adobe’s
“original” CS3 products (InDesign, Photoshop) now share a new, consistent
interface that builds upon and improves the classic palette-driven UI (user
interface) of the last ten years.

If you’re upgrading from a previous version of Illustrator, the changes are
probably a slight bit startling, especially the new single-column tool palette
that runs along the left side of the screen. And if you’re totally resistant to
change, you can turn everything back to “the way it was in the good old
days,” but you’ll be crippling yourself as a result. The new UI provides more

What’s New in 

Illustrator CS3?

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