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You can now apply gradients along the length, across the width, or within the stroke itself.
The first worth noting is being able to apply gradients to a stroke. So far, we've really focused on the workflow and speed enhancements in Adobe Illustrator CS6, but thankfully there are some creative additions - not as many as you might hope, but some. Of course though, these are the bare minimum system requirements: Adobe Illustrator CS6 will work, but it won't be that happy if you start experimenting with effects, gradients and transparencies.
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If you're on Windows, you'll need XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 1GB of RAM for 32-bit or 2GB RAM for 64-bit and the rest the same as Mac.
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On the subject of specs, the bare minimum is Mac OS X 10.6.8 or 10.7 Lion 2GB RAM 2GB hard disk space and 1024x768 resolution. This image by Sabine Reinhart, called Nature's Journey was created for the launch of Adobe Illustrator CS6, is an example of a hugely complicated file that can be opened in double-quick time and edited with ease in CS6 You probably won't notice unless you're working on a complicated file - if you're designing a logo or similar you're unlikely to see any real improvement in redraw or usability. Adobe preached to us how fast Adobe Illustrator CS6 is, and it actually is blazing fast. The other thing you notice when you open up Adobe Illustrator CS6 - or at least when you open up a complex file with many layers, complicated gradient mesh, many effects, feathering, transparency and thousands of points - is its speed. All this is about making things a little quicker for the user - and the interface improvements are very welcome. And finally, when you tear off hidden tools you can now arrange them vertically to save a bit of desktop real estate - and dock them either like this or horizontally. In addition, the Control panel has been made a little more consistent when displaying content-sensitive information relating to tools and objects. The Transform panel also gets a Scale Strokes & Effects checkbox rather than it being tucked away in the Scale dialog. We'll never complain about better text controls. There's also new buttons for All Caps, Small Caps, Superscript and Subscript towards the bottom of the panel. The expandable sampling area in the Color panel is a welcome addition - giving you a larger area from which to sample colours and create swatches The Character panelĪnd there's more! The Character panel has had a minor tweak to enable you to cycle through fonts - seeing a preview on the artboard if the text is selected - using the arrow keys (it was available in Windows up until this release, but now is across both platforms). It feels more like a post production tool - matching that of After Effects. The thing is, it doesn't really feel like Illustrator to a user of many years.
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Like Photoshop, it gives Illustrator an undeniably more professional feel. If you've seen Photoshop CS6 you won't be that surprised - by default it's charcoal grey. The first thing you notice about Adobe Illustrator CS6 is that it looks different.
So, what has Adobe done in Adobe Illustrator CS6? A facelift, some speed improvements, a few tweaks and one major addition that illustrators and designers in particular will love are all on the agenda. Over the years the application has been given some quite remarkable features - from the Gradient Mesh in the 1998 release of version 8 to multiple art boards in CS4 and the Perspective Grid in CS5 (which Adobe ported across from FreeHand, the tool it bought from Macromedia and then phased out), it is a behemoth of an application, whether you want to create photorealistic illustrations or slick logos. We dislike? Actually, there's not much to dislike. For Illustrator users working with patterns in any way, the new functionality is intuitive and extremely powerful. We like the redesigned interface, the intelligent tweaks to panels, the speed and the incredible new pattern creation tools. if you're just using Illustrator to design letterforms, create logos or design simple line drawings, you'll probably be happy sticking with the version you've got. When it comes to the crunch, if you use any kind of patterns within your work, it's a no-brainer. The minor additions make Adobe Illustrator CS6 a more rounded, quicker to navigate and use application, whereas the bigger additions - especially the pattern creation tools - make it a more versatile and powerful piece of software.
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The application looks slicker, is much faster and for the £190 standalone upgrade it's worth the cash.
It's difficult not to recommend Adobe Illustrator CS6 - what it adds are a number of workflow and creative-focused tools that are genuinely excellent.