Adobe Illustrator is a professional vector graphics application designed for creating illustrations, digital graphics, web, video and mobile content. It comes bundled with the Mercury Performance.

Create distinctive vector artwork for any project. Used by design professionals worldwide, Adobe Illustrator software provides precision and power with sophisticated drawing tools, expressive natural brushes, and a host of time-savers.

Meet the most powerful and connected Illustrator ever. The new Touch Type tool gives you even more control over type: Move, scale, and rotate individual characters knowing you can change the font or copy at any time. And with Illustrator CC, you can share work directly from within the application, sync colors from Adobe Kuler, and sync fonts from Adobe Typekit. Your entire creative world, together in one place. Only in Creative Cloud.

Work with type in more powerful ways. Place multiple files at once with full control, and create with a brush made from a photo. Design more easily for the web knowing you can quickly copy and paste automatically generated CSS code.

Enjoy a new level of creativity with type. Individual characters now act like distinct objects. Move, scale, and rotate text characters, knowing you can change the font or edit at any time. And use your favorite mouse, stylus, or multitouch device.

With Illustrator CC -- part of Creative Cloud -- your creative process becomes seamless, intuitive, and more connected. Get it as a single-app subscription or with a Creative Cloud complete membership, which also includes every other Adobe creative tool.

What do you need to know about free software?

Download & install

You can download Illustrator from the Creative Cloud apps catalog. You'll need to sign in with your Adobe ID and password to complete the download. For more information, including how to install older versions or check for updates, see Download your creative cloud apps.

For solutions to a 'failed to install' error, see Error: 'Failed to install' Creative Cloud desktop app. To resolve other download, installation, and update issues, see this download and install troubleshooting guide.

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Yes! You can download trial versions of any Creative Cloud app from the Creative Cloud apps catalog. You'll need to sign in with an Adobe ID and password to download a trial. Learn how to download and install a Creative Cloud trial.

Read these simple solutions to common Adobe ID and sign in issues to regain access to your account.

You can install Illustrator and other Creative Cloud apps on up to two computers. If you want to install it on a third computer, you'll need to deactivate it on one of your previous machines. Learn more about activating and deactivating Creative Cloud apps.

Still need help? Find more download and install solutions.

Account management

Sign in to your Adobe accounts page with your current Adobe ID and password. From there, click the Security & Privacy tab, and then click Change under Password. Forgot your password? Learn how to reset and change it.

Follow these Update your credit card and billing information.

Switching Creative Cloud plans is easy. Follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade or change your plan.

Converting your trial to a paid membership is easy. Follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade and start your membership.

If you stop your membership, you still have access to Creative Cloud member free benefits and any files you saved to your device. You won't have access to apps or most services and your cloud storage will be reduced to 2 GB. Learn how to Cancel your Creative Cloud membership and understand the Adobe subscription terms.

Still need help? Find more account, billing, and plan answers.

Common tasks

You set the options for embedding fonts, images, and other information after choosing File > Save As or File > Save A Copy. Options vary, depending upon the file format you choose. Learn more about saving artwork.

This tutorial walks you through creating a personalized logo with vector-based images.

Learn how to view and change transparency in this article on transparency and blending modes.

Illustrator provides several methods to cut, divide, and trim objects, including the Knife and Scissors tools.

Illustrator uses masks, rather than cropping, to hide parts of images. Learn how to use and edit clipping masks.

Performance

In the application bar, click the GPU Performance icon and select GPU Performance. Learn more about GPU Performance.

First, make sure that your video adapter drivers are up to date. If that doesn't resolve the issue, follow the solutions in this GPU Performance troubleshooting guide.

Try these techniques to optimize Illustrator performance on Windows or Mac OS X.

Crashing

Yes! Luckily, with Illustrator automatic data recovery, you can probably recover most of your work–even if you haven't saved the file recently.

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Several factors might cause Illustrator to crash on startup. You may need to update your input device driver.

Your file may be damaged. See this troubleshooting guide for help repairing damaged files.

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