Live Trace

Quickly and accurately convert photos, scans, or other bitmap images to editable and scalable vector paths with the Live Trace feature.

Live Paint

Apply color to any region or edge and use overlapping paths to create new shapes with the Live Paint tool, which intuitively colors artwork and automatically detects and corrects gaps.

Control palette

Discover new features and find existing features faster in the context-sensitive Control palette. Accessing selection-based tools from a single location eliminates the need for multiple palettes.

Custom workspaces

Work more efficiently and optimize your screen area using custom workspaces that display only the palettes you need for a specific task. Save, share, or access any workspace at any time or use workspace templates.

Photoshop layer comp support

Control the visibility of layer comps in linked, embedded, or opened Photoshop files from within Illustrator.

Article Series

This article is part 3 of a 9 part series. Other articles in this series are shown below:

1. Adobe Creative Suite 2 New features
2. Image editing with Adobe Photoshop CS2
3. Drawing and illustration with Adobe Illustrator CS2
4. Page layout with Adobe InDesign CS2
5. Web design with Adobe GoLive CS2
6. Client review and print output with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
7. File sharing and versioning with Version Cue CS2
8. File browsing and organizing with Adobe Bridge
9. Royalty-free images with Adobe Stock Photos