Adobe Illustrator | Versions By Year

Shifted from physical boxes to a cloud subscription model.

Version 3.0 (Desert Moose) – Introduced compound paths (allowing objects with holes) and graphing tools. adobe illustrator versions by year

– The first version released for Windows (though it was poorly received compared to the Mac version). 1990: Illustrator 3.0 Shifted from physical boxes to a cloud subscription model

Introduced Multiple Artboards , allowing designers to manage up to 100 different canvases in a single document. It also added the Blob Brush tool and transparency gradients. 2010: Adobe Illustrator CS5 (Version 15) Key Milestone: Precision drawing and perspective. 1990: Illustrator 3

The final version released as a standalone product before the transition to the Creative Suite (CS) naming convention. 2003: Adobe Illustrator CS (Version 11) Key Launch: 2003.

Rebuilt with the Adobe Mercury Performance System for 64-bit speed. The Creative Cloud (CC) & AI Era (2013–Present)