Adobe Illustrator Versions By Year «Exclusive»

– The final "perpetual license" version; featured a 64-bit performance system and a dark UI. The Creative Cloud (CC) & AI Era (2013–Present)

The first subscription-only release. CC introduced (for stylus tablets), Sync Settings (roaming preferences via cloud), and integration with Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries (reusable assets across apps). It also added the Pencil Tool improvements (with curvature tuning) and CSS code extraction (copy CSS from any vector shape for web dev). adobe illustrator versions by year

, a revolutionary change for managing different design versions in one file. CS6 (2012): The final standalone version, featuring the Adobe Mercury Performance System for faster 64-bit processing. – The final "perpetual license" version; featured a

Initial release for Apple Macintosh; introduced and the Pen Tool . 1988 88 (v1.6/1.7) – The final "perpetual license" version