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Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems.

The latest version, Illustrator CS4, is the fourteenth generation in the product line. Numerous new features include multiple artboards in a single document, a “blob brush” that is similar to the brush in Adobe Flash, and support for transparency in gradients among other features.

Adobe Illustrator CS4 is available in the following languages: Arabic Middle Eastern version, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, French Canadian, German, Greek, Hebrew Middle Eastern version, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Spanish Latin American, Swedish, Turkish, Indonesia, Ukrainian.

Illustrator Middle Eastern versions include improved import and export options for RTF, Unicode, Word, Freehand, CorelDraw, PDF, SVG, PSD, EPS, EMF and DXF/DWG files including Middle Eastern text.

Encodings has been added for Middle Eastern characters to facilitate text import and export, Save for Web and DXF/DWG file import.

If you are just starting out with Adobe Illustrator, try these Illustrator Tutorial.