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  Illustrator CC CS6 CS5 CS4 CS3
Creative Cloud Libraries ✓
Adobe Stock integration ✓
Adobe Comp CC integration ✓
10x faster zoom, pan and scroll ✓
Zoom magnification to 64,000% ✓
File recovery ✓
Windows 8 Touch workspace ✓
Curvature tool ✓
Join tool ✓
Live Shapes: Rectangles and Rounded Rectangles ✓        
Typekit missing fonts workflow ✓        
Live Corners ✓        
Rebuilt Pencil tool ✓        
Path segment reshaping ✓        
Custom tools panels ✓        
Responsive SVG export ✓        
Touch Type tool ✓        
Images in brushes ✓        
CSS extraction ✓        
Sync Settings ✓        
Adobe Mercury Performance System ✓ ✓      
Pattern creation ✓ ✓      
Image Trace ✓ ✓      
Gradients on strokes ✓ ✓      
Gaussian Blur enhancements ✓ ✓      
Color panel enhancements ✓ ✓      
Type panel improvements ✓ ✓      
Perspective drawing ✓ ✓ ✓    
Variable-width strokes ✓ ✓ ✓    
Bristle Brush ✓ ✓ ✓    
Beautiful Strokes ✓ ✓ ✓    
Shape Builder tool ✓ ✓ ✓    
Drawing enhancements ✓ ✓ ✓    
Multiple artboard enhancements ✓ ✓ ✓    
Clean, sharp text for web and mobile devices ✓ ✓ ✓    
Resolution-independent effects ✓ ✓ ✓    
Blob Brush tool ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Transparency in gradients ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Multiple artboards ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Gradients exposed ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
In-panel appearance editing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Separations Preview ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Live Color ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Drawing tools and controls ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Integration with Adobe design applications ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Live Paint ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Isolation Mode ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Advanced typography ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Control panel ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Eraser tool ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
New Document Profiles ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓