Adobe Illustrator 2024 (which was officially released around October 2023) introduced several major updates, heavily focusing on Generative AI features powered by Adobe Firefly, as well as enhancements to core workflows.

Here are some of the most notable features:

🤖 AI-Powered Generative Features (Beta)

Therefore, these tools leverage Artificial Intelligence to speed up and simplify complex design tasks.

• Text to Vector Graphic: Therefore, you can write a text prompt (like “minimalist lion icon” or “cute cat eating a banana”), and the AI will generate a fully editable vector graphic based on your description.

  • Therefore, it offers modes like Subject, Scene, Icon, or Pattern to control the style and type of output.

• Generative Recolor: Therefore, it simplifies changing the color palette of your artwork using text descriptions (e.g., “recolor to a cyberpunk neon theme”) or pre-set color groups.

• Text to Pattern (beta) / Generative Shape Fill (beta): Enables the creation of seamless, customized vector patterns from a text prompt.

• Mockup (Now generally available): Therefore allows you to easily place vector artwork onto raster images of real-life objects (like a t-shirt, packaging, or mug). The artwork automatically adjusts to the curves and contours of the object for a realistic result.

  

✍️ Core Workflow & Productivity Enhancements

• Retype (Beta): Therefore, A feature that analyzes text within a design (even in raster images), identifies the font, and provides the exact Adobe font or closest match, making it easy to convert the text to live, editable type.

• Smooth Slider: An improved tool that provides manual control for smoothing out jagged or uneven lines in a path, offering more precision than the traditional smooth tool.

• Contextual Task Bar: A floating bar that appears near the object you are editing, presenting the most relevant tools and actions for that specific context, aiming to streamline your workflow.

• Shareable PDF Links: Allows you to create shareable links for your PDF files to collect feedback without having to convert them to other file types.

• Dimension Tool: A tool for plotting precise sizing and linear, angular, or radial dimensions for technical design projects.

Adobe Illustrator 2024,

These updates aim to blend powerful AI capabilities with the precision and scalability of vector graphics, transforming how designers approach ideation and production.

Would you like to know more details about a specific feature, such as Text to Vector Graphic or Mockup?