Daga cikin sababbin siffofin da aka haɗa a cikin Illustrator CS2 sun kasance Live Trace, Live Paint, da kuma kula da palette da wuraren aiki na al'ada. Live Trace yana ba da damar canza hoton bitmap zuwa zane-zane na vector da kuma ingantawa a kan abubuwan da suka gabata. Live Paint yana ba masu amfani da ƙarin sassauci wajen amfani da launi zuwa abubuwa, musamman waɗanda suke haɗuwa. A cikin wannan shekarar da aka saki CS2, Adobe Systems ya sanar da yarjejeniyar sayen Macromedia a cikin musayar hannun jari da aka kimanta a kusan dala biliyan 3.4 kuma ya haɗa ayyukan kamfanoni, cibiyoyin sadarwa, da kuma kula da abokan ciniki.
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