# Adobe Illustrator

Application: Adobe

Dem still dey call am illustrator, ai, adobe ai

Adobe, Creative

Adobe vector drawing app. For Windows di process na Illustrator.exe. Logos and type dey live here. PSD na di wrong file mental model.

## Wetin you need know

Illustrator na vector drawing. Photoshop na pixels.

Adobe Illustrator dey store paths, type, and artboards inside AI files. Logo job wey start as PSD don already dey on di wrong mental model. Illustrator.exe na di Windows process.

- **Wetin e be?**: Vector drawing for logos and type

  **Same thing as Photoshop?**: No. AI na vectors. PSD na pixels

  **How I go take get am?**: Creative Cloud, no be random exe host

Feex tok say

If di file suppose stay sharp for any size, I go open Illustrator, no be Photoshop. Blurry logo na often raster export, no be broken Windows font.

## Wetin be Adobe Illustrator?

Adobe Illustrator na vector graphics editor. Paths, type, and artboards na di document. Di Windows executable na Illustrator.exe.

## If you never use am before

If you never use Illustrator before, na di Adobe app for logos, icons, and type wey must scale. No be Photoshop. PSD na pixel stack. AI file na paths. Install am from Creative Cloud on top adobe.com, no be from "free Illustrator" download site.

## Wetin dem dey use am for?

**Logos and marks**

Draw mark as paths make e stay sharp for card or billboard. Na dat AI file pipuru dey mean.

**Type on top path**

Set and outline type. Dis one still be Illustrator, no be InDesign page layout and no be Word artboard.

**SVG and print export**

Export SVG, PDF, or EPS for web and print. Di working file still be .ai.

## Na who e dey for?

- Designers wey dey draw logos and icons as vectors
- Pipuru wey dey hand artboards over to InDesign or printer
- Anybody wey open logo inside Photoshop and dey wonder why e soft

## Current status

Dey actively developed as Creative Cloud desktop app. Dis article na about di Windows Illustrator app, no be Illustrator on top iPad.

## How old e be?

Adobe first ship Illustrator for 1987, before Photoshop. Current builds na yearly Creative Cloud branded releases. CS6 box na di same family but different support story.

## Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Creative Cloud (current)

CS6 and earlier boxes

## System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

### Minimum

| CPU              | Multicore 64-bit processor with SSE 4.2, according to Adobe            |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| RAM              | 8 GB minimum. Adobe recommend 16 GB                                    |
| Operating system | Current supported Windows 10 or Windows 11 release, according to Adobe |

## Resource profile

- **CPU demand**: Dey follow live effects and complex path stacks

  **RAM demand**: Big artboards and linked rasters

  **GPU demand**: GPU preview wen Adobe enable am

## Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

| Illustrator.exe | Di drawing window and document |
| --------------- | ------------------------------ |

## Startup components

Illustrator no need to start with Windows. Creative Cloud fit sit down for tray make di app fit update.

## File locations

| Typical install | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator \<year>\\ |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Creative Cloud  | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\\      |

## File formats

AI, SVG, PDF, EPS

## Common wahala dem

### Logo start as PSD

Photoshop pixels no dey turn clean vectors just by renaming di extension. Trace or redraw am inside Illustrator.

### Missing fonts on open

Type na document dependency. Adobe Fonts or local install, no be Windows repair.

## How to get unstuck

### Confirm say na Adobe Illustrator

Open file location. Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator na di app. Illustrator.exe inside Downloads no be am.

### Install from Creative Cloud

Di Creative Cloud desktop app na di supported installer. Third-party "AI portable" na junk.

### GPU preview first, den prefs

Adobe document GPU performance settings. Reset preferences after you confirm say di file itself dey open.

## Alternatives

Affinity Designer, Inkscape, and CorelDRAW dey overlap for vectors. Photoshop no dey replace Illustrator for logo wey must stay as path.

## Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

| Product page           | [www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html ](https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html)Wetin Adobe dey sell today                      |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| User guide             | [helpx.adobe.com/illustrator.html ](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator.html)How-to and feature help                                       |
| System requirements    | [helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/system-requirements.html ](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/system-requirements.html)CPU, RAM, GPU, and OS |
| Creative Cloud desktop | [www.adobe.com/creativecloud/desktop-app.html ](https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/desktop-app.html)Official installer                    |
| Account                | [account.adobe.com/ ](https://account.adobe.com/)Plan and devices                                                                          |

## Related hardware

RAM and GPU wey dey work matter pass popular CPU name for everyday artboards. Huge linked rasters want more memory.

## Technical details

Technical details

Creative Cloud year brands dey change. Dis article no pin down any build number.

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[Adobe Photoshop: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/adobe-photoshop/)[Adobe InDesign: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/adobe-indesign/)[Wen high CPU dey normal: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/when-high-cpu-is-normal/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Adobe Illustrator ](https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html)· Official product page
- [Illustrator user guide ](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator.html)· Adobe help
- [Illustrator system requirements ](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/system-requirements.html)· Windows CPU, RAM, and OS wey Adobe list
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

## Dis article make sense to you?

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Quick facts

The short identity of dis page. Specs, sources, and the full story still dey inside the article.

- **Developer**: Adobe

  **Category**: Vector graphics

  **Process**: Illustrator.exe

  **License**: Creative Cloud subscription

  **First released**: 1987

  **Official site**: [adobe.com/products/illustrator](https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html)

  **Feex map am**: Dem see am on top Windows PCs for Foxhole

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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