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Adobe Illustrator

Logos, icons, type and print graphics stay sharp at any size when drawn as vectors, and Illustrator is Adobe's tool for drawing them. Brand and graphic designers use it alongside Photoshop. The pen tool is the famous hurdle: drawing clean Bézier curves takes deliberate practice, and much of a beginner's frustration with Illustrator is really frustration with the pen.

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