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Just had a chance to take the new Adobe CS3 product for a spin, and I got caught up in the new Live Color feature in Adode Illustrator CS3. A short Adobe Labs video covers the basics. And I haven’t even started to uncover the potential for Live Color in the short time I’ve spent. However for those color challenged designers like myself, this is a dream. (If you haven’t purchased the Adobe CS3 Design suite but want to test Live Color, visit kuler.adobe.com.)

Just to highlight a few of the features of Live Color:

• Quickly create and use color groups to color (and recolor) artwork
• Create color groups in an intuitive, visual interface
• Use preset relationships based on complex color theory (great for those who prefer monochrome, and forgot the differences between complementary and analogous shortly after Color 101.)
• Quickly adjust the entire range of colors in an artwork with a simple mouse click (recolor)
• Reduce the color in an artwork to 2, 3, 4 or more inks - a great tool for planning spot color printing

I’ve only touched on a few of the basics. There’s lots more I’m sure. However I thought I just give Adobe a bit of praise. CS2 never impressed me. CS3 - I can’t wait to learn more.