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The essential Adobe Illustrator® color plugin range

Working with Live Color and Photoshop

Phantasm CS was designed from the outset to fit seamlessly into any existing workflow. With the introduction of Live Color to Illustrator CS3, this workflow has been extended and the Phantasm CS range perfectly compliments Adobe's own color experimentation tool.

The chart below shows how Phantasm CS not only fills a vital color control gap present in Illustrator up to, and including CS3 as well as introducing a perfect workflow with Photoshop (click on image for larger view):

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You can download a full PDF version of the table here...

Interaction between Phantasm CS and the Designer and Studio versions' color adjustjment tools such as Curves and Levels is ensured with compatible settings file formats. This has been extended with Phantasm CS Designer's compatible Duotone tool, and further extended with Phantasm CS Studio's ability to in-line edit embedded images, by default using Adobe Photoshop®.

To ensure that Phantasm CS, Designer and Studio caters perfectly for the professional market, the following unique features continue to add essential features to Illustrator CS and above:

  • Familiar and fully integrated user interface eliminating the learning curve
  • Color control of vector objects and embedded bitmaps
  • True "live" color adjustment via Illustrator Effects
  • Equivalent major Photoshop color controls, eliminating the learning curve
  • Load and save color adjustment setting files directly with Photoshop®
  • In-line edit embedded images using Photoshop®
  • Extensive controls and options for professional publishing
  • Automate with Actions