Adobe Illustrator Versions By Year

The Complete History of Adobe Illustrator: Every Version by Year (1987–Present)

Adobe Illustrator CC (23.0) – 2019 (October update)

2005 (CS2 / v12):

Added Live Trace and Live Paint , revolutionizing raster-to-vector workflows.

Platform: Mac OS 7.5
The Orphan: A strange, solitary release. It modernizes the interface but is mostly remembered for its unstable handling of large files.
Feature: The "Align" palette shows up for the first time. No more manual nudging.