June 18, 2013

Illustrator CC and Kuler renew their vows

Years ago, Adobe introduced us to kuler (rhymes with "cooler") -- a website that allowed creatives to dream up and share combinations of color. The technology was part of what would ultimately become a new powerful color engine inside of Illustrator. At the time, Illustrator provided hooks to connect to kuler through a panel, allowing you to search for shared color themes from directly within Illustrator.

Since then, Illustrator has gone through some pretty big changes, especially so with the release of Adobe Creative Cloud and the version now affectionately known as Illustrator CC. 

Meanwhile, kuler has gone through an extreme makeover. Last month, the kuler website was completely changed offering a totally new user experience. While some functionality has been removed (i.e. creating themes from images, color analytics), the site is easier to use and navigate.