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confident that spot colors will be retained, even in linked duotones and tritone images that
interact with transparency and are set to overprint.
There is a tighter integration between Photoshop and Illustrator CS, with layered files
moving between the applications more readily, maintaining as much of the layer
definitions as possible. Both applications now share the same text composition engine,
which significantly improves text editability. Multiple spot channels can be imported and
16-bit color data can be converted to 8-bit on import, so you won’t have to keep two versions
of your original file.
Whether printing or using any other functionality, you’ll work faster with the increased
performance in Illustrator CS. You’ll immediately feel the more interactive experience when
scrolling around the artboard, copying and pasting, saving files, and printing.
