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While there is no official "CS8" (Adobe shifted from Creative Suite to Creative Cloud after CS6), the specific version you are referring to is . This 64-bit release was a major milestone in vector graphics, introducing several powerful tools that are now industry standards. Key Features of Illustrator CC 2014 (v18.0.0)

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