Photo-based avatars that look like paintings or illustrations are very classy and tend to be rare because few people possess the skills to make them without hours of work. But by following the simple ...

Adobe Illustrator includes many useful tools that can help you customize the appearance of an image. The "Eyedropper" tool allows you to sample, or "eye drop," a specific color from part of an image.

Adobe Illustrator CS5 ($599 list new, $199 list upgrade) marks the continuation of two fine traditions from Adobe. First is the mere existence of this powerful, vector-based image editor, which gives ...