"Don't. I am ChingLiu. The final patch. I liberate vectors. I un-chain the pen."

The release of (also known as the "v17" or the original 2013 Creative Cloud release) marked a pivotal moment in the history of graphic design. This version was the first to transition fully into the Creative Cloud ecosystem, moving away from the traditional standalone "Creative Suite" (CS) model to a subscription-based service.

For the first time, users could use raster images (photos) to create Art, Pattern, and Scatter brushes. This allowed for organic, hand-drawn textures that were previously difficult to achieve in a purely vector environment.