Illustrator Newsletter - October 2023
Greetings, spooktacular souls! As we step into the eerie and enchanting days of October, we send our best Halloween wishes to each and every one of you!
In this newsletter, we have some exciting content lined up for you. You'll learn how to craft your own spooky event branding for Halloween in Illustrator with graphics designer Anika Aggarwal, learn to utilize Generative Recolor to spice up your Color Palettes with brand identity designer James Bonanno and visual storyteller Cyn Lagos, stay informed about trending issues, and much more!
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Behance Live Stream Updates
Check out the recent stream by Graphic Designer, Education Mentor, Speaker, and Adobe Express Ambassador Anika Aggarwal, where she leverages the new features in Adobe Illustrator to craft spooky event branding. Get ready to elevate your design skills and unleash your spooky side. You can also find her on:
Instagram | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website
Adobe Illustrator Update 28.0
This latest update offers a range of new features, including the ability to create vectors using Text to Vector Graphic (Beta), apply vector art to an image using Mockup (Beta), edit static text within images using Retype (Beta), simplify paths using the Smooth slider, and create shareable links to PDF files using Share for review, as well as general performance improvements.
Tutorials
Utilize Generative Color to SPICE up your Color Palettes in Illustrator
Generative Recolor is HERE in Illustrator. Andrew Hochradel and Cyn Lagos show examples of how to effectively use this new tool in your workflow! Plus, hear from these two pros on how they choose color variations for their projects.
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Andrew Hochradel is a brand identity designer who uses his unique perspective to create visual systems that are sustainable, innovative, and engaging. |
Cyn Lagos is a Visual Storyteller with a focus on Graphic Design, Photography, and Film. |
Trending Issues
- Issue: Illustrator window & panels are moving after waking Mac from sleep or turning on the monitor.
Action: This is a long pending issue. Our Product team has tried fixing this in a Beta release (27.9.0.5). However, some users are still facing problems. We would request you share more information requested by @Anshul_Saini in this Community Thread: (https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/window-and-panels-moving-when-mac-goes-to-sleep/m-p/14013305#M377040). - Issue: Right-click Menu on macOS with Application Frame disabled opening farther away.
Workaround: Enable Application Frame from the Windows menu. - Issue: "Replace all/ Apply All" Linked images missing
Action: Our Product team has fixed this issue in Illustrator v27.9, and it is available to all users. - Issue: Problem with PDF’s opening in Acrobat DC error “insufficient data for an image
Action: Our Product team has fixed this, and it will be available to all users soon. We will like you to also upvote this UserVoice: (https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/47158804-adobe-illustrator-27-8-1-creates-a-pdf-where-the-c) and add your comments.
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