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Hello everyone,

Recently I updated my programs to the 23 version and now I can't bevel or emboss my fonts. It now opens up a more complicated version that takes forever to just open and load. The amount of settings is a cool option but I can't just add a simple one anymore without having to go through a bunch of settings. Even making changes makes it load all over agian with the preview activated to see what I am doing. Is there anyway to just use the older version where it had all the edits on the same pop up window and can access them all right there without having to use the entire 3D set up that was added?

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Correct answer Monika Gause

Thank you but I know this was a community driven forum. THe problem is with opeing it even once, so the responses and "fixes" don't work as I can't get it to open in the first place to save it and I can't save every iteration I may ever use to fix this. What I get from this is that yes, the feature is designed to have this problem and the only work arounds are to plow through this problem and maybe I will eventually use the exact same patch I save. There is no fix to making the opening easier, just like how downloading fonts takes forever with no explaination or eta on fixing.

Just make a festure request

Doug A Roberts

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I'm late to this, but I'm interested in the initial post mentioning a 'simple' bevel separate from the 3D options. When asked about that initially, you posted a Photoshop screenshot. So I'm not clear what this 'simple' bevel from 'the older version' of Illustrator was. Could you elaborate on that a bit?

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Gary25928055l9psAuthor

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So since noone on this entire thread can understand a simple question, I will spell it out as absolutely simple as I can. Open illustrator. Put any text in a text box. Click "Effects." Click "3D and Materials." Click "Extrude & Bevel." If it applies anything to your text by just opening up this panel, that is my problem. It is causing the program to load poorly or crash just clicking "Extrude & Bevel" especially if I am in the middle of a project that I have been working on. My simple question is when I click "Extrude & Bevel," how do I either default all settings to something I set it to or not apply anything upon opening this panel. I don't want you to chime in for work around that take more time to make than the whole rest of the project after loading. If you can not do anything about this, just say that it sucks and is just part of how it was meant to function poorly

Imaginerie

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You can't default all settings to a minimum,

The best you can do is trying the suggestion from Monika and the others and make the "minima" a graphic style or use libraries. Not too complicated.
If the solution doesn't satisfy you (and you have every right not to be satisfied), I would suggest you open a feature request.
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests

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Gary25928055l9psAuthor

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This is not an answer as I have already stated that you still have to open it just to set one, just one, up and that is my question. I even elaboratly explained why and it still doesn't seem to matter as I can't save every single one I use ever and I have no intention to do so since the feature shoulod just work without using multiple other features to compensate for what this feature is suppose to do.

Met1

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First off, go to the help menu and click on About Illy so you can get the exact version you are using. And tell us.

Second, when you updated, did you keep a copy of the previous version that worked for you? If so, open that version and take a sceen shot of the Bevel and/or Emboss panel(s) you were using and post them here.

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Gary25928055l9psAuthor

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Specified the version and not what I am asking.

Imaginerie

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You can still access the "old" bevel and emboss in Illustrator, it's now called "3D classic"

see my screenshot

you will have the same as you always had, so not need to worry about the new options (Although I think you should try them 😉)

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Gary25928055l9psAuthor

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That is not the classic one that I used. It was in or out and how hard it is. Even the classic is opening up a totally different than what it is doing. Here is a screen shot of what it is and what I am talking about.

I just want the basic yes or no, not all the angles and stuff that go with this stuff. It takes forever to load. I just want the one below, not the screen shot because it would actually load on my program.

This one right above here. If it didn't take 30 minutes to load, I would consider it but until then I have no inclination to do so. Just opening the classic still takes some time to open especially if I am doing more than one word because it defaults to some rediculous settings and makes it look like old word art. It also now locks each setting to a single window so I can't have multiple setting changes without having each window open or closed and opening even more. They were all just right there easily available and user friendly.

Imaginerie

Community Expert

OK, so you're talking about Photoshop then.
I was talking about Illustrator because one of your tags was saying "font rendering" I assumed it was a3D problem.
You posted in the wrong category, but I should have asked, not assumed the software based on your tags.

I will move this discussion to the Photoshop forum.

We will need your photoshop version and all the technical info concerning your computer (Ram, Vram, OS version and CPU)

Abambo

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Hm, Premiere Pro and After Effects are at version 23.X, Character Animator too. Audition would not make it for bevel. So I can exclude that.

You see, it is always important, a) to tell us about which program you are talking about and b) to give us the complete version number. The most precise you ask your question, the better it is.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Gary25928055l9psAuthor

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Or you could just look at what discussion thread I posted it in instead of having the sarcastic remark. It was posted in Illustrators thread for help with, guesss what? I know you think it can be any program but most people just think that it must be for Illustrator being posted in the Illustrator help forum.

c.pfaffenbichler

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Or you could just look at what discussion thread I posted it in instead of having the sarcastic remark. It was posted in Illustrators thread for help with, guesss what? I know you think it can be any program but most people just think that it must be for Illustrator being posted in the Illustrator help forum.

By @Gary25928055l9ps

The current Illustrator version is 27, so you »updating« to 23 appeared confusing.

Tarun Saini

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Hi @Gary25928055l9ps,

Welcome to the community! Would you mind telling us the name of the Adobe application you're using? Also, the name of the Adobe font you're using? We're here to help, just need some info.

Regards,

Tarun

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Gary25928055l9psAuthor

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It is Illustrator and it happens on every font I use.

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