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I design motifs for a computerized quilting machine. These are all line oriented (no fills or fancy work). In the process I use a lot of guides lines to align elements of the design. I also use many layers for various parts of a design. Some of these layers are strictly for guide lines and titled "Guides". These guide layers can be moved (or used to be able to be moved) to be under my drawing lines and very convenient for drafting the design. Sept. 11, 2025, I updated Illustrator. ALL my guides (no matter where I drag the guide layer are on top of my drawn line. This is very distracting and really complicates the design process. I need to know if this is how any guide lines will now be oriented or if this is a bug. Is this related to "snapping" updates that came with the recent program changes.  Is there a way to get back the ability to develop guide layers so they can be dragged below my drawing lines? Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

I have a number of folders in my Library which appear to be related to older versions of Illustrator and Photoshop. An example would be named Adone Illustrator 25 or Photoshop 2021.Can these folders be trashed?

This is my 2:nd test on this subject, I think the Ipad app was a lot better at Sketch2Vector than the Redirecting Creative Cloud way on my computor (with the latest version of Illustrator on it).  The left side of the uploaded image was in color but by pressing "Apply" it was lost.. this did not happen on the Ipad version.  Let´s see if there are other ways. Dear illustrator community, am I the only one trying this out? Sincerely yours,Sara Hassler (Sweden)

New user.  Prefer to have a manual/PDF to download and print/read instead of online videos.  We purchased Adobe Illustrator and run Windows.  Not even sure what or where to even start.  Any feedback appreciated.  

Hello so I'm trying to get some glow in the dark stickers made and I've got two issues with my file, 1) What I want to do is I suppose have a "mask" where the white A and D section are "clear through" along with the white around the N, so that the glow in the dark material behind it on the sticker can be seen. It seems from the printing company I'm getting the stickers from I can upload a masking layer, so what is the most efficent way to create a mask that has the white sections only of the AD N(outline)  The print site has me upload the main illustrator file then I can upload a masking file, which would be like what all black except where I want the background material to show through? if so what's the bestway to accomplish that

AI 29.7.1So I've got these two text boxes, linked to one another. Column 1 follows into column 2. I want to proportionally scale these text boxes AND the text so it ALL stays the same, just proportionally increased in size. But the boxes increase, the text does not increase. Or when I hold the shift key - the text increases gargantuan in the boxes, and the text boxes increase in size.Outside of creating outlines and increasing the size to the correct proportions, which would suck because then I can't edit the text, any ideas?!?!?!?!?!And yes, I quit out of Illustrator, and reopened Illustrator. Same result.

I'm sorry, I'm reposting because the previous post was incorrect. I am currently using Illustrator 2021 and I cannot find the blur effect in the Effect tab. The Photoshop Effects group has also disappeared.

This is fire image. You can see there are hard edges around. It it possible remove it? file is uploaded as wellFire  

Lately it hapens, that AI converts regular text to outlines when copy-pasting it to another document.if I drag it to a new document it doesnt change. I've had a similar problem with text on paths for quiete some time, but this is new. Drives me mad and makes AI unusable.

Hi everyone! I have a problem. I have a free trial, i downloaded the pack to install Adobe Ill . and when i introduce my email, it shows up a prohibited icon . i barely put my email there with the tab tast. But i can`t click continue. Why?

Hi, I'm trying to export my design to PDF, and the black looks fine in Illustrator, however when I export as PDF some of the blacks turn to grey. I have rich blacks turned on in Illustrator preferences, I tried high quality print and checked no conversion and include all profiles, none of that changed anything. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello! I need to make an illustration based of an output made by AI, that came out of brainstorming in my company. It includes a spiral that is made out of binary code. It is also kinda shining and flowing around a superhero. I need help as to.. How to create this kind of element in Adobe illustrator. This element (some sort of stream of code or data will be present even in other pics of the series... I know how to draw some simple illustrations, and work with basics like gradients etc or putting objects on a path.. But with this I´m lost 😞 Big thanks for any advice!! Note: We are making it in Illustrator since we need it in a very big scale later. 

It's Sept 25, 2024, and Adobe Illustrator 28.7.1. still has the duplicate-artboard-numbering bug. Good news: The solution I've found that still works since AI 26 of yore is to quite AI, restart machine, open the AI file of issue, and voila - the artboard numbers are in the correct sequence. Bad news: You still have to deal with it.

Meu macbook é de 2010 e ate semana passada estava pegando a versão de 2019 do illustrator, mas ele parou e precisou ir pra assistência. Infelizmente tive que baixar todos os apps novamente, e o illustrator simplesmente não baixa mais e não sei o que fazer...também não aparecem as versões antigas. Se alguem puder me ajudar enviando algum link da versão 2019 para macbook 2010. Ficaria imensamente grata.

Hello,In Illustrator, I occasionally run into an issue where creating a new file doesn't work. Both the keyboard shortcut and the menu command become unresponsive.At first, I thought the "New File" window might be opening off-screen — but that doesn’t seem to be the case, since I can still edit the file I was previously working on without any problems.The only solution is to save all open files and restart Illustrator, which interrupts my workflow.Is there a fix for this?Best regards,Frans

I have an Illustrator file that contains some text*. I enabled Show Hidden Characters and noticed that they only appear in certain text boxes, while others don’t display them. When I switch to Outline View, the hidden characters are visible in all text boxes. If I move a text box around, the hidden characters briefly appear, but then disappear again once I stop moving it. This wasn’t an issue when I previously worked on the file on the 10th. I’ve attached a screenshot showing both Preview and Outline View. In Preview, the top text displays the hidden characters correctly, but the bottom bulleted list** does not. In Outline View, however, all the text shows hidden characters. Restarting Illustrator and adjusting settings/styles hasn’t fixed the issue.  * I’m aware that InDesign is more suitable for text-heavy documents, but this setup was requested by the manufacturer.** The bulleted list was created manually, not using Illustrator’s built-in bullets feature.

Hello Adobe Community,I’m interested in optimizing workflows between Adobe Creative tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, etc.) and messaging apps such as Original WhatsApp  and Telegram.Specifically, I’d like to discuss:Export settings that ensure images, videos, and GIFs retain quality while staying within the size limits of messaging apps.Recommended file formats and compression techniques (for example: JPEG vs. PNG for images, MP4 vs. MOV for video).How to best prepare short animations or motion graphics in After Effects for smooth playback on messaging platforms.Efficient workflows for quickly sharing design drafts, branding assets, or client previews through mobile messaging apps.Has anyone developed:Preset export settings tailored for messaging apps?Automation or scripts to speed up exporting and sharing?Tips on maintaining color accuracy and resolution when content is compressed by these platforms?Looking forward to hearing about your workflows, techn

Hello, I have paths inside a layer and when I entered the isolation mode (double clicking until reaching my path in the hierarchy), I couldn't use the 'Collect in new layer' option from the layer's panel.So, I was wondering why this happens, and if it is intentional, why we can't make it work in isolation mode.Thank you for reading! 

Here drop shadow is placed inside the text as well. I want this drop shadow is only outside the text border. How to do it? File is uploaded as well. Drop Shadow  

Can anyone tell me how I can achieve the efffect shown in the attached image in Illustrator?  Rather than rotate each dash individually it would be good to be able to find a quicker easier way.

Dear Adobe,As the tool description you wrote says, please make the Direct Selection Tool select ONLY anchor points and segments and NOT the entire shape/object.The reason one uses this tool is to make such adjustements. I accidentally select and move the entire shape multiple times when editing anchor points, before finally being able to move the point I want. One simple change > Massive workflow speed improvement and less frustration.WIn-Win!

Hi there,Another new bug to report on Adobe Illustrator 29.7.1 on a Mac running OS 13.7.5. I pasted some text into a text area box, and used the dropper to change the weight, only to find that the weight wouldn't change, or only would depending on the height and position of the text within a text area. All these new bugs never happened in the much more stable AI 2020. Here's a video showing this happen.If this can be fixed please.Many thanks!

After todays update to illustrator 29.8.1 my system fonts no longer appear in the flyout character window? what can I do to get this vital; feature back?   <Title renamed by MOD>  

Something weird just started happening where I set up my png sticker files for printing and the transparent backgrounds are being treated as white. Like I can't overlap the transparent outer edges of the designs because it's treated like a white square or rectangle, opposed to just the design. Any ideas on what's going on and how to fix it? I included 2 pics, one showing the overlapping designs on the artboard and the other off the artboard. Thank you!

Hola necesito saber como arreglar el error "Error al procesar la apariencia de un objeto" al querer crear letras con 3D, específicamente Inflar, ya desinstale e instalé, reestablecí las preferencias, etc, ayuda por favor!!