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It shows on and off. Please see the screenshots.Sometimes, it doesn't appear, and then it shows up randomly.

Is there a reason why Adobe has not included a Magnetic Pen Tool in Illustrator?  Thanks

What kind of bug is this? It automatically changes the size in AI when I open it. If I close it without saving and open it again, the file is already changed and never reverts to the normal file.

How would you go about counting the number of characters in a line?"The door closed slowlyThere was no water"For example, the first line has 19 characters and the second line has 15 characters.

Offset Path & Outline Stroke  comes under Effect & Object. Is there any difference? 

Hello - I made an Adobe Illustrator Javascript,To summarize it, it "copy-paste" some values/data from a .csv file.With one of the textfield, I don't know why but the "All Caps" option/setting (from the "Character" palette is turn on.I don't know only why that specific textfield.  tried already a lot of thinngs… But I dn't understand why.Would it be possible to avoid it by turnning "off" that option via Javascript?Can this option (so from the "Character" palette be "reach" via Javascript?Below in this message I saw already some stuff, but nothing seems to work.  I tried it via: var textRange_DC = textFrame_DC.textRange; textRange_DC.characterAttributes.allCaps = false; textRange_DC.characterAttributes.capitalization = Capitalization.NORMAL;but it doesn't work,After I tried something like: // Try to turn off All Caps using the menu command app.executeMenuCommand("allCaps"); // Try to change to lowercas

Hi, every time I try to edit a pattern, Illustrator shuts down. Restart, reinstallation didn't help.Does anyone have the same problem? Bests!

Hello guys, Im having the same problem:I create a Circle shape, add Pucker and bloat effect, than Expand appereance. But when I want export the object as an SVG, it gets exported as a basic circle. Whats the problem ?The resulting SVG = What am I doing wrong? Illustrator cc 2019.

Hello team, We work on SVG files with some standard structures while am editing the file using ADOBE illustrator CC the entire structure is changed for your reference we have attached the original and edited version screenshot please check Standard<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 29.6.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 9.03 Build 0)  --> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd" [<!ENTITY ns_flows "http://ns.adobe.com/Flows/1.0/"><!ENTITY ns_extend "http://ns.adobe.com/Extensibility/1.0/"><!ENTITY ns_ai "http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeIllustrator/10.0/"><!ENTITY ns_graphs "http://ns.adobe.com/Graphs/1.0/">]> <svg zoomAndPan='disable' onload="Figld()" onclick="SVG_OnClick(evt)" onmouseover="SVG_ShowAltCon(evt)" onmouseout="SVG_HideAltCon()" version="1.0" xmlns:x="&ns_extend;" xmlns:i="&ns_ai;" xmlns:graph="&n

I'm writing code to move the contents of a layer to another layer. Moving pageItems alone works fine, but when sublayers and pageItems are at the same level, I don't know how to move them while preserving their order.   As far as I know, the only way is to retrieve pageItems and layers separately, which results in two clusters after moving—like beer liquid and foam. How to solve this problem? (function() { if(app.documents.length <= 0) {return ;} var doc = app.documents[0] ; var srcLayer = doc.layers[1] ; var dstLayer = doc.layers[0] ; var pageItems = srcLayer.pageItems ; for(var i = pageItems.length - 1 ; i >= 0 ; i--) { pageItems[i].move(dstLayer, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND) ; } var sublayers = srcLayer.layers ; for(var i = sublayers.length - 1 ; i >= 0 ; i--) { sublayers[i].move(dstLayer, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND) ; } })() ;   Update:Added the test data (.ai) and before/after image.    

using Mac with sequoia and the latest version illustrator 2025 in sept of 2025.For the past several months, when I drag or place a scan (jpg or tiff) into illustrator (2025) the image automatically shrinks down to 12% of actual size.   It's not because of resolution that I can tell. The actual pixel dimensions of the jpg are not matching up and I can see that by looking at the pixel dimensions in bridge and then comparing to the pixel dimensions in the links advanced panel. In this panel it's showing the size is only at 12% of actual size. Trying to then get the jpg to 100 percent size involves having to copy the correct dimensions and transform the jpg up to the correct size. Why is this happening and can I fix it? Is it a setting somewhere? 

In this example how it is known to the app that knockout is the stroke? because two images have been grouped.Knockouttime 0.57   

I have a Intel Ultra 9 & 5070ti and yet my illustrator runs like i'm working on a laptop of 15 years old. Whatever I do brings illustrator in the (not responding) state and I have tried some of the advised solutions on internet but nothing seems to work. I have updated it and the latest version is installed.

Hi. After logging out and in, uninstalling and reinstalling, restarting my ipad and my mac, I am resolved to asking for any knowledge or resolution anyone may have on this subject. I need to copy an image to illustrator desktop, but when i do share > open a copy > illustratory desktop, I get a "Export failed" note in a little blue box on the screen. It's become rather frustrating. Another problem is that when i resolve to export manually, the image I'm uploading can't be made into a repeat. The options for radial, grid, mirror are greyed out. I have done image tracing to turn the raster into a vector but this does nothing. It was working, then in one day, it stopped.I would greatly HUGELY appreciate a fix, or at the very least, a promise from the Adobe team that these issues - if technical, and not due to a lack of adobe graphics knowledge on my part - will be sorted and an update with the fixes be made asap. Thanks

I have separated countries from a singular world map SVG into individual SVG assets.Workflow:Joined countries into groups using the shape builder toolDeleted artifacts from shape builder tool and general cleanup.Turn all grouped countries into compound pathsSeparate each compound path into individual named layers at the root of the artboardExport Issues facedShape builder doesn't automatically make compound paths, and instead groups multiple objectsNo easy tool to join simple touching SVGs without creating MANY artifacts Exporting SVG using "asset export" nests even a single path in a <g> tag, but exporting individual artboards does not. SVG ID and sometimes Group ID populate with "Layer_2" or "Layer_2-1", which do not exist in my Illustrator file.Classes are not assignable from export (Unless you use graphic styles)Graphic Style classes do not populate for inline stylingClass names are not assignable (regardless)Can't group elements to easily toggle hidden/visible

Hi,I'm new to Illustrator and trying to convert a phrase into a Raiders of the Lost Ark Style image as below. I need to angle and create depth and add the drop shadow as well as add the gradient. Any tips or tutorials to help me realise this would be much appreciated. It's for a personal project. Many thanks, Sandra (image below found on google search) 

Will there be any possibility to have ai agents in some of the adobe softwares, so that designer can use the softwares in a more effecient way ?

Hello! How can I make the logo/object at the bottom of this number become transparent? So you can "see through" the logo, replace the white with transparency.

i have designs with around 30 colours, with codes like these.  #009245 and #ec3744. The colours i use change a lot so i have to individually select all and group each color. I would like to know if there is already a script for grouping each color fill or adding each color fill to a different layer. I tried Meta to make one but it did not work :var doc = app.activeDocument;var items = doc.pageItems;var colors = {};for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {var item = items[i];if (item.fillColor) {var color = item.fillColor.toString();var hexMatch = color.match(/(\w{6})/g);if (hexMatch) {var hexCode = hexMatch[0].toLowerCase();if (!colors[hexCode]) {colors[hexCode] = [];}colors[hexCode].push(item);}}}for (var hexCode in colors) {var layer = doc.layers.add();layer.name = hexCode;for (var j = 0; j < colors[hexCode].length; j++) {colors[hexCode][j].moveToBeginning(layer);}} Is there anything that is already made? I've searched but cant find anything that puts each co

Hi Everyone, back by popular demand, here's version 2. It now has options for inserting Date, Time, Full Name, and Document Name.tip: you don't have to click on the "insert" buttons, you can type directly in the input box, for example, type: Page *page* of *pages* to get Page 1 of 3downloadquestions/comments? let me knowenjoy,CarlosCanto

Bonjour a tous,  j'ai un soucis et je ne trouve nul part de réponse.voila, je suis sur un projet Illustrator, je fais un dégradé du blanc au bleu, mais il apparait entre les deux une sorte de rose.Alors que sur photoshop le dégradé se fait correctement sans présence d'un résidu rose.je travail en CMJN sur les deux coté. merci de votre aide 😉 Sam. 

On MacOS I've been used to `opt` + `arrow` for increasing / decreasing tracking and leading. But it seems to have disappeared with the same update that killed the `cmd` + `k` for keyboard increment. I've updated to 29.8, that brought back the latter, but the other has gone. To check if it were any other app, I've booted and run Illustrator as the only app or plugin, and it still doesn't work. I'm on MacOS 15.6.1 (24G90). Any suggestions?

I just installed Illustrator v29.4 and created documents very quickly. However, after restarting my computer, Illustrator created documents very slowly, taking about two minutes. After creating, the entire window shrank together.

Which is usefull plugin for Ai in Astute Graphics apart from Randomino? file also uploaded

I am trying to place a jpg with a clipping mask (created in photoshop) into illustrator. The clipping path is not coming over with the file. What am I missing?