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I dont understand why,1) the default swatch colours go missing under Swatches2) when I open a swatch- it opens a new tab that I can't add under the Swatches tab I would rather have my colours under one tab that I could scroll down through - like they do in Procreate. Please adapt this   

tengo problemas al abrir un nuevo archivo se cuelga adobe illus.

La ultima actualización de adobe no me gusto para nada, para mas remate vienen con mas fallas por ejemplo.. • La ventana de muestras en algun momento esconde todos los colores (tienes que hacer click en la forma de vizualicacion para que los vuelva a mostrar nuevamente) desaparecen cuando estas trabajando con varios archivos y pasas de uno a otro.• Trabajo con medidas, entonces modifico estas muchas veces con CMD + K (generales, incremento de teclados) y antes al apretar este comando me dejaba modificar instantaneamente esta opción, pero ahora aparace el click en el buscador.... • En unidad de medida la dejo en milimetros, pero luego al estar trabajndo se cambia solo y vuelve a Puntos.• Algo bueno es que antes al colocar la regla se veia un color magenta al  desplazarte dentro de un arte, al parecer eso ya lo arreglaron. Llevo un dia probando esto espero no encontrarme mas errores o modificaciones no deseadas ( para mas remate me suben el plan el proximo mes, gracia

After updating to Illustrator 29.7.1 (64-bit), I have noticed a few bugs that require closing and then restarting the app to regain normal functionality.Device info:Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 (2.10 GHz)Installed RAM: 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)Device ID: E2CBB747-401A-4019-A61A-8E46AB009247Product ID: 00355-60917-89669-AAOEMSystem type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processorPen and touch: No pen or touch input is available for this displayFirst issue:  Disappearing color swatches, both fill and stroke.  No apparent reason for the problem.  I was switching between two documents, both in CMYK color mode, copying elements from one to the other, when the color swatches disappeared.  The recent color tiles were still there, a feature that I am starting to like, but the regular tiles were nowhere to be found, and I couldn't select any panels from the swatch library.  I had to close and restart the app.  Once that was done, everything was b

Adobe ExtendScript Debugger is written for intel chips.Visual Studio Code offers installs for Apple Silicon, Intel, and Universal.ExtendScript Debugger only works on the Intel and Universal versions of Visual Studio Code.In the last couple of months the Intel and Universal builds of Visual Studo Code have become PAINFULLY slow when running on Apple Silicon and using Rosetta. 35 seconds to open a file, and 10 second lag between typing and seeing what you typed.In the Visual Studio Code extensions browser, when you search for ExtendScript there is the Official Adobe version and another by a developer named "Ole Henrik Stabell". https://github.com/Hennamann/ExtendScript-for-Visual-Studio-Code https://exchange.adobe.com/publisher/cc/b4770ebd-df60-11e9-b101-0e91bb176a46/ole-henrik-stabell?page=1 Has anyone used the Ole Henrik Stabell verson on Apple Silicon Macs? Does it work (mostly) the same as the official one? Is there any hope of Adobe ever getting with the program and s

Greetings!In the latest Adobe Illustrator update, a new feature was added: Recent Colors.Couldn't this feature be optional? That is, couldn't it be turned on or off through the Swatches palette menu?I'll leave two other suggestions that I consider important:1. A keyboard shortcut for the Swatches palette. I've been using Illustrator for decades and have always missed this shortcut. How useful it would be! (It could be a variation of the Colors shortcut, for example, Option/Alt + F6)2. A shortcut for Group Selection (white arrow +). I often edit vectors with this tool, much more than with Direct Selection (white arrow, shortcut A). It could also be a variation of the Direct Selection shortcut, for example, Command/Ctrl + Option/Alt + A.

Okay, this is a weird one, so please bear with me. A lot of my work typically requires detailed editing of component groups within one layer of the drawing. When editing this layer, I am usually zoomed to 1200% or more, navigating between component groups by using the layers menu to select the next group to be edited, and so on.  The groups are component illustrations for different model years of vehicles made by a specific manufacturer and are arranged so that they are on the same layer, sorted in chronological order by year and model and hidden until I need to publish or edit the document.  When editing is required, I can remain zoomed in and easily navigate from one vehicle to the next by simply using the layer menu.  It's usually a quick and simple process: Select groupEdit componentsDeselct groupSelect the next groupRepeat until doneHowever, this is not so simple when the layer menu resets to the top of the layer I am working on every time I attempt to sel

Please HELPP!! Images are being automatically embedded regardless of having "Include Linked Files" checked during save operations. This occurs consistently across all documents. Place image using File > Place with "Link" option checkedSave document with "Include Linked Files" enabledClose and reopen documentCheck Links panel - images show as embedded despite original link settings I've tried troubleshooting:1. Relinked images multiple times through Links panel2. Restarted Adobe Illustrator application3. Rebooted entire system4. Saved documents with different filenames5. Verified original image files remain in original locations with unchanged filenames I've attached a screenshot of file handling settings. Operating System: macOS Sequoia 15.2Hardware: iMac 27-inch 2020Processor: 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB 

I have a folder containing over 800 PDFs with identical specifications. When I inspect their layers in Illustrator, they're composed of two compound paths and a single path. I just need to open each file, delete the topmost compound path, save it, move on to the next, then rinse-and-repeat. Is there an action, or a set of actions, I could use to accomplish this automatically?

I am creating an action where I am using a menu command, I have added the distort and transform effect from the effect menu. Although this is added, but I am unable to pre-define a set of values here. Right now, It is just getting added.How to achieve that?  

I'm running CS6 on a Windows 8 machine, laptop.Today I noticed that my art boards no longer duplicate contents when I alt-click-drag. It was working fine yesterday so not entirely sure whats going on.It will duplicate the contents if I use the art board toolbar to duplicate the board, but if I just use the keyboard shortcut it just moved an empty art board. Nothing is locked down either. Any ideas??

HiIs there a live measurement tool in Illustrator 2022? Where the dimensions are updated by moving the polygon points?It can be a script or a plugin, but it must be free.Thank you.

Illustrator is SO not my thing (I'm more at home in Premiere ... ).   So ... I have two thin long rectangle shapes, with the ends at 45*, and at 90* to each other. I wanted to simply stretch out the lower shape.   I've been through I don't know how many pages of help files on working with shapes and transforming and such ... and nothing would help me simply "pull" the lower horizontal one out longer without changing the shapes at the ends.   I finally set the ends to square, stretched, then reset to the 45* angle.   There's got to be something that allows you to 'pull' the end without altering the shape?   And besides that, I'd like to make them just one thing ... and yet, they're always two separate shapes.   Neil

The issue is that colors randomly flicker within the workspace. This only happens in the workspace, as you can see in the video, where menu and tool elements do not flicker. This issue is unique to Illustrator. Thank you in advance for your help!

Olá. Muitas vezes crio dezenas e dezenas de artboards e acabo duplicando, mudando de posição. Na hora de rearanjar o posicionamento / exportar os artboards, usando o Rename Option, conseguimos mudar o nome de todos os artboards do documento, ficando com uma numeração sequencial. O que é ótimo mas, quando exportamos, por exemplo pra JPEG, a nomeração sequencial não fica bem organizada no nome dos arquivos por ficar fora da ordem quando temos mais que 10 artboards.Em vez de ser, por exemplo "Artboard 1", deveria ter uma opção para que os nomes pudessem ser algo como Artboard 001Artboard 002Artboard 003Para que, quando tenhamos uma grande quantidade de artboards a exportar, não precisemos renomeá-los um a um, manualmente, a cada vez que exportarmos as páginas.Espero ter sido claro e que entendam que seria um recurso de grande ajuda.Obrigado!

Using the latest AI version 29.1When I click in into an existing text box and edit the copy - the font is changed for the new typed text. It doesn't maintain the font of the text that I am editing.Bug? Any ideas why?

What is it in this text block (see atttached file) that causes Illustrator 2025 to crash when opening the file. It opens fine in Illustrator 2024. BTW I couldnt actually attach the original ai file as I got an error message (see screenshot). So I had to save as a PDF. Same outcome though. The PDF opens fine in 2024 - but crashes 2025. 

What's the deal with Adobe Illustrator 2025? It doesn't autosave before crashing? I lost a ton of work - can anyone recommend a solution?

When I clip a transparent image in Illustrator and export it (usually as a PDF), everything looks fine in Adobe Acrobat. But when I open the same file in Outlook, Microsoft Edge, or other web-based viewers, I see a gray background behind the clipped image. I understand that Acrobat has superior rendering capabilities, but clients often view PDFs in their default apps, so I need the file to look correct everywhere, not just in Acrobat. NOTE: It only happens with some of the images and not others. I remove the background from an image in Photoshop.I save it to my Creative Cloud Library.I place it into Illustrator from the CC Library.I apply a clipping mask to crop it.I export the file as a PDF or PNG. The only reliable fix I’ve found is to drop in a PNG of the transparent image directly into Illustrator instead of using the CC Library asset. This seems to preserve transparency better across all viewers.

I have been having problems with working on illustrator with the brush tools or any of the other drawing tools. I have a surface pro and when I use my finger a line shows up but not with my stylus. The stylus I have the one that was recommended most for the surface. I also went over to photoshop to see if it would work and my stylus works on photoshop just fine. Does anyone else have this problem and know how to fix it?

I am trying to develop a graphic design scheme wherein the overlapping area of circles on the text changes its colour. I used 'hue' in the transparency blend mode. However, I'm seeing a peculiar behaviour by illustrator where it's only affecting the last vertical row of the circles even though all the circles have the same appearance. What is happening and how to solve it? Here's the file. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/brrkqbuqhlwrkk8zu4il7/PATTERNTEST.ai?rlkey=3adslb6w9p0eipe7vpixkc9xh&st=1e5o1j5j&dl=0 For some weird reason, illustrator files after getting attached gives this error and I am unable to share the file directly.  

Hi everyone, I have Illustrator up to date . GPU driver is up to date and suddently zooming using ALT+Mouse Scroll doesn't work as it used to before. Now if I try to zoom out , it barrely zooms out , but if I want to zoom in , it goes to pixel wise. CTRL+0 helps a bit , but I can't work like this.  i9-11900k, gpu 4080, W11 (up to date) 

When Create Outlines is invoked for a multiline text, the Grouping could be much better.Currently, when choosing to ungroup the result, every character becomes a separate object.How great would it be when Create Outlines makes a 4 level Group hierarchy this way: Text > Paragaphs > Lines > Words > Characters So 4x ungroup results in separate characters.3x gives separate words (separator = space), 2x gives separate lines (separator = return), 1x gives separate Paragraphs (empty line / double return = separator). Makes sense, doesn't it?

I've always wondered why Illustrator switches hidden layers back on (and unlocks them) when duplicating an artboard? I have it set to copy hidden layers - but its a bit annoying if say I have some hidden layers (which I want to keep hidden for ref) but then they all get switched back on and unlocked when I duplicate my artborad (and in fact unlock and turn back on the ones in my original artboard). Is there a way I can get Illustrator to copy a new artborad and keep the layers switched off and locked just like the artborad I am copying? 

Glassmorphism designs are quite difficult to create using Adobe Illustrator as vectors, but it's much easier to design them in Figma or Adobe XD. The problem is, when exporting these designs as vectors from Figma or XD, the only option is SVG. And once you open that SVG file in Illustrator, all the glassmorphism effects get lost. So, the question is—do the contributors who upload glassmorphism designs or icons actually create them directly in Illustrator?If they create the design in Illustrator, like a glassmorphism icon design, then how is it done, and where can I learn it? I didn’t find many videos on YouTube about glassmorphism icon design using Illustrator.