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Sometimes when I'm creating artwork. I enable Trimview to hide all the extra stuff but. I occasionally need to be able to show. Specific things. Even when trim view is enabled I. Would like for the ability to set a layer. That is visible during trim view. That way I can add in dimensions or notes. But still hide all the artwork stuff. Like bleed. In other things that are cluttering my file. I realize you can add a clipping mask to things and hide things more manually, but trim you is much faster. Especially when you just want to send a proof.

Does anyone know how to fix the issue of your creative cloud library going blank and staying blank after you delete an asset from it in illustrator 29.6.1?

It started popping out of nowhere while trying to save all my archives on a different extention like svg or pdf      <Title modified by MOD>

Why is the Area calculation, when selecting an object only shown when selecting the measure tool. it should be shown in the Info Pallete any time a object is selected. also please add this infor to the document info list.

I want to type "1. " etc, to add labels to an illustration, but Illustrator keeps turning it into a numbered list and my single space after the period becomes a large gap. I can find no way to turn this off so that I can just type a single space. If I click on the numbered list button to remove the numbered list formatting, it takes the number away. Is there a way I can just have a single space after a number and a period???

Hello! This is Fatima. I produce content in Illustrator and Indesign.  I am also doing my master's degree and I am a high school teacher. So I will also use academic programs and office programs. I don't do video editing work. And I will buy a new computer. The graphics card of the computer I chose is Intel's new version Arc Graphics. I would like to get help from you on whether this graphics card supports the programs.  The features of the computer I like: 16 RAM, 1TB , Intel Arc graphics, Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 155H, Maximum Brightness: 450 nits, Color Gamut: 100% sRGB 95% Adobe RGB (typical value), 2.8K OLED Touchscreen, 14.2'' width, 120 Hz high refresh rate.

My illustrator is unbelievably slow in opening and saving file (illustrator CC2017 on windows 7). Just to open Illustrator it takes up to 5 minutes. To save a file (empty file, not a complex one) it also takes up to 5 minutes and the application going into Non Responding mode.When I remove the office printer from my Devices and printers list everything starts running smoothly and I can open and save in seconds.But of course this is not a solution, Illustrator is a graphic design software and I need to print what I design, not just stare at it on a screen.I had an adobe expert remote control my computer trying to fix the issue and all he did was make manual the printer spooler, which doesn't solve anything since when I start it the problem starts again.Is there a solution to this problem?Thanks

We’ve added more than 1,500 new fonts to Adobe Fonts, including many of the most popular fonts of all time from Monotype. This is our largest font expansion in five years – and it comes at no extra cost.   https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2025/04/08/more-than-1500-new-fonts-including-all-time-favorites-come-to-adobe-fonts 

Hi We are trying to get all of our team to use the CSF file to manage color settings to make them all consistant. We have created a CSF file, but would like a way to automatically set Illustartor to use the file, without the need to get the user to set it.Ideally would like it to be set on startup, if CSF file exists. Thanks

Hi,I can't find a solution for this, so I felt it might be best to ask.When working with variable data. Is it possible to have a path that links to images online?Everything works well when the images are on my system, but I would like to set it up so it can use images from Google Drive or even CC.Is this even possible?

Hallo,ich würde gerne diese Datei so als SVG Datei exportieren und im cricut Design Space so hochladen, dass ich dort in der Ebenenansicht eine Gruppe habe, wovon eine "Datei" Inca heißt und die andere "Datei" Offset heißt. Kann mir jemand weiterhelfen ? Ich habe bereits beim Export alles mögliche versucht, aber bisher immer ohne Erfolg.

Hi, I just saved my file and decided to change my Illustrator file name in the folder (Windows user). When I tried to open it again after a couple of hours, it got stuck on a black screen, and Illustrator stopped working. Can anyone help me?

Hi everyone,I'm trying to recolor an artwork using colors from a raster image. According to the latest official Adobe Help you can recolor from an image. My issue is, once I've clicked the 'Color Theme Picker' button in the Recolor window, my mouse cursor should become an eyedropper, however, mine doesn't. Does anyone know what's wrong?I've tried to eyedrop from the photo when it was embedded, when it was unembedded, made it specifically sRGB, made it FOGRA27, and also made some vector boxes with different colors to see if the image is the issue—nothing helps, my cursor just doesn't turn into the eyedropper tool. I've restarted my computer and I've restarted Illustrator. Attached is a screenshot where you can see that the 'Color Theme Picker' button is activated, but the cursor over the image is not what it's supposed to be (and yeah, my vector graphic on the left is selected, just doesn't show up in this screenshot). I'm running Illustrator 29.6.1, on MacOS 14.7.6

Hi,I am just shocked and annoyed.I pay am Adobe membership of CHF 65.95, and now - suddenly (out fo nowhere!) - I can't open my Illustrator app anymore on my 2017 Macbook Pro, running on High Sierra (10.13.6).I checked with ChatGPT, and apparently it's highly probable that Adobe just deactivated older licenses.So here's what I understand.I pay a membership (and quite an expensive one), and now I can't even use the applicaitons I pay for !!!It worked yesterday, and now today, I can't use it anymore !What is this?Is there a workaround ?Or is Adobe forcing users to update their Macs to more recent OS ? What if I enjoyed High Sierra? and don't want to upgrade my Mac.I am getting so tired of companies forcing us to always update our devices / apps, etc... and then suddenly you have to buy a new Mac, a new Phone, download a newer version of an App, etc etc etc....this is highly annoying !If anyone has an idea on how to solve this, and how i can simply open and use Adobe illustrator

Please enable the Pen Angle Detection and Barrel Roll feature in Illustrator iPad. Thank youCurrently, iPad and the new 2024 Pen have enabled pen rotation, but Illustrator's Brush Tool does not have this setting. This is a very good feature for users. Please enable this.

Since the Illustrator 2025 upate a few weeks ago, colors are displayed incorrectly unless I switch to "View on CPU". I have a M1 Ultra Mac Studio running macOS 15.1. The 29.0.1 update that came out on Monday didn't fix the issue. Below you can see the difference in colors between the GPU and CPU. The first image is the GPU and the second is viewing on CPU. This was not an issue in Illustrator 2024.   

I created an illustration in Illustrator with the dimensions 240 mm x 58 mm. However, when I try to print it, the sizes don't match. How can I ensure that the dimensions are exported exactly in centimeters?

Hello, this is the scenario: lets say i created 8 ai files andkept it as stock (e.g file 1 dining table with chair, file 2 chandelier, file 3 window with curtain,... and on) now i want to create a dinning room in 1 illustrator file. which will have all the other ai files (file 1 dining table with chair, file 2 chandelier, file 3 window with curtain,... and on) i tried to drag the ai file directly from explorer, but it places it as image.(failed,I NEED ALL THE DRAWINGS IN VECTOR FORMAT WITH ITS LAYERS!)SO NOW I HAVE TO DO THE LENTHY PROCESS OF COPY PASTING i.e.i open window ai file and copy everything (all the layers: window frame, window pane, curtain left, curtain right, sky) I do same with other files and paste it on my new dining room file and rearrange resize them.It takes hours to do this and if file size is big, illustrator hangs slows down.Is there an easier and faster way? Please respond urgent 

Hello everyone,I was wondering if you could help me with a ‘Libraries’ panel issue in the Adobe Creative Cloud apps. Context:I work in a team of designers. We have noticed that some members of the team are affected by this issue whilst others in the team are not. We are all on the same Creative Cloud subscription type and are using computers of similar models and specs. We are Windows users. The issue began approximately around Feb. 18, 2025. The issue:We have noticed this libraries panel issue through our use of Adobe Illustrator. The issue presents itself in two ways: 1) When affected users open a library, a fraction of the thumbnails will load instantly while the majority of the library has blank thumbnails with a loading icon (these load either very slowly or not at all). Using the search bar to locate assets is not fully functional at this time. 2) Sometimes the whole libraries panel will freeze, and Illustrator has to be restarted to resolve the issue. Our aim

Hey guys, I want to make a brush pattern of a bicycle chain. I made the shape but when I want to drag it into the brush panel to make it a brush pattern, this message shows: "the selected illustration contains anelement that can't be used to make a brush pattern".What am I doing wrong here? Happy to hear your help.  Levi

Hi,I'm working in Illustrator v 29.6.1 and all my linked images are showing up as blank (just white boxes), even though the links seem intact and the file paths haven’t changed. The artwork is selectable and the bounding boxes are there when I drag my mouse over, but the images themselves don’t display.I' ve tried  (Cmd+Y), Tried toggling GPU/CPU previews. Images are not embedded, just linked

When changing letters from lowercase to uppercase in greek remains the accent when you are panctuating. In previous version when you were changing, the accent was disappearing. Now you have to change every single letter

Show center mark, show cross hairs and Video Safe frame shortcut or better access.  Now to do it I have to go into artboard options and toggle them on or off over there. Could Adobe add this feature into regular properties panel or more accessible place?   

Hello, I have a script for making guides, and would like to have a preview button similar to InDesign where you can see a preview. I not sure if someone has all araboards that having a preview for all would run fast enough... so would it better to show only one artboard previewed... not sure  Anyhow the larger problem is what is the starting point for adding previews features.  Below is a sreenshot if the interface which is pretty self expanator    /** * Illustrator Margins, Grid & Baseline Script [Mac-Ready] * No ES6 code—fully ExtendScript compatible. Tested on Mac. */ var settingsXMLPath = Folder.myDocuments + "/IllustratorGridSettings.xml"; // --- XML functions (Modified to handle raw string values) --- function loadSettingsFromXML(xmlFilePath, abIdx, defaults) { // Helper to convert default numbers to strings with units function stringifyDefaults(defaultsObj) { var stringDefaults = {}; for (var key in de

All the masked objects show a white rectangle glitch since the last Illustrator update. If I switch to "view using CPU" it displays normally, so I guess it could be a GPU problem?