Questions

Hi,I am trying to copy and paste an object which spans multiple layers from one file to another. More generally, I would also like to be able to copy/paste such object within the same file. Let me give an example.-Object A in file F1 has its items on layers L1 and L2. We can assume all objects on L1 and L2 belong to A but that may not be necessarily the case. There may be other items on these layers that don't belong to A.-I want to copy A to file F2 and preserve its structure with layers L1 and L2 in the new file F2.-One issue is that there is already a layer named L1 in F2. I don't want to change its name.-I would be happy to copy object A into a new layer called object_A in file F2, with object_A having sublayers L1 and L2.-Eventually, I would like to work with object A in file F2 and duplicate it, preserving its layers. For instance, the duplicate could be assigned layer object_B with its ownl sublayers L1 and L2.-If all goes well, file F2 might have these layers (no indent) and su

Hello,I am not a illustrator user; indeed I am terrible with softwares. However, i need to use my plotter cutter and i have to convert some pdf vector files to eps format.To do that I tried current trial version AI program. However, current AI CS5 is way too expensive for me. knowing that I am going to use thi program for this particular simple process, can anybody recommend me may be an earlier version of AI(least expensive) to do my job?Thanks

I am using the most recent version of Illustrator, 29.6, and I've had the same problem that I've been having in previous versions. If I use the shortcut command to hide edges, the program hides instead. If I click on the actual command in the menu, it works. I had to create a special shortcut in order for this to work correctly. Anyone else experiencing this?

Hello there. Came accross the problem: Illustrator doesn't change fonts, showing the text in default font every time. I can see the list of fonts, the preview of the text in this font, but when I click at the font, happens nothing — the text is in the default font 😕😕It happens with every font, so the problem is most probably not in the particular font.Using the latest version of Illustrator (28.1) on MacOS Sonoma 14.2Please help

Hi i have the latest version of illustrator, i'd like to use th round off tool but it's ai doens't allow me even to click on it, it looks disabled. Please help!

Everytime i open this and some specific files - the psotions of linked (embedded) images shift postitions and its honestky quote annoying to have to waste time aligning them back to their places. Anyone have any fix?

HII have an idea for a tool i miss, or if i have missed something.I Would like to use the pencil tool as a lasso selection. So insted of drawing the selection you can creat a shape of lines and when the loop is closed everything inside is selected.I miss this when im sitting with irregular patterns that have lots of similar object and i would like to select a bunch of them.

Mi problema surge porque me apoyaba mucho en la herramienta para organizar mis mesas de trabajo. Sin embargo, no me gusta la nueva actualización, ya que no facilita el orden; al contrario, me estresa. En la versión anterior, podía indicar la cantidad de mesas de trabajo y la separación entre ellas, y el sistema las organizaba automáticamente. Ahora tengo que mover cada mesa manualmente, lo cual me resulta más desordenado y me hace perder tiempo en mi trabajo. Sería genial si pudieran revertir esa opción.

How to acces generative views in illustrator? please Help   [moderated: this thread was moved from Japan forum]

All of my 'print' document presets are measured in points, despite the fact that the default Unit in preferences is set to millimetres, and that I have never and will never use points for document dimensions. How do I change all of these to mm? If there was a way to disable points as an option for document sizes, I'd use it.

Hi, I'm working on a project where I have trees and buildings. There are trees throughout the image but I need them to fall behind the buildings and not sit above them. I would think that this would be a simple inverted clipping mask like I'd make in photoshop. How would I go about doing this by using another path shape as the mask. I'd like it to be made from a shape that I can easily edit so that I can adjust it later if I need to. The Make Clipping Mask function only shows what is within the shape mask, and for my use case, this is rather inconvenient. I need it to be inverted/work the opposite way where it hides what is within the shape and shows the rest. I also need this to only happen within a layer such as I put it at the top of my "Trees" layer and it only clips the trees, not the buildnigs. I've attached some screenshots that hopeful. Any help is great.  

Hi everyone,I'm experiencing a strange issue in Adobe Illustrator 2025. When I zoom in beyond 150%, my mouse starts moving and clicking on its own. It even drags objects around the canvas without any input from me.Additionally, my touchscreen shows touch traces as if it's being used, even though I'm not touching it at all.Has anyone else encountered this? Any suggestions on how to fix it would be greatly appreciated!Thanks!

How can I create a action or a key which can zoom out the document to a specific percentage (say 20%) whenever I press them?

Now I get the attached message when I open up my AI file. I've been able to open it and preview it fine before. Now this. So I downloaded the latest update, and still the same message.Any ideas? I've tried switching from CPU to GPU and I get the same message.

I'm doing physics, my needs are simple, but several things are driving me to baldness. 1) For no apparent reason I'll hit some random key and suddenly all the tools disappear. Even the list of files open at the top of the screen is gone. I don't remember what all the dozens of tools are called, and so I can either spend my precious time (to me) trying to rememeber them or quit the app and restart. Then there's the precious 3D transparent overlay of the corner of a city block or a bank of servers that appears for some exotic reason with no clue how to get rid of it. It looks like some kind of perspectival creation that I'm sure makes someone in development very proud. But I don't want it, I don't need it, and it's so EXTREMELY INTRUSIVE that when I save my work, shut down Illustrator, and hope to never see it again, to my dismay, it's been saved with my document. IT'S NOW A PART OF MY DOCUMENT. Is there an adult version of Illustrator?

I'm using a template file provided by my manufacturer for a card game box. To build out the artwork, I copied and pasted a large number of graphics from another Illustrator file (these were pre-designed assets from a different box that I’m repurposing).Initially, everything worked as expected—I could open the file and see all the layers. But now, when I open the document, many of the layers just show <image> instead of the actual artwork.When I open the file, I receive this warning:"Illustrator now honors 9-slice scaling of symbols. Any scaling done on symbol instances with 9-slice scaling option in legacy version will look different now. Do you want to retain the 9-slice scaling option for symbols?"And when I exit/save, I get:"Saving to legacy format may cause some changes to your text layout and disable some editing features when the document is read back in. Do you want to continue?"I've seen these warnings many times before (probably over 1000 times) while working with the sa

I am trying to build an elipse to be precise to given location in my object. Being Very old school, I could do it witha compass, triangles, and a T-square. Is it possible to create an arc where the center of the arc is on one point (intersection) and draw the arc between to other points? I don't see a compass tool or I would use it. Thanks.

Hello Community, Updated to 29.6.1 today and found that the Reflect Tool is not working for me.Is anyone else experiending this issue? Regards,David

There's a blue outline around my Artboard for whichever one I'm using. I'm not in outline mode. Can't figure out where it came from or how to remove it. Have tried viewing in GPU and CPU but its still there. 

Hi all, is there a way for Illustrator to ungroup elements back to their original layers they came from? (like InDesign does). Ticking 'remember layers' doesn't solve it.Currently, say that I haveBox A in layer 1Box B in layer 2Box C in layer 3I group them, the group moves to layer 1. I ungroup, the separate boxes STAY in layer 1 (when they should move back to 1, 2, 3)Is there a script or plug-in that will enable this function? It's very time consuming having to open up Layer 1, and manually drag the objects back to where they came from - not to mention the risk of making mistakes.Please help. Thank you  

I started using Illustrator 2025 (29.6) today after just a few days of time off and suddenly the program is extremely buggy. I've quit and restarted several times but the problems persist. The curvature tool is extremely slow and laggy from the start and it's now impossible to drag shapes (sometimes they don't move, sometimes they simply vanish, and just clicking on them induces a spinning wheel on my Mac). This is on top of the existing issue of ever-increasing ram/overheating as the program stays open, even without activity.

Hi! I think this script is amazing (thanks Sergey Osokin), but I'm having a small issue. ExtUngroup.jsxWhen I check "Release Clipping Masks" and "Remove Mask Shapes" without checking "Ungroup All", the script still ungroups everything.I'm not good with code, but I already tried to find a solution using Gemini and ChatGPT — they made over 50 attempts but couldn't fix it.Is it possible for the script to release the clipping masks and remove the mask shapes without affecting the group structure?You can watch the video demonstrating the issue at the following link: https://imgur.com/a/RXUy9JiThanks in advance!

Good day, I'm just starting to work in Adobe Illustrator and I don't know all the subtleties of the program yet. I don't even know how to describe what I faced. Screenshots attached.I can't do it correctly so that everything is flat and the border of one figure is docked with the top of another figure. I will be glad of any help!

hi, after you have applied fillinger, is there a way you stil can make some changes to the filling that had been created? 

Deberían hacer que trabajar con tablas en illustrator sea mas facil y con mas opciones