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Hello! The company I represent/own does a ton of template building within Adobe Illustrator. As an example of what we are in need of I'll offer a quick description of what we do and what we ultimatedly want to solve for. We create a design for a sports jersey across a series of panels within a single artboard. Once the file is good for production we have to save down a file for each size needed. Currently this involves us manually scaling the components to fit the panels in each size and then clipping them to a shape. The file has layers with masks for each size within it.  Ideally we want to have a script and/or ation that will do the scaling based on preset parameters and then clip the shapes in the same script/action. Maybe it requires two actions/scripts that work indepently, we don't know the answer to that. That's what brings us here! Please reach out if you think you could handle this (if it's even possible based on what we share) and would like to talk

Is it possible to know this file extension? because in my work loop is missing. Video is uploaded    

Hi there I am just delving into how to work between .AI and saving/exporting to SVG I have run into a strange issue, though. Everything looks great in my .AI file. But then I save as an SVG and all my gradients stop blending correctly.  See images for before and after. (the after is how the file looks if I open the SVG back up in Illustrator, Preview the file, or if I place the graphic into an InDesign document... actually looks even worse placed in InDesign but I won't hurt your eyes). Additional context: I licensed a stock image and modified it. So I do wonder if it's  What am I missing? Anyone run into a similar issue?  Cheers Jennifer 

Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to do this?I want to drag a bunch of .ai files into an open AI file. So far so good. As you all knowm they come in as linked items.I would then like to embed those links BUT have the "object" retain that linked file name. Right now, once you embed, it just becomes a "group".I would want them to end up like this. I have around 250 files that all need updates but batch actions can't do what I need but if I had them all in one file, I could easily make the adjustments then create artboards for each item (which retains the objest name) and export them. That way all the files are already names accordingly. 

Hey all,  I've seen some amazingly helpful script posts (Like this one) and found some premade scipts like MatchObjects that get me close, but I figured I'd give it a try and see if anyone has any suggestions for combining a few different things.I'm wanting to use Data Merge/Variables do the following:Determine what shape I want visible and what fill (linked image) I want used.Resize the fill layer to match either the length or width of the visible shape (F or B), whichever is larger, constraining proportionsAlign the fill layer to the top, middle of the shapeUse the shape as a clipping maskCopy the stroke colour of the shape to the clipping maskSave each clipping mask individually I'm not sure if I need my file structure different, like all F&B files in their own group or layer? Any advice or links to documentation is appreciated. I have found it hard to find articles or videos related to indepth data variable options.Thanks!  

Hi Team, I preparing to add a custom 3D logo that i recently created to a Stock Adobe background. Do you have any tips, tricks, or reference material you would recommend as i embark on this task?

Hi there. Please help me, I am struggling a lot with this issue that I don't have so much time to spend on...I need a good-quality PNG exported from Illustrator, the size of 1280px/720px. When exported, the PNG size becomes 5334 px/3001px. It is being exported under the settings of 300 ppi (which, I am aware that enlarges the output size), so I tried 72 ppi, and the output is 1280px/720px, but the quality is horrible...Then I tried downsizing the Artboard so that when exported at 300ppi (good quality), the output is 1280px/720px. I did it. It is 1280px/720px but the quality is horrible again...I need it to be PNG, because I am importing it into TouchDesigner, and it needs to have a transparent background. TouchDesigner doesn't accept SVGs.So here is a choice between quality and size. I cannot believe that there's no solution to this...Please, take into consideration that I need to export around 50 Artboards separately, so changing the program would be too time-consuming for me.Thanks i

Being a heavy user of high-end 3D CAD software, my greatest pain is having to deal with 2D Illustrator. Lately, I have a 4mb file open, and the lag is unreal. Just typing a few letters takes 2-3 seconds. Hitting Enter, another 2-3 seconds. Space bar, another 2-3 seconds.    Why is this program so inefficient in using system resources? What can I do to make it get out of first gear and fly? I have 16Gb Ram on a 64 bit workstation laptop. I close down all my other high-ram apps when using Illustrator.    Help. 

Am I missing something??  When i goto convert a stoke typically I go to PATH, OBJECT > PATH > OUTLINE STROKE however my Outline Stroke is missing. Did it get moved somewhere else? Is this a glitch/bug? anyone else missing this? All I see now is Join, Open, Close, & Reverse Paths where did Outline Stroke go? I have the most updated version as of a day ago.

I've never had this happen before in any software!  I have an empty bounding box on my screen that attaches itself to any object/layer I choose.  It won't delete and it doesn't show up on the layers panel.  It's just there and it's stuck.  I can't go any further because it groups itself to any layer I want to work with.  Strangest thing I've even seen.  Like a ghost!  BTW It doesn't show up on a screen shot so I can't show you.Can you help?

How can I deactivate the Contextual Task Bar of my illustrator, it is annoying to be looking at it floating there for me it is annoying I should see an option to deactivate or activate to the user's liking Regards I hope for your help as soon as possible 

Why do i have to toggle Artboards for Paste in Place to function properly now? How does this software continue to degenerate?

I'm using Illustrator CS5 I haven't used illustrator for a very long time and not for the purposes of creating a file that will be used by a CNC machine. I have an image of a tree that I want to carve into a wooden box's top.  So far I have been able to import the image into illustrator and use the Live Trace function to turn it into a black and white silhouette.  I then invert the black and white so that the trunk and branches will be carved into the material.  So far, so good. But the tree's image is rectangular and what I want is the carving area to be circular - i.e. surrounding the tree.  I have been trying to use the Shape Builder tool to lop off the square corners leaving a circle around the tree.  I have watched a number of videos online, but after drawing the circle around the tree's silhouette I can't seem to select those corners. I have also tried the pathfinder tool, but have not had luck with that either. I have tried creat

Not sure when this stopped working but I have an action that I'd set up to fix legacy font errors by finding missing fonts and replacing all with a new font.  This was working without fail and was a huge time saver for me since we have a lot of old legacy files that need to be updated whenever customer changes are required.This is not the case anymore.  I can run the action and although it goes through all of the recorded steps, it no longer changes any of the fonts.I can't even record a new action as the new action won't do it either.  I can still do it manually but come on... It's slowing down my workflow that I already estimated would take a certain amount of time based on using the action.

Product: Adobe IllustratorVersion: 29.5.1 (Mac)OS: Sequoia 15.3.2 (24D81)Bug Type: Save/Export FunctionalityPriority: High – Data loss / workflow disruption Issue SummaryPDFs saved from Illustrator with “Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities” checked are sometimes missing the embedded .ai data. When reopened, Illustrator imports the file like a standard PDF — with clipping masks, broken text boxes, and flattened layers — instead of opening it as an editable Illustrator file. Steps to ReproduceCreate a multi-page document in Illustrator.Save the file as a .pdf via File > Save As > Adobe PDF, with “Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities” checked.Close and reopen the file in Illustrator.File opens as a flat PDF instead of as an editable .ai-like file. Expected BehaviorThe PDF should open in Illustrator with full editing capabilities (layers, text boxes, styles), as if it were a native .ai file. Actual BehaviorFile opens as a PDF with all content inside cli

Bonjour, j'ai un petit bug sur illustrator et je ne sais pas où trouver de l'aide ailleurs donc je tente ma chance ici 🙂 Sans que je ne comprenne pourquoi, mon outil de sélection déconne, je ne peux plus agrandir ni photo, ni zone de texte, ni rien du tout. Quand je clique mon objet pour l'agrandir, ça le déplace mais ça ne l'agrandit pas ... J'ai peut être bougé un réglage sans faire exprès ? Merci pour votre aide 🙏

The new feature added in 29.3, that measures the area of a selected object, causes illustrator to lag and not work properly. There is no way to disable it. Every time I select the measuring tool, illustrator starts lagging (zoom tool for example gets really sluggish).  Attached is a video for example. Is there any way to disable it? I did not find any myself.I am using ver 29.5.1 

I've updated to 28.7.1 and now notice that the Export for Screens function doesn't work correctly. I did change all format settings to 'art optimised', but Illustrator still treats the exports as if I have set it to 'text optimised'. Which results in very pixelated images. When I use Safe for Web (also on art optimised) it exports the artboard as I expect it to be. Nicly anti aliased and not pixelated edges. When I use Export for Screens I get images with pixelated edges. Which is cumbersome as I now have to export each artboard individualy using Safe for Web. You can see the difference in below image (if you expand the view so see it more clearly). On the left the Safe for Web version and on the right the Export for Screens version. You can see in the red text especially how the right version has all pixelated edges around the text. Hoping for a fix in the next update? 

I am having trouble getting the text to show up in a readable format. I have my shape on the top and select my outlined text and when I "make with top object" it becomes a jumbled mess and I have messed with the Fidelity settings but that hasn't fixed my problem. I am trying to redraw a poor version of an AI logo that I client liked but correcting all the errors. I am not sure what I am missing to have it fit in the shape. 

HI everyone.  I'm trying to create a game board in Illustrator with a race track on it.  The track is no problem.  What I want in the background behind and surrounding the track is the actual Google Earth imagery that surrounds the track in real life. I orginally tried a screenshot of the entire area, but that doesn't work since the  game track I created doesn't work with the scale of the real life area around the track.  I then tried taking screenshots of parts of the area and filling them in behind my track in a different layer. This was tedious but worked well. The background maps looked nice and clear. However, I'd save my project and come back later to more on it and I find my background images had blurred some.  Can anyone tell me why they are clear when I'm workign with them and then blur later?  Since I'm taking dozens of screenshots, I delete the orginal screenshots from my computer.  Does this impact the screenshots I'm using in Illustr

In Freehand you cut paste inside (cut a larger object and paste it inside of a smaller object). How do you do this in Illustator?Thanks!

I am developing a service that extracts rgba values ​​and automatically converts them to specific rgb.The rgb values ​​are automatically changed to make them look smooth in the rounded corner, but because of this, the border is not extracted cleanly, so I have a question.Is there a way to process it by changing the opacity while keeping the rgb fixed?

Hi, In Screenshot 1, I rotate 1880.Is there any way to present it like Screenshot 2? Hosun

Hi, I’m looking for some guidance. I’ve uploaded a PNG into Adobe Illustrator (version 2025), and while the file is unlocked and not inside a clipping mask, I’m unable to move it freely by clicking directly on the image. I can only move it if I click on the bounding box.I’d really appreciate any help or insight into why this is happening and how to resolve it. Thank you in advance! 

Hi all! I tried a bajillion brushes and nothing is giving me the look I'm after. The attached "washmi" comes close using a handwritten font and a paint brush stroke. I'd like to be able to write "washmi" or anything else on my track pad and have it look like I wrote it on a dirty window like the "washme" image attached. I'm not sure if I need a specific brush or if my brush settings need to be altered. Please advise if you've done this before, are aware of an existing font, or have advise on how to recreate the look. Thanks!  Kico