Questions

Hi All, I am trying to delete some old and unused user-defined swatches. I see in other answers to go to " Macintosh HD >> Users >> (YOURUSERNAME) >> Library >> Application Support >> Adobe >> Adobe Illustrator [version number] >> en_US (or other language designation) > Swatches"But when I navigate to my Adobe folder...I don't see Adobe Illustrator in there anywhere (see screenshot). Anyone have any ideas where it could be or am I missing something obvious? I also searched for "Swatches" on my entire HD and none of the folders that came up contain my user-defined swatches (though I did find all of the default swatch libraries). 

Hello everyone,I'd be very happy to get an answer for this: I am unable to release my complex compound path!I've created a divided donut, with many shapes by Alt+clicking on Pathfinder 'Minus front' and now I'm unable to break it down again to singe paths. The Object/Compound path/Release option is greyed out and I also can not Ungroup it (on the third, inner level there's a group of objects).I'd need the shapes back to create shape box for text fields which you can  not make out of compound paths.Thank you for the answers in advance!

Im not sure what button i pressed, but the color from my image was removed in a single click and i am not sure how to fill the colors back again. Ctrl-Z (Undo) did not revert the colors back into the image. the image is currently just an outline. 

Hello Team, my screen appears to be a shade of grey - see image.How do I darken it?

Hello - I was wondering if it was possible to script the "𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞" paletteand in particular the parameters (eg. Threshold, Simplify, Ignore Color (White), …) Thanks…  - Dimitri 

I have a file with 5 artboards on it. I have work on three of the boards plus in the open space. All of the work dissapeared, but still shows up when the mouse is on a portion of the work. The layers window still shows all the work and it is in color but currently it's all invisible. How do I fix this? I tried to copy and paste is to a new file and it gave me a message of "Cant copy the objects. There isnt enough memory. ID-108"

Hi everyone, could someone help me create a basic script for Adobe Illustrator (which I'll expand on later for my own needs) for text replacement? Something like this:Find: character "a" in "Minion Pro Regular" Replace with: "b" in "Times New Roman Regular"Thank you very much!

Hola, tengo problemas al abrir desde Creative cloud la aplicación de illustrator 2025 pues aparece la ventana en negro sin ningún texto. No entiendo que pasa pues tengo un mac OS Sequoia 15.5. Anexo la captura de pantalla de lo que me aparece

Can I change dimensions when it is imported?

Estoy queriendo ponerle un efecto a un texto y me salta el error "error al procesar la apariencia de un objeto." Ya reinicie la computadora, restablecí el programa, todo, y sigue apareciendo, necesito saber cómo arreglarlo porfavor 

Almost everytime I change the size of text, spacing of characters, or stroke or other values using the arrows keys it will cause a hard crash to Illustrator, bring up a pinwheel and won't resolve it – resulting in lost data if I hadn't saved recently. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Illustrator, and updated my M1 Macbook Air to the latest version to no avail.Some of the arrow keys in question:It's difficult to get a read on what triggers it. For instance, I just tried it now and putting the spacing down didn't trigger it, but as soon as I went up it crashed.Please help!  

Hi, I need help. I'm saving my files using "Save As" in Adobe Illustrator with the ".ai" format. I'm also bringing in screenshots from my laptop into the file. However, after I save them, all the screenshots appear blank, and I can’t access or view them again. What am I doing wrong? thank you so much in advance 🙂 

Hey guys,Since Adobe updated Illustrator to version 29.4, Smart Guides no longer work properly. I don't know if anyone else is having the same problem. My computer isn't the problem because it's new and works fine. I need help to fix this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm trying to rotate a group of objects 180 degrees. I noticed that when I hold the shift key and go to click down to rotate, it'll turn just a hair before I actually rotate. I'm attaching a video of me holding shift, and then going to click... and then I undo and recreate the issue a few more times. Not sure what is causing this. For simpler shapes, I can't seem to recreate this, but with these more complex group of objects, it's everytime.  I've noticed this issue a few times when I run through my normal checklist of preparing files, where a vertical or horizontal line is off just a hair. Thought I was going crazy, but now seeing when this is occuring. Frustrating for sure. Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 20203.1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i532 GB 2667 MHz DDR4AMD Radeon Pro 5300 4 GBIllustrator v 26.4.1

Hi!I’m looking to recreate Grasshopper-style generative patterns in Adobe Illustrator — flat, 2D, and SVG-compatible. I’d like to automate or script the process, with control over things like scale, spacing, and rounded edges.Has anyone explored this kind of workflow in Illustrator? Any plugins, scripts, or tips would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!

Hi, Im new to adobe illustrator and got stuck. Spent an hour now trying to understand how to get support from Adobe! Isn't there any live chat for users? Ive tried too search in the community for any topic relatade to my issue but couldn't find anything. So, how do I find help when needed and not interested of scrolling in the community?

I've read a couple similar posts on this subject, but I havn't seen any that specifically requests for a feature to be added. The base questions: Why can't you set up custom constraint angles like you can custom construction angles? Why do the line segment tool and pen tool behave differently when I change my constraint angle? When I set my constrain angle to 30 deg. holding down shift, the line segment tool snaps to 0, 30, 60 ,90, etc. but when using the pen tool snaps to 30, 75, 120. Reading online, people want them to behave the same but some want 30, 75, 120 and some want 0, 30, 60, 90. I do technical drawings for work and I draw in isometric 100% of the time. I make dashed lines to indicate how one part goes into another part. I use the pen tool to generate those lines. It would be awesome if I could hold down shift and have it constrain to 0, 30, 90, 150 (straight up, straight across, or on the iso plane). None of the plug-ins seem to do this anywhere near as effic

So, I'm trying to make a gradient follow a path and then fill up a shape I've drawn with the pen tool that is curved like a crescent moon, changing color from one end to the other. Is there any way to easily achieve this with Illustrator?

I find it very difficult to know which direction I'm aligning things. If they rotated with your page it would may life easier?

Hi, I've been searching for the object on path tool on my tool set, but it is just not there. I use Illustrator in French, as it is my native language. Is it just me or something is wrong with the French version?Thanks for your help !Best regards, Angie

I want to make an action for the Find and Change option, but that doesn't work.For example I want an action for: find 'Space' change to 'Nothing'Is there another way to automate this?

HelloCould some help me with creating table and change CMYK values by k value.Or know where can I find such a script. So i have base CMYK value in center. I want to add values to separate chanells.example: center 50/50/50/50 , k value =2to the right will be 50/50/52/50; 50/50/54/50; 50/50/56/50; 50/50/58/50; 50/50/60/50to the left top: 52/52/50/50/50; 54/54/50/50; 56/56/50/50; 58/58/50/50; 60/60/50/50

Hi,I have an object with items in multiple layers. For the sake of aligning it with other objects, I would need to group it or turn it into a symbol. However, both of these options move all items in the object into a single layer. Is there a simple way of having the object behave as a group (for the sake of aligning it) without grouping it? In other words, I would like to keep all the items in the layers where they are, but be able to align the object as a whole.This is for CS4.Thanks.

HiReally dumb question probably, but I'm stuck. When I save a user action where can I find it?Also, can I edit the action to have a neutral save location like /data_set_file/ instead of my HD path?Thanks Rob

i want to install lower version of illustration in may mac - catalina, ckoud not showing lower version of illustrator