Questions

Okay so the problems comes with a smoke brush I made for a project, I changed the color to black smoke and it works...until I put it on a gray background. When I put it on a gray background the smoke turns white and the stroke color is black and the smoke is black whenever it isn't on the gray background. I can't figure out how to make it stay black. I've changed the colorization method from tints and shades to none, hue, or just tints nothing works that way. I've changed the document color settings that didn't work. I have looked up vidoe after video and nothing works.

In CS6 I have shapes I've made transparent in the past and maybe applied Multiply Mode. But in the Transparency window it shows/says it's Normal Mode/100% - which clearly isn't the case, so there's no way to change it. How do I return it to Normal/100% - which currently I cannot? Nothing I try works & at the moment, the only solution is to recreate these shapes anew! Might anyone have an idea on how to "unfreeze" this past opacity change so I can see it's true values - & - change it? Many thanks!

Trying to remove small pieces of this object can do one by one want to know a quicker method for doing this. Thanks

I've seen this box in a few files now (not ones generated by myself but by others) and have not been able to locate where it is in the file, move it, or delete it. It does not confine the content, it doesn't move when the content moves, it's nowhere on the layers....I'm at a loss.What is it?? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with print tiling, but it looks similar.{Renamed by MOD}

 ame but only 4k that I can't open or do anything with. So anoying never had this happen on a mac but now on pc i don't know what the problem is. 

My Adobe Illustrator still asks for heic/heif files even though I have it installed. so I have to restart the application again when I encounter an error warning

Hi everyone, since today i noticed a problem with illustrator on my desktop pc (on my notbeook i don't have this problem and both are the same, latest version).Basically both tools if i click with the mouse and drag to design the shape looks wrong. The SKEW settings is always positive and negative for the horizontal and vertical, and never set to zero as it should be to keep the right design.I've tried to reset my illustrator preferences but the problem is still there.Anyone knows how to fix this annoying thing? Here's some screen to try to explain visually:Click + drag with the mouse (as you can see the skew are -500 and + 500) Only one click with the mouse (skew set manually to 0 and 0) Click + drag with the mouse (as you can see the skew are -500 and + 500) Only one click with the mouse (skew set manually to 0 and 0) Thanks in advance to everyone.

I have 600 unique QR code stickers that need to be resized, to 1" by 1", the artboard resized to fit, and exported as PDF with marks and bleed to be cut.  I figured out most of this but I can't get the artboard to cooperate. Is this a scripting task? 

Today after updating the program to version 29.3 all pictures that were PNG format became regular pictures. When O mooved the picture outside artboards it looks like PNG. When O saved the file as JPEG, all PNG pictures are saved as required (screen attached) Is it possible to fix this proble? Because it difficult to work when white color cover other objects and final result is not visible befor saving  

Hi, I am new to illustrator and am taking a class online. No one really responds to the class anymore and I don't want to wait and see if I get a response. I was wondering if someone could help me here. I am learning the pen tool and how to use it we are tracing an image of a cat. Below is how is started tracing the image but when I get to the nose part and try to make a curve, it is cutting off the orginal image and is making a whole new image. How do I get this to stop? In the video from the class it wasn't discussed and I would really like to know how to fix this. If you need more clarification please let me know. 

I'm familiar with all of the export options, I think. But as I understand it, my only options are to choose a resolution that I want. That's great but I'm trying to get the cleanest version of the photo as possible, and I want to avoid Illustrator scaling it up or doing any unnecessary compression. Thanks for sharing any tricks!

Anytime I double-click on an Illustrator file to open it, the Illustrator CS6 window opens up too small to view the file. It comes up with an error message that says "Can't open the illustration. There is not enough room for the window; increase document area and try again."If I then click on the box to expand the Illustrator window to full-size, then I can open the file. It's just frustrating that everytime I try to open an AI file by double-clicking on it, I get this error message.

I'm building large gang sheets in illustrator (22.5 inches x 240 inches), exporting them to png (300 dpi, type optomized hinted) but when opening these files in photoshop or another application, even illustrator, they are only 2.1933 inches X 23.3196. Putting the pngs back to the original size makes them pixelated. I do the exact same sequence in Illustrator 2024 and have no issues at all. I've searched the documentation for any information but I can't seem to find any setting that would affect this. Any ideas or suggestions?

I am brand new to Adobe everything. I am using Illustrator to design t-shirts.  I struggle to modify geometry with the Direct Selection tool since every time I click it, it will switch to the Selection tool. I tried Ctrl+Shift+B, which worked temporarily on one design but not the other. I tried turning off Real-Time Drawing and Editing, which worked temporarily. I have been able to manipulate rectangles but not triangles.  I have a 2022 Asus ROG Flow X16 and the newest version of Illustrator. If there are any other significant updates, changes, or pointers that would be helpful for my device, please share them so I don't have to make more posts plz and thank you.

Hey All,I'm not able to adjust the text boxes, and general shapes, sizing since the last update. Before I was able to grab an anchor point and adjust the box size in general, but now I'm only able to grab an individual anchor point and have to adjust each point individually. << I hope that all makes sense. Is anyone else having this issue? Any help in fixing it would be greatly appreciated--it's getting rather annoying and slowing down my work output and flow. Cheers!

I'm having an issue with text not bottom aligning within the text frame. I have the Area Type set to bottom (as pictured). The text within the frame will align to the bottom as I am resizing it, but after I'm done resizing, the text moves back to the top of the text frame. I can't figure out why it's doing this.

I'm having a problem where I've already downloaded Adobe Creative Cloud on my computer and should have free access to Adobe Illustrator through my university's student account, but for some reason the only versions of Illustrator that show up in the Creative Cloud are the web version and the tablet version. How do I fix this?

Hi,I created a long vertical file (resume) 210 mm x 580 mm. I thought it would be possible to split it automatically into two files when exporting to PDF, but it wasn't possible. So I decided to rearrange the design and changed the size to 210 x 294 and created a second artboard the same size to which I moved the elements that did not fit the first one.Now when I try to export it as a PDF the second artboard is exported as a blank page. All the elements are in the artboard and in the preview export window they are visible also. When I exported it as PNG it was visible. I would appreciate your help in resolving this issue. 

Hi EveryoneHave a customer of mine that is converting AI files to PDF and then trying to print PDF but get an ERROR: stackunderflow error after first page is printed. They are using 4 Konica Minolta C450i copiers 3 have IC-420 Fiery controllers and 1 uses standard controller using PS drivers. If they print directly from AI it prints all pages. I narrow it down to PS drivers once I changed to PCL the PDF's worked but the Fierys dont play well with PCL drivers on them. Need to see if someone as a solution for me. Also attached the error page. Thanks

Nothing has changed, no settings has been manipulated with, I've even tried resetting all setting and reinstalling the app, but my vectors and objects no longer snap to guidelines. Smart guide is on, snap to point is on, everything else is off. I can't zoom and center the objects to the guide lines anymore... Please help!

Sto impazzendo, ho resettato le impostazioni generali del programma, aggiornato il programma, aggiornato il sistema, ma le frecce della tastiera SOLO su illustrator non funzionano più.Qualcuno ha una soluzione? 🙏

hi! can someone help me on how to achieve this kind of paragraph text inside of a shape (circle)? type on a path seems to wrap the outside and warping seems to use the whole paragraph on the one line. thanks!

Hello! I'm new to Illustrator plugins (extensions) building and scripting. I just wanted to understand if there is a way to access CC library objetcs via CEP plugin. I want a plugin to read some properties of CC library assets, like color, gradeints, masks, etc.

Hi All!I've asked to generate background in rectangle for description "White room, curtains and window at the left" and got "One or more words in your prompt violate user guidelines". Screenshot is attached.What could be a problem? P.S. Midjourney and ChatGPT generated image with the same prompt as usually very well.I've tried it for the first time (just for test) and even first request failed. Also Topics requested to send this post do not relate to the issue. So I just select first of them "Performance". 

Hi,We use a lot of dynamic symbols in the fashion industry to make colorways and keep the link with the original sketch which is in black and white.In Illustrator CC 2019 (23.1.1) and CC2020 (24.3) version on Mac and Windows, I noticed several bugs with the dynamic symbols:When I copy a dynamic symbol (CTRL + C / CTRL+V), the outline of the copy disappears.When I copy a dynamic symbol (ALT + Drag & Drop), the outline of the copy disappears.When I copy a dynamic symbol using CTRL + C / CTRL + F, the outline of the copy is normal.When I copy a dynamic symbol from one Illustrator document to another, the outline of the copy disappears.Do you have any idea where this problem comes from? Thanks for your help !  Daté TETEGAN