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I'm having issues with my Dell Precision 5770 Workstation Laptop: despite having a dedicated graphic card as well as the processor integrated graphics, Illustrator says "Compatible GPU not available" on Performance tab in Preferences (see screencap)   Below my system configuration:Windows 11 Education (OS Build 22621.1702)Intel Core i7-12800 (12th Gen.) 2.4 GHz Intel Iris Xe Integrated Graphic (Version: 31.0.101.4032), 1 GBNVIDIA RTX A3000 (Version 31.0.15.2889), 12 GBRAM: 32GB   By the way, I already tried updating the video driver for the dedicated and integrated graphics hardware.  Now Adobe is the leader on the design software market, as well as Ilustrator being the most used vector software in the world: I'm certain that the community or the development team have a fix for this issue or at least is working on it. I at least hope, since Windows 11 was released almost 2 years ago (19 months exactly). Any help would be greatly ap

Hi all!i'm new to illustrator and i really would like to know how can you guys and gals export a logo in jpg with specific dimensions.I have this file that i set 100mm wide and 30mm high but when i export it as jpg it changes its dimensions (it is too big or too small in base of what ppi i choose) and I need the actual dimension with the maximum definition because i need to print it.I used Corel Draw X8 before and after setting the dimension it export perfectly and this doesn't happen with illustrator (i need to use illustrator for some tool that it has).

Does anyone suffer the same problem?After having selected different objects in the layers palette, I choose "collect in new layer", but Illustrator will only group all objects from the most top layer in a new layer. That's not how it should work. Any idea?

Bonjour, je n'est plus de reponse de la touche espace de mon clavier POWER BOOK Pro 16 " avec adobe illustrator ?avez vous une technique pour retrouver la touche et c'est fonction ?Merci d'avanceXAvier  

La herramienta selección no me deja editar el tamaño ni agrandar y disminuir su tamaño, solo se queda en selección directa y no puedo modificar nada.

hey guys!Please someone explain the function of the Page Isolated Blending command in the Transparency panel menu.

Hi, I'm using Adobe Illustrator 25.0.1 in portuguese. The software is fully up to date, but apparently the 3d and materials update has not been installed. I've looked in several places and haven't found an answer.

No puedo ajustar el cuadro de texto a un tamaño mayor o menor y que el texto se acomode, simplemente no puedo modificar el tamaño del cuadro de texto desde una esquina como antes podía.  alguien a tenido ese problema? 

As someone who's been using Illustrator for nearly 40 years, I'm asking—no, pleading—that you make Illustrator accessibility compliant. Period.We are now under strict government accessibility standards, and it’s becoming harder and harder to justify using Illustrator for projects when it can’t meet basic accessibility requirements like tagged text, reading order, alt text, etc. And before anyone hops on their high horse to tell me I should be using InDesign—don’t.Illustrator is hands-down the best tool for designing posters, one-pagers, visual simplifiers, and other non-multi-page materials. It offers the flexibility, precision, and control we need. Not every document is a brochure or report.We need accessibility features built into Illustrator.We need to be able to export accessible PDFs directly from Illustrator.We need Adobe to acknowledge that not all design lives in InDesign.We need Illustrator files placed in InDesign to be compliant.This is no longer just a nice-to-have—it’s ess

Hi everyone! I'm trying to figure out how to recreate this stunning stepped spiral design (see attached image). I love the blend of clean geometry, optical illusion, and rhythm created by the stepped lines spiraling inward. It almost looks like it was made with a mix of blend and transform effects, but I'm unsure how to control the spacing, angles, and overall form precisely like this. I'm currently using Illustrator but open to Photoshop suggestions too if needed.Any tips on the best tools, techniques, or even plugins that could help me achieve this look would be super appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help—keen to learn how this was made or hear your approach!

Hey all! I came across this brilliant visual and would love to recreate something in this style. The design plays with a warped, wave-like illusion using horizontal lines, but what really grabs me is the stepped/jagged edges on the sides, giving it that layered, glitchy depth. It feels like a mix of displacement, blend, or envelope distort—but I’m not sure where to begin. I'm working in Illustrator but can hop into Photoshop if that's more appropriate for this technique. Any tips or walkthroughs on how to build this effect, especially how the central "bulge" is formed and the jagged offsets are created, would be massively appreciated.

I was wondering if someone knew how to add a font from the fontbook on mac to illustrator. Ive been watching videos and still nothing on how to do it. If someone can help me out with this question that would be great.

Hello! I've created line drawing icons in Procreate, saved those files as PSDs, and then opened them in Illustrator with the hopes of exporting them as SVGs with transparent backgrounds. A few weeks ago I was able to export these transparent SVGs with no problem, but recently, everything has come out with a white background added in. I'm new to this but have seen people requesting workflow for solutions, so here's mine:- I right-click the PSD file in my downloads folder and click "open in illustrator"- I turn on the transparency grid, and check that the file has no background. It looks like this:  - I click "Export" > "Export As > SVG. Sometimes I click "use artboards," and sometimes I don't — I've been trying a couple different things. These are the settings the SVG exports with:- I click "OK," and the file appears as an .SVG, but when I upload it to Google Drive / drop the file into other softwares, it appears with a white background. I really need it to have a t

I use Illustrator for my CNC/Laser cut work and havent had any problems till now; when i import DXF, there's no longer any GCODE for the machine to calculate/appears blank. When the same files are uploaded using a different software though, the GCODE is available. Whats gone wrong?

Ola, estou tebdo problema ao exportar alguns arquivos em JPG, eles estāo salvando vazio. Sāo imagens do memo arquivos e alguns salvam normal e outros nāo. Nunca me aconteceu isso e nao esrou sabendo o que pode ser. Ja fechei o programa, a reininciei tudo e nada. Algume consegue me ajudar?

The last two updated in Adobe do not save the last printer used and will not save the settings of "fit to page". PLEASE FIX. I make PDF's and print multiple daily and it's a HUGE time waster when I have to reselect the printer and click done and then change the page to fit and click done and then print.

Just take a look at the following screenshot of the Illustrator UI, and PLEASE do your job or quit! Why is this both called "appearance" but why I only have access to advanced options of strokes, and why do you throw your properties and options all over the place and not f*kn consolidate them so that I can find the bl**dy function that I am looking for all in the same place!?I had to search on the open sea of the internet - the help community search is just weak - for 15 minutes to learn how to change the fill opacity of a simple rectangle! WHY!?! it is the most simple object around! Why do I need to look up such simple manipulations somewhere in some random dude's illustrator guides?!I moved away from Illustrators several years now - I was very proficient user and I was always hoping it would at some point be fixed.But no! It keeps getting worse and worse and worse. Adobe products are the anti-thesis to a good UX and, unfortunately, that a company will not survive on bad UX. But

Eyedropper Tool does not working for Halftone / bitmap image! 

Hello! First time poster here.I have a logo that has used stock art of lens flares which have the gradients set to fade into black. Is there a quick way to change all the blacks to white and change their opacity to 0 so there's no muddyness? Thanks for any suggestions in advance. 

We have roughly 55cards that all have the exact same text. The titles and backgrounds differ among the cards. So I've made just one AI with the different backgrounds and all the text as one copy in a layer on top. Now I can just hide each background layer and save as PDF. But even unchecking preserve editing capabilities, the file sizes let me know that it is still including the images and backgrounds for all the hidden layers. Doing a quick test and deleting all the hidden layers brings the file sizes done considerably.I was under the impression that saving as a PDF without editing capabilities only saved what was needed for that particular PDF. It seems I was wrong. Do I just have to keep deleting the hidden layers for each copy?      

I work for a company that places customer art on templates. We require that all images be embedded but sometimes we get one that is linked. When we open that file, we get the warning about missing links, etc. My question is can I re-link the image if I don't have access to the original source file? I was told that I can, but I don't see how that would be possible if I'm receiving the art file from someone who probably received it from someone else. Thanks for any info!

I would like to use Global lighting on all 3D objects in a scene in Illustrator. I have not found where I can do that. Any advice?

Hi guys,  I am trying to wrap some text around an object in illustrator and for some reason when I create a text wrap it shows up with the guidelines for the text wrap but there is no effect at all on the type.  I've done a video below, I've tried with the text above the object, other way around, on the same layer and on a different one. I've opened a new file to see if I can just do it with a basic object and new text. Same thing each time!!  Stressing as this is for some coursework!ThanksNic

I've noted on a few occasions that after saving a piece of work (as standard .AI, no special attributes)  that I've had images within clipping masks move. Tha mask itself stays in place but the image has moved upwards a significant amount within it. Not a bit, bit a lot. This has heppened on multiple pieces of work, both embedded images and linked. This doesnt seem to happen every time, but has been increasingly common.  Files are stored on the local HDD - However I've also had the same result on 2 different PCs when I took the file home to work on it on a memory stick. See example attached. 

I find it tedious to constantly rearrange layers to be a part of the same artwork or Artboard. So I don't jumble it along with the others., when I marquee select and move elements around, etc. So let's hope the devs make this a priority and implement this ASAP.