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Hi. Sorry for interrupting your day, but i want request to add bezier tool like CorelDRAW in Adobe Illustrator. Thank you

Hallo, ich möchte Grafiken, die aus Text, Linien und Flächen bestehen, durch eine Aktion per Knopfdruck umfärben von positiv auf weißem Hintergrund auf negativ auf dunklem Hintergrund und umgekehrt.Aber leider habe ich schon Probleme damit, der Aktion mitzuteilen, welchen Teil er wie umfärben soll:So kann ich z.B. nicht die schwarze Überschrift auswählen lassen, um diese per Zeichenstil in weiß umzufärben, ohne dass ebenfalls die eine andere Schrift ebenfalls mit ausgewählt und umgefärbt wird. Oder auch wie ich eine schwarze Linie auswählen lassen kann, ohne ebenfalls die graue mit umzufärben.Wie kann ich der Aktion zuordnen, welchen Zeichenstil sie verändern soll? Bei Grafikstilen scheint es besser zu klappen, aber bei Typo bekomme ich es nicht hin.Es geht also eigentlich um das Auswahlmenü und wie ich dieses für meine Bedürfnisse nutzen kann. Leider habe ich im Netz nichts passendes gefunden…Viele Grüße, jdh

Hello Adobe team and community,I would like to suggest improving Adobe Illustrator to better utilize multi-core CPUs. Currently, Illustrator mainly uses one or two cores, which limits performance, especially with large and complex files.Enhancing multi-threading support could significantly boost speed and responsiveness, helping professionals work more efficiently with heavy projects. 

Help! My cursor isn't changing in Illustrator 2020. It's constantly a black arrow no matter which tool I am using. I'm attaching a screen grab video. I'm using the pen, direct select, rectangle, then type...and it just stays a black arrow. Thanks for your help!

As noted… tools often have the wrong icon?For example - I draw a square. As I move my cursor, possibly over a corner of the square, it becomes the rotate symbol - however, I can then draw another square while the cursor remains the rotate symbol.Or, just navigating around before drawing the square, the cursor is the hand symbol.Just noticed this today - I don’t think there was any update.Not sure how to troubleshoot this… any suggestions?

Hi,Suddenly this function isn't working correctly for me.In the 3D Material, I added two symbols. Previously, I could easily click on a symbol and move it around the surface of the 3D object. But now, it's become difficult.When I try to click on the first symbol (there are two in total), the mouse movement doesn't move the symbol—it moves the entire 3D object instead.Example (the attached screenshot)Try to re-position the symbol behind the flower symbol, and click the layer, but when moving, the whole 3d object moves, not the symbol .

My illustrator crashed and reverted my file back to a VERY early version. I found the .aid files for the file, but it won't open the file. It says "This is an unsupported file type." I tried to change the .aid file to an .ai file, and that also didn't work. I can see the content in a .txt file, but that doesn't do me much good when Illustrator refuses to open it. 😞 Can anyone help?! This is hours worth of work!

Hey all, I’ve tried doing a search to see if I can figure this out, but it seems to me something has changed in the last few years and nothing suggested is an option anymore. I have an illustrator file with several things in it, but I would like to be able to save a copy with only what is on the artboard. I have seen this done before, and people in the past seem to have been able to do it, but i’ve tried everything I can find and can’t seem to manage it.  I have tried saving a copy, exporting for screens (does work but can’t be opened by anyone else, comes up with an error page when someone tries to open), save as > export artboards, just about everything out there. The only other workaround I can think of is to make a copy of the file and just delete everything else several times over for all the different things I want a copy of, but that seems more tedious then it needs to be and I would like to see if I can do something better in future as well.Thanks!

Last week, I ran into what seems to be massive file bloat when I am saving files with linked raster images that’s making my files completely unusable. These are stable, well-tested files that weren’t a problem previously. It’s happened with other files recently, but this time I did some testing. This particular workflow that I’ve been using for years is for wallpaper, where panels are 25” wide at variable heights. I keep a library of prepped pattern tiles that get imported into the Illustrator file and tiled to fill the height and width of the full panel count. These are a mix of vector and raster at various sizes. Depending on material, there are two layouts - overlap (panels overlap the previous by 0.75”) and buttseam (panels meet at the edges). Initial setup for overlap has one artboard for each panel where they lay over each other to pull bleed and overlap from the neighboring panel. Buttseam has 2 panels per artboard which are right next to each other so that bleed comes from the

When using a colored artboard, the artboard then exports as an object and imports as an object into another .ai file.  The artboard color is described as just being a visible GUI change, but it is acting as an object.  SEE VIDEO.

Hi everyone,I’m pretty new to Illustrator, so sorry if this is a basic question 😅I’ve noticed that sometimes when I scale or resize shapes (especially after copying or grouping them), they don’t behave the way I expect—like strokes getting thicker, or shapes slightly changing proportions.I’m not sure if this is something I’m doing wrong, or if there’s a setting I should be using (like “Scale Strokes & Effects” or something like that).Could someone explain what’s actually happening here in simple terms? I want to understand the correct way to resize objects without messing up the design.Thanks a lot in advance 🙏 

As of March 30th, Adobe made Generative Turntable a reality in the standalone app. If you haven't seen it yet, it basically allows you to take flat, 2D vector artwork and spin it like a 3D object to see different angles and top-down views. A couple of people had commented on the YouTube video, and for their fashion careers, this cuts the costs and time to render a vector drawing in seconds versus hours. The speed is undeniable.When we can generate a 180-degree character turnaround with a slider instead of manually redrawing every limb and perspective, are you feeling empowered by the speed, or do you feel a bit of "creative guilt" over how much of the heavy work that Illustrator’s AI is doing? Please drop a comment with your experience! ~ Love to hear how your process or thoughts has shifted—No right or wrong answers here—just your honest take!

I have just bought a brand new MICROSOFT 13" Surface Pro OLED, Copilot+ PC - Snapdragon X Elite, 1 TB SSD I am trying to download illustrator, however, it will not install.  On my creative cloud, it only shows the online beta version (which is not what I want). When I use the browser to download the app, it downloads the set up file.  After double clicking on the set up file (+ trying run as administrator), it just opens my creative cloud again but doesn't install.  I've had a surface pro in the past (one of the earlier models) and it worked absolutely fine.  Help! 

Illustrator 30.0 lagging on MAC OS Tahoe 26.1I won't write much. This issue has been contanstly talked about on the forums and on reddit for the past 3 months, which has been flagged by the developers.Hopefully, we will see a compatibility fix between illustrator and mac os Tahoe very soon. All I ask is the developers update us on the current situation regarding this issue.

I've seen lots of answers to variations of this question, but not the specific answer - if there is one!I have 3 versions of artwork on 3 artboards.Can I hide individual artboards – you know, swtich them off and on... like layers – without having to use the layers panel? Thanks

I have used Illustrator for a long time and always used a shortcut that is no longer working and I cannot for the life of me figure it out and its driving me bonkers. I use AI for fashion flats, I fill my technical drawings using live paint and if I have a pattern fill I would always use the ~ key to move patterns or “rotate”+ “~” key. I am unable to do this without moving my entire object. Ex: if I have a rib knit fill for a sleeve and need to rotate it so the fill follows the direction of the sleeve - I’ve always used “r” to rotate & then “~” key and it would rotate only the pattern fill. This however does not work and its rotating my entire object (sleeve). Does anyone know why this might be? I have done a deep dive online and tried everything with no luck. Any help with this would be hugely appreciated!

Hi, I just bough Adobe creative cloud plan with Illustrator and photoshop. when I press download Illustrator, It doesn`t download anything to my pc. Additionally, when I enter my account to see my plan I get an error: Any help would be appriciated

I made some illustrator files several months ago and saved them to the cloud. Now I am trying to open them and it says "Can't open file. The account you signed in with doesn't have access to this file. Contact the owner for more info." I am the original creator and I have an adobe account using one email that has both a personal account and a school account (which I can't remember if I've ever used this). The files appear in-app under "Your files" but if I go to assets.adobe.com it says "You have no cloud documents." Since I made them I've gotten a new computer and my original subscription ended and I am currently on a 7 day trial on my personal account. Also I'm a student and my institution paid for the subscription originally. I don't remember if I made the files after being signed into a personal account or a school account. When I'm signed into my school account if I try to go to assets.adobe.com I get: "Error 401: Unauthorized. You are not authorized to access this site." I'm just

I am unable to access to all my files in Illustrator. It keeps saying I am not the owner when I am in fact the creator of those files! I have a lot of important files stored in the cloud but I can’t seem to access any of it. They show up in my files panel and everything but I just can’t open them.. My email is correct as I only have one account and I’m not even sharing my account with anybody. This issue has been happening alot lately so can someone please help me out? I have tried uninstalling / reinstalling, logging in and out, I’ve tried everything and nothing works! Adobe can you please fix this issue?? it’s been affecting my work lately

Estoy teniendo un problema al intentar abrir un archivo desde la sección “Proyectos” en mi cuenta de Adobe.ProblemaAl abrir el archivo en Illustrator aparece el siguiente mensaje:“No es posible acceder a este archivo a través de la cuenta con la que has iniciado sesión…”ContextoEstoy usando mi cuenta habitual de Adobe (mismo correo de siempre). El archivo sí aparece en la sección “Proyectos/elTallerdeArri” (no en Bibliotecas). El proyecto fue creado por mí (figura como “Creado por [mi nombre]”). Trabajo en macOS. El archivo esta almacenado en la nube de Adobe (no local).ObjetivoPoder abrir el archivo normalmente en Illustrator.Dudas específicas¿Puede haber un problema de permisos aunque el proyecto figure como creado por mí? ¿Existe alguna diferencia de propiedad o acceso entre “Proyectos” y archivos locales/bibliotecas? ¿Puede estar asociado a otro perfil (personal vs empresa) dentro de la misma cuenta? ¿Cómo puedo recuperar o forzar el acceso a ese archivo?Información adicionalNo he

Horrible lagging in illustrator. Impossible to get any work done, can't move any objects without it buffering . Tries to click any item and there is no response from illustrator. I uninstall the 30.0 version and reinstalled the 29 versions and it doesn't fix anything. Was working completely perfectly yesterday. Attached video below. MAC(2022)M2, 16GB RAM MacOS 15.6.1 (24G90) 

I can find no way to select a range of objects in the layer list. I’ve seen a lot of inaccurate claims, even a video showing Shift-clicking to extend the selection (which is exactly what should happen, since that’s a universal standard across platforms). But this does not work (I’m mostly on Windows, BTW). Dragging with hotkeys also doesn’t work. Is this seriously broken in 2026? What is the point of filtering the list if you can’t multi-select in the results and perform some action? It’s also mind-boggling that there’s no context menu. You can multi-highlight a range of objects by Shift-clicking on their names, but there’s no context menu where you might say “add to selection” or the like. I also tried highlighting a range and then pressing the spacebar. This is the standard for toggling checkboxes with the keyboard. And it’s another standard violated by Adobe here, because it doesn’t work. And finally, even if you have the object list filtered (I am showing only text objects), you ca

The colors in my working space constantly change to dull and bright again (they need to be bright and I am in RGB)--I have attached a screen recording. This isn’t new--I previously asked about this, and it’s still a problem. As you can see, the colors are only affected in Illustrator--not on the rest of my screen. Sometimes it happens on it’s own without me scrolling, and as you can see, it definitely does it when I scroll. I have 2 other files open, but they are basically nothing. Extremely frustrating to deal with. Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me? My computer is basically brand new, all my files are on an external drive, and all my software is updated.

Hello! Apologies if I’m not using the correct terminology.I’m using illustrator to create the files that I use with a laser cutter, and in order to minimize superfluous cutting I use “outline" in the pathfinder window to connect pieces. I’m encountering an issue that I’ve never encountered. Outlining two of the shapes creates no issues, but if I outline three it changes what seems to count as inside and outside of an otherwise closed shape. The cutting software can’t cut saying that (paraphrasing) the file includes shapes that aren’t closed.I thought that maybe if I opted not to align the side edges, maybe that would circumvent the problem, but it didn’t:One thing that might be of note: the stroke is aligned to “center” on all three shapes in the stroke window, as are the cap and corner, but once I outline it the cap and corner stay centered and the stroke alignment moves to “inside” alignment (the left box).I can work around this by creating batches of two pieces with a little bit of

Getting this error message in Illustrator now after CC updates and Mac OS Update. Adobe AI Version. 26.2.1Mac OS Monterey 12.3.1 Saving files to a 6TB Seagate External Drive. This has been working for a year with no issues. Just doing a general "Save" after making some revisions to the file.