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I have a multi-artboard file that has two images placed and then clipped multiple times in the file. I saved and closed the file last night. When I opened it this morning, the placed images were HUGE, like too big to fit on the artboard, and no where near where they should have been. I basically had to rebuild, thank goodness I have a PDF to refer to for positioning. Ai 30.1, Mac OS 26.2.Screen shot shows the layers with one of the images selected so you can see where it is on the art board, and its size. It’s supposed to be showing in a box in the middle of the 2nd largest artboard. This compostion is placed in the file multiple times. They all behave the same.So far it’s only happening with this one file.Any thoughts on why this happens and how to fix it? Thanks.

Without any noticeable reason, typing Polish letters (Right Alt + a/e/c/o/l/n/s/z) in Type tool text editing mode has stopped working.THIS IS NOT A SYSTEM KEYBOARD LAYOUT ISSUE.I am able to type Polish letters in several Illustrator input fields (e.g., Search), but it does not work when using the Type tool. When I try to type Polish letters while editing text with the Type tool, different options/shortcuts are triggered instead.This happened to me once a few years ago, and now I’m experiencing it again. The problem has clearly existed for a long time, and as far as I can see, there is still no fix. In my case, resetting preferences and even reinstalling Illustrator did not help. It seems like the Adobe team does not care.

I have created a suite of icons that have live type on a circular path. When I resize these (by dragging the corners) the type jumps off its original orientation and I have to reset it again - see screen grab. This doesn't happen if I scale it using the % field and I need the type to be live in order to develop more icons. I have had this trouble for many years and just manually reset them all. Any one have any suggestions??Mac OS Sonoma 14.4.1Adobe Illustrator 2024 28.5

Hi Adobe Community, I'm encountering a perplexing issue with Adobe Illustrator. When I open a file, it briefly shows the contents for a split second, but then everything on the canvas disappears, leaving only a plain background. Despite this, I can still see all my layers and their contents in the layers panel, but no artwork is visible on the actual canvas. I've tried installing different versions of Illustrator, but the problem persists. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any advice on how to resolve it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help!

With the latest update for Illustrator if I click on the filter tab in the Font Menu, Illustrator freezes for a few minutes. If I'm patient it will continue where I left off. This happens every time I access the filter tab to sort by characteristics (script, hand made, serif..etc)

Ok so i'm pretty new to the program, the guides have been working but have suddenly stopped.I can see the dotted lines when i pull from the ruler but when i release they don't show and disappear.The layer is unlocked, i have smart guides ticked, i've checked and i'm not hiding guides, my colour is set to cyan.So what am i doing wrong.thanks in advance

Is anyone else having trouble with Illustrator's Character panel? When you search for a font, it won't let you select it with the cursor, and when you click, the panel closes. Let me know if there is any way to correct this

Issue Summary:We're experiencing a severe color shift issue when embedding transparent PNGs with Adobe RGB color profiles in Illustrator. This began recently and did not occur in previous versions. The same images look correct in Photoshop and when linked in Illustrator, but shift colors significantly when embedded — especially affecting skin tones and blues/purples. Key Details:Our team uses thousands of transparent PNGs daily across our product catalog.We've experienced historical color issues with untagged PNGs, which we resolved last year by saving all assets via Photoshop's "Export As" to retain an embedded RGB profile (either sRGB or Adobe RGB).Until recently, both sRGB and Adobe RGB PNGs embedded without issue. Current Problem (as of Sept 2025):PNGs with Adobe RGB profiles now shift color when embedded in Illustrator.PNGs with sRGB profiles do not shift when embedded.Strangely, previously-problematic untagged PNGs (no profile) now embed without color shifting.The color

It is years I'm wondering why sometimes the text (expecially punctuations) ends up outside the text box. Does anyone have a solution to fix it? It doesn't seems to be a problem of optical margin.Here a screenshot of my issue 

I thought this was "Cavalier" font, but I'm not sure. Can anyone help?  

In Illustrator when zooming in using the ctrl Mouse scroll zoom Illustrator becomes super laggy and clunky (even if there is a simple shape on the artboard), I think I may have found the issue being my resolution and refresh rate?  Does anyone know if there is a way around this to make zooming smoother? My PC info is below. Monitor: Pro Art 2050 x 1440 at 100hzGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB) CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor 3.60 GHzInstalled RAM: 16.0 GB Thank You!

How to achieve this fill effect or fill pattern ?I tried creating a halftone screen, rasterizing, and replacing the dot with a triangle (via script), but the effect I got wasn't the same.Obviously, the object to which I apply this fill doesn't have to have a particular shape like the one in the attached file, which vaguely resembles a trapezoid.How would you achieve this fill? thx for your help

I'm not entirely sure when it started happening but I can replicate this almost every time. When I work with dashed strokes in Illustrator, I can expect the app to hang almost immediately. I've turned off the GPU acceleration because of other issues (why Adobe can't code to a single spec with Apple Silicon, we'll likely never know) and the issue still persists. I know there has been at least one extremely loathed reset of app preferences followed by days of anger at having to put everything back together the way I prefer it. Nothig has fixed the dashes crashing AI bug yet. Anyone else have this issue with dashes? I have an M1 Mac Studio with the latest OS and all my Adobe apps are up to date.

Is there a way to get the working CMYK and RGB profile names in Adobe Illustator with ExtendScript without relying on an open docuement so that I don’t have to see the window flashing?Below is the best I could come up with: function getProfile(targetMode) { if (targetMode !== "RGB" && targetMode !== "CMYK") { targetMode = "CMYK"; } var originalDoc = null; if (app.documents.length > 0) { originalDoc = app.activeDocument; } if (originalDoc) { if ( (targetMode === "RGB" && originalDoc.documentColorSpace === DocumentColorSpace.RGB) || (targetMode === "CMYK" && originalDoc.documentColorSpace === DocumentColorSpace.CMYK) ) { return originalDoc.colorProfileName; } } var docColorSpace = (targetMode === "CMYK") ? DocumentColorSpace.CMYK : DocumentColorSpace.RGB; var tempDoc = app.documents.add(docColorSpace, 1, 1); var profile = tempDoc.colorProfileName;

i have created this logo from another logo and joined it together using shapebuilder. when i size it down it creates a horrible issue with the “E”. i have checked layers and outline view and there is nothing to suggest there’s an error. help! 

Hello, I’m creating a generator of designs in Adobe Illustrator with the goal of having a single .ai file containing dozens of designs. Each design includes text fields and images linked to variables. In the final version, each variable will be connected to dozens of different fields. At the beginning of the project, I had two designs where some variables were linked to a single object, while others were linked to multiple objects. Everything worked fine, and there were no issues when importing a .csv file. Unfortunately, after expanding the project with several more designs, the following error started occurring. When importing the same .csv file, I get the message: "The current file already contains variables. Do you want to overwrite the current variables and data sets?" I can either choose "Yes" or "No." If I select "No," nothing happens. If I select "Yes," another error message pops up: "The filter operation cannot be completed because an unknown error has occurred.

Hi everyone,I'm working with existing script "VARIABLE IMPORTER"  that require constant variable updates with data from CSV files. This involves manually selecting and replacing multiple instances of identical words, which is extremely tedious.I need a way to automatically select all words with the same content. For example, if I want to select "GRABME", that all occurrences of "GRABME" in the script are selected simultaneously.Additionally, I was wondering if there's any tool or method that allows saving and loading word or object selections, similar to how it's done in Photoshop. This would allow me to reuse frequent selections and further streamline the process.Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

This dialog no longer appears, how do I get it back? 

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In Illustrator, I am working on this figure of a tiger woman. I cut a section of the body, and when I attempted to move it, the whole body moved.  

I have an Adobe illustrator file that has white filled circles on a map. When I Export the image to a png file, the white fill does not show up. The circles fill appears transparent. What am I doing wrong? Can any of you experts help me out? I can provide my file if needed. Thanks - Jon

I purchased a copy of adobe illustrator 2026 (lifetime license)when launching its saying request access to this app i also have adobe photoshop installed, this comes from my workplace via creative cloud. how do i fix the issue for my illustrator? its not from my workplace, i purchased it seperatly and cant get it to launch​​​​​​

Adobe illustrator 30.2.1Windows 11Actions will not record going to the menu ‘File’ and goint to ‘Scripts’ and launching a script. I would like to map a function key to my script. I have an action done in an earlier version of AI so I know this should work. Also I cannot find an ‘Export actions’ anywhere in the flip out menu.

I’ve been using Illustrator for a few years now to do all of our instrument design work, then exporting the files to .dxf and bringing them into a couple different CAD/CAM software (first Carbide Create, now Fusion 360).   I’m running into a problem that seems to have only started recently, but since I haven’t upgraded Illustrator in quite a while (didn’t really need to), I’m not sure what update the problem first appeared.  In the earlier version (27.x, not positive about that), when I bring the .dxf into Fusion, it places the design perfectly on Fusion’s origin point, because I placed that point on the centerline horizontally and vertically in Illustrator.  Now, in the current version (30.1), it doesn’t come into Fusion where it’s supposed to anymore.  I was going to just re-install the older version, but the Creative Cloud app doesn’t go back that far.Here’s what it looks like upon importing the .dxf into Fusion now.  Note the orange circle is where I placed the origin in Illustrato

When I have Illustrator (the latest version) open, the screensaver and monitor sleep do not work on macOS Sequoia. In Activity Monitor, there is something called CEPHtmlEngine, and it shows 'YES' in the Prevent Sleep section.What is this thing, and how can I make it stop preventing sleep? To put it mildly, it's quite annoying.