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HiI work on Illustrator in real size, meaning in CM.when I export to PDF it always saves it in MM.how do i change it? It's a real problem when i send it to a printing houseThank you

Does anyone know how I can export a logo to a .plt file using AI CS4 (or any CS4 program)?  I need to have a logo laser etched on products and the only file format that the program accepts is .plt.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks,Mel

Bonjour,Depuis que je suis passée à la version 2025 d'Illustrator, l'application plante sans arrêt sans prévenir. Il m'est impossible de travailler dessus plus de 30 min sans que l'application finisse par bugguer et ne réponde plus.Rencontrez-vous également ce problème? Est-il possible de revenir à la version 2024 qui ne posait aucun problème?

i cant open the DXF File and popup error 2067. whats the reson for coming this eror?

Hello - I've created a Javscript that does a lot of things, including exporting this open document in .PDF format.It works… It's just that every time Acobat is launched and it opens the freshly exported .PDF. My question:Via Javascript, is there any way to prevent Acrobat launching each time? If so, what is this function/command?Is is via this? But if so does it have priority on the "predefined preset" of the user?pdfExportOptions_DC.viewAfterSaving = false; Thanks, have a nice day.   - Dimitri 

Hello Friends,Why Object > Repeat doesn't work with placed .psd file of image 

The problem occured when I was making an icon with a size of 44x44 pixels, to which I added drop shadow (detailed information: 72% Opacity, 3px X Offset, 3px Y Offset, 3px Blur). With these settings, exporting my icons in SVG format was working for quite a long time. Then suddenly Illustrator started to save my drop shadow as an individual PNG file, and after some time it didn’t get exported at all, only the icon itself.When exporting the SVG files I worked with the settings below (which used to work before):    Styling: Presentation Attributes    Font: SVG    Images: Embed    Object IDs: Layer Names    Decimal: 2Of course I checked out the problem online and I found that other people were dealing with this issue as well:https://forum.figma.com/t/drop-shadow-not-exporting-with-svg/38727https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61829925/why-does-adobe-illustrator-rasterize-drop-shadows-instead-of-using-fedropshadowhttp

I program an C++-plugin which does the following:Modify the colors of ElementsChange the ICC-Profile of the documentwrite settings to the XMP of the documentWhen calling Undo for the is plugin, it changes back the colors, but the Profile and the XMP-changes were not undone. How to tell Illustrator that all of these steps should be reverted when calling Undo?

 I downloaded the latest version of Illustrator (29.3.1) on W11 and I am getting this script error, can someone help? Thank you!

Hi,Very puzzled here.I made a YouTube profile image exactly to 800x800px.Tried to upload both Jpg and PNG but still it looks blurred.Please help me what I am doing wrong. You can compare how crips the text on my screen compared to my image .

Is it possible to clone an object/image in illustrator? Not just copy and paste or use a stamp, but have the user be able to click on the object and have it clone or dublicate, and then move the copies anywhere?

If I use "Object>Path>Add anchor points" it will add anchors in every segment of the path I just need one anchor on one segment. I cannot add multiple points and delete the unwanted ones because it will deform the path in other areas.This picture is just an example, not my actual work. I just switched to Illustrator from Inkscape, there is a dedicated button for this purpose in Inkscape, there must be something similar in Illustrator.Thanks in advance for your help.

Need some help here. When I copy text and paste it into illustrator it pastes vertically and in an extremely long line. I think it's pasting as an object because when I tried to shrink the box then the text shrinks as well. Also wanted to mention that I'm copying a paragraph and when I paste it it pastes only a sentence. Not sure why this is happening when my "paste without formatting" is off and this problem has never happened before until today. 

I can see the bounding box on my object (a square) but as soon as I click the ruler to pull over a guide, the bounding box disappears. That did not happen in past versions of Illustrator. Can anyone help me figure out how to retain the bounding box visibility while setting a guide? I have the bounding box set with a center point. Not using Smart Guides. Screen recording attached.

Every time that i open illustrator this message shows:Error in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Startup Scripts CC\Adobe PhotoshopLine 1:I/O errorAnd my program crashes all the time when i am trying to export an image or when the files have 2 or 3 pictures.Need help! Thank you in Advance 

Being getting this error message every time I try to load an image to Illustrator. A small image, in this case only 227 KB, Geforce 3060 GPU, 32.9 GB free space in disk C:, nothing running in the background.  Illustrator is up-to-date, have uninstalled, removed all preferences then reinstalled. Problem remains. It's often fine when the image is in its original size:Then when I try to scale down the image, it shows "can't finish previewing"and turn white  I have asked a couple of people experienced with the program and they all tell me they have never seen this issue. (the image is my cat that I'm trying to make a key chain of. He's totally fine  

Illustrator 29.3.1/MacOS 15.3.2 When playing an action, it expands.... so that it visibly "walks" through every step.I have the Playback Options set to "Accelerated", so the walking is rapid, yet the action expands and I see the panel highlight every single step of the walk through. Am I missing something?I want to click play, and the action run while it stays collapsed. Is this not possible? I do not need to see the steps as they are performed, nor do I want "Button Mode" - Button mode lists ALL actions in ALL sets as a button, not a specifc set. With even the default set loaded, that's a lot of panel-filling buttons. If Button Mode honored sets, where I could collaps a set, then Button Mode would be okay - but that's not how it's ever worked.

Hi,   When an arrow key is pressed, the object on screen moves by 0.139 inch.   Is there any way to make it move by 0.125 inch?   Hosun  

Illy version 29.1. My artwork has undergone several file revisions over months. Across all revisions I've used clinet specified Pantone colors on objects in the file. From the start, each files has been set to CMYK color mode. In the newest file revision Illustrator changed all the spot colors to CMYK. The Pantone swatches are still in the Swatch window, but the shapes in the file are now all using CMYK color builds. This causesd a color shift on the latest print run. This same thing has happend to other members of my team. Specitic spot colors change to CMYK.  

Hello community.  I followed the instructions here to successfully create a box around my text: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/19824/illustrator-auto-sized-text-box-with-shaded-background I'm able to change the text box color with ease. I'm not sure how to change the type fill color without affecting the text box color. Appreciate the help, tried to look it up but didnt find an answer.

 Is it possible to create an alert like this using extendscript or ScriptUI?Would be so excellent if there was a way to create non-modal alerts like this.

What is going on with strokes in Illustrator? When using strokes, you get weird jagged artifacts, and when converting strokes to outlines, the conversion is terribly imprecise half the time! We use Illustrator because of the precision it is supposed to offer - this has become incredibly frustrating and a time waste! The issues seemingly started when they began introducing the garbage AI tools in the software. I've fiddled with the stroke preferences, the file resolution, and so on, but - no luck.  Has anyone found a solution to the issues?

Hello yall! I've been running to an Illustrator issue, where when I try to open a file it flashes for a moment, and then I cannot see anything... the only fix thus far is to hold ctrl+shift when opeing AI then I am able to see any files. Also, I cannot drag AI files into the main home window to open them - I am recieveing an X when I do this! Anyone else run into this issue? TIA

The type area does not expand using the select tool, yesterday it was working, now its not

i'm using Illustrator and I need to type in Portuguese/Spanish so i need to use accents like áàêEverywhere else on Mac OS if I long press the key I get an accent pop up, like this:In adobe products, this never shows up.Am i missing something here or does Adobe products don't let this native pop up show up?