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There is a specific width profile that I use a lot. Is there a way to set it to default? I am doing a lot of short lines with it and its a hassle to change them every time I make them and it also wouldnt be practical to drag and select because I dont want every line to be the same. Is there a better way to do this? The eye dropper tool doesnt copy the width profile styles either and its starting to drive me crazy having to change all these little lines as I draw.Thanks.

Hi!I’m trying to create a gradual blur in Illustrator, similar to this:The goal is to use it to illustrate plane trails, like this example:Could you guide me on how to achieve this effect, please?Thank you!Chris.

I've got a pattern of abstract paths in Photoshop that I've pasted into Illustrator. So far so good. However, both programs have a habit of automatically closing shapes. In Illustrator, the shape (see bleow) is automatically closed (whereas the left hand side should be open).In order to fix this I'm currently having to locate each shape, direct selection of each point, cut it, paste it in place and then re-apply stroke to it. Like the shape as I want it!This process is fine for a couple, but really rather long winded for hundreds of shapes. Is there an easy/faster/better/cheaper way of solving this? What have I missed? As always, answers on a postcard...  

Hi, I’m a new to Illustrator, so I would appreciate it if you could point out any inaccuracies. In Illustrator, when I inflate a group of paths I created using a 3D material, some of the shadows are blurred/distorted as shown in the image below. Some parts of the shadows are not properly distorted and have depth(?) is also created in some areas. If anyone knows how to remove the distortion, I would appreciate your help. Below is the environmental information and the links I used for reference. Thank you in advance. [Image]Ideal inflateThe problem one I face right now It also happens on an edge of side  [3D Material settings]  [Dev Environment]OS : macOS Sequoia 15.1Chip : Apple M4 ProMemory : 64GBIllustrator Version : 29.2.1 [Reference]I watched some following videos as referencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-APAsVlzJRw&ab_channel=TsfAbrhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=461YLwbRhYs&ab_channel=iamrealism

Is create mask now gone from the right click option?

Hi, I am grading a sewing pattern and need to move anchor points by 1 mm. I set my keyboard increment to 0.1 cm but when I move my points 10 times to get to 1 cm the distance ends up being 1,06. This increases exponentially as I grade bigger sizes, which is a big issue. How can I resolve this?

hi there, i have a question. i have set a stroke width of 1.2mm on a design. once i select the design and then enlarge it (even though i have the stroke scaling switched off) it looks like the thickness of the stroke has grown.photos attached: notice the stroke width detailed on both photos are 1.2 mm the top photo shows the design after it has been enlarged (with stroke scling turned off) with a new line created at 1.2 mm ( which all lines ont hr design were before enlarging the design) that is clearly smaller than the original lines. just trying to figure out what is going on here.   

I am trying to create this pattern/texture/fabric in Illustrator. I am guessing a pattern would be best to apply this to dozens of items. If you have a better idea to apply it to multiple items let me know. The texture is a thread, a patch if you will. Thanks in advance!

Hello,I recently purchased a laser engraver and want to create an image like the attached. I'm not sure if this was created using a variety of vector images or some AI Generator software. However, my goal is to create these type images using illustrator or any other recommended Adobe software. Thanks.

Bonjour, Je travaille sur un logo et de ce fait j'utilise l'outil de maquette pour voir le logo sur différents supports (casquette, tshirt etc...).Mon problème est que j'ai insérer une image de texture (la couleur or) à un nombre présent dans le logo, et donc quand j'utilise l'outil maquette le nombre se retrouve avec un fond blanc, peu importe si je fais le logo 100% sur illustrator ou alors que je l'importe une fois détouré et sans fond dans illustrator, après vectorisation un fond blanc vient s'ajouter à mon logo.Dois-je mettre une simple couleur à mon nombre et oublier l'effet de texture avec une image ?  Merci pour votre aide par avance.Bonne journée. 

Hi everyone, For our business, we need to convert approximately 12,000 files (in various formats) into PDFs. In each PDF, we need to add a Cut Contour line and a Cut Out Knife line.Is there a way to automate this process for all 12,000 files without having to open and edit each file individually? Any advice on how to handle this efficiently would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help!

Greetings,   My use case includes printing serialized labels to a label printer. My current preference is to print directly from Illustrator using batch actions and dynamic text iterating over serial numbers loaded from a .csv file (as in this video), but I'm open to other efficient workflows including a script, batch saving PDFs to be batch printed from another app, etc.   The issue with my current workflow: the batched print sequence stops for input every time it iterates. I have to hit "Print" on the print dialog for every label.   Is there something I'm missing in the action recording / definition?   Or is the print dialog box inaccessible somehow to Illustrator's batch actions?

I am using the new Bullets and Numbering feature and I've noticed that it works fine, unless you close your document, reopen, and then try to add more lines. The program forgets that you're using bullets and if you try to add a bullet again in the same text area box it indents all of the following lines after the first one.

 I can't create a java script to align all objects to the base of the artboard because it always gives an error on the Y axis. I've tried several approaches but so far nothing Does anyone have an example script how to align multiple objects to the base?on the x axis it works perfectly to center without losing the relative distance between the objects, however I have not had success in relation to the Y axis, either to measure the size of the grouping, to center or to move  

This is yet another "I saw someone do this but for some reason it does not work when i do it" I'm trying to create a clipping mask. The guide says "create a clipping mask by holding alt/option, and wait for this little arrow to come down"When i hold alt nothing happens, when I try to drag it towards the layer below, the cursor changes to a plus, and all it does is duplicate the layer. This is what I'm trying to get: (cursor changes to arrow icon)layers appear staggered and not directly on top of eachother or in the same layer: thank you in advance!

Dear All,I have an issue to use the align tool, for alignment the object to center of the art-board as per attach screenshot.Please advise to fix it.Thanks & B/regards,

Im using Adobe Illustor 2020, and I cannot move objects. Everything is Updated, also to note I am on a school computer so I do not have admin privilages.

I'm doing everything I'm supposed to do on my end from the help blogs but some options I do not see From the Adobe help page, it says I should:You can choose between available composers from the Paragraph panel menu (Windows > Paragraph > panel menu). For example, you can use the Middle Eastern & South Asian Single-Line Composer or Middle Eastern & the South Asian Every-Line Composer. But I do not see any Middle Eastern composer...  That blog post also says I can do the following:To create content in Arabic and Hebrew, you can make the right-to-left (RTL) direction the default text direction. However, for documents that include left-to-right (LTR) text, you can now seamlessly switch between the two directions.Select the paragraph direction from the Paragraph panel. I do not see that option at all:  What am I doing wrong??? Why is this so complicated?? I am trying every single Workspace, resett

Is it possible to reshape with the Direct Selection tool and constrain the handles in abstract directions, not just the standard multiples of 45?

Hi,I've been dealing with a frustrating issue for a while, and nothing seems to solve it. I've tried uninstalling and resetting the settings, but the problem persists.When I change the font of a word in an existing document, any attempt to edit that word causes it to revert back to the original font.For example (see photo), the word Appetizers was originally written in Futura. After changing it to Gotham, adding characters in the middle or end of the word makes it switch back to Futura.This started happening a couple of weeks ago out of nowhere.Please, PLEASE help me solve this! 

anyone kknows how to reset all of illustrator setings, printing preferences, color swatches etc, etc, all at once without re-installing the software?

I have a small business I'm trying to grow. We recently bought a muse vinyl cutter to letter dirt track race cars, does anyone know if I can use Illustrator with the Muse cutter?

Illustrator not opening any file, even new ones. When i click new file, i see the Loading process, but it always crashes after some % loading.I tried to uninstall, reinstall, rename UXP, modify printer settings, modify windows display settings... install an older version, but nothing seem to work. Please help !

I'm hoping I'm not the only one experiencing this? Currently running Illustrator 29.1 (awaiting to install 29.2.1) on Intel i5 2020 iMac 27" with Sequoia 15.2. For the last few weeks, I've noticed that when editing or adding to existing text, any new content that I add is added in another font entirely - in this video, when I add to existing text in American Typewriter, new text is added in Helvetica! It's not just reverting to Helvetica, I've had it revert to Gotham, Avenir, Times New Roman (and a few more which I can't name). This problem does not seem to be linked to specific font coding e.g. OpenType; as it is happens to locally installed TrueType and Adobe cloud-hosted fonts too. I've seen guidance of it being localised to 29.1, and to revert back to 29.0 while the issue is looked at; however I started having the problem while I had 29.0 installed. Any advice woud be miuch appreciated - thanks.

anybody facing this issue, I have been tried with Ai 2021,2022,2024, and 2025 version with same OS and even the OS installed with new SSD, still same problem of not responding, like when working with AI, and inbetween gets stuck, then Force Quit again same. it not like a small file or heavy file all same issues. anybody can help for this?