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I'm looking for a script that will create various box sizes from dimensions stored in a csv file.I've found a reoccuring thread when using a PC and VBA but i am using a MAC so am looking for a .jsx solution.Can anyone help please?

It would be very helpful to have a toggle in settings just like the "scale strokes and effects" for text.  A checkbox for "Scale text" would allow re-scaling of a block of layers but maintain the font size in all of the text if unchecked.  Very handy when doing lots of event maps with tons of street names and the client decides to add something just out of frame so you have to re-scale the map.  You grab all the layers and scale down and it gets pretty tedious to bring all the street names back to the font size you want for that project.  Same with scaling up to show detail areas.

i have to resize a large number of Illustrator projects, each having 8 artboards with individual PSD images placed to size. There must be a way to resize each artboard with it's PSD file together instead of manually resizing each PSD file on each resized artboard. Any advise would be fantastic!

I don't see it under the window panal!

How can I create and edit preflight mode?

I was in the middle of drawing, when suddenly all color, gradients and pictures disappeared. Why? How do i get them to come back? All color and pictures are still visable in the layers and it looks normal in the preview when i open illustator, but when i open the document, all color is still gone. Please help! 

Hello, I have a customer that was having issues with Illustrator where the drop down menus would stop working and the saved files were corrupting. Tried a complete purge of all adobe apps and background files but the problem came back quickly. Next step I removed all adobe again, backed it up with Time Machine then erased and installed fresh OS Sonoma 14.4.1 (Mac mini M1 32GBs of RAM), restored data from backup and installed the newest versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom. Illustrator is now working perfectly without any issues except when she selects Export As, select Use Artboards and file type PNG, click Export. The next window that pops up you can choose Resolution, Anti-aliasting, Interlaced, and the Background color. Normally in this window she would get a tiny preview of her artwork in the next window that pops up. Starting after the first purge that preview went away despite two full reinstalls of the applications. I need to get this preview back for her as it was

bonjourje vais tenter d'être clair illustrator à jour, windows 11 à jour, une mise en forme créée dans illustrator. Plusieurs typos utilisées.J'ai besoin d'apporter des modifs au niveau des textes. Feuilles de styles et styles de caractère créés. 2 typos différentes (Helvetica Neue LT Std et Lucida)SAUF QUE...quand j'insère mon curseur ou que je sélectionne un caractère ou un mot... et que je tape un changement au clavier, la ou les lettres tapées s'écrivent dans la typo par défaut (helvetica neue thin) C'est à n'y rien comprendreMerci de vos suggestions

I have a photo of people and have deleted the background so it is clear, saved as .PNG, and then placed it onto a colour background in illustrator. When i go to print it is changing the colour of the background. It appears perfect on screen, but wrong when printed. Attached is a photo of the print out, where i have moved the clipped image down on Left image and the true colour of the block behind is correct (just a top), vs Right Image, where i havent moved the clipped image and the colour behind is too dark. I have opacity set to 100%, out of my depth now, if anyone can please assist and forgive my poor terminology Thanks 

I have a pink line next to the text at every line break. How do I remove it?

Hi, I hope somebody can help me. Everytime I start Illustrator (26.0.2) I get this error window: It appears again when I open a file. The real problem comes when i tried to export via "export for screens" sometimes it says that is unable to export, I have to try several times until it finally let me export the images. I call to the adobe support and recommended to use the adobe creative cloud cleaner tool. I reinstalled the whole CC suite but I have still the problem. I reinstalled the 25.4.1 version of Illustrator version and works ok. I work with and Intel Core i9 10th gen as CPU and an Nvidia P620 as GPU running over windows 10. All tdrivers updated.

I really wish Adobe would implement bleeds in illustrator that can be specific to each artboard. So for example I might have a project file with multiple types of print art where each type needs a different artboard bleed. As it stands now I have to adjust the bleed for each before exporting to print or create each artboard of the project in a separate file.

 Hi  I have one problem when i import my image png to illustrator. I got a white stroke arrond the image.this is  the png : this is when i impot the image in illustrator  (problem come: when i zoom in and zoom out):when  i try CTRL+E the image is pixelated. help !

What's the weird logic in ExtendScript's GrayColor definition? JavaScript Object Reference grayColor.gray description: “The tint of the gray. Range: 0.0 to 100.0, where 0.0 is black and 100.0 is white.”We know that in Illustrator grayscale 0 is white and vice versa. If you want to create white fill:  point.fillColor = new GrayColor(); point.fillColor.gray = 0;    

When I try to place a JPEG (3" x 3" black house icon) on the top (Logo) layer of the document shown below using the Place command, nothing is placed and the layer is deleted.  Any ideas why?  I've never had problems with Place before.  This is on Windows 10 x64.  Thanks for any tips.  I've also attached the image (since it's blurry in the preview) and a short screencap movie showing the behavior. 

I'm new to illistrator I take PNG line drawing and trace them to SVG to 3 D print through Tinker Cad and Tinker cad does not see the thikness of the stroke it see the gap in the path.I need to increase the Gap in the path any suggestion?

I want to divide this shape into two regions. It seems very difficult for me even though I draw line from the anchor point. It is merely becomes a trail and error for me. I watched many YouTube videos, in those presenter did in one go. How to overcome this issue? video is attached.    

Hi all, i have created a shape (Arrow Head) and dragged it into my Library, so i can reuse it in several Artboards and quickly change the "instances" by editing the original shape. No i have to merge / edit some shapes (including those instances), but i couldn`t find a way to convert the instanced shape into a path or make it editable?Thanks in advance for any help / advice!

It just started doing this today, but I think I've had 28.0 for slightly longer, so I'm not sure what changed. I have done all of the steps on the "fix typical crash issues" page (reset preferences, reinstall older versions, update graphics drivers, adobe cleaner tool). The app launches, gets through splash initialization, opens main "home" window where you would see recent files or make new file, seems ok for about 2 seconds, then goes to "not responding" and just hangs forever. So it's not technically "crashing", just indefinitely frozen. Other Adobe apps work still. I am on Windows 11. I tried going back as far as illustrator 27.7 and still does same thing. I did not update or install anything between illustrator working and not working, so I'm very confused. Since it doesnt actually come up with the crash log report dialog, I'm not even sure where to get a crash log from, so if someone could point me to where to find any logs I can upload them.

This is a triangle & straight line in a preview mode and zoom in. There is a anchor point at the corner of the triangle and end of the straight line. I want to place the anchor point of the straight line on the anchor point of the triangle. But imposssible to do so, because it jumps. Is there any way to do this? video is attached as well.        

I can click on Stroke or Opacity in the Appearance Panel, but not on Fill. There is no underline and the word is not clickable. Using Illustrator 2025 cloud document.Anyone else having this issue?

Dear forum, any idea why all controls and tools are gone every time I open Illustrator ( and indesign ) and have to be re-opened and arranged in the side panel windows again? - it seems like the software cannot remember how I arranged my tools from the previous session/works. help is much appreciated 🙂 

Exporting PNGs and files in illustrator has never been a problem for me. Issues arose since yesterday, as I started working on a new project. I'm unsure if I somehow messed with settings without knowing. But when I go to export something as a PNG file, it comes out blurry. In addition, when I go to open the saved png file, the file is zoomed out weirdly.  When I go to export as a PDF, the similar weird zoomed out thing happens again. The difference is, when I zoom in, I can see that the PDF file is not blurry.  (Note: None of this has anything to do with the image, or font, or words / anything I'm using-- it's all very clear assets.) I've attached examples. (1) The view of what I see before going to export (screen inside illustrator)(2) The view after I export as PNG, and open the file(3) The view after I export as PDF, and open the file This is super confusing and a bit frustrating, and I would really be incredibly grateful and appreciative for any h

I'm used to working with the pen tool in Adobe Photoshop, so Illustrator is just different enough to be problematic, since my automatic keyboard shortcut uses don't quite work. My biggest problem when drawing paths in Illustrator is that I can't figure out how to move individual anchor points without moving the entire connected path. I'm sure there's something stupid that I'm missing -- I'm not using the direct selection right, or I don't have the rest of the path deselected properly, or something? But if someone could walk me through how to move only individual anchor points in a path, I would be much obliged. (I am very tired of trying to move anchor points and ending up scooting the entire path along with it.)General Information:Windows Vista (relevant only for keyboard shortcuts, I suppose)Illustrator CS2

I'm still relatively elementary when it comes to Illustrator (pretty familiar in Photoshop), so I'm not sure if this is just my ignorance. But ever since the last illustrator update I can't scale objects or drag text boxes like I used to. Now I have to scale things manually via Transform -> Scale. When I try to just grab a corner and drag to increase Object/Group sizes as I used to it just moves the item and shows the anchor points. Anyone have any insight here if it's just an oversight on my end or an actual bug? Again, been using Illustrator since about 2018 so I'm not too "new", but this is the only issue I've ever had where something seems wrong/different.