Questions

Is it vital to use a mouse when using illustrator on a Mac? I've having difficulty, even the simplist of tasks are beyond me, and not like the tutorials. Do I need to go back to using a mouse?  Thanks.

Has something changed about Swatch Libraries? I have libraries provided by paint companies and in the past they would stay named spot colors when used in a drawing. Now, using the same libraries, when I use the swatch, it converts to CMYK and loses the name. I can still see the spot swatches in files I worked on a couple months ago, but can't add new colors without it converting.

Hello community, As the title suggests, I was wondering if it's possible to somehow use (even potentially through scripting) the Plus Lighter and Plus Darker blending modes in Adobe Illustrator. They seem to be available in Figma and other design software, but no trace of them in the Adobe Suite.Perhaps their results could even be replicated somehow? Curious what your thoughts are on the matter.

Hello everyone, I'm Trying to create a outer line that contain specific number of dots 240 to be exact. I considered using the dashed line option for proper spacing, but it doesn't seem to give me the level of control I need. Is there a way to do this exactly? also attach reference images were i want dots. red line. 

Hi, For a project I am working on, I am required to use a specific color profile (PSO Uncoated v3 (FOGRA52)).How can I double-check if it is being used in the current file? If I am not wrong, this can be done from the assigned profile setting. However, I am a bit unsure which is the correct option between option 2 and 3. They both seem to be the same thing. Thank you!  

Hi, i wanted to make something, as i was working i tried to rotate a square but the arrows didn't show, a few minutes later i couldn't mak eanything bigger or smaller can someone help me bc it's for my work and i have a deadline for today

Hi everyone,I’m trying to add forms, like dots, around a custom shape in Illustrator. Specifically, I want to replicate something like the dots surrounding the heart in the attached example.The tutorials I’ve found so far mostly cover adding shapes around circles, but this is not a circular shape. I’m struggling to figure out how to distribute the dots evenly around a non-circular shape like a heart.Could someone guide me on how to achieve this? Are there any Illustrator tools or techniques that work well for this type of task?Thanks so much for your help!  

Hi!I have a problem when exporting two CMYK gradient colors from Indesign(2025) and then opening up the document in Illustrator(2025). I export it as an .pdf CMYK Fogra 39 but as soon as I open it up two of the gradients in the document disappears. I will Attach the indesign document "Utredning_FLH" and its the two first gradients that disappears. Some of you have any idea of what could be the problem?

my question is why in preview mode I see this (correct) pattern (a 45° line)....and in the outline view I see this (unwanted) effect ?    

I added a svg path and text to the pdf file (see attached) and in pdf viewers (MacOS Preview, Adobe Acrobat Reader) it looks fine:But when opeing it with Illustrator the two elements (text & image) are missing. What's wrong with the file or Illustrator? Thanks in advance

I recently noticed I can no longer resize or rotate artwork by selecting it and then dragging a corner.  The arrows that used to appear there no longer display, so I have to resize/rotate via the Transform menu, which is much less convenient.  Is there a box I can check somewhere to bring back the old behavior?  Thanks for any tips. I'm running v29.1 on Win10 x64.

Mac Studio M2 Max, 32 GB RAM, 2TB SSD, Sonoma 14.7Adobe Illustrator 2025 29.1 I have many different performance problems in Creative Suite apps on this system. In fact, I find the performance and responsiveness of Illustrator and Photoshop on this new high-end configuration to be no better than on my former 2015-vintage 27in iMac (reluctantly retired after a motherboard failure). These problems affected the 2024 versions and were not improved by the 2025 versions. The most prominent symptom is the extremely poor menu response. A mouse-click on a menubar item frequently results in a multi-second pause before the menu drops down, sometimes a count of 5 or 6. Toolbar response is also extremely sluggish. It is often very difficult to get the mini-popup showing the tool options to appear at all, requiring multiple clicks and multi-second response times. Dragging vector objects in the working window is also very jerky, and it is infuriating that the outlines and bezier po

I got hundred of wmf file needed to convert to adobe Illustrator format/ai (with pdf compatible), found some script on the forum , but seem like dated, no longer work on CC2024, can anyone advise the updated script? many thanks

Hello,Can anyone help me understand why colour shapes no longer fit perfectly to outline of that shape? Working on a font design and this inaccuracy is confusing and making an accurate corner design difficult!  Any suggestions appreciated!

Top toolbar no longer shows replace synbol when moving or scaling a dynamic symbols they reset and loose all modifications.  

I am working on a complex map that a predecessor created initially in ArcGIS Desktop and then moved to Illustrator for more finesse.  The new version of ArcGIS (Pro) is much more cartographically sophisticated and we'd like to get all of the map back into GIS format if possible.  We will still use Illustrator for the marginalia, cover, etc. - everything surrounding the actual map image.My primary concern is map text.  There are over 1,000 text objects on the illustrator map, all discretely layered by type (e.g. road names, elevation, point of interest, etc).  Is there a way to convert the text layers to a GIS format?  It would ideally be a geodatabase annotation layer, but a simple text graphics layer or point shapefile would be acceptable as well.  Really anything that would work in GIS and preserve layering.Is something like this possible?  I would only need to do this once, so if it's a little painful I don't mind - so long as its not as bad as rec

Estimada comunidad de Adobe, logré automatizar la producción de muchas etiquetas a través del uso de variables y acciones, pero no puedo solucionar un detalle, necesito que cada archivo final o mesa de trabajo tengra un nombre en especícico, pero no me sirve cambiarlo manualmente de a uno. ¿Existirá un amanera de hacerlo de forma masiva? Muchas gracias de antemano.

I use the following workflow: Create AI working file that has different layouts for the same item on separate artboards. Place that working file as a link into another AI file and probably some PSD files. The idea is to have one working file placed in multiple other files, and then just update the links in the other files when the original file changes. (Iterations of the same label must be in both an AI presentation file and a PSD file for each iteration It's a bit of a nesting challenge but works for me).  So. Not sure exactly how to describe this problem. Often (but not always!) the following happens: an AI doc which has the placed images and working file is saved and closed. When I open that AI doc later, all the links are placed in the file multiple times, and they don't seem to be linked. The message I get when opening the file, and I get this for each link: "An error occurred trying to read the linked file <insert file name here>. Choose Replace to select another

bonjour malgrer toute les mise a joure faite je ne peux pas installer illustratorpourquoi? 

Hello, I work in a k-12 school where we work with the Adobe Suite programs. I am trying to narrow down the tools and panels within the workspace to make it more manageable for my students to navigate and learn the tools. I have tried multiple ways to save the workspace, export it, and import it onto different computers that the students use with no luck.  I have followed the instructions for exporting the workspace, but when we try to import the workspace document, we receive an error message stating, " File does not contain valid Illustrator Settings. Please select a valid settings file."  I have also tried to copy the document into the workspace folder and modified the workspace folder under~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator ( series #) Setting.  It does not appear and will not work. I have also tried to open the document using the archive utility. This creates a folder for the document with multiple files contained, but when I try to upload this, i

Hello! I have a problem, my calligraphic brush and art brush draws in black only ! Brush options not help - if method "none" - the brush draws in black only

If you drag to work with the preview enlarged, the work area preview will look blurry.The more you zoom in, the more severe the symptoms are.There wasn't until the last version of 2023, but it came up at some point.Due to the nature of the work, there are many cases where the work is small, so it is enlarged and modified.It's quite disruptive to the workflow. Please fix it quickly Adobe... Below are the things I've done before.Attached is the video as well. <Things I've tried>- Upgrade computer RAM, cpu, graphics card- Check on 3 computers- Initialization- Initialize configuration settings- rename and reset folders in %appdata%- Check after installing an earlier version of illustration- Check after installing the latest illustration version- Upgrade/downgrade graphics card drivers to the latest- Turn off gpu acceleration (not a fundamental solution)- Check Windows Update(?)- Update/Remove and reinstall the Wacom driver- Check by file capacity (at least one letter appear

To avoid confusion, I thought I'd separate out this issue from my previous post about clean SVG text exports. I'd like my center-aligned text to export from Illustrator to SVG like this: <text id="example_id" x="329" y="403" text-anchor="middle">Example Text</text>  Unfortunately Illustrator always seems to export it like this: <text id="example_id" transform="translate(301 403)"><tspan x="0" y="0">Example Text</tspan></text>  So, regardless of whether you've set your text to be left-aligned, center-aligned or right-aligned, Adobe Illustrator always calculates and exports it as left-aligned text that is visually in the correct place. However we are using the SVGs as part of a UI and we are dynamically changing some text elements to arbitrary user-defined strings - so we need replacement text to be centered too. Currently I am doing this by manually editing the files to include text-anchor="middle" within t

I've been using the clipping mask tool forever with no problems, but all of a sudden today, every time I move my clipped image, it seems to sort of "pan" over the original image instead of just moving the whole image to where I want it. In the screenshots attached, I placed my clipping mask on the left of the artboard, but when I moved it to the right, the whole image changed. I even opened some of my previous work and it does the same there. How do I change this? Was there an update I'm unaware of?