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I want blob brush to merge to areas of same color. It only merges when there is nothing visible between existing are and new blob. For example i cannot fill the white gaps with blob brush so that all gray would be joined to be one area, only because black is above gray. Why would i want new area there and not them joined. When is current behaviour useful. Joining areas together takes way too much time. 

Hello, I need assistance with an issue opening an .ai file. It’s a project I worked on yesterday, but I’ve been unable to open it since this morning. I invested a lot of time in this file, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. 

לאחרונה הורדתי גרסת אילוסטרטור 28.0 במקום גרסה ישנה שאיני זוכר איזו גירסה היתה.הגרסה הנוכחית יצרה שתי תקלות קרטיות כאשר מוכנס טקסט עברי עם ניקוד.ראשית, בשימוש בפונט drugulin CLM BOLD הניקוד תחת האותיות בעברית מרוחק באופן ניכר מהטקסט ולא קיימת דרך לשנות את הפרמטרים.הבעיה השניה היא יצירת אותיות הכתב במהופך. אודה לכל מי שיכול לעזור לטפל בתקלה או לחלופין להמליץ על גרסה ישנה שעובדת בעופן תקין.

When using the rectangle panel  to scribe a 3 inch square with a line weight of 1 pt,  I have discovered that the size in the Properties panel increases according to the stroke weight used. In Surface pattern design,  accuracy is critical.  However trying to tweak  the actual dimensions in the Properties panel is proving almost impossible.Does anyone have a fix for this?Would Adobe please, please resolve this problem? 

I have a raster image as background layer in AI and some vector elements on top of it. After exporting this file as TIFF, I get a ghost line on top of it. Here is a close up of the white line. It's also shown on a printed canvas.Here is my exporting setings  

Click and Drag not working, I have to click on an objects path and use the arrow keys to move anything,Anyone know how to fix this? Cheers

Hi,I worked on some vector graphics in Illustrator using a CMYK file. The graphics were intended for print, so I chose CMYK. However, I’ve been notified that they also need the graphics for screen. If I change the color settings in Illustrator, will it automatically convert everything to RGB, or do I need to manually adjust something? Thank you very much.

I'm trying to create a pretty complex appearance for some live text. In the attached image I've replicated what I am trying to achieve, outside of the appearance panel. But when I try to create this in the appearance panel for live text I can't get it to work. I have tried the following: 1) Apply fill in appearance panel2) Transform the fill down a few pixels with 1 copy3) Apply the subtract pathfinder effect Strangely the subtract has no effect, though other pathfinder options like Add do work. Ultimately there will be other fills layered above and below this. If anyone can help me achieve this result on live text in the appearance panel it would be much appreciated!

Hey everyone, I've seen this similar question asked before however none of the solutions seemed to help my problem. I am trying to move an object in a pretty small increment, I have the preferences keyboard increment set to its lowest number, but I still need to move my object 1/3 as far. I've also tried to manually move the object to the correct point with my mouse and it just snaps back to the space where it was sitting which was as close as I could get it with arrow keys. I've turned off snap to grid and snap to point, with no change in my result. I'm basically trying to align a smaller triangle over a section of a larger triangle to act as a shading area. Any solutions? Thanks in advance.

Hola, desde la última actualización he tenido inconvenientes en los estilos de fuente en Illustrator. Si estoy usando una fuente que por ejemplo está en "Bold", la cambio de estilo de fuente a "Book" y hasta allí todo normal; pero cuando quiero seguir editando ese texto automáticamente, las nuevas palabras o carácteres que escriba nuevos conservan el primer estilo, en este caso "Bold". Debo terminar de escribir y volver a cambiar a "Book". Sé que no es un gran problema pero se vuelve algo tedioso tener que estar cambiando de estilo de fuente cada vez que quiere adicionar más texto.  ¿A alguien más le sucede? Y de ser así ¿Ha logrado arreglarlo? De antemano gracias por cualquier respuesta. 

Hola, alguien que comparta el instalador de Illustrator 2021 por favor, necesito instalar plugins de Deskpack de Esko y solo en esa versión pueden funcionar.Gracias.

In previous versions of Illustrator I could work on a project and have an Artboard that had additional content around it and when I choose to Save the Artboard Image ONLY I could check the use Artboard box and the PDF would be created for only the content ON THE ARTBOARD not the additional stuff around the work I wanted to use either for Print or the Web.Previous workspaces in Illustrator had placeholder space for additional stuff and worked like a scrapbook around the Artboard or Artboards I had active for that documents workspace. I would choose Save As and choose PDF and check the box to save ONLY the Artboard image.Now the process is a pain in the ass. I work on a Artboard in the documents workspace and I cannot choose to save ONLY the Artboard content to PDF. What I have to do is CROP out everything else in the documents workspace and loose all the assets that where in the documents workspace (they would then be gone and I could not do substitutions etc from the AI (Illustrator fi

Can anyone guide me on to make sure the spacing is the exact same from the left of the inner circle to the first letter for each word? 

Hi,I noticed that changing the selection tolerance in the preferences dialog box between 1-8 px doesn’t affect my work. Can anyone explain the purpose of this option?By the way, my screen is 24" 1920x1200 px.Thank you 🙂

Dear Adobe Support Team,I encountered a significant issue while using Adobe [illustrator 2024]. During normal usage, upgrade plan advertisements frequently pop up. These ads cannot be closed and cause the software to become unresponsive, making it impossible to continue working. As a result, I was unable to save my progress and lost critical work.This issue severely impacts usability and workflow. I kindly request that you investigate and address this problem by improving the mechanism for displaying upgrade ads to prevent such disruptions in the future.Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your response and any upcoming fixes.ps:Version of the app : illustrator 2024 v29.01Platform and OS version: macos 12.7.6

Hi, I am trying to adapt the text in this stock ai file I licensed on Adobe Stock: File: 1095651026. Unfortunately, the text isn't editable - it is all now in paths and compound paths. I am trying to recreate it and have figured some of it out, and am making myself crazy on other parts.Here is what I have done mostly successfully:Create light grey text with white outlineCopy this and make it white text with white outlineUse a clipping mask to slice the grey text with white outline in half horizontallyPlace this over the white on white text to get they effect of the stock example - ISSUE: This all looks decent BUT adding the white outline makes the glyphs thicker than I really want them. I would rather the outline happen within the shape of the glyphs rather than outside of them, expanding them. Is there a way to achieve this?Here is where I am stuck:5. Copy a navy version of the text6. Use "offset path" with mitre joins to try to replicate the dropped text in the stock exampl

Hello folks!I am experiencing a hiccup in color selection. If I attempt to manually select the color of an object's stroke, the color will be transferred to the fill instead. I have uninstalled and re-installed Illustrator without retaining preferences and the problem has persisted. Screenshots of what I mean are attached.Any advice is welcome!

Since the last update both my stroke and fill dropdown only change the fill color if I type in a color value. Swatches still seem to work as expected.Resetting my preferences did not help. Is there a setting somewhere I am unaware of?Thanks!

Would it be possible for Illustrator to implement in a future version the possibility of using connectors . Connect two points of an object dynamically so that, for example, if the location of one of the two elements changes, the line connecting them moves accordingly?(as in Libre Office). ?

I am attempting to export a very simple 1-color icon/mark as an .svg file. When I export as .svg, I get black filled in shapes instead of the proper strokes/outlines in the design. I'm uploading an image of the design in Illustrator as well as what it looks like when I export. I have already converted all text to outlines and have attempted to use object>expand on the shapes before export, and that has not solved my problem. No matter how I export to .svg, the shapes are messed up. 

Hi All, I'm trying to print an .ai file to a PDF and I used to be able to print drawings larger than an 8.5"x11" as several sheets that I'd tape together. All of a sudden, all of those options are disabled when I click print. How do I enable the settings below "Print Layers"? 

Hi there! Does anyone know how to create the cross hatch pattern  and the line pattern seen here? Thank you! 🙂

Hello, I'm using the latest version of illustrator, and I can't find how to add a background color to a text box (not the text itself, but it's background). In previous versions there was a menubar at the top with all the possibilities and here i can't see anything like it.I would appreciate your help.  Thank you

大家好：關於繁體中文字體的延續問題我發現最近的版本有字體延續的問題。例如我有一段文案，客戶需要修改一些文字。原文案字體為：來源漢黑體。然後我修改之後就不會繼續Source Han Sans了。相反，它會更改為其他字體...以前的版本中並非如此。有什麼辦法可以解決這個問題嗎？謝謝大家

How can I select objects which are completely inside the marquee or a lasso? Currently by default illustrator selects all the objects whether they're just touching the selection marquee or are completely inside it, I have to deselect objects that just touch the selection marquee while selection objects which are completely inside my selection box.In AutoCAD, and SketchUp, drawing from right to left while selecting objects selects everything that touches or encloses our marquee, while drawing the selection box left to right, it only selects objects which are totally inside the selection rectangle.Please guide. I am using Illustrator CC 2019 on WIndows 10