Questions

Hi,The new 3D tools works well, but there is no setting to modify the shadow side of your object. It renders very dark, and I'd like to alter that.Any ideas? P.S. after I render w/ Ray Tracing (keeping the defaults) but choosing vector... why are my basic geometric shapes that had inflate applied no longer as geometric? I see odd flaws in the output.

I have problems with the Print Settings in Illustrator 2025 since it doesn't let me Adjust Page and choose the printer I need. It sends me directly to printer and scanner settings

I have been using one document to generate vector icons for a project. However, the file is slowing down immensely as there are many variations being generated to find the perfect icon. Is there any way to multi select the unused vectors to delete or do we have to delete them one by one? I wish there was a function to clear unused variations becuase its tanking my computer performance.

Hi there, I was wondering if someone could help me with this issue, I have to prepare a file for print and some of the images are below 300ppi.The images are embedded in illustrator and I dont have the packaged file.When I click unembed and edit in photoshop and increase the ppi it doesn't increase the resolution in illustrator when I click on links after saving. Any suggestions?My first thought was to get request a packaged illustrator file /original file and then increase ppi from those links. I also read somewhere sometimes you can't fix low resolution photos, thanks !

Suddenly, out of nowhere, I can no longer select and/or move the cyan guide lines on any Illustrator document. I was able to earlier today, and just BOOM. It stopped working. I've restarted the program and my computer but the problem persists. Please don't tell me Adobe has disabled this feature... I hate that it doesn't work in Photoshop, but I absolutely must have it in Illustrator. I've always been able to click on the ruler to create a cyan line, then drag it and use my arrow keys to move it to create a guide for placement inside a box. I'm using version 29.0, and like I said, just today it was working fine, but out of nowhere it stopped and restarting does nothing. And I haven't changed any settings. Please help!

For example: I have a Rectangel and a line. now i want to connect the left anchor point of the line with the Rectangel so when i move the rectangle the line stays connected with the rectangle, but only the left anchor point. The right one stays untouched. I want to create a flowchart, but stay felxible to changes. Now i need suggestions on how to acchieve this. Is there maybe another programm or a solution for my example at the top? Thanks for the help!!

I'm trying to create a code that selects the whole artboard and drags it to the Asset Export to save them as svg and png. Is it possible?

Hi- I save all my files as pdf. When I save a file to send to a client, it needs to be small, so I save as "Smallest File Size". In older versions, it would always default back to "Illustrator Default". How do I force it to always save that way, unless I change it?

Please help how to export in Illustrator eps svg png and jpg with one click, Affinity Designer 2 has this feature, I can export all formats, create folders and put all files in them

Hi,Wondering if someone can help me locate where a file that I've worked on multiple times might be? I finsihed the file and exported it as SVG, and PDF but the .AI file is not in my recents and my autosave's arent anywhere to be found. Is there any route to check where this file might be to re-open for an edit? Thanks! 

I use adobe illustrator 2024 so I didn't have any problems before. But suddenly there is a problem, the problem is that when I save an EPS file, the original icon of the EPS file is not showing. I want a solution.

I asked the Generate Vectors (Beta) to "Create a calligraphic drawing of the Urdu phrase "Allah mujhe sukoon de" in Urdu script. It immediately told me that I had violated Adobes terms of service. The phrase literally means, "God give me strength." Which is somewhat appropriate given the nonsense response. Does anyone have any idea why such a response was given. Literally nothing about my prompt violates anything on Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines.

I have a crescent shape I've repeated around a circle, with an interior line, but one of the crescent objects strokes dissapears when rotated between about 270-279°. The stroke is still applied throughout, it just *poofs* when its rotated. Any thoughts on how to fix this? Outlining the stroke does not work (as it just outlines the small visible portion).  I've attached a screen recording of the interaction. 

Hi, I'm setting up my design for print and using these water droplets. It looks beautiful and realistic in RGB, but once swapped to CMYK, they become very clunky. Does anyone know a way I can fix this? I've tried playing with the transparency styles, such as overlay/multiply/colour dodge, but they aren't giving me the desired effect. See images for reference!

Hello all,I am very disappointed with Adobe Support as they couldn't help me at all.I have received client's artworks in AI that when I open with Illustrator 2024 it shows me that these files have missing links, and it doesn't show anything.What's curious is that when I open with Acrobat, there's no such a thing! I can see all the images. If I open on a very olv AI version, like 2015, it also shows everything! IN FULL QUALITY!!!!But the "specialists" on Adobe support insists I am so f***ng ret**ed that I am not aware that these images I've never seen before are somehow in my computer, which wouldn't explain why they're missing on newer version anyways. For clarification, I HAVE NO IMAGES FOR THESE LINKS ANYWHERE in my computer, how the **** can I open in two adobe softwares but not on the newer version of Illustrator? I granted access to my computer for the "specialist" that managed to make me waste one hour of my day and not bring any solutions. So if there's any real s

Adobe Illustrator will not allow me to use images downloaded from Whatsapp. When I try to import them there is an error. Can explain why or give a quick work around that won't cost me extra time. 

Hi - I have graphics generated by another program that creates 5 point squares -- four corners and one intermediate point on the upper line.  As below: I would like to remove that center anchor point, so that distortion/transformations behave as I want.  "Simplify" seems to add curves, not quite what I want.  There are 1000s of these objects; so fixing by hand not really an optimal solution.  Any suggestions for automating this? Thanks!Jim 

[update August 2, 2024] With Illustrator 28.6, Adobe again changed the SVG format. They seem to have abandoned the use of `data-name` for complex object ID's. Illustrator 28.4.1-28.5: <rect id="mouse_link_n" data-name="mouse/link/n" class="cls-17"...  Illustrator 28.6: <rect id="mouse_x2F_link_x2F_n" class="cls-17...  This is the same as the old format, before 28.4.1. However, the new stylesheet format is still used (.cls-1 etc.). —————————— Beginning with Illustrator 28.4, the format of SVG files exported via Javascript are in a very different format.The following examples are exported with:   options.cssProperties = SVGCSSPropertyLocation.STYLEELEMENTS; ... doc.exportFile(fileObjSingle, ExportType.SVG, svgOptions);   The AI file looks like this:  The old format looked like this (Illustrator 28.3):   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- Generator: Adobe I

hola, cerré mi illustrator porque se estaba trabando y al abrirlo de nuevo, despues de cargar el programa, mi pantalla se queda en negro. ¿Alguien por aquí sabe como arreglar eso?

I'm attempting to recreate Herbal Essences logo as an excercise. I made a clipping mask with the circle in the center but the entire flower is inside in the shape of circle. How do I replicate the way the flower petals go past the circle creating a 3D effect, while the bottom half of the stem is perfectly inside the circle.   

Hello sir, I'm facing a problem of Generative AI doesn’t work. My internet connection is fine. But i can't generate any image. please solve this. here is the screenshot

Hi everyone,After install Adobe Illustrator 2025 There was a problem with my smart guides, Line Extension smart guide its not displayed. Details are in the attached image. 

Friends,I want to take advantage of StationeryHQ's new elevated ink wrapping paper option, but I am getting stuck on the directions, as seen HERE.Mainly, I don't know how to do step 3:Step 3: Prepare Artboard and LayersCreate a new artboard that represents each of your 5 channels. You'll have one artboard for each channel.Place the artwork for each channel on its respective artboard.Organize your layers so that each artboard contains only the artwork for its specific channel. I am trying to create wrapping paper with elevated ink elements. I am starting with a pattern block, then filling the full size artboard with a fill of that pattern. I'm supposed to make an artboard for each spot color channel. I don't know how to separate the colors so that each artboard only has one of the colors. Or is that even what the directions are asking me to do??? I have attached a sample pdf showing the artwork. The elements in black are what should eventually be a gold  elevated ink.&nbs

Can someone please point me to some legalese describing how I can use graphics generated with Text to Vector? The legal department will want to know.  I created an icon, and the client likes it (yay!), and wants to use it on packaging. I want to make sure we have the rights to do that.  I converted it to outlines and tweaked it, added some text and whatnot. It's no longer connected to the original prompt.  I found this: https://www.adobe.com/legal/licenses-terms/adobe-gen-ai-user-guidelines.html, which specifies in #8 that "... if Adobe designates in the product or elsewhere that a beta version of a generative AI feature cannot be used commercially, then the generated outputs from that beta feature are for personal use only and cannot be used commercially."  So is there someplace that says that Text to Vector cannot be used commercially?  Please advise, thanks.  

I created a graphic with lines and arrow heads.  When I proceed to export it as a PNG it's showing my lines as broken lines....they appear to be "dashed" but they are not... i checked and checked again, over and over!   I've gone as far as copying individual elements to a brand new workspace and then redrew the lines only to have it do the same thing!  After several attempts doing the same process and suddenly,  one worked.  It seems like a glitch but I don't know if I'm just doing something dumb?  Hopefully someone can help me out!