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Using a macbookair OS14.7 AI28.1 In the past, when I made a change to some artwork that was linked to an AI project, when I returned to AI, I would be prompted to see if I wanted to update the links. That is no longer working for some reason. I have restarted AI, and restarted the computer, but still the same problem. Under AI Settings > File Handling > Update Links:   is set to "Ask when modified" Any idea what is going wrong?

I was sent a PDF that when I open it on Illustrator, it inverts the colors on the image. The image is embedded, in the Links panel its say NA for format. The file was originally created in Flexi, which I assume is the issue, I just want to know what and why. My solution was to simply invert them back. Here what's weird... The thumbnail preview in Finder display the color correctly, it's when I open it on Illustrator that they get inverted. Tried Photoshop, same thing, preview displays as it should, when opened it inverts them. If I open it as a PDF in Reader, it displays just fine.

Short of scripting your own, there are few pattern making apps out there that have penrose or other aperiodic tiling. Is there any procedure you could use to penrose tile using illustrator symbols? That way you can edit the tiles after the tiling is done ... leading to some much more irregular/natural looking distributions. Export from Repper.app then somehow replace all the shapes of one colour with a symbol – would not work because the tiles will have different orientation? If the Penrose tiles (or say Einstein tiles) could be replaced with Illustrator symbols, you could then draw whatever you wanted inside those tiles after your area is tiled. Posing the question in the hope other people are searching for something similar.  

When trying to log-in to Pantone Connect today, I'm getting a network error message on the log-in page.I use an e-mail and password to log-in.I've tried closing Illustrator and rebooting my PC, but nothing works!!Can anyone help please

This is a screen cap before click "select all unused colour" I try to click "select all unused colour" and drag the color to trash, it shows white, blue and black colour to me, but not gold/yellow/orange these kind of  coloursPs:I used black and blue for type/fonts, just I don't have show in this picture Besides, Is someone knows how to state colour specification for CMYK, PMS, Black & White or Grayscale versions? 

I pressed some combination of keys which broke my eyedropper tool. Now it refuses to pick up strokes (but can pick up fills just fine). I restarted Illustrator, but that didn't fix it. I wasn't paying close attention when the switch occurred, but it may have been some combo of <, >, /, [, ], or shift. Any ideas what hotkey combination I pressed and/or how to fix it?Here are my current settings: 

Se debería poder rotar un segmento de forma individual sin que rote todo el objeto, aunque esta rotación afecte a los segmento contiguos.

Nella versione 2025 di Illustrator, la funzione "Isola gruppo" non funziona più come nelle versioni precedenti: Se un gruppo è composto da un elemento grafico e da un altro gruppo che contiene del testo, l'isolamento non è più possibile. Invece, in Illustrator 2024 questa funzione era disponibile e funzionava correttamente.In allegato troverai un'immagine riassuntiva

Would be cool to be able to place a PSD with several artboards, and have popup option window to allow to select which artboard to pull in. That way updating the AI print file with a new PSD is easy peasy.

Is it possibe to have the 'Docuemnt Info' panel show Objects by default? It's literally the only thing I need from that panel and I want it open all the time, every time. Thanks!  

hello fine community, Using Mac Illustrator 28.7.3 and cannot get the f15 key to work when assigned in the actions palette on my wired extended keyboard with numpad.I've disabled the brightness+/- in the system and flipped the toggle to use fn as function keys already, so that key should work... but it isn't.Works if i use another fn1-14 key, but all attempts to assign f15 have failed. I noticed in the actions code that illustrator uses a "keyIndex" as opposed to a UI raw usage code 106 (decimal) or 6A (hexadecimal)... is that part of the problem? Can i specify the correct one... as far as i can tell the f15-f19 keys on my keyboard are not assigned to anything and i'd love to use them without installing a 3rd party key mapper. The keyset (from keyboard shortcuts) doesnt allow me to specify a specific menu item (script), otherwise i'd ignore actions altogether, but hopefully someone here has experience with at least getting f15 to work properly. Any help is appreciat

ATAJO para plegar todas las capas y subcapas.Lo hago constantemente y me lleva un rato pues tengo varios niveles de capas y subcapas

Un objeto bloqueado no debería impedir seleccionar lo que hay debajo.Tras miles de hora de trabajo y siendo que antes este no era su comportamiento habitual, me resulta sumante incómodo e imagino que a más gente también.

Since I've updated to that version I am not able to open Illustrator without my entire PC getting slowed down at stupid levels.I have done what other posts have said on their answers, like setting the vram and stuff, and nothing works.I have always worked flawlessly on this app and now, when I most need it, it's failing, I, please, need help.64 GB RAM, 2TB Storage, 3080 Super 10GB, AMD Ryzen 5 8600G.Windows 11 Pro. Never had nor have now performance issues.

Hi there, my Illustrator 2022 ist very often creating an AIDBTemp folder (followed by a series of numbers) together with an .aid file with the same name when saving a new Illustrator file on my desktop.This happens without the programm crashing and is disturbing since it ends up with a desktop full of useless files/folders. Has anybody experienced the same problem? Thanks in advance

hey! I just dowloaded the lates version of AI today (28.7.1), just a couple of minutes ago, and if I try to open a map downloaded from OpenStreetMap and do anything with it, the program stops working, the screen becomes faded and I cannot use it at all.any ideas, what could be the problem?the laptop is very new, got it last week, and in the shop the people trying to fix it said that the problem is with the software, maybe some updates, but they are not sure. 

I installed the software in an English version that supports Hebrew - but there is no option to edit in RTL!

I took a week off from work and came back to an updated version of Illustrator that has added more unwanted AI-related features to the selection dropdowns, and completely removed one of my most commonly used functions.  Using the direct selection tool, I can no longer select elements within a group, right-click and choose 'Group', then right-click again and choose 'Isolate Selected Group' to further edit the selected elements.  I am now forced to double-click on the group of elements to enter isolation mode, repeatedly, until I reach the level at which the desired elements are located within the drawing.  A task that used to take all of three seconds to accomplish is no longer anywhere as simple as that, yet the number of AI-related generative features continues to climb.Not to be an ass, but I know how to draw, I neither want nor need AI-related features, especially when their addition disrupts my established workflow.  Please fix this, and while you're at it, plea

Problem I've experienced since the swatch menu has been updated in one of the recent Illustrator updates. When trying to select the specific fill swatch menu (the little drop down swatch menus that appear on the top left) the selected color will only apply to the fill if it is set to the primary swatch (the big fill/outline swatch that appears under tools which you can toggle using the "X" key). So if outline is set to the primary swatch and I select the specific fill swatch menu and select a color, the selected color will apply to the outline instead of the fill. Easier to understand once you see it in the screen recording. In the recording the specific fill swatch menu is the one experiencing this bug, however I believe I've experienced the same issue with the specific outline swatch menu at a different time. OS: Sequoia 15.1.1 (24B91)Current Illustrator version: 29.1 

I started having issues with illustrator around late November, when it automatically updated. Since then, my Illustrator crashes whenever I save my file. I have uninstalled the 2025 version and reinstalled the 2024 version, but that one is having the same problem now. I have reset my preferences, freed up space on my computer, and have run the Creative Cloud Diagnostics, but nothing has fixed this issue.Please let me know what else I can do to to resolve this.

Hi there,When I was using the 3D and Materials panel and went to the Lighting tab, I couldn't go further down to work on the Shadow options because there was no scroller there that would allow me to do so (it was supposed to be on the right side of the tab?). Please see the attached screenshot. Any tips and suggestions will be much appreciated. Many thanks.     

adobe illustrator 选中物体有延迟，抓手工具盒放大镜工具使用后切换其它工具也有延迟。比如直接用 选择 工具选择一个图形或者图片，会停顿一会，才会出现定界框和表示选中，不能立刻选中，而且在点击选择一下后，若移动鼠标则会跟着鼠标移动图形。同时切换抓手工具或者放大缩小工具后，点击 V 按钮，也无法立刻切换成选择工具，其它工具也无法立刻切换使用。

Hi - In Illustrator, I'm using an artistic texture (for example, stipple, ripple, etc) with the symbol sprayer.  Is it possible to change the color of the texture? All of the textures are currently black; I'd like to change it so that the texture is white or gray.  Is this possible? Thanks in advance.

Hola! Me compré una macbook nueva ultimma generacion con chip m4 pro, y me funciona muy trabado Illustrator, probe descargando una versión más antigua y sigue andando mal. Saben como puede solucionarse?Muchas gracias.

Bonjour à tous,Je suis en train de développer un petit logiciel en Python pour optimiser mon workflow, et j’aurais besoin de vos lumières.Mon objectif est de créer un programme qui m’aide à vérifier des plans réalisés sur Illustrator, exportés en PDF. Dans un premier temps, je souhaite que mon programme puisse :Afficher une fenêtre où je peux glisser-déposer mes fichiers PDF.Afficher un aperçu de chaque PDF avec ses dimensions (largeur et hauteur).J’ai pu avancer un peu grâce à l’aide d’un assistant IA, mais je rencontre un problème que je n’arrive pas à résoudre :Si je dépose un ou plusieurs fichiers provenant d’un dossier (ou sous-dossier), tout fonctionne bien.Si je dépose un fichier depuis mon dossier "Téléchargements", ça marche.Par contre, si je dépose plusieurs fichiers depuis "Téléchargements", mon script affiche une erreur : "Aucun fichier PDF valide trouvé".J’aimerais que mon programme puisse importer correctement n’importe quel fichier PDF, peu importe sa provenance (dossier