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Recently all my Adobe apps have been super buggy, like waaaay more than I have ever noticed in years of using them. For example, I had a path that had a brush applied to it, when I copy and paste that path into another document the path is there but the brush is rendering like 2 inches away from where the actual path is. What is going on? Nothing is causing things to totally not work, but it is like everything is kind of broken or glitchy? Is it just me or anyone else having a lot of strange things happen in the software? 

When I'm working in a file and have my Library palette open, things are good for about 5-10min. Then the Library palette freezes and I can't open or close any of the folders I have in the Library. Same thing happens if I close a file and then reopen any file after about 5-10min. I have reset preferences, signed out and back in the cloud, and uninstalled and reinstalled the app. This also is happening with Photoshop but I'm more concerened with Illustrator since I use that every day. Can anyone help me with this situation - it started about a week ago. Thank you!

Even though i am selecting a black brush, on the mask layer, I am not able to brush the mask with black. On the other hand there is no problem with using a white brush, as seen on the youtube video.https://youtu.be/3BBpHtlN6dU

I invented an alphabet and number scale. I would like to know how to use these symbols to translate a piece of text

When I try open Illustrator version 26.0.1 or version 25.4.1, I can't see anything. according to windows task manger the program is running but nothing is showing up on my screen or taskbar. I have try uninstalling Illustrator but it is still not opening.

With the latest update for Illustrator if I click on the filter tab in the Font Menu, Illustrator freezes for a few minutes. If I'm patient it will continue where I left off. This happens every time I access the filter tab to sort by characteristics (script, hand made, serif..etc)

After upgrading Illustrator to version 30.1 (on Windows 11) with the new font filtering system, everytime I try to use it I get the hour glass hang until either it just backs out of the selection with no filtering or Illustrator crashes. Filtering used to work until the update changed the system.

Whenever I try to enter a decimal number in properties, I have to use a comma, but I would like to be able to use the dot (.) since that is the sign on my number pad on the keyboard, and it would make typing a lot easier. Does anyone know if there is a way to change this?

I oftentimes round corners or merge shapes together only to end up with a shape that looks nice but has horrible topology with overlapping anchor points. This makes adjusting bezier curves on these points impossible since the bezier handles are split up.  The solution is called "merge points by distance" or "remove doubles" which is commonly used in Blender 3D to reduce the vertex count which makes it easier to manipulate a model. Let's say we have a 5-spoked star in Ilustrator and for some reason end up moving 4 anchor points of the right half on top of the anchor point at the top. You now have a nice half star silhouette with terrible topology since it icludes a corner with 5 overlapping anchor points. A simple "remove doubles" command would merge every anchor point on the canvas or selection that is closer than 0.000001 px or something like that, leaving you with the half star and no more overlapping points.  Yes, I know that you can just delete the 4 a

I am self-taught in Illustrator and I know there are simple ways to do some things that I manually do.  I'm trying to place 22 small circles evenly on a circular path.  I don't want the large red circle in the graphic at the end.  What are all of the steps to do this?     

I recently started having this strange issue, I will be working on a document, everything looks normal, I will close the document. The next time I open it, random text is a different color than what it should be - it appears black, but when I click on it, there actually is no color in the swatch on the toolbar, it is a question mark. I will the change the “black” text to the right color, save and close the document, then upon reopen different text is the question mark black. It is so random, some documents have the issue and some do not. Wondering what it could be?

 I made a shape with the pen tool and then put a grid over it. I wanted to use the paths on the grid to divide the shape but it is not working. I make sure the path was above the shape, I tried just cutting with the scissors, and even making another shape with the pen tool but nothing works.  

Hello all This has started happening a short while ago. If I want to change the CMYK values on a colour in the 'Color' window and change the C value, then tab to M and change that, when I tab to Y the whole set of percentage values goes blank and the color preview has a question mark. Example:I change 40% in C to 50%, then press the tab key to move to M, then tab to Y to change that, everything goes very odd - screenshots attached... Is this a bug? Been using Illustrator since Illustrator 3...not something I recall coming across before.  Simon 

I want to create Graphs and charts as per the input raster images using Concept to vector option, and will it support and in addition to that can i map any specific template as a requirement to create a new vector graph

I am updating an old document and the color palette shows the PMS colors with CMYK preview. This is “probably” all right but when I use Pantone Connect to add the colors again using the spot color, they won’t update. I can add a new PMS color but I’ve tried putting the art into a new document, making a color swatch in a blank document, and several other options and nothing is work. In the screenshot below, the Pantone colors on top are what were already in the document (2016) and the CMYK equivalent is what happens when I click on Add to Swatch from Pantone Connect but the color below (PANTONE 4072 C) adds as I would like these other colors to be in the document (see preview icon on the right).Any idea what might be happening here? The document is CMYK but that shouldn’t prevent me from adding PMS colors to it (at least, it never has before). 

I would like to type in a box of a particular width, and for text that spills over this to automatically move below it, just like when you run out of space at the edge of the page in microsoft word and the like. When I change the size of my text box it changes the scale of the font and if I make a return to make it appear as though it has done what I want, the return is so large that it looks weird. Is there an easy solution?

In the past, when I was using earlier AI versions than CS5 it was no problem to warp text and then create the outlines of the text. Now, the option “create outlines” disappears when I do right-click on the warped text.Lots of thanks in advance for your help!!!

I have an illustrator file of paths.  It is similar to a coloring book as I want to create black fill “inside” the lines.  My problem is illustrator is “seeing” the path as whats outside of the lines, basically reversing the negative and positive.  If I select a path, it creates a fill outside the lines, not inside… I must be missing something… thank you in advance for any help...

I downloaded Illustrator today, though I've used the program a while back.No matter which tool I select, be it shape, brush, move, anything, the symbol which appears at the cursor is a pencil and a circle with a line through it below it. When I click with this tool nothing appears and an error sound occurs.My layers are visible and unlocked. I have selected a color with full opacity. I have created new layers, new documents, restarted illustrator. No tool will create any effect whatsoever. I can't select, move, paint, etc. it just shows the same pencil error symbol.I'm using a Huion 610 tablet which runs a tablet driver in the background. However the problem is identical when I use the mouse instead.I hope there's a viable solution.

Hi, I am making the printable region on my license plate frame in Illustrator. However I am stuck at the rounded corners on top an bottom. I have drawn the rectangle print area for the frame on top, bottom and on both sides however at the rounded corners I am unable to draw or merge the print area. I want to use the vector artwork in the print regions. I will be using Pattern swatch for it. I want to have 4 different print regions like Top, bottom, left and right side of the frame. I have tried Shape Builder, Live Paint and tried to manually draw the area using Pen tool. Could any one help me to resolve the issue? I have attached the Illustrator file for the reference. I have also attached the vector art which I would be using.Thanks,Nusrath

I am working on a big 6 foot by 8 foot project. It is large, yes, but Illustrator never gave me issues with these kind of files.Whenever I save the file, locally, on my laptop, I then re-open it to a state that is not what I left it in. It’s blank, only showing a 5th of all the elements I designed. It is infuriating.Fix it plz

Hi everyone!I'm trying to recreate the attached poster in Adobe Illustrator.My main issue isn't creating the two blurred ellipses, but reproducing the smooth "fusion" area where they overlap. I tried using Blend, Gaussian Blur and Opacity Masks, but I can't achieve the same organic transition.Does anyone recognize the technique used here?Was this created entirely in Illustrator, or was it more likely made in Photoshop, using metaballs, or even in a 3D application?Any suggestions or tutorials would be greatly appreciated, thank youAlessandro  

I dont know what the devs have done because it used to be really easy to use.Now if I have an image and a vector shape, illustrator has a really hard time creating a mock up using those two assets. Regardless whether I select the shape first or the image.I have a poster design (both in svg and jpeg), and an image of a poster stand (jpeg).I wanted to put the design onto the poster stand. simple. nothing more nothing less.But for whatever reason, illustrator never selects the poster design.The result is a mashed up white vector used from the stand image.After trying so many times it began too freeze and I had to force quit the application.I have attached 3 screenshots.A screen shot of the design and stand.A screen shot of the design and stand with a vector shape used for the mockup.A screen shot of the result.

I have a line with an arrowhead. I would like it to have a smooth gradient along the stroke and through the end of the arrowhead. When I apply the gradient to the stroke, the gradient does not persist through the arrowhead (see attached photos). I could make this work by expanding the appearance of the shape etc., but I’d rather have a more elegant/editable solution. Any suggestions?Bottom: Arrow with discontinuous gradient compared to a line with the same gradient applied (detail in image 2). Top: Gradient settingsDetail from image 1