Questions

I’m new to illustrator and think I might be searching using the wrong terms. I own a small crafting business and I purchase a lot of designs (.png) from Etsy however I generally need to modify the colors of certain parts of the images. I also need to send these images off for printing (UV DTF Decals, DTF Transfers, etc.) which require me to remove the backgrounds of the images. I have been able to view enough videos to get my desired output but I’m hoping there is a faster way or less steps being that I have to do this to several designs as I customize per order.  This leads me to my two questions…. When I image trace, I always choose High Fidelity Photo but this brings back sometimes more than 60 colors. Is there no way to just click on the part of the image that I want to change the color of? Or someway to get back a smaller result without compromising my image?When I need to remove the background of an image I always run into an issue with the insides of letters. When

Why does my design turn black when transferring to cricut?

Mon ordinateur ne me propose pas de'installer Illustrator version bureau, en effet il n'existe que la possibilité de telecharger la version sur tablette ( inutile dans mon cas ).  Merci d'avance pour votre aide.

 

Läuft Illustrator geht mein Computer nicht mehr in den Stromsparmodus. Bildschirm dunkelt nicht ab oder geht aus, auch noch Stunden der Inaktivität. Liegt es an einer falschen Einstellung oder an Illustrator?Horrende Bildschirmzeiten…, weiss jemand Rat? Egal welche Version (27 bis 29.1), egal ob Macbook Pro (OS 15.2) oder Ipad.   

I'm trying to create a row of lines that exactly match the shapes of the vineyard lines in this image, but I'm stuck.   A blend was my first thought, but the lines quickly get distorted and the curves get ugly. I can get somewhat close with an envelope distort using a custom object (just attempting to do one side), but the lines aren't quite right. They should curve leftward toward the bottom-left, but dont. Here's a copy of the AI file you can download and play with. (I tried to upload it here but am getting an error message.) Thanks in advance for any help! 

I have looked at countless posts and tried pretty much everything I can think of to fix this issue. I am creating a model and using a glowforge laser cutter to make it. The issue I keep having is when I export my files they appear much smaller then the original size. I have checked my measurements several times and I have tried clicking unresponsive, changing to embed, link, or preserve, changing the artboard size, fitting the artboard to the artwork, etc. I can't seem to find the problem. I am newer to adobe Illustrator and I'm definitely new to glowforge machines, so I'm sure this is a simple issue that I'm just misunderstanding, but any input or help would be appreciated. 

 Hi All! I have a vector graphic of some pine trees, that I am trying to get to look like these trees with red to black gradient. I tried the gradient and gradient mesh without much luck. Could someone help me fugger this out?? Thanks!!

Hi,We are having an issue with color rendition when printing an illustrator doc that has assets with opacity or shadow applied to them. The print has a yellowish tint to it.We have had the printer checked by the canon technicians who confirm that the issue is with the print dialog side not the printer - Canon Imagepress C265 less than 12 months old.'Print 01' shows a screenshot of the PDF and 'Print 02' shows the printed file...What can I do to end up with an accurate colour rendered print image.Thanks in advance...Phil

When I print my file directly from Adobe Illustrator, the print comes out fine. However, when I save the file as a PDF using the "PDF/X-3:2002" settings and try to print it from Adobe Acrobat, some areas of the illustration print with white blocks over them. There are no hidden layers in the file, so I'm unsure why this is happening.I need to send the PDF to a client, but I don’t want the random white blocks to appear. Has anyone encountered this issue or have a solution?

Any time I select a new font, or start typing, the font switches back to the first font I was typing in. This means every time I type a character, anywhere, it doesn't save what the new font should be? What's causing this?

Has anyone else had this issue? illustrator freezes multiple times a day. It is not a regular freeze. I am working on a MacBook it does not say 'not responding'. Also, the top bar on Illustrator opens and lets me click around but does not actually do anything. I attached a video so u can see what's going on. I really don't want to force quit.  Anyone know of any solutions?   I tried keeping track of what makes it happen, sometimes its if i close my laptop, open another program like photoshop or like today when i was disconnected from wifi for a moment

When I make a new paragraph style with bullets or numbering  in an Illustrator document, I would like to reuse that. When I copy the style to the CC library, and apply that in a new document: the bulletstyle or numbering is lost. Instead when I copy the textbox to the library, and place that in a new document, the paragraph styles behave identical to how they did in the original document. I would suggest to make an improvement there, and not break the functionality of the paragraphstyles when used in a proper way through the library.. 

It's numbing - the performance of v29 is WAY SLOWER than when I had v28. I'm trying to find where I can download legacy versions of Adobe Illustrator.Can someone help?

Hello everyone,I recently translated a pdf via Adobe express.When I open the Adobe Express export in Illustrator, it automatically vectorizes the fonts even though they are well incorporated and editable in Acrobat Pro.I've been looking for a solution for a long time but haven't been able to find it.I have already tried to go back to .ps, also .ps which I have distilled into all the possible pdf versions, I have also tried .eps but nothing works.Do you have any ideas? Thank you.

Hi,Anyone having issue with saving a layered ai file as psd and importing into photoshop with layers?Currently the psd imported does not import with layers even though write layers and maximum editability is selected.

I have a freshly installed ne AI license on a brand new IMAC and system crashes repeatedly and frequently. I suspect problem may be connected to LINKED files. any advice other than to sign out -in again? 

Illustrator 2024 hanging when trying to open or create new file. OS: Windows 11 Pro 64bit latest updates Illustrator has the latest updates. I reinstalled the app multiple times. I also used Adobe uninstall utility to clean up any previous installation.

When I use the 'Find and Replace' function on an existing document, it changes the text to Metropolis Bold, no matter what the original font was. On the ' Find and Replace' pop-up dialogue box, none of the options like 'Match Case', 'Find Whole Word' etc are checked. On a newly-created document, it works fine (ie. doesn't change the font). It's never done this before on my old computer, but it has been an issue since using a new Mac. Is there a setting that I'm missing?

I just created a file and used pixelate > Color Halftones to make a halftone gradient. First time I've tried that. It essentially created a series of black dots on a white field that get progressively smaller as they go. Essentially making it look like I have a white circle in the middle of a black page taht slowly gets lighter as your eye goes toward the center due to the diminishing size of the dots. Neat effect. However, when I edited the gradient to make the effect irregular, Illustrator began to add a blue color to the dots. I was working in a black, grey, white pallate so that didn't work. To fix this I looked up an answer that said to select that layer and make it grayscale, which I did. It elminated the blue and I thought I was set. BUT, while it looks good on screen, when I export it, the dots that are normally black are a washed out gray color instead. There is also a very slight whiteish gray line around where the original circle would be, but only if I'm zoomed

Boa tarde, Criadores,Espero que estejam bem!Existe um recurso muito útil no Photoshop que eu gostaria de saber se tem no Illustrator, podem me ajudar a encontrar? No Photoshop quando seleciona a ferramenta ``Color Picker´´ e utilizar o atalho ``Ctrl + Shift + Y´´ e a ferramenta ``View > Proof Setup, Working CMYK´´Segue video anexo para melhor entenderem

I'm trying to create a new document. After I change the units to inches, it reverts back to pixels after I enter the first dimension value in. Why is it doing this, and how do I stop it?

I am trying to create a similar outline effect to the wavy/zigzag line in the pattern. Is there an effect for this? I know about the zigzag smooth effect but i need it to stay in a horizontal direction.

Is it possible to convert a Paintbrush path to a Pen path easily? The brush size messes with the stroke when being brought into After Effects. Basically, I work with an Illustrator who only uses the Paintbrush tool for everything, which would be fine if it was staying in Illustartor. But I'm bringing these images into After Effects and AE ignores the brush stroke size. If I convert these layers to AE shapes natively it creates shape paths around all the strokes as if you 'Expanded Appearance' in Illustrator.So, I use Overlord which keeps it a stroke path. But it ignores the brush size and only uses the stroke weight. So in AI there's a path with a brush stroke of 3 and a stroke weight of 3 gets converted to a thinner stroke of just 3 in AE, when it should be a thickness of 9. So, is there anyway to easily convert the brushpen paths to pen paths, without selecting them all changing the Brush Definition to basic and increasing the stroke weight to 9?

Bonjour,Je viens vers vous suite à un problème rencontré sur Illustrator. Mon outil de selection direct ne déplace plus les objets séléctionnés. Le cadre de selection apparait mais je ne peux rien faire après sauf les agrandir et les rapetisser. Que puis-je faire ?Merci bcp