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Just opened Adobe Illustrator to see this pop up thing across the bottom of Illustrator, I dont need it there as I already know how the app works and its blocking space so I'd like to remove it if possible. I've already unchecked the "Show Tool Tips" option in the general part of preferences but that didn't remove the pop up thing I've mentioned above. Is there any other way to remove it?I've attached a picture of what I'm reffering too below

I ask the community to back my petition to the Adobe Illustrator creators for excluding or getting rid of the annoying pop-up explanations on how to use the tools in Illustrator. This help is extremly unpleasant and irritating while working, they pop up and linger like forever and when you need to focus they are just distracting. Could you please get rid of them? Or maybe tell me how to disactivate them if there is an option I am not aware of?Thank you!

In a single horizontal line, characters don't sit on one baseline, every ~5–6 characters the baseline drops a bit, like a staircase. Not rotation, not shear, constrain angle is 0, persists in CPU preview. Only happens with .ai files created in Chinese Illustrator.Illustrator 2026. If I create a new text box in the document everything is fine. But when I try to edit the text its slated in this weird way. 

I have exported a vector PDF from OpenStreetMap. If I open the PDF in Reader everything looks good. When I import into Illustrator, I get the following error: “An unknown imaging construct was encountered.” I click “Ok” and I can see that the water and coastline is missing. Is there a way to prevent this? Thanks. Before.After 

I am experiencing right now a very confusing problem regarding my Adobe products especially adobe illustrator and after effects (the latest verisions) when I open the software trying to hover over any UI like exporting or even going to preferences the software becomes laggy and freezes for a moment without any freezing on my computer (GPU is normal no usage and CPU no certain abnormality related to them) this problem really wastes my time over my full time job and makes my too nervoushere is a video of what is happening exactly

I’m using Adobe Illustrator 2025 (Windows), and the Mojikumi (文字組み) settings for Chinese text are not taking effect. The same file works correctly on macOS, where Mojikumi adjustments (including punctuation compression and line-break rules) apply as expected.I have enabled East Asian Options in Preferences and checked the paragraph Mojikumi settings, but the Windows version still doesn’t apply them.The same file works properly in Illustrator 2020, where Mojikumi behaves as intended.I also found several reports from other users in Chinese design communities mentioning the same issue around June 2025, so it might be a Windows-specific regression.Is this a known issue, or is there any reliable workaround?|Windows版のAdobe Illustrator 2025を使用していますが、中国语テキsutoに対する文字组み（Mojikumi）设置が适用されません。同じfuァイルをmacOS版 插画で开くと、文字组み（句読点の诘めや禁则处理など）が正常に反应されます。环境设定で「东ジ」言语のオプションを表示」をオンにし、段落の文字组み设定も确认しましたが、Windowsでは效果がありません。同じfuァイルをIllustrator 2020で开くと、文字组み设定は正常に动作します。また、2025年6月ごろに中国语圏のデザインコミュニティでも同様の报告がいくつか见られたため、Wi

 I just can't get rid of that 'long' dot at the beginning of my brushstrokes. See attachment. This is the first time I haven't been able to get it right; am I overlooking something? 

Adobe Illustrator CC 2026 (30.5.1)Edition: Windows 11 Pro (64 bit) - Version 25H2OS Build: 26200.865564.0 GB RAMInstalled ALL Astute Graphics plugins.I've checked and set the Layers Panel default to: Paste Remembers Layers.Issue: Paste does NOT Remember Layers.  Tried: Paste, Paste In Front, Paste In Back, Paste In Place, Paste On All Artboards, Paste Under My Legs, Paste Over My Shoulders, Paste Over My Arms, and Paste Over My Head.  All options FAILED.When I copy and paste a single layer from a new Illustrator file with just two objects I start a new Illustrator document and paste those in there, both objects are pasted on a single layer.Please help.

Hallo, mein Illustrator und InDesign (beide laut CC auf aktuellstem Stand – Ai 28.2 & Id auf 19.1) zeigen in den letzten Wochen immer wieder leichte Verzögerungen bei Befehlen, welche mit Auswählen, Verschieben oder Klonen (bei gedrückter „Option“-Taste verschieben) von Objekten zu tun haben – Beispiel ein schlichter schwarzer Kreis in einer neuen Datei mit HD Auflösung. Oft werden die Objekte allein durch Auswählen leicht verschoben, die Maus bleibt hängen (so dass Objekte trotz bereits gelöster Maustaste noch weiter bewegt werden können) oder Objekte bewegen sich nach Auswählen einen kurzen Moment später, manchmal inkl. bunter Ladeball. Im Anhang eine Aufnahme, welche ich eben gemacht habe in Illustrator (während der Aufnahme habe ich immer nur geklickt und nie Drag-and-drop gemacht). Ich habe alle Einstellungen bereits mehrfach zurückgesetzt, die komplette CC deinstalliert und erneut installiert. Auch im Verhalten zwischen Trackpad oder einer externen Maus gibt es

LettersI have a flat PDF design with 3 letters with a gradient applied across the 3 letters. I need to create a cut line for the vinyl printer to cut these letters out individually. I need a .125-.25 bleed to be safe for the cutter. I do not have the original vector file or i could do this easy.The second file is a design made by AI with intricate edges and designs. This is custom and not an easy piece to work with. It is also flat but it does have a transparent background. There is no way to recreate the gradient on this because it also has a texture applied.I’m guessing this is something that is NOT possible because of the gradient, but I thought i’d ask you genius level AI pro’s out there.My only idea now is to create a (-) negative offset path for the trim line. The problem with this option is that I will end up with a .25-.5” thinner letter. As far as the custom skull n crossbones, i have no ideas. The gradient isn’t even a consistent single direction path.Skull n Crossbones  

I have two groups of objects which I have turned into guides that are within a clipping mask.  I turned everything into a symbol.  I now see that the guide objects are appearing outside of the overall canvas area and cannot be selected.  Even when I delete all the objects in the file, they remain. I have the origin point for the document set at the top left corner.  I have tried breaking the link to the symbol, deleting the objects, changing the objects from guides back to regular shapes, but this object remains.  Could this be a rendering error? 

I used to be able to drag a point with the direct select tool and snap it to other points directly next to my selected point on the path it lives on. After recent updates, I can only snap my selected point to other points not directly next to my selected point. This isn’t a snap to grid issue or tolerance issue. Snapping works fine when dragging my point to any point that’s not directly next to my selected point.Additionally, other snapping that used to work fine now does not work at all. For example, snapping a point to a line… Something about the recent updates have jacked up snapping.

Whenever I open a PDF-file in Illustrator, illustrator automatically creates an ai-file with same name. How can I stop this behaviour? It started after installing 30.5 (or something)

Hello,For several weeks now, I've been experiencing a recurring issue in Illustrator.Whenever I duplicate a layer group, the original layer group gets completely modified.To illustrate:I'm drawing a face, so I have a group called "Face" containing several subfolders/layers (Nose, Mouth, Eyes, Shadows, Highlights, etc.). When I duplicate this group to use it for an alternative version of the same character within the same document (using the Alt/Option key and dragging the layer into a folder above), the original group,the source one (including all its layers) suddenly changes to a single color.I've encountered this issue multiple times over the past few weeks. Recently, after editing the duplicated group ("Face 2"), I went back to the original group and everything had turned green. I had to redraw everything from scratch.It's becoming a nightmare, and this problem has been occurring repeatedly for several weeks on my end. Any solution please?

Running tahoe have done all updates, have uninstalled and reinstalled creative cloud. Restarted, shut down. Have tried Option, Command, Shift on startup, have tried getting rid of all plug ins… I can’t seem to get Illustrator to open. Photoshop and InDesign work fine. I am using a MacBook Pro and the RAM and storage is fine. All of a sudden one day it just wouldn’t work. I’m desperate cause I need to get work done!

Environment:Adobe Illustrator 30.1 (64-bit) Windows 10 Pro for Workstations 22H2 (19045.6456) NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Reproduced on two separate Dell Precision 7820 workstations with identical behaviorIssue:Since an Illustrator update around late 2025, Copy to Clipboard intermittently fails for graphic objects.Symptoms:Text objects copy and paste correctly 100% of the time. Graphic objects (even a simple line, rectangle, or ellipse with no effects, transparency, masks, or appearance attributes) fail to copy approximately 50% of the time. When the failure occurs, Edit > Paste becomes unavailable in Illustrator. Other applications (Photoshop, InDesign, Word, Acrobat, etc.) do not receive any new clipboard content. Repeatedly pressing Copy (sometimes 10–30 times) eventually succeeds, after which Paste becomes available again.Additional observations:The issue occurs in both existing and newly created documents. The issue is independent of object complexity. The issue is reproducible on two

I can't resize vectors or objects using the selection tool. I have been using Illiustrator for years. I have tried updating the software and my OS. No arrow appears anymore when I hover over anything with the selection tool. In order to resize, I have to enter new dimensions in propoerites.

Hello!Sometimes I experience issues when editing in Illustrator. It starts freezing, not only the Illustrator app, but the entire Windows system becomes unresponsive. Even if I close all softwares it won't solve it, the only solution is to force shut down using the power button.I noticed it might be happening only when I work with AI files exported directly from Rhinoceros, not all of them makes it happen, but when it happened I guess it were files .AI exported from rhino.Thanks

Hello,I'm experiencing an issue with the Open Sans font family in Adobe Creative Cloud on Windows 11.When I activate Open Sans through Adobe Fonts, some font styles install correctly, while others consistently fail with the error:"Unable to install this font."The styles that fail include:Light Light Italic Regular Italic Bold Bold ItalicAt the same time, other styles such as Semibold, Extrabold, and Extrabold Italic appear to install successfully.Because I suspected a font conflict, I performed the following tests:Uninstalled Open Sans from Windows. Confirmed that Open Sans was no longer present in C:\Windows\Fonts. Restarted Windows. Activated Open Sans again exclusively through Adobe Fonts. Restarted Creative Cloud and Adobe applications.The problem persists.In addition, I noticed another issue that seems related:In Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, Open Sans does not properly switch to the Bold style. Even when I apply Bold, the text appearance does not change as expected.What's

Not too long ago I setup illustrator to use gimp for external image editing (black/white curve corrections). Now when i press "edit original", illustrator calls gimp, working as intended.I want to change that setup but cannot find where to do it, can't remember neither and is driving me insane.May somebody point me towards where is that configuration please?. Thanks in advance.

Not too long ago I setup illustrator to use gimp for external image editing (black/white curve corrections). Now when i press "edit original", illustrator calls gimp, working as intended.I want to change that setup but cannot find where to do it, can't remember neither and is driving me insane.May somebody pls point me towards where is that configuration please?. Thx in advance

This is a small pdf that works on the previous version. It’s not only this pdf, its all pdfs. Tried a clean install that didn’t help 

I need to create a vector drawing of this image.  The source scan is high resolution so that is not a problem.  I just need single color strokes outlining the black.  I have tried using different presets and different slider settings in the advance column but I can’t seem to get my needed result.  Illustrator seems to bow or curve the paths.  I have also tried the new concept/sketch to vector, and although some of the results are interesting, they are not what I need.  I am willing to put the hours in to do this by hand, but I’m not sure what the best workflow is… Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Thank you… 

Hey guys!I try to use AI for Site plans and analysis for my college. So I decided to use the free source platform OpenStreetMap for data, after I watched a couple videos on youtoube. However, If I want to open the Layers in this OSM PDF, my Illustrator simlpy freezes and doesnt return back to functionality, unlike in the videos Ive seen.Opening the same PDF’s layers in Inkscape works just fine, without any trouble.But I want to use Illustrator thanks to its many options, but its hard when it crashes all the time :(My Graphicscard is a RTX 4070TI And I have 32gb of ram, as well as enough space on my drives.I am really out of any ideas on what to do. I could even try to send a screencapture video.Thanks in advance, if anyone could help me!