Questions

Greetings, Why does my exported PDF show Illustrator created layers when a coworker views it in Acrobat on a Mac, but when they open the PDF in Illustrator, the layers are gone? I'm on windows and I see the layers when opening the PDF both in Acrobat and Illustrator. Thanks for the help.

When I create a guide it's always locked even if the Guides Lock button is not activated. I always have to click on it twice. A first click to lock guides and a second click to unlock them. Then I can select and move guides normally. It has happened with any upgrade of Illustrator. Does anyone have the same problem? Why could this be? Is there any solution? Best regards!

just created a dynamic button with rounded corners the text inside the button though is not centered its noticeable and i can't seem to change where the text sits in the button

In Illustrator esiste una funzione SEMPLICE che permette di trovare e sostituire un determinato colore all'interno di un file, su una pagina specifica o in una selezione.In prattica una cosa simile alla funzione "trova e sostituisci" utilizzata per i testi.Grazie!

I'm new to illustrator and am currently using it for a school project. I'm trying to use the scissors tool to cut out a line, but whenever I do that, it deletes the entire line segment. It also appears that after I do this a 'white box' appears and covers up the segment that just got detached. Any help on fixing this? It's definitely operator error, but I can't seem to find a fix online. My goal is to get rid of that small vertical line that I tried to cut at the beginning of the video. Thanks in advance. 

Hey all,    I have to make a lot of technical drawings of garments at work, and i've been trying to create a script that would allow me to make different types of dashed lines super fast.   The script I use (or at least want to use) is supposed to offset the line to a given distance (this part works like a charm), and then transform the new line into a dashed line. However, whenever I try to script a dashed line (that is not the default setting of 12pt/ 0pt), it just won't work (or kinda work). What it does, even though I change the settings (to 2pt/2pt), is that it only picks up the first information (making it 2pt/0pt), making the dashed line appear full, since there is no space in between the dashes.    Does anyone know how i could make this work? Or maybe just change the default dashed lines settings so that i don't have to change them when recording the script?

Hi everybody,When I try to re-edit or upgrade the links of the images placed in Illustrator 29.0.1 (on Ventura 13.7) the dialogue box "Links" freezes and is no longer activ unless I restart the app.Despite this, while opening the file I am asked to re-import the same image several repeated times…is there any solution ?

I am experiencing an issue with Adobe Illustrator when working with the 3D and Materials feature. After downloading and importing an .sbar file to use in my project, the application unexpectedly crashed. Since then, I’ve been unable to access or use the 3D and Materials feature at all.I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the application, as well as resetting all settings, but the issue persists. Could you please advise on how I should proceed to resolve this? Thank you very much in advance for your help.

According to this documentation:To use a dotenv variable: process.env.ENV_VARIABLE // ENV_VARIABLE is the name of the variable you want to access.Pretty straight forward node stuff.... So in my root folder I create a dotenv file ".env"there I put:TEST_VARIABLE=HITHEREThen in a js file I run:console.log(cep_node.process.env.TEST_VARIABLE);This is appearing as undefiend.  What do I need to do to use my dotenv file?

Basically, when I use repeat and mirror, the objects that are affected get clipping masks. I have to then manually delete the path that the clipping masks makes around the object. Is there a way I can make it so I don't have these automatic clipping masks when using repeat > mirror? It would save a lot of time. The screenshots attatched show that when using mirror repeat on an elipse and then using pathfinder, the shape takes after the rectangular clipping mask, not the elipse as intended.

I created a rectangle and an oval side by side and make them into a compound path.If I fill the rectangle with a linear or radial gradient, the oval takes on the gradient as well.However if I fill the rectangle with a free form gradient with just 2 points, the oval turns black. I was hoping it would take on the gradient as well like the linear or radial gradient.Is there a way to make it work? 

Hi, does anyone know how to fix this issue, i have creative cloud desktop, and when i open any app it says that my licence has expired. I have paid for my licence, and have tried everything to fix it (signing in and out from my account, restarting my computer and restarting the app). I dont konw what else sould I do.

Hi,I have a lot of Actions and a lot of Scripts and would like for them to be more accessible.  If there was a way to have a second Actions window or a Scripts window at all, that would be great!Thanks in advance!

One of my document's background has turned entirely white around the artboard and I can't figure out how to fix it. The only thing I've found is that pressing cmd/shift/D changes it transparent.

How do I flip text from the outside of a circle to the inside?

Hola, se acaba de actualizar Illustrator y sin previo aviso los colores se ven fluorescentes, no sé cómo corregir esto, pero me es imposible trabajar de esta forma.La pestaña Ver-Ajuste de Prueba no me sale activaNecesito una solución urgente 

Hello Adobe Comunity, a little complaint so i hope adobe team picks up this comment,I have always used the Warp tool to warp a  type on path. So there is text on a path, and than i modify the path by playing around with the warp tool untill i'm satisfied (select all the point of the path and warp it with the brush). But that stopped working in the latest version!I'm  sure its a bug so hopefully we can use this option in the future again

This is driving me a bit bonkers. I hope someone can help me. After a recent update for Illustrator, when you select a shape and go to Colour Picker, it now gives you a live preview of the colour you select. The selected shape changes colour in real time while your moving the cursor around in the colour picker window.This was an amazing update but it suddenly stopped working a couple of days ago and I can't understand why. I tried contacting Adobe support but they were of no help at all. Some guy was remotely controlling my computer and it looked as if he was using Illustrator for the first time ever. After he clicked around on things that have nothing to do with the colour picker, he just said that feature doesn't exist! I told him that I've been using it but he didn't have any idea about it.Has anyine else had this same issue?Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.

I have an illustrator file with just one layer. It contains 4 separate blocks / pages which will come together at the printing press to create an embossed flyer (printed in multiple stages, hence the 4 separate pages). The printer only accepts PDF files. When saving the Illustrator files as PDF, the last two pages disappear.  The file is super simple, the first two pages are the base CYMK colour with no text or images. These export to PDF perfectly. The last two pages contain the rasterised images. These do not export at all, they just cease to exist. I've attached a screentshot of the Illustrator page.  Any ideas?

I've been trying to discover a way to apply the following halftone effect to text in Illustrator 2019:I've got Photoshop, and I can accomplish this in Photoshop, then expand or live trace the resultant image in Illustrator for a scalable vector, but I'm certain that this functionality has got to baked into Illustrator somewhere, and I'm just missing it.Embarrassingly for Adobe, the above image is from a simple tutorial for a free Windows vector editor called Inkscape. It's strange to think that I could download a free app in Windows via Parallels and pretty easily accomplish this, but I can't seem to get it done in the $250/yr Adobe software? Someone, please tell me I'm wrong.Thanks for any help/guidance!Matt

HiMy current installed version says 27.0 and says is up to date but i seen 27.9 should be the current version.Why am i not up to date? thanksMike 

Hello everyone, I recently purchased a new Adobe license and immediately started working as usual. A few weeks before Illustrator updated to its latest version, every time I opened a file or tried to create a new one from scratch, the program would show a white overlay, freeze, and load indefinitely. I've missed important deadlines and continue to miss them, having to rely on other solutions or use different computers. I would like help resolving this issue, as I haven't found any solutions through my research. I've tried downloading both the latest and previous versions of the program, but the problem persists. My PC:AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon GraphicsRam 16,0 GBRX 6750XT Gaming XFX Graphics Card AMD Radeon, 12GB GDDR6, Ray tracing, Fidelity FX - RX-675TMBAF9

Hi,I am importing a image into illustrator and when I close the file and reopen it - it changes the links to <Clip Group> -> <Image>Why is it doing this and hoe can I disable it??Thanks

Hello ! I would like to know if there is a parameter in order to : when you duplicate a layer, the name of the layer don't change ? For example : I want to duplicate the layer "My layer". But, I don't want that my new layer is called "My layer - copy".Is-it possible ? Thank you for your answer

I am having some trouble with maintaining page size (artboard size?) of .pdf's that I create using Illustrator.  I made an illustrator document with an artboard size of 57.5 x 12.5 inches, and I need it to be printed at that exact size.  However, when I save as a .pdf and view the page size in adobe reader, it says the page size 22.64 x 4.93 inches.  What am I missing when I am saving my file as a pdf that is causing the page size to change?  Thanks in advance!