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helloi'm creating a .pdf from an Illustrator file.the file has several web addresses which need to be hyperlinked for web usei'm clueless, i have no web experienceall my work in the past has been print designis this a novice or expert project?if novice, please help!

Hi! I kind of need urgent help because I have a client deadline quickly approaching. I have been working in illustrator on both my iPad and Mac, on the same file. I did a lot of drawings on my iPad in color, but then when I went to open up the file on my Mac to continue working, everything shows up only as outlines, with no color or stroke. But when I am looking at the file from the homepage, I can see the color in all my drawings. Also, when I try to edit the color of one of the outlines I can pick out a color, but it doesn't actually add any color. How do I fix this? I attached screenshots of what it looks like toggling in and out of Cmd-Y. 

I have multiple text boxes in my files. How can I find/extract the internal ID numbers of each text box used by Illutrator?

Hello, I am trying to add an insert/cut lines on a document that will have a spot to add their business card. How do I do this so that the printers know how to print/cut it? All I used was a pen tool to add the lines.  Thanks

I recently updated to windows 11 and all of a sudden when trying to convert my DXF files to AI (28.6) has stopped working and my AI program crashes.  this is the current error code I am getting. Does anyone have a fix? "<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE AdobeCrashReport SYSTEM "AdobeCrashReporter.dtd"><crashreport serviceVersion="13.3.0.202309261106_6045afe" clientVersion="13.3.0.202309261106_6045afe" applicationName="Illustrator" applicationVersion="28.6.0" build="709" source="Windows-Client" crashType="n/a"><time year="2024" month="8" day="8" hour="9" minute="17" second="24" timeoffset="-300" timezone="Eastern Daylight Time"/><user guid="6ec9f231-f76d-4d7e-8a25-fe9e91fd0e19"/><system platform="Windows 11 Pro" osversion="11.0" osbuild="22631" applicationlanguage="en-us" userlanguage="en-US" oslanguage="en-US" ram="32205" machine="Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 165H" model="Intel64 Family 6 Model 170 Stepping 4" cpuCount="22" cpuType="8664" cpuFreq="3072 M

Rotation of an object does not "remember" how it was originally created if you use the Transform Rotate panel.  It would be great if you use this feature that it would remember the original orientation of the object (like in Flash).

Hi    I currently outsource the required work, its to inconsistent so i need to learn how to do it myself. my business is refurbished laptops, i use illustrator to draw keyboards, lids, etc to cut vinyl skins.   Looking for a tutor who can help me to do this myself.   Please email me direct if you can help   (personal details removed by moderator)    

Bonjour, Je rencontre depuis ce matin un souci sur Illustrator, lorsque je souhaite partager un lien d'une création (le bouton bleu "Partage" en haut à droite"), je n'ai plus l'option "Toutes les personnes disposant du lien peuvent commenter". Je ne peux mettre que l'option "seules les personnes invitées peuvent commenter". D'où celà vient-il ? J'aimerai récupérer la première option, afin de demander valider du contenu auprès de personnes qui ne'ont pas de compte adobe. Merci d'avance pour votre retour. Simon RACINEUX

Why is this vector distorting when I make it smaller?

I have noticed whenever I open Illustrator, all the apps in my system (including Illustrator), Adobe and others become really jittery and slow. The CPU does not go over 30%-50% usage, the Ram does not go over 50%, the GPU usage remains below 10-20% depending on the application.This happens on both Intel and AMD systems. I don't understand where the bottleneck is coming from.Is there anyway to figure out why the system becomes so slow that multitasking becomes near impossible. 

Hola, queria saber si tienen illustrator para mac 2011 o el creative cloud, porque ya es obsoleta mi mac y no puedo actualizar más. Y pago el plan pero no lo puedo usar. quedo atenta. Hello, I wanted to know if you have Illustrator for Mac 2011 or Creative Cloud, because my Mac is now obsolete and I can't update any more. And I pay for the plan but I can't use it.  I remain attentive.

How can I get the text style to be able to be edited when placed from the library?

I have read the forums on this topic and have tried uninstall/install renaming preferences folders and tried to delete some Temp files within AppData and Illustrator still will not open. It gets lagged (stall) when the plugin "SmartEditUI.aip" trys to install. I run a full time business using this software and this is costing me money not being able to use the software.The software was working fine 2 days ago. Not sure what happened...Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!Moderator: Moved from  Adobe Creative Cloud​ to Illustrator

tengo mi cuenta institucional al uso, pero el illustrator me cierra y solo me quiere cobrar un plan  

Why can't I search assets in the cc library panel?

What are the best practices for optimizing performance in Adobe Illustrator?

It would be amazing if the chart tool could add data labels like it does for categories. I make so many charts and don't understand why Microsoft products can do this but it's never possible in Illustrator after all these years.

I use Nvidia GC. I wish to know whether there is a way to get this GC driver update automatically. Because after frequent Ai crash only I check the update & did it mannualy.    

Longtime user of both Adobe and Apple products; from the beginning (Illustrator 88) and the Macs with Motorola chips.I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 16" M3, to replace an aged (intel) iMac (2019). Did the data migration from the old to new Mac, without issue. Also did a clean install of all Apps, including Adobe CC.With the MacBook up and running (apps installed), for some unknown reason, now all my Adobe Illustrator files show as blank icons, in the Finder?!? And it's only happening with Ai files. PDF, PSD, etc… icons all display normally in the Finder?!? Double clicking the file does open in Illustrator. I regularly save screen shots of the files I release to; clients, printers, and include a file directory with the files. Now receiving questions from prepress and clients, when they see the screen shot with blank (unrecognizable) file icons.I spent hours trying to resolve. Researched and did all the recommended settings adjustment, with no success. Then reached out to AppleCare, t

Hello,I am working on a project that seems like it would be so simple, but it has proved to be quite the challenge.First was trying to get a circle to grow from one pre-determined size to a  secondary pre-determined size with a fixed size between the shapes.I had some success starting with an Effect-Distort and Transform option to create the initial objects.Now I am trying to get them around a curved shape and I am dealing with the issue of objects distorting on the path. I found dome great tutorials if I could keep the lines staring, but nothing for a curve. Is there any known way to have a shape hold its form without distorting on a path, when applied as a brush? If not, is there a better way to create the multiple growing in size objects on a curved path from the start?thanksbabs

Good day,I create labels for printing in Adobe Illustrator. When the printer opens the file, it shows a problem - transparency is used. How can I remove the transparency mask in the final .pdf file to keep the appearance? Thank you

Hey,Been using Illustrator for a million years.Something recently changed in how fills and strokes affect elements inside a group.In general, I expect a Fill effect on a group to apply to the whole group as a single object, rather than apply the fill individually to each part of the group.To give an example:These are 2 separate regular squares.I would like to apply a gradient on top of the existing fill.To receive this effect: (Which in this example I got by placing a compound object above the 2 squares, defeating the purpose of using the appearnce tab on a group).So like always, I group the 2 squares and apply a fill effect on the group, which gives me this horrid result:Why is the fill effect being applied separately to every element inside the group???Why would it even change? am I being gaslit by Adobe?SO MANY QUESTIONS.Anyone know of a setting that fixes this behavior?Using the latest Ai version and all that.Thank you for reading.

Bonjour à tous, Suite à une fausse manipulation effectué sur le clavier, je n'arrive plus à avoir le suivi de mouvement de mes actions en temps réel avec Illustrator... Je me retrouve avec des aperçus en contours bleus alors que l'élément est censé bouger/être déformé en direct et je ne sais pas comment désactiver cette option. Merci d'avance de vos réponses !

Hi. I am currently trying to prepare an Illustrator file and import it into After Effects, so that I'm later able to animate it. Main issue is that once converted to a shape layer in AE, the fill and stroke for each object in that layer are in a separate group, for example, I end up having 16 groups when I should actually have 8. Here's a look at my proccess for more info:- AI Layers are Released to Layers (Sequence) before importing to AE.- AI File is imported as a Composition, and I retain layer size.- Create shapes from vector layer. I have provided screenshots that show separate groups in AE for a plant illustration where I would like each leaf to be in its own group, but instead, it splits the stroke and fill into Group 1 (stroke)  and Group 2 (fill), same goes for the rest.Only "fix" is to repeat the same proccess, but instead, delete every other layer in Illustrator and keep the plant only (named "plant R - 1"), which gives me both the fill and stroke for each lea

I argued with my boss and leads that designing presentations in Figma was not the way. I talked about Illustrator, and making top-tier presentations and PDFs. I sold them on it hard. I just spent a week re-doing a deck for them, and am now finding out that Illustrator's PDF export is totally broken. I used AI for print for over a decade, and have made hundreds of crisp PDFs. I can no longer export PDFs with images that look good. It is NOT possible. No matter the resolution of the source, no matter the downsampling option (if any it picked), every raster image comes out looking like a steppe pyramid. So much aliasing.If I export each artboard as a PNG (only using the legacy option), they all come out perfectly crisp. ANY OTHER method of trying to get those images out of Illustrator makes them look like garbage. I feel so damned embarassed. I'm going to have to tell them we can't realistically do it this way (I'm not exporting individual PNG pages for everything).I'm really disappointed