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I have been working for about an hour and had a crash.  However,  Illustrator did not attempt to recover the file I had been working on. Automatically Save Recover Data Every:  2 mintues is selected.Turn off Data Recovery for completex documents was also selected, but this document consisted of about 100 rectanges, 20 lines, and 30 text elements - is that complex? Also it give the folder as "/Users/...ences/Adobe Illustrator 22 Settings/en_US/DataRecovery. Three stupid things about this: 1) The directory is truncated so I have no idea where to find it.  Make this a text field that can scroll so I can actually read the path.2) If I click"Choose" it does not select the current Auto Record folder - if it did, then I could at least find it. 3) I am using Adobe Illustrator 24.1.2 on the Mac (OS version 10.15.4).  Why does it have "Adobe Illustrator 22 Settings" in the Data Recovery path? The Adobe Illustrator 22 folder does not exist on

Hello Adobe Team and Community,I am experiencing a critical, persistent freezing issue with Adobe Illustrator 2026 on my Windows machine. The application launches fine, but it completely freezes and becomes unresponsive ("Not Responding") the exact moment I attempt to create a New Document or open any existing .ai file. It gets stuck indefinitely on the "Welcome to Illustrator" screen.Interestingly, I have found two specific workarounds, but both severely impact my professional workflow: Running as Administrator: If I launch Illustrator as an Administrator, files open perfectly fine without any freezes. However, due to Windows User Account Control (UAC) restrictions, running in Admin Mode completely breaks the "Drag and Drop" functionality for images and assets from Windows Explorer into the canvas. Disabling GPU Performance: If I open Illustrator (via Admin mode), navigate to Preferences > Performance, and uncheck "GPU Performance", the application no longer freezes when opening

Hi,I got a new machine – a Mac Studio M3 Ultra.When I move the cursor (over the artboard or outside of it), the colors change — they become either more saturated or less saturated. I can’t find any logic behind what causes the shift.I thought it might be related to the low refresh rate of the monitor (Apple Studio Display 27"), but this only happens while working in Illustrator. Everything looks fine in Photoshop and After Effects.

I'm an interaction designer, and therefore my designs are composed of a multitude of controls, each one with different details. Right now, I'm working on a 141 layer document. It would come in handy to have several layers grouped by UI control, making it much quicker to find and edit what I want.

Two Shapes that have the same anchor pointsOne one anchor point moves, the other one stays at the same placeWhy can’t i tell my shapes to use the same paths/anchors. i don’t want to edit multiple anchor points ALL the time, i want to be able to grab a single anchor point and all the shapes that use that anchor will move with it. Why is that not possible? how can such a simple feature that every 3D modeling program has, not be implemented into Illustrator????

I typed a space after the *, but the spacing became really wide and hard to control.The space also disappeared.I copied a half-width space and pasted it after the *, and now it looks normal. 

I’ve tried Effects > Stylize > Projection, but found that it creates a spotty projection that’s hard to control over large areas. 

Hi,I'm developing a third-party panel plugin for Adobe Illustrator 2026 (version 30.5.1 on Windows), but I'm stuck on which framework to use.Here's what I've tried and found:CEP: Placed the extension in both C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\ and %appdata%\Adobe\CEP\extensions\, set PlayerDebugMode=1 in the registry for both CSXS.11 and CSXS.12, but the panel never appears under Window → Extensions. UXP: I understand UXP is not yet available to third-party developers for Illustrator.My goal is to build a persistent side panel (similar to the Properties panel) that calls an external API and helps designers with their workflow.My questions:Is CEP still supported in Illustrator 2026, and if so, what am I doing wrong? Is there any other framework available for building panel-type plugins for Illustrator 2026? Is there a roadmap for when UXP will be available for third-party Illustrator developers?Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I didn’t expect to need Find and Replace in Illustrator.I tested the Find and Replace option under the Edit menu, but found it wasn’t very user-friendly.The main issue is that the layout gets locked when using it.It also lacks regular expression support and a history feature.Do you have any better suggestions?Thanks.

I have many objects, and they all use the same transparency settings.I’ve found that the “Appearance” and “Transparency” styles can only be applied to an entire layer and don’t allow for flexible control over objects on different layers.I have to select the object every single time just to adjust the opacity—that doesn't make any sense…I tried using “Graphic Styles,” but found that they can’t be modified later.In InDesign, there are object styles—is there a similar feature in Illustrator? 

I’ve just installed the latest version today, and the icons for swatch libraries, add/delete swatches/groups are no longer showing at the bottom of the swatches window.  I can get to them via the hamburger menu but I’d prefer to have them back at the bottom.Is there some way I can get them to show, or have they been removed? 

Illustratorでテキストの縦横比を変える時に、記号だけは100%のまま固定して編集できる方法を教えて欲しい

Hi I've been working on making fliers in Adobe Illustrator, but the last time I was working it I accidentally reset my computer before or while saving. Since then I can't open it again. I get two errors:1) Illustrator could partially read the file. We recovered as much as possible....(etc)2) Acrobat PDF File Format is having difficulties. Expected a dict object.I'm confused by this since I didn't do anything regarding making or importing a pdf..... is there any way to rescue my art and text for this corrupted file??

My workspace preferences are all grayed out, including the defaults. I’d prefer to not reset all prefs. Can I just delete the workspace prefs? Where do I find them? 

I would like to increase the thickness of the logo (image 1) like in the second image which I got chat GPT to render, although maybe not quite as thick - what is the easiest way to achieve this?I created the attached shape (image 1) using a grid split into triangles, The logo is made up of multiple different shapes - red section, green section, yellow section, red-yellow gradient section, yellow-green gradient section, I also had to add gradient rectangles in the negative space within the logo after making the corners curved so that they inner curves would capture the gradient in a clipping mask.Any help would be much appreciated! 

I've used the "Make Pattern" hundreds of time before, but now when I select an object and click "Make Pattern" I only get an error message that says "Can't define a new pattern from the current art." The current art is litterally just an ellipse, nothing complicated. What am I missing here?

I have seen similar post involving “Raster Link” (whatever that is), but it was for a laptop and the solutions did not apply to a desktop. This problem is for a desktop and I have used this illustrator worksheet to print business cards for at least a year with no issues.  Now suddenly black prints out as green!  I have tried a few things with the settings to no avail. I have updated drivers, etc. Why would things be going along nicely then boom, black becomes green? I should mention this issue is only with Illustrator.  Photoshop is not affected nor any other program that prints.  All else comes out in black.

Hi! I recently built a free, open source parametric grid generator script for Illustrator and would like to share it with the community. Is this the right place to post it, or is there a better channel for sharing scripts and tools?Thanks in advance. 

Why are the AI filters Adobe is releasing now getting more expensive? Ya, I get the server charges, but is every filter from here on out going to cost a subscription plus a ton of credits?Is it just me or do others sense that Adobe is getting close to charging by the minute to use their IP?So I guess my question is, what are others thinking about this and what is your threshold before jumping  ship?

Since the last update, Illustrator is unusable. It lags and freezes when draging objects, zooming in and out, scroll through the work. It's not a hardware issue, or driver issue and everything else (Photoshop. Lightroom, Premiere, After effects, Indesign) work fine. It's just illustrator. So it doesn't respond to the mouse and it acts broken. I don't know what else to say, but it's unusable. Had anyone experienced this? I have unistalled it and installed it again... Even before last update it was super buggy making the "bell" noise when selecting object with the mouse like there was a text box open (even if it was not) and I looked in task manager and there was nothing there that could have not allow me to move objects with the mouse. What's up with illustrator and can I have a work with anyone about this?

I want to translate the old text into English, but the original text may have been converted to curves. I need to create a text frame of the same size (the exact height might be difficult to achieve, so the same width would work as well).I’d like the script to move the selected objects to the “old layer,” hide that layer, create a “area text box” of the same size in the original position, and move that text box to the “Text layer.”If possible, please pre-fill it with the letter “O” 

M3 Max, 36GB RAM. Illustrator uses 18–20GB while AIRobin uses another 16–20GB. Memory pressure turns yellow and swap climbs on simple files. Reinstalled Illustrator and reset prefs. Anyone else seeing this or found a fix?

Hi.  I’m trying to generate an image and while it does turn it into a generative object, I can’t seem to access the slider bar whether I’m using regular AI or the AI Beta version (both up to date.)  How can I fix it?

I need to scale / tranform 30 - 40 circles from .5 to .25 that are in specifice locations, without moving the circles when scaled.Any suggestions are welcomed.ThanksDannyAI CS6