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In InDesign, I always like to set Ctrl+Q as the shortcut for the Selection tool, so I can quickly exit text frames.But in Illustrator, configuring shortcuts is nearly impossible. So I have to use Ctrl+click to temporarily exit the text frame.Old habits die hard—sometimes I try to press V to switch to the Selection tool, only to realize I’ve accidentally typed the letter V inside the text frame.Do you guys have a better method?

Might be a simple thing - but how do I get the Rotate and Scale tools to both be visible at the same time in the Toolbar. At the moment it looks like I can either have one or the other live and I have to click on the little arrow in the bottom right corner to toggle between them. When I have the Rotate tool active and click on the 3 dots at the bottom of the tool bar (to edit the Toolbar) the Scale tool is greyed out - so I cant add it as a separate tool in the tool bar? Why is this? And is there also a way to have both active at the same time. The same question applies to the white pointer arrow and the arrow with the ‘+’ next to it. Why cant these both be in the Toolbar at the same time? See image below - showing a greyed out Scale icon that can’t be added whilst Rotate is shown in the Toolbar.  

Product: Adobe IllustratorIssue Type: Bug / RegressionPlatform: Windows 11 (también sería útil indicar tu versión exacta de Illustrator)Severity: Medium–High (afecta la precisión y velocidad del flujo de trabajo)DescriptionHe encontrado un comportamiento que parece ser un error en las versiones recientes de Adobe Illustrator.Cuando un objeto vectorial contiene trazos (strokes) y se encuentra fuera de la mesa de trabajo (Artboard), resulta extremadamente difícil seleccionar directamente dichos trazos con la herramienta Selección (V).El problema ocurre independientemente del grosor del trazo. Aunque visualmente el trazo es visible, Illustrator parece reducir significativamente el área de detección o "hit area" del mismo, obligando al usuario a hacer múltiples intentos para poder seleccionarlo.Sin embargo, cuando exactamente el mismo objeto se coloca dentro de la mesa de trabajo, el trazo es detectado y seleccionado inmediatamente, como ocurría normalmente en versiones anteriores del prog

My object/shape dimensions used to appear in the top right control bar. Now, they are gone & don't appear in transform menu either. But "Turntable" does. How do I get my object dimensions to appear when I select that object? Thank you. When I will turn the Control bar off and then on, my object dimensions appear, but when I click off the object and then back on, the dimensions disappear again. Is the appearance of the “Turntable” function in the Transform menu where the dimensions used to be part of it? How do I turn off Turntable to test this?

I treid reinstalling the app, restarting my laptop , running as administrator and updating windows. After updating windows it opened but when i tried to open a file form my documents it stopped working again and said the same message. The wierd thing is my photoshop is working fine. Somebody please help all my work is on here. 

Hi everyone,I’m looking for a robust ExtendScript solution to automate a kit production workflow. I’ve been trying to build this with AI, but I'm consistently running into syntax issues and engine errors, so I’d like to know if there is a stable approach or an existing script that handles this.My Workflow: I have a master Illustrator document containing several kit images (Cylinders, Round Panels, Vertical Panels) in various sizes. I need to generate multiple SKU versions based on specific kit combinations: CL: Cylinders RP: Round Panel VP: Vertical Panel RC: Round Panel + Cylinders RVC: Round Panel + Vertical Panel + Cylinders RSC: Round Panel + Small Vertical Panel + Cylinders VC: Vertical Panel + Cylinders The Required Automation: I need a script that runs a loop to process these combinations: Symbol Update: Replace specific placeholder text within defined Symbols with a custom string provided by the user. Batch Export: Export the specific artboards associated with tha

Comparação, Nota-se a existência de uma linha brancaTudo bem pessoal? Venho enfrentando esse problema desde versões que vieram pós a 28.4.1 com meus mockups.Como podem ver, eu rasterizei algumas formas nas medidas originais dos arquivos que utilizo no trabalho, e depois de rasterizadas fiz cópias baseadas no tamanho que são impressas para agilizar o processo e não precisar redimensiona-las toda vez. Usando a versão 28.4.1 e anteriores, o processo segue sem problemas, após exportar as imagens estão prontas, porém pós esta versão, os arquivos que eu exporto seguindo essa receita começaram a vir com linhas brancas que não são visiveis dentro do programa, apenas após exportar.Noto também, que isso não acontece caso eu tente exportar imagens diretamente colocadas no Illustrator, mas acontece com qualquer mockup criado a partir de uma forma rasterizada, alguém sabe me dizer o que é?

I want to adjust the opacity of the objects on Layer A so they serve as a light background, and then trace over them on Layer B.Is this possible?If the objects on Layer A already have opacity settings, can I preserve and restore those settings?A script would work too. Shift + Ctrl + F10This seems to work only on the selected object.

On Macbook, in Illustrator 2026, when you double click on the color box to choose a color, if you use the color picker from there (the one that only picks color, not the stroke qualities), there’s the following bug: you choose whichever colour, but when you go to click on the “ok” button, the color picker will pick the grey color of the button. It’s still picking even when you’re clicking inside the window; you can see by dragging the window from the top bar, which will result in colors behind the pointer being picked. The only way to pick a color correctly is to confirm it with the “Enter” keyboard button instead of pressing “ok”. Any solutions?

Hi guys,Quick question about color profiles. I designed some brand assets in Illustrator using RGB, but when I drop them into my Premiere Pro timeline, the colors look slightly washed out and don't match the original design.How do you guys manage color consistency between Illustrator and video post-production? Would love to know your setup.Cheers, — Topway Solution (link removed by moderator)

ILLUSTRATOR 2026. THESE TWO VECTOR SHAPES HAVE THE SAME COLOUR CODE BUT LOOKING DIFFERENT TONES 

Product: Adobe IllustratorIssue Type: Bug / RegressionPlatform: Windows 11 (también sería útil indicar tu versión exacta de Illustrator)Severity: Medium–High (afecta la precisión y velocidad del flujo de trabajo)DescriptionHe encontrado un comportamiento que parece ser un error en las versiones recientes de Adobe Illustrator.Cuando un objeto vectorial contiene trazos (strokes) y se encuentra fuera de la mesa de trabajo (Artboard), resulta extremadamente difícil seleccionar directamente dichos trazos con la herramienta Selección (V).El problema ocurre independientemente del grosor del trazo. Aunque visualmente el trazo es visible, Illustrator parece reducir significativamente el área de detección o "hit area" del mismo, obligando al usuario a hacer múltiples intentos para poder seleccionarlo.Sin embargo, cuando exactamente el mismo objeto se coloca dentro de la mesa de trabajo, el trazo es detectado y seleccionado inmediatamente, como ocurría normalmente en versiones anteriores del prog

Hello, I have a serious lag when move things in the new illustrator version 30.5. It doesn’t matter if it’s something light or heavy it has a lot of lag. I have a Macbook Pro with M2 Pro. Sequoia 15.7. CPU goes up to 105%.All ready reset my preferences and uninstall old versions. I appreciate your suggestions. Thanks.  

Bonjour, Lorsque j'essaie de sauvegarder un modèle sous Illustrator, j'ai le message suvant : "impossible d'enregistrer l'illustration. Vos droits d'accès sont insuffisants." J'utilise la v 27.6 sous masOS Ventura 13.3.1. Mille mercis par avance de vos éclairages... Blandine

Hi, I’m learning a few things on Illustrator and  need help creating a shape like the first image with corner toggles on each end to create a sharp point. It looks like it was made with the ellipse tool, but obviously not. Does anyone know how this shape was made as it seems circular? I need to re-create it and would appreciate the help. Thanks Shape with corner toggles  

I tried deleting the guides, but it only executed up to the second loop.Is there something wrong with Illustrator’s scripting architecture? Some scripts that worked two or three years ago seem to have stopped working.It’s such a mess—no wonder so few people are working on it.var d=app.activeDocument;var pl = d.pathItems.length;//var isg = [];for (var i = 0; i < d.pathItems.length; i++) { var p = d.pathItems[i]; if (p.hasOwnProperty('guides')) { p.remove(); } //if (p.guides == true) { // //isg.push(p); // p.remove(); //}} 

I have an EPS file of a small book. It is 135 MB.  When I open it in Illustrator or Photoshop, it only opens the cover image, not the whole book. I then tried to convert it in Acrobat Distiller and it won’t convert.  Any ideas?  thank you! 

Hi everyone.I don’t know what’s going wrong.I have to keep testing by using `alert(“00”);`.I tried using `exit();` to stop the program, but it seems like Illustrator doesn’t support `exit();`?

I tried (!layer.isValid) or (layer=false).Neither worked; they both threw errors saying it was invalid.Later, I found the function below and was overjoyed.But then I discovered it couldn’t detect names within nested layers.I’m asking for help from the experts.var d=activeDocument;var ln=”Fix Guides”;//Check if a layer existsalert(!layerExists(d, ln));function layerExists(d, ln) {    var map = buildLayerMap(d);    return map.hasOwnProperty(ln);}function buildLayerMap(d) {    var map = {};    for (var i = 0; i < d.layers.length; i++) {        map[d.layers[i].name] = d.layers[i];    }    return map;} 

Lagging when dragging/moving photos and art

As shown in the figure below, all black boxes in the second text box need to be changed to the "true color+stroke" style in front of the first text box.Is it possible to only suck on the style once (with strokes and coloring) and apply it multiple times?I need one at a time now, it's so slow.I feel that if you don't jump out of the text box, you won't be able to select new text content again 

I’ve been using Export As → Use Artboard frequently to export SVG, but somehow today when I tried to export, contents outside of the artboard also kept getting included in the exported files. I tried Trim View and exporting JPG, and both showed the correct output. The only issue seemed to be with exporting SVG. In the Export for Screens view, I also unchecked “Include Bleeds”, but faced the same problem.What could’ve caused this? Is it due to some corrupted settings? Or somehow the layer not being cropped is mis-configured? (Though I don’t know why that would only affect SVG export...)

Opened a DXF file in Draftsight to confirm size. When opened in Illustrator 2026, the size is not accurate. When opened in 2024 and 2025, the size is correct. Tested on  different computers and the results are the same. What should be .044 inches in size shows up as .0474, which is not acceptable. Opening in Affinity Designer2 or Corel, the sizes are correct. Working with a part that is only .414 in diameter, any inaccuracy is unacceptable. Original DXF file was created in inches and I have tried all possible options to achieve the correct sizing in version 2026 without any success. Opening and placing produce identical results. Scaling is not an option, as the results produce closer values, they too are not exact due to the percentage factor limitation.Bottom line, newest version or Illustrator is inaccurate and any other program that can handle DXF files works just fine. Fortunately I discovered the error after producing 3 new parts. Never had issues and I failed to verify the size o

HiI’m having issues moving and/or dragging items. Once I open a new file, or any existing file. And try to create an element, text block or draw something, it lets me for a few clicks but eventually it stops letting me move or scale items completely.  I’ve tried multiple things: resetting my illustrator preferences, updating computer drivers, installing an older version of illustrator, restarting my computer, checking my app permissions, it’s also not my mouse or mousepad, it’s just happening on Illustrator. Nothing seems to be working.

I don't know what the enhancements are in 29.6, but there is a bug with rotating and scaling illustrations that have gradients. Radial gradients suddenly scale drastically in a non uniform fashion when moving in rotation or scaling in constrained x or y axis.       <Title renamed by MOD>