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イラストレーターを開こうとWクリックしますが、「プラグインの初期化をしています。」で画面が止まってしまって開くことができません。また、何度も再インストールをしてみますが全く起動しません。直す方法をおしえてください。

Just updated Illustrator and now when using the Eyedropper tool, it no longer gives you Smart Guides to highlight the path that you are sourcing. How the absolute heck am I supposed to do this now? How can you see what you are selecting? This has ruined my workflow.This is so absurd. Changing things that have worked fine for a hundred years and now you change it for no reason to something worse. See attached images that visualize the issue perfectly. Credit to Egor Chistyakov.

Dear all,I have already mentioned this in other posts around but since I managed to get a little deeper I wanted to give this a separate thread.Every time I launch Illustrator 30.x (that is, ever since v 30 was released), macOS Tahoe shows me the following alert (Illustrator would like to access data from other apps):If I press “Do now allow” (left button), then the home page of Illustrator is blank and the app will not work properly. No problem, though, I relaunch Illustrator and press “Allow”, thinking this would be it.In macOS, apps that asks for this specific permission are listed in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation, as shown here:As you can see, Acrobat got correctly added the first time it asked me to access data while, regardless of how many times I try, Illustrator doesn’t get added. Unfortunately, there is no +/- button to manually add an app to this list. Even assuming this would be a bug in macOS, it would be for Illustrator to solve this with Appl

The only workaround I've found is to save PSD as TIF and place it into illustrator file instead of PSD. It works, and I can see my spot colors again, but it is frustrating to have to reopen all PSD files and save them in different format. That happens since last update (30.3).

I’m trying to use the Mockup Beta feature in Illustrator, but it's missing for some reason, so I can’t do the mock-up product. Despite watching many tutorials, I still don’t know why. Just in case I did something wrong: I downloaded an image to use for the product then used my own artwork designed on Illustrator as a logo. Is this the correct procedure to use for a mock-up? Thank you. 

This is a test with inserted as well as uploaded files.This is an inserted image​​​​​ 

How to get start and end position value using extendscript in path text (any shapes)?

How do you ungroup or expand a pie chart in Adobe Illustrator CS6? This functionality seems to have been removed. Say I'd like to remove the legend: before, I could ungroup the chart, release its link to the data, and then delete the legend with my white mouse. Object > Expand no longer works either. This is supremely frustrating.

I am working on a translation book and need to convert English to Chinese. The file format is Ai, and there were no paragraph or character styles created before.For convenience now, I want to control them using character styles or paragraph styles.For example, my character style only changed the font, without the font size or line spacing.I originally thought it would be okay with just one click, but now I realize that the font size and spacing have changed. I have to readjust every text block again. The workload has actually increased.Is there a way to apply character styles by only changing different fonts without affecting the original settings? 

Illustrator 2021/Mac Book Pro/ Catalina 10.15.7.Yesterday I created a several types of gradients, today I open the file and I'm unable to edit any of the freedom gradients I created? I also used the corner radius to create a rouned square shape for those gradients. Now the gradients that I used the Freedom gradient tool with appear to be images. The layers palette shows them as "non-native art" and the rounded corners are a part of the image. The edit corners is gone? The gradient acts like a raster image? BTW: The regular linear gradient still works as expected and the corners can be edited still. I just updated to Illustrator CC2021 and although the Freedom gradient tool is not new, I rarely use it. So I'm wondering if there's a bug here? Any advise is appreciated. 

Using AI to arrange books is really a sin.InDesign has a homepage that displays page numbers, book eyebrows, and shared reference lines.Is there a way to solve Ai? Repeat the operation?

In the last few weeks, saving a file in Legacy Format (CS5) isn´t working properly.A Colleague of mine still uses CS5 and I often save files for him.Nowadays, files appear "corrupt" or "from a newer version", despite being simple designs, without any of the new features.Anyone else experiencing this? Any solves? Thank you

I am working in plugin CEP for Illustratorsince I am reopening the AI for each and everychange in JSX , I tried VS Code debugger , But It not working , can anyone please share how to debug directly from vs code with JSX,js files.

Hi everyone.I've searched the forums for ages and tried several solutions, but none of them worked.It would be great if I could customize the script storage path, right-click to open the path, and double-click to run the script. I found this—it’s over 5,000 lines long, which is a bit excessive; my AI just froze up.https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Silly-V/Adobe-Illustrator/refs/heads/master/Script%20Panel%202/ScriptPanel_2.jsxDo you have any recommendations?Thanks! 

When I first read about free software, I got the idea they were stealing code from businesses, as well as borrowing it from each other. Is this the case with free open source software? This may be why it doesn’t work very well, as well as being unethical. I do not agree with the free software movement. It violates business law. Just because they are having trouble stopping it, does not mean that it is ethical. They are stealing code from businesses. I did not get at first, that the open source software was about that. I am thinking that it is, though. It doesn’t seem to work very well. I was going to use Inkscape, which is meant to replace Illustrator. It isn’t working, though. If they are stealing code from businesses, I am against it, on ethical grounds. It does violate business law. That does relate to money. So does copyright law. That is actually serious. It is code. Copyright law relates to money. It is the truth. Does anybody else agree?

Hi everyone.It should automatically detect the current state.Whether the current state is “text selection mode,” “cursor in text,” or “text selected.”After running the script:If the text is a line, convert it to a block.If it is a block, convert it to a line.Also, make sure to check “Automatically adjust text size in the area” in the preferences.Thank you very much.

I have seen similar discussions but none of the answers are of any help to me as of today.Background:I am running OS X Yosemite 10.10All my CC apps are up to date as of (11/1/14)I am also up to date on all other software on my MacMy goal:Copy text from illustratorPaste in Mail, TextEdit, and Notes as live editable textResults:Text pastes as pdf or some type of an image depending on the appWhat it looks like:I'll start from the beginning to avoid some questions later.I open a new document in Illustrator.These are the clipboard settings in my preferences. Please Note - I have tried every combination of these settings. Turning them on and off one at a time and in combination does nothing to change the end product. I have turned them all off for this example, so as to not muddy the waters.I type some text. I did not use a text box in this example. I just clicked on the page with the type tool and typed this line. There are no added attributes. You can see the character settings are the mos

I want to create an action to hide or unhide the "Control" bar by assigning a shortcut to that action. However, the "Insert menu item" option doesn't work.

using Scripting, I wonder if it is possible to create a panel / window within Adobe Illustrator to show a list of all scripts in a particular folder, so I can choose from and by clicking to start a script or two of them?   thanks in advance Nils

I have tried using Magic wand tool but that won’t work either.I have an 8 colour image which I have expanded and I’m trying to use select same fill colour but it is ignoring colours directly next to it and selecting different ones entirely. 

I want to sample the red stroke color from an object, but when I use the Eyedropper, it samples the blue color of the object’s bounding box instead.Instead of changing the stroke color to red, it changes the fill color to blue.  

Trying to download my creative suite on my Chrome laptop.   No luck, keeps wanting to send me a link to download on a desktop.   Can it be loaded on Chrome OS?     {Renamed by MOD}

Please help. Don’t know what to do or what I have done wrong to get this message.

Hello,I have a simple star-like shape that I created by using two lines and making 2 offset settings on it. I want to know if it's possible for Illustrator to create a scalable shape from it. Like when you vectorise a path or an outline. (I know it's possible to create stars directly with the shape tool, I just wanted a simple shape to illustrate what I want to make). Thanks for any response !