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Hello When I click on the ok button after doing something in the recolour artwork tool,the tool disappears and I have to keep launching it from the toolbar every time...why is this?

Hello everyone, I'm not sure if this is an intended effect of the filter and I apologize if it is. When I make a shape/object with color, it will desaturate the color to an obsurd degree. I have tried to saturate it with a the saturate feature in the edit field. I have also have tried to manually change the color but it would still be the incorrect color I was looking for. It does not look the same, so I am up for any other work-arounds or fixes.Thank you for any suggestions!

Hello there, I'm trying to execute script via cmd terminal & in script I need to read and write file to certain dir basically create a copy of exising work, while checking arguments length is returning 0, as an example here is my script which reads AI file from my local and create an svg write it to destination path, but still getting arguments undefined, Can someone guide me how to get value in scripts from passed string in cmdExample  Script if (arguments.length < 2) { alert("Insufficient arguments provided. Expected source and destination file paths."); quit(); } try { var sourceFilePath = arguments[0]; var destFilePath = arguments[1]; var sourceFile = File(sourceFilePath); var destFile = File(destFilePath); $.writeln("Source file: " + sourceFile.fsName); $.writeln("Destination file: " + destFile.fsName); if (sourceFile.exists) { var doc = app.open(sourceFile); var options = new ExportOptionsSVG();

I have hired a freelancer to create pin templates for Pinterest using Adobe Illustrator. I received the source file, but I noticed that Adobe Illustrator is not available on the App Store. How can I download Adobe Illustrator so I can use the templates to create pins? Do you know if the file can be used in Canva? Thanks. 

Hey there,  I have been working on a presentation on illustrator over the last week and didn't have any issues till today - none of my changes are saving and everytime I try to do one small thing like save the file as a new file or export it, illustrator becomes unresponsive and I have to force quit. I have unistalled the app, created more space on my laptop.  I have no idea what to do and this is extremely frustrating as this is the only time this has happened to me.

Hola quisera saber como puedo exportar mis trabajos a CorelDraw

Hi, I'm trying to create a gradient across two lines of text that has been Warped. I can add a gradient fill but it just adds the Gradient Fill to each character individually (bottom example) and I want it to be across the whole word. I can normally do this by creating a Compound Path but because the text has been Warped, this is preventing me from doing that. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks.

Bonjour tout le monde, Je rencontre un problème avec l'outil "Repères commentés". Il est coché mais les repères ne s'affichent pas. J'ai redemarré à plusieurs reprises illustrator et même décoché tous les autres outils de la rubrique "Affichage" dans le cas où cela interférerait avec l'outil "Repères commentés" mais çela ne change rien.Quelqu'un aurait-il une idée? Merci par avance.

Hi there Adobe community,Would anyone be able to advise me on this issue please? Everytime I export from Illustrator as a PDF the colour comes out slightly muted, when I export as a PNG the issue is not there. I've included pictures below of the colours before and after. (export on left, original on right.) I've tried to change my colour profile and export again, but this hasn't resolved my issue. I've changed my PDF Output settings as well, again did not resolve my issue. Could it be an issue with the preview app? But the Illustrator PDF should have the CMYK embedded inside?? I'm very confused )c: Would appreciate any help with this at all!!!   

Trying to do a save-as, from the original .ai file format to a .pdf format; and I get an error the says = The deminsions of this page are out-of-range.  How do I get this file to save to the .pdf format?

Hi,I have been trying to add Glyphs to the text on illustraton on my macbook pro. Have tried multiple times and different ways to add the glyphs, but I am unable to add them. Any suggestions of can this work? I don't know if it's the bug or the font problem.

Hi when I am rendering in 3d with raytracing on high my application keeps crashing. I don't know what the problem is as I have a pretty good pc and I have rendered on Illustrator using ray tracing before. I suspect that it has something to do with my gpu not being used when I render. For some reason, task manager only shows my cpu on 100% while my gpu is on 0% during ray tracing render. Can someone please help? My computer wasn't always like this.

Hello! I'm designing some graphics for a range of T shirts for my portfolio. I might screen print them down the line, so tips on how to make them more screen-printing friendly would be useful but not super neccessary at this stage; currently, I'm just looking for advice on how to make them "pop" as, to me, they feel a little flat and lifeless (pardon the pun). As the theme of the shirts is joi de vivre, 70s hedonism and a lust for life, how can I incorporate this into the design? I'm happy with the drawings themselves, but things like reccomendations for new brushes and packs, shading, effects etc are what I need help with. Happy to clarify if this all sounds a bit vague! P.S It's my first time posting here, so please let me know if it needs to be on a different board 🙂  

Hello:                                                                                                                   Level:  Newbie'ish  OS: Win7  Illy:Cs6I would like to be able to move an object over just a tad which I believe would be a half of a pixel. Does anyone know how I could go about doing so or is it not possible?Thank you for your time

I am looking to set up a print file to for a couple of design options for a gym ribbon like this. How do I go about doing it, especially for the ribbon, ie. how do i designate a bleed on a shape that isn't a rectangle. Thanks.   

Hi, I'm trying to do something I've done before with no issues but now I can't seem to get the Pathfinder Crop and Merge functions to work and am out of ideas about how to proceeed so any help would be greatly appreciated... First, I have a vector that I would like to crop and I'm selecting it and a rectangle I've made and put in the layer above it to crop it. Strangely, when I use the Pathfinder Crop function to crop the vector it does nothing, but when I move the rectangle or adjust its height then try cropping it, it works. Here's a screenshot of the vector and rectangle above it selected...  Second, I'm trying to merge two vectors and usually I select both and click Merge and that's it but, again, when I select both and try to merge them nothing happens. Here's a screenshot of both vectors with the second one selected... I've tried putting them on separate layers then merging them; I've tried uniting them; and I've tried copying and pasting them into a new

Adobe Illustrator 2024 replace linked files buttonPlease put this option back - replacing a linked file when opening multiple files no longer works. The replacement feature does not work for multiple files - I USED THIS FEATURE CONSTANTLY AND NEED IT BACK!!!!

 Hi there, I am trying to vectorize my pattern but it ended looking so bad. Can anybody help me. Thank you

Looking to update my system, and a little bit lost in all the computer specifications. I do most of my heavy work on Illustrator, would much appreciate if anyone could enlighten me on which of • amd radeon graphics • intel iris xe would offer better perfomance…? Many thanks in advance!     {Renamed by MOD}

I want to get the items in a layer sorted in their stacking order (including any sub-layers). For example: Layer 1   item A   Layer 1a   Group B   item CIn the example above, I would get back an array like this:[item A, layer 1a, Group B, item C] Of course, you'd think this is a simple enough thing given that zOrderPosition is freely available: function getChildrenInStackingOrder(layer){    var sublayers=layer.layers;    var pageItems=layer.pageItems;    var result=new Array ();    var size=sublayers.length+pageItems.length;    for(var i=0;i<sublayers.length;i++){       result[sublayers.zOrderPosition]=sublayers;  <<<----------- ERROR    }    for(var i=0;i<pageItems.length;i++){       result[pageItems.zOrderPosition]=pageItems;    }   

Hi all,I tried to use the Free Transform tool on text and it doesn't work. I was wondering if there is way to do it or is it just not possible at all? I don't want to outline the text obviously... Any ideas?Thanks!

Hello there,How can I change the stacking order on the layers panel according to my selections on the canvas pls? I mean, I want to arrange the stacking order on the layers tab through my shift "selecting" images on the canvas in a smart way... First selection on canvas, at the bottom in the layers pane. Second shift selected one is above the first in the layers pane and so...Thanks in advance.

Hello,I'm trying to convert my black and white ink drawings to vecotrs.I'm using image trace to do it, but after I expand the image trace I end up with a million individual paths as sublayers.I just want ONE clean layer to tweak and work with but the "merge selected" option is greyed out even after I ungroup everything.When I release the sublayers to layers it just creates more groups when I try to merge them. If anyone knows a workaround please help. My goal is to have ONE layer of clean black vector to work with. I don't want groups, sublayers, or compound pats.I feel like it shouldn't be this comoplicated lol.

There seems to be just three or four active posts per day on average, sometimes just one to two, and even these are oftentimes just bumped old posts. Scripters who were active when I started frequenting this forum during the pandemic seem to have gone for good. Those still around seem to be posting less and less. Has ChatGPT rendered the scripting section no longer useful? Is everything that's possible with Illustrator scripting been done, and there is nothing more to add? Is it the lack of investment in Illustrator scripting? But the main point of this post is to ask if scripters, and people looking for scripting help, have gone elsewhere? I know there is a general "Coding Corner" community, but that seems to be even less active than here.