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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.

Error in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Startup Scripts CC\Adobe inDesign\indesign-v19,0.jsx Linha 1: Erro de E/S I close this window, and the program runs normally.  But the Start-Up Menu ins't available. I have to acess the classic Start-Up menu.   How could I fix it?  

The type on path tool is bugging out.It randomly scatters all the letters all over and even outside the work area.Closing and opening the file sometimes displays the tekst correctly again but soon it descends into utter mayhem all over. As you can see in the example.The 'correct' one exploded as well when I made the screenshot.The other attached image displays it correctly. My Illustrator is up to date and running on a 2022 macbook pro 16".Also, my computer just crashed and restarted but I'm not sure if it's related.The bug is still there however.

I want to replicate this artwork :As you can see, it's a series of "dots" on a path, a series of decreasing circle sizes, but for the life of me, I can't figure how to recreate this using Illustrator? I tried creating a Brush to no avail: there are no way to control the spacing between the dots?I also tried using a Blend but, again, there is no way to control the spacing between the dots? On the right of the figure (an old German magazine cover) are three series of "circles".Under Column A are the two circles I used to create a basic (linear) Blend.Under Column B is the resulting initial Blend.Under Column C is the Blend with modified initial and ending "Spine" anchor points, to "increase" and "decrease"' the spacing between the circles.I thought I had it made when I selected both the oval and the Blend and hit Object > Blend > Replace Spine but doing so resetted the spacing between circles to a constant value??i'm kind of going in "circle". Any help is appreciated.&nbs

Bonjour, je travaille actuellement sur une illustration de tasse, je souhaiterais faire passer ma rondelle de citron de sorte à ce qu'elle soit enfoncée sur le rebord de ma tasse. J'ai tenté de trouver une réponse sur internet mais en vain... Pourriez-vous m'orienter s'il vous plaît 🙂 ? Merci !

I have questions about a file I have in Illustrator. First I can see it contains many layers but I can´t really see the layers have content. When I untoggle the visibility nothing happens. When I click the image it looks like an already merged image that I cannot ungroup or do anything with.  I would like to be able to edit the whole artwork but I cannot understand how? I attach a screenshot video. 

Why aren't the new fonts which I added working properly?

Hi everyone,I'm facing a frustrating issue with Adobe Illustrator and am hoping someone here might be able to help. Every time I reopen my Adobe Illustrator file, the opacity of many elements on the page drops unexpectedly. This doesn’t happen to every single element, but it affects a significant number, and it’s really disrupting my workflow.This is particularly concerning because it’s happening with a critical client project that has an impending deadline. Here are some details about my setup:Adobe Illustrator Version: 28.5, 2024Operating System: Macbook Pro 2023, 14InchFrequency of Issue: Every time the file is reopenedSteps Taken to Resolve: Updated software, restarted computer, Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated. I really need to get this resolved as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your help!

Gostaria de entender e como corrigir esse problema: Todos os textos que estavam na "ferramenta tipo caminho" ficaram distorcidos e não estão mais selecionáveis:

I've done this a bunch of times where I make a clipping mask over a rasterized image, then rasterizing it as a whole so it takes up less memory. But for some reason today when I try to rasterize it, it crops to the original dimensions of the image?? Using this photo as an example 1. Make a clipping Mask2. Rasterized the Masked image3. Doesn't crop to the shape of the image? This is now a full raster photo with a massive border that I have to manually crop (has to be cropped for what I'm doing at work) Any ideas? Couldn't find a way to word this online or find any answers. I've played with all the Rasterize settings too

Hello, I'm new to Illustrator and this one particulat Panel - the Artwork Recolor Panel - seems to be stuck in a horizontal sliding position, even when I restart the program and change workspace preferences (like reset to Essentials...) I can move it all the way right (see 3rd picture) and all the way to the left (over to the tool bar) but it will not "let go" (undock?) from being attached at top and bottom to the artwork screen. (I think I'm using the terms right here...) There's so much I have to learn that I'm not super stressed by this, but the negative upshot is that I can't access the saturation and hue sliders or the Advanced Options button, because they are not visible on the part of the panel that is displayed. IF however, I select the panel, then *while* I'm holding the mouse button, those items become visible (see second picture) but I can't click on them because the mouse is already in a "held-down clicked state." I'm guessing it will go away at some point wi

Hi,I have opened pngs into illustrator with the purpose of recolouring them.I have done this a million times before, selecting the different parts to recolour.  For some reason now I cannot do this.  I am convinced I accidently have some sort of setting on.  Can someone advise?Normally I would use the direct selection tool to do this, making sure the object is ungrouped.  Now the ungrouped option is greyed out.Any ideas anyone?

For the past few months since one of the recent updates in Illustrator, when I export something as a png, the image is not showing up in the preview box. All that shows is an entirely transparent window. It is actually exporting fine, but I always like to see the preview when I'm in the process of creating the png. See screenshot of a file I was working on this morning. Any ideas? 

Artboard 1->layer 1->layer 2 finding a script to export layer 1 and 2 as png with dimension of Artboard 1.tried this one, it worked but exported layers sizes are diffrent..var options = new ExportOptionsPNG24(); var doc = app.activeDocument; $.writeln("trying to save"); var newdoc = app.documents.add(doc.documentColorSpace, doc.width, doc.height); newdoc.artboards[0].artboardRect = doc.artboards[0].artboardRect; saveSubLayers(doc, ""); newdoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); function saveSubLayers(node, path){ for (var i=0; i<node.layers.length; i++){ var layer = node.layers[i]; if (!layer.visible) continue; if (layer.layers.length > 0){ saveSubLayers(layer, path+"/"+layer.name); } else { saveLayer(layer, path); } } } function saveLayer(layer, path){ newdoc.layers[0].remove(); var newlayer = newdoc.layers[0]; for (var ii = layer.pageItems.length - 1; ii &

Hello, complete newbie here to illustrator and indesign.Im designing a brochure in indesign for a property we have built.  Id like to put 3 acorns on the front of the brochure - but only the outlines so if i change the colour of background page etc the middle of acorns will be same colour. I have no idea where to start. I have attached a picture of the acorns id like to recreate - ive tried using this but if i make background page blue these acorns are then in a white box on the page!

I'm doing an image trace to vectorize some photos for a client. Got all my presets right and proceeded with the trace, the issue is when I try to go in and clean up some of the edges, there are no layers to edit, no achor points or anything. I can't make the 'path' editable because it essentially is as if there is no path. But it is a vector and adjusts as a vector would when minimizing or enlarging the size. What is my issue and why won't it allow me to adjust layers/paths?

Help!Just recently if I go to document setup and try to pick a different color to simulate a colored background it no longer works. I use a Microsoft Surface laptop. My coworker has a Mac and it still functions properly for her. We are on the same version 28.5.For me I go to:Document SetupI click on the top color box and switch it to black and then check "Simulate Colored Page"When I hit ok the whole canvas turns black and I can no longer see my objects.They are still there, I just can't see them at all. If I blindly click around to select objects I can see the selection outline and I if I look in the shape properties panel I can see their fill and outline colors are still correct.IF I pick a color (ex blue, purple, red...), the background changes to that color, I can see my objects but its like the background is a filter over them because the color looks like its sitting under a semi transparent red/blue/purple object.This is a real pain as I use this feature frequently.

Latest version of Illustrator (Mac)I am a long time user of Illustrator but i have never had this issue before.When i open a file I can see the layers window, etc but not the actual file.There is no window or tab for the file, just the recent files window. I can actually double click the screen and i get an isolated view but can't see anything change but the layers window.If i close Illustrator and reopen the file it shows up fine. Not a huge issue at all but just wanted to see if someone else had this problem and whether it was related to the recent files window or something else.Since updating to 22.1 last week i have all kinds of graphics card and/or display issues. The beta 22.0.2 worked great and i should have stuck with it.Any help is appreciated.Thanks.

 Trying to add a straight line here, but adding points on the path doesn't allow me to create a new line. Every point I hover over shows me a minus sign.

Hello! We have a plagin, which working with Illustrator, version 24. How Can we get installation file?

the past 3 days I've been getting a pop up message on the top of my work space shortly after I save a file for the first time. It's happened with already started files and completely new ones. It only ever shows maybe a minute or so after saving for the first time. I tried save with a different name as the messages says, restarting illustrator and restarting my mac but its still happening. Today Illustrator froze and I had to force quit and the document recovery option didn't even pop up when relaunched like it usually does after a crash/force quit. I looked and all of the data recovery options are checked in preferences.I try to save as often as possible but it's really nerve racking to work knowing that recovery isn't even an option. any help would be much appericated!  *working on an imac 2021 in illustrator 2022 

Hi,I wanted to upload my vectors, as usual, after a break of 10 days, being busy with others, and my zip. files were no longer accepted; Why? Thank you in advance.

when exporting as jpeg/ png non-transparent background the image is overlapping, without color (black and white) and sheer.

I have no idea of what's happening... It doesn't even give me an error message when I try to open a file from my stock library, it just doesn't open it. When I try to import the same file from the desktop it says simply "can't open file". It's very frustrating. The video shows exactly how it happens

Hello,I am trying to paste text for powerpoint to illustartor, but after paste language changed even when I want to paste graph from prism, after that significance stars on graphs not showing up. can someone tell me what can i do?thank you