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I have a line with an arrowhead. I would like it to have a smooth gradient along the stroke and through the end of the arrowhead. When I apply the gradient to the stroke, the gradient does not persist through the arrowhead (see attached photos). I could make this work by expanding the appearance of the shape etc., but I’d rather have a more elegant/editable solution. Any suggestions?Bottom: Arrow with discontinuous gradient compared to a line with the same gradient applied (detail in image 2). Top: Gradient settingsDetail from image 1 

Illustrator intermittently stops allowing objects to be moved by dragging with either the mouse or a Wacom pen.The objects can still be selected, scaled, rotated and moved using the keyboard arrow keys. Only click-and-drag movement stops working.When attempting to drag an object, Windows plays the standard notification sound (the short "ding" indicating an action could not be completed).Restarting Illustrator does not resolve the issue. Restarting Windows restores the functionality until the issue occurs again.The problem occurs approximately once per day.The issue affects Illustrator 2025 and 2026 on the same computer. Photoshop and other applications continue to work normally. Also reinstalled Wacom Drivers, without success.The issue first appeared approximately three months ago. Before that, I had used Illustrator for years on the same computer without ever experiencing this problem.

Ladies and gentlemen,I would like to ask for your help.While working in Illustrator, an error suddenly occurs with the Direct Selection tool. It becomes impossible to select objects, and anchor points are not displayed; the objects cannot be manipulated. This happens repeatedly, making it impossible to continue working on the file. I would like to know how to resolve this error and how to fix a file damaged in this way. I am working on Windows 11. I would be grateful for any advice. Unfortunately, it is impossible to work with this error.

Since Illustrator 26, the top menu will not appear when I start the app. I have to quit Illustrator and start it again before it appears. Illustrator is the only app with this behaviour. It started right after I installed version 26. Is there anyone with the same problem? Is there a known fix?Much obliged!I work on a MacBook Pro 16" 2019, MacOS 26.5.2 (latest version Tahoe) 

I’ve always had the glitch where if I change the name of a folder - if it's already a shortcut in my Mac OS Finder window it doesn’t change. It keeps the old folder name. Weirdly I just did that today and rather than drag the folder out and then drag it back in again, to get it to update, I just left it. Then I noticed this weird thing happening. When I’m in Illustrator and hit save, the folder name has the new updated name. But then when I leave illustrator and look at my Finder window the folder has the old name. I took screenshots of both (the old name had ‘Craig’ in it). Whats goings on here then? Why is it different?  

HiIve got the same Issue with Illustrator and with my Mac I can ONLY update to 29.5.1.I bring in Tiif files and they disappear or make black lines! I have to keep redoing work. Now Im forced to only use Photoshop for most of my work.So you only fixing it now with the new update? I cannot afford to buy a New MAC now just to be able to work in Illustrator. Im paying for Illustrator and my Mac is not so old. Is there any way they can fix 29.5.1 which a lot of people are using? 2 of My co-workers got the same problem,

I've experienced this twice now, both times in the last month. I design beer labels and I'll often open an older label and use it as the template for a new one. When I open the older file (an .AI file), it will load, and most of the live text will have switched to a different font arbitrarily. Some fonts switch to OTHER typefaces that exist in the same document, others switch to different weights of the same font, and still others switch to defaults like times and myriad.  Some of the switched fonts are stored locally, and others are served via Adobe Fonts. The file does this consistently even after I've restarted illustrator and restarted my computer.    I've attached a screenshot of one of the files with its original fonts (from an outlined version for print), as well as a shot with the changed fonts.   Has anyone else experienced this?   System: 2022 Mac Studio M1 Max MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 Illustrator v 29.5.1

I'm currently using Illustrator 2025 (29.8.2) on a Windows 10 device (Dell Precision with i7 chip, 16GB RAM and NVIDIA T1200) and noticed that after a while of using the app, I was getting severe lag when trying to do anything. Even trying to close Illustrator after the lagging started could take up to two or three minutes. After looking at advice from others, I remove all the tool tips and contextual options (all redundant to me anyway) and tried opening the app from the Adobe Cloud Desktop app, rather than from the start menu, but again, after a while, it would start to heavily lag. All drivers were up to date. I was baffled by this until I realised that the lag was occurring immediately after I was creating a new link within the Share for Review (SfR) option or clicking the 'Update content' option. I use SfR within Indesign on a daily basis because I'm working on projects with multiple staff across remote sites, so it's an incredibly handy tool, and have started to use it

Hello! I've been encountering this issue where my libraries panel is entirely unresponsive. I have the most updated version of Illustrator, but this has happened through several updates. For some reason, my library is not responsive to scrolling. It will stretch out as if it was an image if I were to try to pull the panel down to make it larger (see image below). This is frustrating since I keep all of my client color palettes here, and kinda defeats the purpose of creating a library for them since I can't access it. Anyone else encounter the same issue?  

과거 질문과 같은 맥락인데 해결 답이 없어 재질문합니다.https://community.adobe.com/질문-395/패스-작업시-도형-꺾임-깎임-이-생겨요-ㅠㅠ-1021907같은 문제이며 패스 확장시 모양이 이렇게 달라집니다.패스확장전 (블렌드 효과)블렌드 효과 패스 확장 후

  We are delighted to announce that Illustrator Beta is now live on Windows for ARM devices (with Qualcomm SD X-Elite processors) for the English locale. This update allows users to run Illustrator on devices with Snapdragon X Series ARM architecture-based processors through emulation mode.     Note: Only Illustrator 28.7 beta and later versions are available on Windows ARM architecture-based processors.   Key Highlights: Fully functional Illustrator on the Windows ARM platform Illustrator native x86 app runs in Emulation Mode Supports GPU acceleration Supports CPU fallback mode GPU performance benchmarks on par with native mode in certain cases Minimum System Requirements: Processor: Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 (up to 3.4 GHz, 12 cores) Graphics: Snapdragon X Elite Qualcomm Adreno. Download Illustrator (beta) now and share your feedback with us. Your feedback is invaluable to us.  Illustrator (beta) is now available for testing.   Ex

Hello, I am image tracing a 1200 dpi image that has already had threshold allied in photoshop.  It is just black on white any in my opinion it has defined edges.  No matter how much I play with all the settings including advanced settings, image trace does not really follow the contours of what I’m tracing… (please see attached image). I would think something black on white with crisp edges, image trac would do a better job.  Am I missing something?  Is there a better way to get a result that hugs the contours better? 

Hi All!  I'm having an issue when using a Tamil font where there is a small circle with dots that appears in the middle of glpyh. This typeface is Akhand Tamil from Adobe fonts and when I enter the same line of text in the font preview for Adobe fonts it looks perfectly normal. However, when using illustrator it gives me this circle. I have already gone into the type settings and turned on "Show Indic Options" as well as changed the language to Tamil in the Characters panel.  Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a solution? 

Hi there,suddenly and with no apparent reasons - my default type settings in illustrator 2020 are Arabic (RTL and Hindi digits ect etc) as per images attached  I'm living and working in UAE - but my language has always been set as English UK in the settng panel preferences and never had an issue before. Now i have to set manually the text tool everytime i want to use it - super annoying! Does anyone know how to set English as default  Thanks, Max 

Despite installing the English یدعم العربیه version of Illustrator and enabling both the Indic Options and the Middle Eastern and South Asian Single-Line Text Composer, I still don't have the RTL (right to left) text options for Arabic. As a result, the dots and symbols at the end of the text are appearing on the right side instead of the left. Can anyone please help?   In the screenshots you can see my seetings as well as the text. I am using the most up-to-date version of the illustrator (28.6) as of 2024 Aug 20th. MacBook Pro 13-inch, M1, 2020, MacOS Sonoma 14.5  

I am having trouble with the word "shree - श्री "in illustrator. When I type this work in any program besides illustrator it displays the word correctly. As soon as I bring it into illustrator the word changes the characters within the word. I have attached screenshots of the word in two programs (Word and Illustrator) using the same font. Please help!  

Hello, I am trying to create an alphabet in Hindi, but the combined consonants are not displaying correctly. I've tried using Myriad Devanagari and Adobe Devanagari. They look fine when I plug them into Adobe Fonts online, but when I put them into Illustrator, they are broken apart. Screenshots attached. Thanks!Morgan

AI 30.3, recently updated. When i open a file and then go to ‘export for screen’, in the first window the path to export is correct (path where the file is located):but if i need to put the exported file in a sub folder, for example, and open the folder icon, then the path is whatever path i last used: Do other have had this issue? I tried resetting preferences.

Hi all,This is a very frustrating bug - around 50% of the times copy & paste won't work. I select an object, press ctrl+C, and then pressing ctrl+V produces nothing as if the clipboard is empty.I cannot reproduce it as it seems random, sometimes it will copy & paste, sometimes it won't.This makes working with Illustrator extremely hard.Might be worth mentioning that copy-pasting from Illustrator into Photoshop resembles the same buggy behavior - it will randomly work or not.Please advise on how to resolve this.Cheers

Hey, shouldn’t this say ‘Shift+Click to select multiple objects’?

I have a very complex compound path and want to use a path to cut portions of the compound path while it’s isolated. I have not found any of the path finder buttons capable of doing what I want. I’ve included a mockup image that describes my problem. It’s a square with multiple empty circles within. At some points, I may want to modify just one of those ‘empty’ circles in a very specific way without interfering with the rest of them in the one compound path. How can I use one shape to modify another without interfering with the other overlapping shapes? Keeping in mind this is one compound path that I don’t feel comfortable releasing. In the mockup on the left you see three circles with one overlapping in the middle. The overlapping circle is a duplicate of one of the other empty circles -- that I created while in isolate compound path. I want the overlapping circle to modify the lower circle without affecting the upper one. The right image shows the result I’d like to achieve, but I’v

I'm placing a PNG file with a transparent background into Illustrator and it's showing a white background in the file. I've managed to remove the background again by selecting the 'Opacity & Mask Define Knockout Shape' tick box in the Opacity settings (image below)  However, when I save the file as an PDF, the white boxes re-appear (image below)Can anyone please help to find a solution to this issue or know what the problem could be?Thank you!

I am hoping someone might have suggestions or be able to assist.  I was given this file that has been outlined and I am not able to identify the fonts because I don't have them on my computer.  Because they are outlined, the font finders aren't able to recognize.   I have tried importing to photoshop and using the find font but again I can't because the fonts aren't on my computer.  Anyone have any suggestions or know what these fonts might be?  Much appreciated!  

Hello all, Im a retro computing fan for nexstep,i have been porting open source software for nextstep intel, considering that next hardware is slow and limited. I knew that adobe had illustrator 3.0 for m68k but not nexstep intel. For this potential project and under adobe authorization, it would need some info on de legacy code. I know its a no, but i wonder if adobe could provide some info on the m68k nexstep code, and some kind of authorization on this. Just thoughts!

Hello, I am trying to create multiple stroked paths and then outline them.  Upon outline stroke, I get paths where the paths overlap… (please see attached images)… I find it hard to select and delete these parts of the path… I am trying to create an outline of the entirety of the paths without the overlapping paths...just one outline… help???