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New to using ai's 3D inflate tool and unsure how to remedy an issue. I've made a couple 3D projects so far and haven't run into this yet. I keep getting very jagged edges and crinkles. Text is outlined and I've tried adding a bunch of space between the letters and curving each corner, but the jagged edges remain. Also tried these things with Ray Tracing on (and off) and the jagged edges remain. Tried messing with some other 3D settings too but nothing helps. It seems like something obvious but not sure what...thought maybe my hardware isn't up to snuff but seems to meet the minimum requirements unless I'm missing something. Attached images with and without ray tracing, as well as my settings. The deets:Illustrator 27.3.12019 iMac Ventura 13.0Processor: 3.1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5Graphics: Radeon Pro 575X 4GBMemory: 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4)

Me pasa el siguiente error:genero varias mesas de trabajo pero la numeración se salta o se duplica y al momento de exportar no me aparecen algunas páginas debido a este error.¿Cómo lo puedo solucionar? Utilizo archivos a veces de mas de 50 páginas.

Hi, I have a problem opening an .ai file I have in the cloud. Whenever I try to open it, the progress bar fills up but the file never opens, and I have to force quit Illustrator.I tried syncing it to the cloud, signing out and signing back in, getting it from the web, deleting and recovering it, duplicating it, and sending the link to a friend. Nothing worked for me. Please help fix this issue :(

Hello,The last 3 days most of the files I save and export keep saving a 0 kb. Both on my pc and laptop, the only connecting factors are my hard drive which i don't think the problem lies in (have tried multiple things and everything says it is working fine) and adobe illustrator.I have pretty much given up on trying to rescue the files (still if you maybe have something I can use to try and fix please share), but i don't know how this keeps happening and how I can prevent this from happening again.Thanks in advance 

Hi all,I’m having ongoing issues with Illustrator’s Share for Review links and I’m wondering if anyone else is seeing the same behaviour.What happens: I create a new file, then go to Share for Review and generate a link. Illustrator keeps pulling through filenames from previous jobs, even when I’m in a brand new file. To fix it, I end up removing the review link, creating a new one, or sometimes starting a completely new file from scratch. I send the review link to the client, but when they open it, it sometimes shows a completely different review link, like it has connected to another project. Comments then do not always appear properly inside Illustrator, so I have to review feedback in the web browser instead. The weird part:It feels like Illustrator is caching old Share for Review data and mixing it across multiple projects. It even pulls through project names from 3 or 4 jobs ago.What I’ve tried: Closing and reopening Illustrator Resetting and restarting Running update

Selecting all layer object in layer panel (clickin at the right most part of the layer).It selects locked object too if there is only one object locked. And I am able to move this locked object with all the other selected stuff. What does the meaning of the lock here? What is this feature good for?

I need some help :) I have a map that contains multiple paths, and I want to divide the entire area into separate sections based on those paths. Basically, I want each region (like each city) to become its own individual shape or area. Right now, everything is part of one larger shape, but I would like to split it so that each city is a separate path. This way, I can select, color, and edit each city individually. How can I divide a shape using existing paths so that each enclosed area becomes its own separate object?

Here’s the situation: We renamed hundreds of files when the brand we work with did a big naming update. Thus across my team we have hundreds of broken links to dozens of documents.  I am trying to find a way to avoid manually relinking hundreds of files in Illustrator documents. I tried running a .jsx script in Illustrator that was similar to one I used in Indesign that was able to do this. In InDesign I was able to search by the first 12 characters of the name since that part of the file remained the same (only the middle part of the file changed). It worked beautifully and I was hoping I could get Illustrator to do the same thing. Within a few minutes, it was able to perfectly relink hundreds of files.However, with Illustrator, after much trial and error I came up against (what CoPilot told me was) the hard limitation of Illustrator’s API. It does not store broken-link filenames as plain filenames so it can’t perform a direct filename matching.  I tried to go about this in several wa

Hi.. I’ve saved a bunch of AI docs in my Online files… however, I seem to be competely overlooking the ability to search files by name… where do I locate such a search capability?

my latest version of Illustrator (version 29.6 - updated on June 18/25) wants to save files as .pdf by default, instead of .ai - is anyone else experiencing this?

First, I'm not good at eng. Please understand me.I am satisfied with illustrator's crop image tool. But when using this tool, white line appears each side. If i crop again right side that white line appear on, It appear on left side. And crop Left side, then it appears on other side again. this event happen over 8times....I keep cropping cropping croppping.....plz help me

I want to have a paper list of all key board short cuts and tools short cuts. so I can learn them away from my computer.

Hello fellow creatives!I’ve used Vimeo so far to upload a video there, and then I’d embed it in my Behance projects. It worked pretty good so far. However, Vimeo has recently started requesting ID verification and they won’t let me even log into my account without completing it. Since I don’t want to hand over my ID (we all know how many data breaches happen every year), I wanted to ask if there’s a free alternative for Vimeo?Basically all I need to do is to upload a video there and play it in my Behance projects. My videos are usually motion graphics (10-60 seconds long).Thank you!

Hello everyone, I use the CC library frequently, but it's really frustrating that white graphics and logos appear as white backgrounds in the preview. Even though the graphics and logos have a transparent background, they appear as solid white backgrounds instead of the grayscale separation they used to have. This is why I'm having a hard time finding what I'm looking for. I've seen threads about this, but most of them are from a few years ago, and I've read someone on the Adobe team will address this issue. However, the problem persists. How can I fix this?

Constant crashing and exceptionally slow saves (apparently I should off PDF preview, but that was not an issue in previous versions) on a Mac in Illustrator 26.A support agent deleted all my preferences and reinstalled illustrator, but issue continued. Installed latest MacOS (26.3.1) but slow saves continue. It’s been saving the entire time I’ve been writing this post. 

Another day, another Illustrator surprise!Editing production vector art, copying that art into another AI file, vector object will not center to artboard, instead, moves in a direction by what looks like smaller and smaller increments. Vertical center moves to the top of the artboard (only one artboard in the newly-created file) and proceeds to move incrementally each time center is clicked. It’s one vector object, not grouped, not a compund path.Is it the file? No. More than one file exhibits this behaviour, and they’re known-good files. When did this start? Last update, looks like. Can I make a video of the problem? No - read the words, that’s what word are for. Does Safe Mode eliminate the problem? No. Does uninstalling and re-installing solve the problem? No. What version? Version 30.3. What OS? Windows 11 Are the video drivers updated? Yes. Does this problem recurr on a different OS? Oh, I have to have multiple platforms to run Illustrator? Good to know. Hold on, let me go out and

I just installed Illustrator on a fresh Windows 11 setup. All my drivers are up to date. Despite having an RTX 4060 Ti (16GB VRAM) and 64GB RAM, the performance is abysmal. Even on a blank A4 document, the screen freezes every second while scrolling. It's a clean install with no custom fonts or heavy background apps running.If I'm experiencing these issues on a system like this, what kind of setup am I even supposed to have? Furthermore, Adobe Illustrator correctly recognizes my graphics card in the performance settings, yet the lag persists. The software is performing like garbage on a rig that should easily handle it.

Updated to 2026 version, now when I go to open a file or go to ‘Your Files’ on the main open screen the files are sorted by Date Modified. When I change it to sort by name it doesn’t remember this the next time I open illustrator. It is VERY frustrating, as I name my folders with numbers so they are in a particular order and it’s in a completely random order every time I open it. This is also the case with Photoshop. How do I make it remember my preference?

First all of my type elements went somehow corrupt so that I was not able to edit them with type tool. I was able to move them around but not edit with type tool. Not even able to paint them with a type cursor.Luckily I was able to create new type elements that were still working properly.But now when I try to copy some of those elements all of a sudden illustrator just removes the copied items.So I need to ask: What the hell is going on? And how can I fix that crazy software?

Illustrator 28.7.1 does not show the correct information for the Created and Modified fields.Running Mac OS Sonoma 14.7 on a Mac Studio 2022 with an Apple M1 Max chip.All links show Feb. 6, 2040 date, even though the actual linked files are correct.

I have a file that was handed to me.  It is a drawing of a power pylon made with a bunch of strokes of varying thickness.  There is no fill just a bunch of parallel strokes.  I would like to “outline” the silhouette made by all these strokes with a path for laser cutting.  Pathfinder/unite did not work.  What is the best way to accomplish this? 

Once again, an update breaks something. In this case, it was broken several updates ago. Every time I open a file to work on, I have to relink all the graphics. It doesn’t matter if it’s one or 30 linked images. It doesn’t matter that I already linked them when I worked on them previously. Using the cleaner tool did not fix the problem, nor did deleting everything Illustrator-related and reinstalling. I’m on a Nov 2024 MacBook Pro running 26.4. I know I’m wasting my time writing about it here because the advice I’ve been given in the past has been completely useless. I’m just venting once again about what an utter disaster the application that my career is, unfortunately, based on has become.

Hi everyone. I've been having a problem for a few versions of Illustrator. I didn't have this problem before.After linking a PSD file and selecting the option in the settings (FILE HANDLING > UPDATE LINKS - AUTOMATICALLY), Illustrator doesn't update the links; it only does this once every few times.I've checked it on two computers now - the problem occurs on version 29.7.1 and UP and not on version 29.0.1 and below - on this version on the same computers work perfectly.Does anyone have a solution? My computer is Mac Studio M4, system is Tahoe 26.3.1

I'm having the same issue here.   CPU view as a workaround still isn't very responsive when zooming in using alt+scroll but at least scrolling works. Using GPU, both scrolling and zooming (using alt+scroll) are freezing.   Stragely enough, temporarily changing to the move tool (press and holde spacebar) or the zoom tool (ctrl+ spacebar) don't have this issue at all. But that's also not a solution, just a workaround that doesn't explain the behaviour behind the lag using the scrollwheel   OS: Windows 11 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D RAM: 63032 MB   GPU-Information:Illustrator Version: 30.0OpenGL Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 581.57 Number of Displays: 3Number of Drivers: 2Vendor: NVIDIA CorporationRenderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2