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I am a package designer working on a presentation. The past week or so, I’ve been having issues where a package image doesn’t show up when its Ai file is placed in Ps. In order to keep my presentation Ai files as small as possible, the placed images are PNGs, sometimes JPG, but I prefer the transparency of the PNG. (Not sure if that’s relevant, but possibly.)In my workflow, I start by making label layouts in Ai on the supplied dieline. In another Ai file, for the presentation, I place my layouts on top of images of, let’s say a bottle of cranberry juice, to simulate what my label would look like on the bottle, and save the presentation file. To make a shelf render (a picture of the new cranberry juice label on shelf in the store), I place the appropriate page, linked, from my presentation document into an image in Ps, masking out the unneeded content. Then I place that PSD file into the presentation file. Then save the presentation file, and make it a PDF for distribution to the approp

I would like to make it look as if the L is going throughany help is appreciated

All of a sudden, my Illustrator (version 30.2.1 (64-bit)) no longer reacts to STRG-n. Even moving the mouse to File/New ... [Click!] leads to no action. Weird.

I need to hop between Illustrator 2026 and CS6 and in doing so I use an external USB flash drive. Upon loading a file from 2026 (saved in CS6 style) I got an illegal operand error. I used the place method and it created a single layer with a ton of clip groups. Fixed it, moved on, but every time I load from the drive (in CS6) I get an operand error:<00>0.80.40<00>Opening in 2026 causes the file to not load fully, prompting it to recover what it can, it does but puts everything into a linked file and Im unable to edit the vector. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I've been doing this same exact process for over a dedace without any problems whatsoever. Suddenly, today I keep getting an error message saying that Adobe Illustrator is "unable to export the following files". I'm just trying to run a batch export to SVG on 24 artboards containing very simple logos. What changed? This has never een an issue before...

Illustrator is unable to export to SVG using the Export Assets function in Illustrator 28.5. (So frustrating.) I did find a workaround I wanted to share, to save you the time troubleshooting.  For SVGs:Use File/Save a Copy …rename prefix for file (Save a Copy ... will add the artboard name following your prefix)Select Use Art Boards | Range # ____Select locationSelect SVGSelect SVG 1.0 ( DO NOT USE 1.1, it will not work)Select OK Illustrator 28.5Macbook Pro, 2023 Chip M2 ProMy files are all vectors, with no imported images.  #export SVG #unable to export SVG #unable to save SVG 

Hi, In Screenshot, there is path in Layers panel.How would I do to fill the color in it? Hosun  

I'm having trouble getting Adobe Illustrator to recognize specific variants of the New Computer Modern font family (OpenType/CFF, .otf format) on Windows 11. What works: Illustrator correctly recognizes the Regular, Italic, Bold, and BoldItalic variants (e.g., NewComputerModern10-Regular, NewComputerModern10-Italic, etc.). What doesn't work: The Book and BookItalic variants (e.g., NewComputerModern10-Book, NewComputerModern10-BookItalic) are completely absent from Illustrator's font list, even though Windows recognizes them normally. What I've already tried:Reinstalling all fonts globally ("Install for all users"), ensuring they are in C:\Windows\Fonts Clearing the Windows font cache (stopping the FontCache service, deleting cache files, rebooting) Clearing Illustrator's own font cache (AdobeFnt_OSFonts.lst) Inspecting and editing the fonts' internal metadata with FontForge Evidence from AdobeFnt_OSFonts.lst:Inspecting Illustrator's font registry file confirmed the problem. For the New

I have a layered illustrator file. I would like to flatten the image to the top shapes knock out the bottom shapes when they overlap. any suggestions. flatten transparency doesn't do anything. pathfinder trim gives random results based on multiple layers

Ich habe goldene eckigen Rahmen in verschiedenen Größen - und bräuchte für eine Rahmen-Gallerie nun auch das gleiche Design in ovaler Form bzw. als Kreis. Die eckigen sind aus vier Teilen mit verschiedenen Verläufen erstellt. Ich bin leider im Illustrator nicht so fit und schaffe es nicht diese Formen (rund / oval) zu erstellen. Kann mir jemand helfen / einen Tipp geben? DANKE!  I have some gold rectangular frames in various sizes – and for a frame gallery, I now need the same design in an oval or circular shape. The rectangular ones are made up of four parts with different gradients. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at using Illustrator and can’t manage to create these shapes (round/oval). Can anyone help me or give me a tip? THANK YOU! 

The little boxes that show you five seconds of whatever cool thing. I get they are there to help, but I’ll be right in the middle of something and it’ll pop up and it’s annoying. I can’t seem to find a way to stop them and even getting them to clear is a problem. Any suggestions?

Running Windows 11, I’ve checked for updates. My computer runs just fine until I open Illustrator which often causes my entire system to just freeze without ever recovering, requiring a hard reboot.  Any input on how to fix this would be appreciated, I can barely run Illustrator. 

Illustrator 2026 30.2.1: I can no longer export artboards to PDF, but version 2025 29.8.4 exports correctly.I export multiple artboards using the "Export for Screens" tool, I'm on macOS Tahoe. Is this a known issue or is it just me? The following files cannot be exported. (PDF files only)  

I am trying to use illustrator effects to bend a photoshop file which I used to be able to do but it doesn't do it the same anymore? I used to copy the layer into illustrator go to  Effects warp and I could do it from there but now the Arc and all of the other effects are greyed out and unusable! Any one tell me how to do it now? Thanks . . .

I'm working with an I76820HQ processor running Windows 11 TPM 2.0. It has 1 GB of graphics memory, which they say is enough to use Illustrator and is compatible with it according to the performance tab. However, since I updated to the latest version (30.2), every time I create a blank document, I get a "not enough GPU memory" error, even though I'm not using anything other than Illustrator. This didn't happen in the previous version (30.1) and is only happening to me with Illustrator. Also, in the performance tab everything appears enabled and activated, but in edit mode it forces me to use the CPU and doesn't let me switch to GPU; a display error also pops up.PLEASE FIX THE PROBLEM

We are using the libary and database tools in Illustrator for big projects. But our clients would love to have our saved illustrations as well. How helpfull would it be to have the option in Create Cloud to create an export to .EPS , .Ai and PNG images? I would describe it like this:Instead of exporting to a .cclibs file you can export to EPS, Ai and PNG images. You can define the artboard like: 1000 by 1000 px and the illustration (vector) scales towards that size so it fits. So you have always a good export in the correct size you need. 

Unlike some of the other posts I’ve read, I have a search field to enter my keywords...it just doesn’t work. It started about a month ago. The field works fine in photoshop. I have a creative cloud subscription and work on a pc (unsure of operating system as I came from MacOS background). Why hasn’t this been resolved?

Illustrator 2026 displays the colors of a placed PSD file differently than Photoshop.I checked the software settings in the screenshots below: both files use the Adobe RGB (1998) color profile, and the color management settings have been synchronized via Adobe Bridge. I’ve also attached a minimal reproduction file. I hope this bug can be fixed soon.

J’ai couramment recours à lmportation de fichiers .ai Illustrator dans mes fichiers Illustrator pour les BAT envoyés à mes clients par exemple. Ensuite en modifiant le fichier .ai importé les enchainements fonctionnent. Depuis quelques temps, si j’importe un .ai qui contient par exemple une importation .jpg celle-ci n’apparait pas ! Avez-vous constaté ce phénomène ?

Hello, I have a design that is a combination of foreground/background paths.  They are all grouped.  I would like to stroke each positive shape made by the paths (one stroke that outlines the entire shape made by the overlapping forground/background paths.  I have tried to use pathfinder/unite or merge, but it changes the shape/fill of the paths.  If I just stroke everything, it creates overlapping strokes on both the forground and background paths.  Im attaching a screenshot of a close up of part of the design.  Help! 

0down votefavoriteI've been trying to manipulate the sample scripts from ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CC SCRIPTING REFERENCE: JAVASCRIPT without any success (I am brand new to JavaScript). I would like to be able to find specific text in an Illustrator document and apply paragraph and character styles with a script. I would like to be able to automate this feature with a batch for multiple documents.I can figure out how to apply a style to the whole text box but I would like to be able to search for key words and sentences to apply the styles to.Help Please! Thanks!

I have a client visual made up of 20 signs at quarter of the size. I now have to create output files with bleed for these signs to 100% scale. is there any way I can use ai or actions to automate the creation of these output files (creating these as multi page document is not an option does not suit the format within the visual presentation))Example 

I have a pattern, i have a shape (these differ, so this is just an example) i need to put the pattern in the shape, this can be done with masking for example. I can than get rid of the excess by using outline. But in that case there is still a line around the pattern, i need that (this is difficult) only partly. I use the outcome for laser cutting, so it should be one shape, testing wit filling with an color makes this clear. I provided an example file with all steps and expected result and my issue. Is there a way to speed up this last step? this is taking lots of time with big complex patterned shapes (and is boring work :-))Thnx in advance. Richard

arabic fonts not working properly in latest versions of illustrator and photoshop here is an exampleplease help me reslove this issue

So far, I've tried both 30.1 and 29.8.4 and they stop responding after around 10 seconds after opening a file. When I close it, I can't open illustrator again, and when I try uninstalling it after closing, it says illustrator is still running. Pressing "restart" the laptop after closing it takes too long, if not forever, so the only way is to hold the power button to shut down. I've tried uninstalling it on the same drive and different drive, as well as logging in and out of account. Note that while this is happening, I can still use Indesign.