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Hello,can anyone help me out. I would like to rezise my canvas in Illustrator and I dont know how to do that!Why: I'de like to fit my AI design on to an other AI, real size object and the Illustrator canvas is to small to handle the design in a proper way. So my design is to large to fit the real obeject. the question is therefor how can I make my Canvas larger?Hope for your support and help.ThanksGert van de Cappelle

Really annoying and frustrating problem. One of the most basic functions > "Export > Export for screens" > Saving as PNG > is not working as it shouldI have a file with 10 artboards and when I export for screens as png, some of the files get exported as .tmp Its almost like illustrator is choking with a png export function. Is there a fix for this? Was it because of one of those "infamous" adobe updates? 

I’m not sure if anyone else is experiencing the same issues when sharing links for document reviews. Every time I share a document, Illustrator (or the app) creates a link with the same name and overwrites the previous one. Even if I change the link name manually, it keeps reverting to that as the default setting afterwards, which causes one file to overwrite the other — and as a result, the comments no longer match the right document. I’ve already tried reinstalling and clearing the cache, but I’m still stuck.

I was working on a drawing that had colored lines and text. I attempted to change a box selection from the default black line with white interior to yellow line with blank interior when all the lines went to thin black lines and all text went from red to black. I haven't figures out how to exit whatever mode I was put in.AI 29.6Mac  Sequoia 15.6.1

Hello - I updated Illustrator yesterday to version 26.0.1 and a strange flickering is now occurring. When I move my cursor the grey background behind the artboard flickers between light and darker grey. Also, filled shapes onscreen do the same thing -- jumping between a slightly lighter and darker shade of the same color. This appears to be related to onscreen guides for alignment trying to appear -- when the flickering is happening, alignment lines are visible, but no text (Anchor, Center, 45 degree angle, etc.). I'm attaching a quick screen recording in which you can see the flickering happening, then it stops, then starts back again. Never seen anything like this until the update yesterday. Please help, this is incredibly annoying and headache-inducing! More about my system:2017 Macbook Pro, 15"2.9 GHz Quad-Core Intel i716 GB MemoryGraphics: Radeon Pro 560, 4 GBOS: macOS Monterey 12.0.1Dual screen setup via USB-C to an LG 27" 4K monitor (Model # BK67U), 60 Hz refresh rate 

I am unable to find a script that will do this. The default application functionality is really frustrating how it just slaps a generic "Layer 1", "Layer 2" layer name on the new layers. I would rather have the name of the sublayer become the name of the new layer. Has anyone seen a script anywhere that does this?

Hi everyone,Illustrator 2025 (version 29.8.2) keeps freezing right after launch on my M2 Mac running macOS 26.0.1 (Tahoe). The splash screen appears, but then I get a spinning wheel and have to Force Quit.I’ve already tried:– Deleting preferences and caches– Reinstalling Illustrator and Creative Cloud– Disabling GPU Performance– Starting with Shift held down– Installing Rosetta Nothing seems to fix it. Could this be a compatibility issue with macOS? Any known fixes?System details:• MacBook Air M2 (2023)• macOS Tahoe 26.0.1• Illustrator 2025 v29.8.2

Hi everyone, I'm new to Illustrator and using it for scientific visualization.I need to draw a long blue waveguide (a rectangle). At one spot, I want two coatings on top of the waveguide (gold + another material). No layer under the blue bar. I attached a reference image done by AI.What’s the best way to stack these layers with different thicknesses so they sit smoothely on top of the eachother? Any simple steps or tool suggestions are appreciated.Thank you.  

In my preferences I have set my guidelines to show as dots. Since the latest update horizontal, vertical and some diagonal lines show as dots, but any other guides, when setting a shape to a guide, shows as solid lines.Does anyone know a solution to have them all show as dots?

I am using Illustrator 2021and there was a post about doing a hatched shadow on text and it was mentioned that by use the Appearance Panel this could be done as well as scaling and changing colors. I tried to open the Graphical Lines Pattern in the program folder to see how the pattern was made, (what size document, color mode, color of pattern, etc.), but nothing showed in the file even in Outline mode. Is there a tutorial that shows how to create other types of patterns that work that way or is it just a feature of the Appearance Panel? Thanks

  In Illustrator 29.8.2, the scaling in the links palette is not displayed correctly when placing images

Is there a way to select mutiple objects in a Illustrator doc and then paste each selection individually in that same file just like selecting and placing mutiple files into an Illustrator doc? 

When background is black color blending mode color burn hide the text but when background is white color blending mode color burn shows the text. What is reason behing this? video also uploaded.     

This bug has been around for a while. When scaling objects that have a mesh gradient (or even sometimes just moving and rotating them) the gradient will 'break' and randomly remove some of the nodes. The current workaround is to expand the fill, but this then renders it uneditable (so no re-colorization etc.) Please sort this out Adobe.   

Is it possible to dynamically change the text and color of an .ai (Adobe Illustrator) file using AI/ML or any other technique? Currently, I am using ExtendScript to replace text frame contents. However, when the new text is too long, it overflows beyond the original text frame area. I want the text to automatically fit within the original text frame boundaries, regardless of its orientation — horizontal, vertical, circular, inclined, triangular, or even in cases of split text frames. Is there a way to achieve this automatically, either using ExtendScript, AI/ML integration, or any other method?

Hi there,  I'm facing a frustrating issue with my template built with variables in Illustrator. The moment I change anything at all in the original (working and loadable file), even if it's just a letter, I get the error message: Ïncoming variable library is invalid". Actually, even by not changing anything, if I open the working source file in Excel, that still could import to Illustrator, the moment I click on Save in Excel, without even changing anything, the file will not load anymore in Illustrator. My source file has not been used or changed for about half a year and now I can't modify it anymore without it erroring out. Have to add that I have a new laptop. On my old laptop csv files would automatically open in coloumns including my source file. Now this is not the case, and the moment I try to load the data within Excel's "Data" section, the loaded data is already giving me the error message without any changes upon loading in Illustrator. Can anyone jump to

 Bonjour, Je rencontre régulièrement un souci d'affichage sur l'un des styles de police (Poppins SemiBold) :celle-ci s'affiche parfois en version Hindi sur Illustrator et Photoshop, malgré plusieurs redémarrages / réactivations. Avez-vous déjà rencontré ce type de problèmes ?Merci bcp pour votre aide. Ci-dessous un aperçu (haut : Poppins Regular / bas : Poppins SemiBold)  

Hi there, I have recently updated my Adobe software to the latest versions, including Illustrator to version 26.0.1 and I have just started experiencing an error trying to open barcode files directly from Barcode Producer.The third party program I am using is Barcode Producer from Superiorware LLC, and it is used to create a range of retail barcodes for packaging design. After updating my Illustrator, I was then unable to directly open the barcode files by clicking their AI button. The error message I receive reads "Unable to open temporary output file. Please try saving the barcode and opening it in the desired program." (see screenshot attached). I initially thought that I may need to update the Barcode Producer software to suit the latest AI update, but after updating this, I still receive the same error. I am able to save the file as an EPS file and then open with AI from my desktop but for some reason it is not working directly from a temporary file.The Barcode soft

This is literally the least of my worries but it is an annoyance, when looking for files in file explorer or the 'place' action, my file thumbnails for illustrator are now all illustrator (beta) white with a blue Ai, rather than the classic orange with a yellow/orange Ai, i then uninstalled the beta version, i was only looking at it for the 'turntable' (very exciting feature) but they havent changed back.... Why is this?I have no files made/saved as Illustrator (beta)

Hi all. Absolute newbie here.I'm learning Illustrator for surface pattern design. After creating a pattern, when I export the file as an svg, illustrator file or png to a dropbox folder on my PC it exports fine. But when I try to export it as a jpg, it exports a .jpg.tmp$$ file. If I export that same jpg file to any folder on my PC (not a dropbox folder) it exports as a jpg. The files are small (less than 1 mb) and they never get converted to jpg. I read it might be some interference from Avast ransomware shield, so I deactivated it, with no result.I tried the chat help, but they kept telling me that I can't export to dropbox, and I have to export to a dropbox synchronized folder on my PC, which is what I do. Finally they told me to export the files to my desktop and move them to dropbox later, but I can't understand why I can export as a png or other files on my folder in dropbox and not jpgs. My illustrator version is 29.8.2. Dropbox is also updated. I'm using Windows 10. Never

Does anyone know why the option to assign a keyboard sortcut to the Find and Replace option is missing? 

Folks let me start off by saying I am an absolute beginner with Ilustrator, zero knowledge. I have this stock .ai file: Now I want it to be A4 size, so I opened an A4 size document and placed the image in it, so now it is like this:  How so I scale only the blue and red backgrounds so that they fill the top and the bottom of the page without scaling all the text and everything else with it? Thank you and please kindly ELI5 if you do have time to respond.

I am attempting to create an illustrated poster in adobe Illustrator 2025. The illustrations are of some simple flowers but are composed of lots of lines with a rough texture art brush. I illustrated the first three flowers without issue and everything was smooth. Then I come back to it to draw the fourth and suddenly it is like trying to wade through treacle. Illustrator brings up a small window saying 'Applying Art Brush' after every single action I make. Wether that's toggling a layer visibility, selecting an anchor point with the pen tool or anything similar. Moving an anchor with the pen tool takes several seconds to calculate and update. I also created a flat coloured square shape behind the flower illustration with no stroke applied, however it seems to be glitching and has applied the artbrush I used for the lines in the illustration as a stroke around the shape. Nothing I do to the shape will remove it and when I create a new shape it has the same issue. I have

Why the stroke shown as gridlines after saving a vector file in pdf or svg from illustrator?