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Hi,I'm trying to merge into one object film tape I've created in Illustratr. The tape 'frame' is balck and solid with transparent, empty holes, and the film itself is semitransparrent. To twist it in the way I want (by using gradinet mesh or mesh tool) I need yo merge the film and the frame.  I've tried using:- shape builder (merges into one structure,  semitransparency of film is lost)- pathfinder (same as above)- expand (dosen't work at all)- exporting to vector (still separate shapes) I know I can rasterize it, but is there any way to keep it in vector?  

I have faced this bug in the newest and earliest illustator versions. The pattern options window disappears everytime after use: (clicking the pattern icon to edit the pattern, and then going back, whilst the window is still active)I know it's nothing more than an inconvenience,you can always put it back, but thats an endless task. Hope they fix this soon.

Any chance there is a way to open a file but OL the fonts if they don't exist on the system??

I am new to Adobe Ill.  I started with 2025 AI in September 2035.  A new 2026 AI downloaded and installed itself as an "update" so now I have 2 of them.  Do i delete one of them?  if so, which one?  Also I have a 2025 Ipad pro with the tablet form of Adobe Illustrator on it. How do I access my Icloud drive or my Google drive or the Creative Cloud from my Ipad Pro?  

Does anyone have experience creating artwork and printing decals?  Specifically, how do decal printers work?  For an AI file with 2 layers, is the bottom layer printed first, and then in a second pass the top layer is printed directly over it?  I would like to create a decal to be applied on the inside of a window to be viewed correctly from the outside.  I would place a mirror image of the artwork on the bottom layer, and then an identical white image over it on the top layer to make the image opaque when viewed from the outside.Thanks  Joe

Hey everyone,A quick question, as this still baffles me.I have a 2-page .ai document (1920x1080, RGB, 72ppi) that includes only two embeded images - one on each page. Both are also 1920x1080, JPEG, sRGB, 72ppi. One is ~600KB and the other is ~400KB so 1mb total.There is some text on both pages, using 1 font only. No other elements, no gradients, nothing.Exporting to PDF with default settings (and "Keep Illustrator Editing Capabilities" turned OFF) leads to a whopping 5MB PDF file. If I delete the images and export again, the file is now "only" 500KB (still a lot for 2 pages with text only, if you ask me).If I use the "Smallest file size" PDF preset, I get a ~530KB file, but with very compromised image quality.If I use the compress function from within Acrobat on the 5MB file, I get a ~550KB PDF, but with visibly better image quality compared to the Smallest file size preset, but still not close to the original source JPEGs (understanably, since the filesize is now halved).Why can'

This is a little embarrassing, but here goes. I've just upgraded to a 2024 iMac, OS Sequoia 15.7.2, and Illustrator 30.0 (2026). After a century of selecting individual points on an open or closed object with the Direct Selection tool —or selecting a subset of points—this current 30.0 Direct Selection tool is selecting nothing(?!). I can use the Lasso tool to select subsets of one or more. but not the Direct Selection tool  Can someone set me straight?

Illustrator 29.x shows the character dropdown on top of other panels in Illustrator  After updating to 30.0, characted dropdown now appear at the back of panels 

製作月曆、桌曆時建立數字文字緒，程式突然消失，重新開啟後發現所有建立過的數字文字緒都亂跑位置，或是數字大小變得不統一，求助QAQ照理來說週日及週六已經設定完成紅色，跳掉後數字順序不對，顏色也變得亂七八糟還不低個工作區域，是所有工作區域的文字緒都亂掉

Existe alguna manera de hacer que el cuadro delimitador aparesca delimitando la forma visible (imagen adjunta), el conflicto es que tengo algunos objetos ocultos

Using a pc running Windows 11 Pro, I am suddenly unable to launch Illustrator or Creative Cloud. They basically just do nothing when I click on them. I've tried restarting my computer a few times, but to no avail. I've tried ending all the processes in Task Manager. I'm hoping to avoid having to uninstall and reinstall Illustrator, as it always seems to be more of a hassle then I think it's going to be. But I will if I have to. I'd like to try to just uninstall and reinstall CC, but I don't think I can do it easily without uninstalling Illustrator too. Maybe there are other solutions I'm not considering? Thank you for any help.

I'm not working in a heavy file or anything-- since I've updated Illustrator it's crashed like 5 times in 2 hours for no discernable reason. I updated to fix lag issues on the last version and I keep losing work (and my mind). Anyone else having this problem? I'm not using AI tools or 3D tools or anything that's memory heavy.

Hello everyone,I am writing to inquire about a persistent issue regarding embedding linked images in Illustrator.I work in the large-format printing industry, and my role involves preparing client files for production. Over 90% of our workflow relies on Illustrator. To ensure file portability across different workstations, I typically check "Include Linked Files" in the Save dialog options. However, I have discovered that this standard method causes certain images to shift position or distort after saving.To address this, I attempted to use ExtendScript to automate the embedding process (specifically using the placedItem.embed() method). While the script successfully fixed the images that were failing during the standard save process, it paradoxically caused similar shifting/distortion issues in other images that previously worked fine. In some cases, both methods fail.Precision is critical in our industry. We simply do not have the manpower to manually inspect every single file for er

Hi, I've been given a load of icons to look at from a designer who's chosen a 150px grid and 3px stroke. A couple of things before I start. I'm redrawing some of the lines as they are off a pixel grid (stroke), which is fine, but one of the requests is to outline the path on completion. The problem is due to the stroke being 3px; the points will now come off the grid due to the point being 1.5px on either side. Should I push the stroke to 'outside' or 'inside' before I outline? Should the stroke really be an even number? Just getting some tips beforehand. lister

I've never noticed this behavior through many versions of AI and was wondering if anyone knows why it would behave this way or if it's somehow just me. If you have a compound path with a stroke (specifically an inside or outside aligned stroke), if you use your direct selection tool to click on an individual anchor point of the compound path (or clicking and dragging over part of the object (basically selecting only part of the object and not the object in it's entirety) then you cannot hide the object. Selecting the entire compound path object allows it to be hidden.Selecting a single anchor point of a compound path with a CENTER aligned stroke allows it to be hiddenSelecting a single anchor point of a NON-compound path with center/inside/outside aligned stroke allows it to be hidden. The only condition that seems to break the ability to hide the object is selecting only a portion of the compound path object when the stroke is set to inside or outside alignment. Ca

I need to import a photo into Illustrator, but whenever I export the file as a PDF, the imported photo is blurry! I tried resizing it to be smaller, resizing it to be larger, checking my export settings, etc. What do I do?

When saving a file, the save bar is stuck and will not finish. Lost work over and over again because I am force quitting the app.  

Version 2026 (30.1) from an illustrator.Windows 11 OS:Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada, GPUDriver: NVIDIA Studio 591.59Description:It is constantly quite deliberate.Illustrator's less responsive behavior (delay when zooming, panning, and object handling) starts when GPU Performance is enabled.Disabling GPU Performance improves Illustrator's response and smoothness noticeably.This occurs even on sparse or blank papers.The problem is reproducible and unrelated to file complexity.Expected conduct:GPU acceleration should boost rather than lower performance.

I found another post about this issue from a couple of years ago that had a solution but the solution did not work for me, so I am starting a new thread with the same question. I am using Illustrator 2026 on macOS Sequoia 15.7.2. When I hover over the icons in the toolbars, the descriptions do not appear like they used to. For example, the icons in the Align and Pathfinder toolbars. There are no descriptions for the different tools (e.g. trim, divide, etc.). I have "Show Tool Tips" and "Show Rich Tool Tips" both turned on. The rich tool tips do appear when I hover over the tools on the lefthand toolbar, but the regular icon descriptions (for pathfinder and align tools) do not appear. One user on Reddit found that if they turned on Show Tool Tips, but turned off Show Rich Tool Tips, the issue resolved itself. But that did not work for me. I've also tried restarting Illustrator, but it didn't seem to make a difference.

 Product: Adobe IllustratorVersions tested:Illustrator 29.8.3 (ARM64)Illustrator 30.0.0 and 30.1.0 (ARM64)Platform:macOS 26.2 (25C56)Apple Silicon (ARM64)Issue description:Illustrator crashes immediately on launch, before the UI is fully loaded.The crash consistently occurs in PDFSuite on the main thread and is reproducible across multiple Illustrator versions.This issue persists after reinstalling Illustrator, reinstalling macOS (clean install), clearing preferences and caches, removing third-party plugins, and rolling back to older Illustrator versions.Steps to reproduce:Install macOS 26.2Install Illustrator (29.8.3 or any 30.x version, ARM64)Launch IllustratorExpected result:Illustrator launches normally and shows the main UI.Actual result:Illustrator crashes immediately on launch.Crash details:Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESSSignal: 11Crashed Thread: Thread 0 (main thread)The top of the stack trace shows PDFSuite functions before

I finally have a new pc and using latest version. What is going on, copy and paste is rubbish! It lets me down constantly. Please tell me theres a way to fix this.

Hello community, is it possible to change the line style of stroked text using an Illustrator script? In this case, I want to change the "Baseline" to "Centered".

I'm trying to open Adobe Illustrator files that I saved to the cloud and they are all saying they can't be opened or all of the text is missing out of the files. Help.  

Bonjour, j'ai vraiment vraiment besoin d'aide, j'avais créer tout un fichier hyper important sur illustrator avec des création de logo, etc... Le soucis est que mon fichier à disparu! je ne le trouve plus nulle part!! Pouvez vous m'aider je vous en suppli

Happens to me too, on Windows. Every export the dialog moves a little more left, until I have to move it back to the right. Seems like there should be a preferences option like Corel has: Center Dialog Boxes. But alas.