Questions

I'm a beginner, and I don't know what keywords to use to search for this problem. LOL.I need to make the highlighted parts of my object curved, which I tried to achieve by using the Blend tool to join multiple lines of width to make the shape I wanted (inspo attached), but it made the shape jagged. What can I do? TYIA!What I need help on.Inspo.

Hi there. I need to create thisin multiple forms; some with letters and numbers, some with random words all english, and some with random words in english and another language.Please can you advise me on the best [read easiest!] way to do this?Is there away to make a template that can easily re- generate when want to refresh. And how would I set up formatting to specific fonts etcThanks so much

Hello,I need to create jersey print patterns in illustrator for both boys and girls teams. I'm patterns that works for all sizes and respects the different fits for men and women. If you have templates, size charts or workflow, please let me know.Thank you

Hello,the title says it all. I'm looking for a way to check if a selected object has live effects or not, to process it differently depending on the case.is that possible via scripting?

Hi everyone,I’m working on a project in Adobe Illustrator that involves high-density vector artwork, and I’m running into performance slowdowns when editing, scaling, or exporting the file. The artwork includes multiple complex paths, blends, gradient meshes, and a few large pattern fills.Here’s what I’ve tried so far:Using Outline Mode to reduce rendering loadDisabling GPU Performance temporarily to check if the issue was GPU-relatedBreaking the artwork into linked files using File > PlaceReducing anchor points with Object > Path > SimplifyCleaning up stray points and hidden layersDespite this, the file still becomes sluggish—especially when zooming or applying transformations.What I’m looking for help with:Best practices for handling large, intricate vector compositions in IllustratorAny recommended workflow for separating artwork into manageable sections?Tips for structuring layers and groups to reduce overhead?Optimizing gradients and meshesAre there known performance limi

I have never had trouble with it before but now it defaults to the first charater or the last character in the text box vs letting mme select in the middle or wherever i need in the sentence. Help. It is so annoying and time consuming to have to arrow to the character vs just being able to click on it. 

A client sent me a pdf file of some artwork. When I go to preview it, I can see that there should be more shapes and text, but that is not visible once actually opened.Importing the pages as links makes no difference.I've also tried flattening the transparency, releasing the clipping mask, but nothing is showing that other content. When the file is opened through acrobat, it also does not show that extra content. Is it actually present in the file?previewopened

A font of mine is uniwidth/duplexed and keeps its width in inDesign and Dinamo’s Font Gauntlet when changing the weight of the VAR.ttf.In Illustrator however, the text ‘extends’ when adding weight. Visualized: The last letter on a line is standing further right than before. The other way around it also contracts when lowering the weight, obviously. I went on and found the same behavior in other VAR fonts (right in InDesign, wrong in Illustrator), but also ones that don’t have the issue. My Illustrator version is up to date, and the bug was also in the previous version.Please fix this, thank you. Please have a look at that, type designer make uniwidth fonts exactly for the reason that they KEEP their width when changing its weight.Best,Daniel

 When I use Image Trace in Illustrator, the edges don’t come out clean or accurate. How can I fix this? I want to convert the image into a high-quality vector.    For example, if I show you the issue using a free image, the lines don’t trace cleanly like this. Even when I adjust the sensitivity in the Image Trace panel — like Advanced > Paths or Corners — it still doesn’t come out clean. If there’s another way to get a cleaner result, please let me know.    🙂

Recently, I've run into a problem where AI crashes, and when I open it again, it completely hangs. I've redownloaded it, restarted the app and pc, and it still keeps happening. I've never had such problems. The same has been happening to Ae. The only difference is that AE works for like a few minutes every time I restart my PC. When it opens, it goes to the start in safe mode option page, but it hangs forever. My PS works completely fine. Someone, pls help.

Hi everyone, We're excited to announce a new Adobe Community experience is coming this January. A little bit about the update:The new experience will be simpler to navigate, make it easier to connect with other creatives and Adobe experts, and will give you clearer ways to share feature ideas, enhancement requests, and bug reports—with greater visibility into their status with our product teams. In the meantime: Adobe Community will remain active. Keep using it as usual—there will be no interruption in access. In fact, you’ll notice even more Adobe Experts on deck to provide faster responses before, during, and after the update. No existing content will be lost in the update. Every single post, reply, solution, feature request, and bug report you’ve made will be transferred to the new experience. You won't need to recreate anything. Existing content will reappear in two phases. When we launch the new community, all posts created on or before November 16 will be there from day one. Aft

I can no longer draw with the brush in Illustrator, I'm getting an unknown error, PARM. Does anyone know what's going on?

I spend sooooo much time trying out fonts and adding new ones and the font menus in ALL of the Adobe products are impossible to navigate with all of the system fonts that show up. They slow me down every single time I need to change the font. There needs to be a simple way to hide all of the Noto and other language fonts that Apple installs (regardless of their necessity). And I've discovered that many of their own fonts conflict with each other. I had to turn off auto-activation, because the apps would launch adobe versions before using my local copies. 

I want to use AG to draw circle like this. How to do this? It does not come.  

Bonjour,Est-il possible de faire une modification qui se répercute sur tous les fichiers ouverts ?Par exemple, remplacer un chiffre par un autre ou changer la couleur d'un trait...À noter que j'utilise un template inclus dans mes fichiers mais ce n'est pas dans ce fichier que j'ai besoin de faire les corrections (et je n'ai pas de baguette magique !)Merci d'avance

Hola.Desde hace un tiempo, cada vez que creo un documento nuevo me aparece un mensaje que dice textualmente:"Los perfiles de color actuales respetan los perfiles CMYK del contenido enlazado pero, cuando se creó este documento, los perfiles se definieron para ignorarlos".Primero, no sé a qué se refiere y segundo, ¿cómo puedo evitarlo?¿Alguien puede ayudarme?Gracias

I tried to click the icons but nothing works. Tried to open and close and still nothing.

Illustrator 30.1 (64-bit)GeForce RTX 5070, NVIDIA Studio driver 591.44

This is just absurd. There is absolutely no way to set a default font size/type in Illustrator.I've tried the workarounds with document templates, wasted 20 minutes, does not work.Each time I'm opening a new document its always tiny 12pt Myriad!!!How come Adobe is introducing AI features into the app, while FOR ALMOST 4 DECADES this app is unable to handle such a basic and obvious task!

Hello,I'm trying to write a script that gets the silhouettes of shapes on the current layer, then create a new layer that has an opacity mask revealing just those silhouette shapes so that we can only draw within those shapes on the new layer.It is possible to create an opacity mask via actions, which can be scripted, but I didn't find a way to paste or move the shapes into the opacity mask.Is that possible via scripting?

Hi, I’m working in Illustrator (version 30.0) on an editable PDF file. I’ve noticed that when I place another PDF inside it, such as a QR code in PDF format, it doesn’t appear in the document preview, nor does it show up when the file is opened in Adobe Acrobat. This issue occurs with PDFs saved with compatibility from Acrobat 5 up to Acrobat 8. When I lower the compatibility to Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3), the problem is solved. This problem is not happening with every PDF I tested, but it does occur with several of them. If I embed the QR code instead of placing it as a linked file, it works, but I would prefer to keep the PDF placed as a link. I also performed the same test in InDesign using the exact same PDF files, and this issue did not occur. Everything displays correctly in the layout, exports without problems and appears normally in Adobe Acrobat, regardless of the PDF compatibility version. I would really appreciate it if this inconsistency in Illustrator could be addr

Is it possible to control, where the new dialogue window/alert of a custom script will appear on the screen when triggered? I have a new 4k monitor + 2nd smaller one. I use illustrator in the 4k monitor. All the alerts appear off-centered of the screen and the scripts that have a dialogue window open in the other monitor. Is there a way to control, where the new windows appear? Moving them by hand does not work or do anything.I can somehow control it when changing the Main display option in windows 11 settings, but they still appear in random places on the screen. Added sample picture for reference. 

Hello Everyone,Is there a way to detect if we are currently editing an opacity mask in Illustrator?I need to detect that in order to create functions to switch colors between white and black while we are in an opacity mask, to get back to regular editing (if possible), to select gradients that go from pure black to pure white if we are editing an opacity mask...

i made a file in illustator- it has about 30 pages- when i try to ope if it opens but sthes no artwork anymore- if i try to open in preview its gives be this message - what can i do to get the file back in working condition?  

After 10 years happily on a 2015 iMac running Monterey 12.7.6, I've bit the bullet and bought a new iMac running Sequoia 15.7.2. I'd be grateful for some advice on which Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat versions will suffer the fewest hiccups on this OS. It'll be hard enough to master the operating system, and I expect quite a few new and unfamiliar features once in the programs. Thanks in advance for any guidance.