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I am trying to use pathfinder on this shoe so combine all the black and outline the stroke but when i select it-the entire shoe turns black. I go through the shoe and select all the pieces but its taking a long time. help

I’m encountering a consistent and blocking crash issue with Illustrator that appears to be related to link/PDF parsing. This issue is reproducible across versions and does not involve cloud or synced files. Environment macOS (Apple Silicon)Illustrator 2025 and 2026 (both tested, same behavior).ai file stored locallyAll linked images are stored locally in a nearby folder (same directory level, no cloud syncing)  Issue description A local .ai file that opened and saved normally a few days ago now crashes Illustrator on open.On opening, Illustrator prompts: “Update modified links”, even though: The linked images were not editedThe file paths have not changedAll links are local and accessible Selecting Replace or Ignore both result in an immediate crash.The crash occurs consistently at the same stage.  Additional findings Placing the damaged .ai into a new blank Illustrator document partially works: Some artwork is placed successfullyT

hello everyone I have any issue with my laptop it is core i5 Lenovo IdeaPad 310 and has 4GB Nvidia mx 920 along with 12GB RAM .Everytime I'm starting illustrator the laptop freeze and the task manager will show cpu 100% for system interrupt. 

Hello,In Illustrator, I have vector files with overlapping layers and many colors.Originally, these files come from a PDF exported from an imposition software used in a printing workflow, containing multiple combined files.For some of them, I can’t open the files at all, and for others, saving is very slow or doesn’t work—the software becomes unresponsive.The CPU and computer memory are not saturated at all.Here is my configuration:CPU: i7-14700KRAM: 64 GBGPU: NVIDIA RTX A2000 128 GBDoes anyone have a solution? Illustrator preferences, computer settings?Thank you for your feedback.

I'm having issues with exporting artwork from Illustrator, which features a stroke (100pt, round cap) with a gradient (2x colours in gradient, applied along the stroke). I keep getting these weird white breaks, almost like some pixels are missing or are not rendering correctly.  I've tried:Exporting a png directly from illustrator and it appearsExpanding the stroke and exporting and it appearsI've started a new doc and pasted it in there and exported, still appears I've increased the resolution of gradients in my doc setup setting, still appears when exporting.  When it does NOT appear:Placing the AI file into indesign, exporting it as a pngExporting as a jpg from IllustratorWhen you expand the stroke with a solid colour, then manually set the gradient with the free form gradient setting and adding in your point to create the gradual fade from one colour to another. > my current solution to the problem I've checked the artwork and there's no extra points, weird shapes sitting ontop

umm why cant i see handles of my anchor point i am confused how to get handles 

Is there a way of fixing certain objects within an illustrator file (so that they can't be accidentally moved/resized), while maintaining the ability to align other objects to these fixed objects? thanks!

Hi Adobe team,I’m currently using Illustrator Beta on a Surface device with Snapdragon (ARM), and it works, but I’d like to know:Will the official stable version of Adobe Illustrator be fully supported on Snapdragon-based Surface computers?If so, is there an estimated timeline for its release?This information would really help me plan future hardware decisions.Thanks in advance!

Now all the Chinese font’s names are written in Chinese! How stupid is that! How are you supposed to find a font that you have used in another application? In my case “Songti SC” In the words of the great Victor Meldrew “I don’t believe it!”This will make a complete mess of many of my projects. Is there a way of reversing this ridiculous nonsense so you can read them in English? and why on earth have they done it?

Spacebar stopped working. My txt pulldown menus are grayed out.. Most keyboard commands not working. Running Tahoe 26.2. Tried restarts, uninstalling, reinstalling, deleting my waycom. How am I supposed to fix this? I can't work!

Hi, Why am I only able to move my text box and not able to adjust the sizing, in illustrator?

Let’s say I want to target Illustrator 2026. I’ve seen examples like:<Host Name="ILST" Version="[30.0,30.9]" /> But if a 30.10 comes out, or even a 30.9.1, it falls outside that range. Is there a good way to cover all future 2026 versions?

Please see screenshot below. I need to be able to access the transparency options to resize my preset option when saving an Illustrator file to .eps (the printers use .eps files to work with their software, so saving to another file type is not an option). Can anyone tell me why these are greyed out and how I can fix that? THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Hi, I just downloaded some templates but when I try to open them up in Illustrator I get an error (see screenshot).  What's wrong?  

Hello, I'm fairly new to AI and am currently trying to solve this problem I have in the best way possible. I'm trying to duplicate these sheep (attached below) in a uniform way, but need a way to hide the "extra" lines behind the first sheep. I have been trying to use the erase tool but I'm sure there is a cleaner and more efficient way to achieve this. Does anyone have a good tip or tool for this purpose? I'm having a similar issue with the legs as I need them to follow the shape of the "wool", I feel like both this issues are related and could be solved with a similar tool perhaps?  All my attempts end up looking sloppy...  Thank you! 

After an hour of googling and trying a couple of suggestions on how to do this - I've tried using CC Libraries and saving out a .ase file - I feel like I'm spinning my wheels, nothing has worked, and now I'm wasting a lot of time. Thus I must ask here and hope that an AI expert can help me, even if the answer is that it isn't possible to do what I need so that I can just stop trying/looking. Illustrator v30.1Windows 11 I have 20 different Illustrator files. Each one has a geological diagram in it with a lot of polygon fills, lines, and text labels - suffice to say they're complex images. My client wants to change the colours in the legend, and right now I'm having to go through and change that colour in every document one by one. I feel like surely there's a better way of being able to just change the colour swatch once somewhere and have that change apply across all of the other documents in real time. Google's AI answer implies that this functionality is found in the C

I am brand new to Illustrator. I just received news that, as a longtime MS Publisher user, Microsoft is dropping Publisher and is not going to even allow contunued use without support.  I am trying to switch to Illustrator. I have downloarded the Avery Template for the label I want to use.But I can find no way to edit and add text, artwork or anything to the label. Please help!

This issue was noted by other users in 2024, but started happening to me a few months ago and I've yet to find a solution.  In most cases when I execute an Ungroup or Unlock command, Illustrator hangs for 5-10 seconds. Often, the cursor also becomes "possessed", eeirly sliding across the screen and not responding to commands.  Then, once the hiccup has passed, back to normal as if nothing has happened.  Needlessy to say this is a severe drag on my workflow and I am getting asked why things are taking so long to complete.  (Unfortunately, the answer is because Adobe...) It is doubtful that it's a hardware or settings issue, as Illustrator worked flawlessly when I first got this machine and the bug can be triggered no matter how simple the file is -- even just ungrouping a few open paths on an empty artboard will do it.  I have also completely wiped and reinstalled both the OS and all software, so it's not a virus or other issue.  My suspicion is that t

I have been working on this important file for days and I saved it multiple times in the span of those days. My laptop just now shut down because it ran out of battery, and when i restarted it again and reopened the file, everything in the file disappeared, the artboard turned white blank. I checked the DataRecovery folder but it's empty, I didn't turn on Data recovery option in Preferences beforehand because I thought saving it is safe enough. Someone please help!!

It's very unprofessional that one we hit Release to Layers, the layers name change to Layer 1, 2. Professional people have put it time to actually name the layers, and when we wanna prepare the file to animate for After Effects, it changes SO UNPROFESSIONAL ADOBE

以前、Illustrator CS5（永続ライセンス）を使用していましたが、PCの買い替えに伴い再インストールを行おうとしたところ、既にアクティベーション上限に達していると表示されました。過去のAdobe公式FAQでは、・PCの入れ替えや故障時でも新しいコンピュータでライセンス認証が可能と説明されていましたが、Adobeサポートに確認したところ、旧製品のアクティベーションサーバーは廃止されており、現在はその運用は保証されていない、という回答を受けました。本投稿は、復旧方法を求めるものではなく、「過去の公式FAQで案内されていた運用は、現在は完全に無効」という理解で正しいのかを、コミュニティの知見として確認したいという目的です。同様の経験がある方、公式見解をご存じの方がいらっしゃれば、ご教示いただけると助かります。

Bonjour,J' ai deux textes différents, sur le premier j ai appliquer ' effet 3D matière avec un contour dégradé et lorsque je veux copier les effets sur le deuxième texte , le message suivant s' affiche: l'effet 3D ne fonctionne que sur certains type d objet et ne peut etre appliqué en tant qu instance multiple.Quelqu' un peut il maider? merci d' avance

When I move the side balk at illustrator with my Wacom pen ( Wacom Intuos Pro)  It's get stuck. And then I can do noting while my page is moving when I move my pen. Hope someone can help me?   <Title renamed by MOD>

HiIve created a pie chart using the graph tool in illustrator - displays fine EXCEPT i want to change the leading in the legend ;list - is there a way to do this but keeping the links to the graph data? I know i can do this easliy by just ungrouping and styling as normal but that loses the link to the data and if any numbers are altered and graph is re generated it will bring the legend back in how it was .hope that makes sense?! Thanks