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The transorm handles I use to mark mid point on shapes when dragging from the Rulers, seems to dissapear as soon as press the ruler to drag a guide accross the canvas? Is there any workaround for this?

I can't get the selection tool in illustrator 2025 version to work as normal. It just shows all of the anchor points, and I can't resize anything. I switched to the 2024 version, and it works over there. But how can I fix it? 

I’m posting this to document an ongoing issue with Illustrator 30 on macOS and to highlight how disruptive it has become, especially given that earlier versions never had this problem and support has been unreachable for over a week through the official chat channel.Issue SummaryIllustrator 30 on macOS intermittently truncates linked file extensions after saving and reopening a document.For example:image01.PNG becomes image01.PNIllustrator then marks the link as missing, despite the file being perfectly intact and never renamed.This problem did not exist in previous major versions (25–26). It only began after recent updates and has become a workflow-breaking issue.EnvironmentIllustrator: Version 30.xmacOS: 26.1 (Tahoe)Linked file storage: Local SSDAffected formats: PNG, JPGOlder, stable versions are no longer available in Creative Cloud for macOS, leaving users with no practical downgrade path.Steps to ReproducePlace a raster file using File → Place and link it (e.g., image01.PNG).Save

Hola! tengo un problema, cuando importo una imagen PNG a un archivo de Illustrator, pasa con fondo blanco, la saco de la página y está sin fondo, la ubico nuevamente en la página y sale de nuevo con fondo blanco, me pasa en algunos archivos pero no en todos, con la misma imagen, ya hice la prueba con varios archivos diferentes y siempre la misma imagen. Sucede con vectores y con fotos. Que puede pasar? alguien que me ayude...gracias!

Hello all, ive been trying to figure this out for hours and couldnt find any solution.I downloaded an ai. artwork file and wanted to crop that and use it on a second file im editing.When I copy from the downloaded file to the second file, after I paste, the colors are totally different.Even if I go to the artwork file and export as PNG or JPEG - when I try to paste that on the second file, colors are still changed.Is there any solution to that?please help 😞thank you.

Bonjour.Comment peut-on mesurer une superficie en mm² d'une surface irrégulière avec Illustrator?Peut-être l'utilisation de la plume?Merci de vos réponses.

Hello everyone,I'm currently working on automating tasks in Adobe Illustrator using Python's win32com.client library. I've successfully connected to the running Illustrator application using:pythonapp = win32com.client.GetActiveObject("Illustrator.Application")My goal is to create a new document with a specific ruler unit (e.g., Millimeters) at the time of creation using app.Documents.Add().However, I'm facing a challenge:1. Unknown Parameter List: I cannot find comprehensive, up-to-date documentation that clearly lists all the parameters and their corresponding values for the Add() method when using win32com. The official scripting guide primarily covers ExtendScript (JavaScript), which has different syntax.2. Parameter Value Discrepancy: I suspect that the parameter constants used in win32com might differ from those used in JavaScript (JSX). For example, in JSX, you might use app.documents.add().rulerUnits = Units.MILLIMETERS;, but I need to know what integer value or constant name c

Figured out a way to loop through a selection and resize everything proportionately to the top object. Is there a way to do this more elegantly? Transformation.DOCUMENTORIGIN seems to be the key, as all objects will be resized relatively, otherwise they are resized based on their own anchors. I reset the view at the end or otherwise it's way off. function ccCalcPerc(from, to) { //currently only illustrator //Times 72 if you're in inches return (to * 72) / from * 100 } function aiObjBounds(obj) { //Get Geometric Bounds /* Left, Top, Right and Bottom + - 1 - + | | 0 2 | | + - 3 - + */ var bounds = obj.typename === "Artboard" ? obj.artboardRect : obj.geometricBounds, left = bounds[0]; top = bounds[1]; right = bounds[2]; bottom = bounds[3]; width = right - left; height = top - bottom; props = {

Hey there!Long time listener... first time caller! As the Subject says, layers don't appear when being told to shown. Sometimes they don't hide when being told to be hidden. See the attached video for an example. Thanks!

As seen in the attached video (not sure if attachment worked), when I use my HP stylus on Adobe Illustrator my stylus is frequently not registered and nothing is drawn. You can see in the video that the lines stop appearing even when I am tracing my stylus across the page and the cursor from the stlyus does not follow. Also at the end when drawing the alphabet less than half the letters come out. This issue has made it essentially impossible to draw things as I need to redo/trace lines about 3-5 times before they come out clearly. This issue only occurs on Adobe Illustrator and even happens on the select tool, eraser, etc. Thank you.side note- when using the default pen option, the lines come out consistently but they dissapear as soon as I release my pen. When using any other pen the line stays but the above issues often happens.

As the title says. If I Ctrl Z it does it really slowly. It's driving me insane. Does not happen with new indesign or Photoshop. My file is not very big either. 1 Year Old Mac Book Pro M3 with 16GB RAM. Any help?

The list of files is there, but nothing happened when I clicked/double-clicked.I must open the file from the menu File - Open recent files. It's been happening for several months.I'm on Windows 11. The latest update for both the Windows and Illustrator.Happening with Premiere and AfterEffects too.Edit: It's like double-clicking it makes a little bit of movement, like dragging. Which is not, my cursor did not move even for one pixel.

Hello Since the latest update of Illustrator the Selection Tool is not working properly.After selecting an item on the canvas the cursor becomes a crosshairs and drags the item around with any further mouse movement. The Double Click To Isolate function no longer works because of this and I can't seem to understand how this option can be disabled.See the video attached.

Hello. I'm new to Illustrator and have been coloring a comic in the software. I'm trying to make gradients but have been running into a lot of problems with it. I've attached an example picture where I'd like to get the current grey gradient to look like it's following the curve of the shape. The gradient that is on there now was made with the linear gradient tool. This is close to how I'd like it to look. It would be great if I could get the gradient to look like it's blending in with the light grey instead of just a line showing where it ends. However, the linear gradient is only making the gradient as the straight line. Is there a way to get a similar look but have the gradient form around the curve instead of as a line? I've tried all the other gradient tools and they haven't done what I'd like. I've tried making seperate colors and blending them to form a gradient. I tried bluring the seperate colors and that didn't work either. I also tried the mesh tool but that seemed complicat

I've been using Illustrator for quite some time now, and I've never had a problem with the colors.Recently the colors have become WAAAAAY off. I'll attach some screenshots. The problem I haven't changed any settings either.I typically use RGB color mode because...well screens, but I tried clicking CMYK mode, and the colors became closer to what they should be/darker.I can't for the life of me figure out what to do.In the screenshots the darker color for the posts was CMYK and the lighter was RGB.With the color palette screenshot, the colors appear right in the Libraries, but they are off on the document.HELP!

Buen día. Alguine que me apoye para instalar la versión 26.5.2 de Ilustrator en Tahoe 26.0.1. Agradeceré mucho su ayuda

Mac OS Sequoia has defaulting EPS files to Photoshop and won't let me set Illustrator as the default App to open EPS Files. I get this popup:Anybody know how to fix this?Why Adobe and Apple continue to make stuff more fricken annoying and complicated?! 

Usually when unticking this box when saving a pdf, the file size would greatly be reduced. A 1gb file down to 200mb ish.  Or a 50mb file down to 5mb meaning its easy to send to customer by email. This is no longer the case, it make zero difference to the size.I'm having to use Illustrator 2024 to do this as the last update to 2025 stopped it working and 2026 doesnt work either. Luke

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:ab7311eb-14ae-4d16-adc9-3bbafdc84df8  I have created a crest that I eventually want to make a compund path, one color, and no fill. There are paths and lines and white objects, as well as transparent objcets in this. After and if I get approval to proceed I will need to make it a simple compound path in one color to print on shirts, etc.  My question: is there a simple...couple of steps to do this, or do I have to select each object and cut out the white parts and convert the lines to outline, etc to get this in the final form I need? I guess I could go to photoshop, select the black and convert the selection to a path, but I'm afraid I will loose detail that way. It can be done step by step, but I'm an old Illustrator user and probably am not up on more recent capabilites. That is why I am asking. 

My Illustrator (28.2) crashing when I switch language from English to other language by input language hotkey I used 'Left Alt + Shift + 2' to change the language to Thai and the app crashed after I pressed these shortcut (But when I pressed 'Left Alt + Shift + 1' to change the language to English, the app was fine) The app was totally fine when I type the text somewhere else (like notepad) then copy and paste the textor even I switch the language by using taskbar, the app still working My Operating system is Windows 10I didn't receive the error messages or crash reports since the app was not reponding and frozen out Actually, my After Effects got the same problem for a month but seems like no one could help mehttps://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/after-effects-keep-crashing-when-i-switch-language/td-p/14336630 Thanks in advanced for any help.

Can we go back to the days of yore when you could drag select items in wire-frame view and ONLY select those items and NOT the shape behind them? For instance, I have a few lines of text or shapes over an image or a large flood color within a group. I want to use wire-frame and drag-select those items without selecting the image. Way back when, and I mean going back to something like Illustrator 6 or 8, this was a thing you could do.At some point, someone decided that was a silly thing that NO ONE does, apparently and made it so that even in wire-frame, the image or shape is still selected. So now I have to click, drag, select, then go back to full view and shift-deselect the flood/image.After all these years, I'm used to it, but since I happened to be here I thought I'd mention it.

Hi, Has anyone encountered this bug and knows how to fix it?

Im using nexusfonts as font manager, im working for tens different brands and i dont want to install hundres of fonts so i activate/deactivate fonts to suits my specific needs. Since this last version of illustrator, when i was selecting a different font collection from nexusfont, illustrator saw the new activated fonts and updated them in the documents. Now it doesn't do this anymore and I have to close and reopen illustrator with the collection activated in nexusfont everytime im switchig between different clients documents. It's very annoying and I would like to know if there is a solution for this. Thanks! 🙂

Hey all. It's been a 'quirk' as you will since it launched versions ago, but will the Illustrator team ever make it so editing a Radial or Grid repeat tile doesn't then auto-open every element on any active layer below it?It's a bit annoying, to say the least! TY.

I'm having few problems with Illustrator that no one I aksed could help me.It started after uldating to 2026 version on mac sequoia First was with swatches - it looks like objects, groups and layers have their own fills and strokes, and these can 'sit above' the individual objects’ appearances, as it if was a 'mask' - I will try to desribe because I can't even explain:- when recolor a group, it adds a group fill on top of the objects instead of replacing each object’s fill.- when enter the group and recolor an object, Illustrator still keeps the group appearance on top, so the object never looks like the color assigned.- same happens to layers I don't know if there is a problem with my settings or anything else.I would appreciate any help, as it is making me work way longer to do symple tasks.Thanks,Ana