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June 17, 2025
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Adobe Illustrator "Save for Web" Automation Issue (Manual Intervention Required)

  • June 17, 2025
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Good morning,

I'm experiencing a significant problem with the automation of my saving process in Adobe Illustrator, which is severely slowing down my workflow.

I'm managing a project that requires saving 32 distinct artboards, each with specific dimensions and destination paths. Previously, I automated this process by creating custom actions in Illustrator. Each action included the following steps:

  1. "Save for Web"
  2. Resizing by percentage
  3. Renaming the file
  4. Final saving

Once these actions were recorded, I would associate each artboard with its corresponding recorded action and press "play" for a completely automatic save.

Unfortunately, this process no longer works as it used to. When I run the action, the "Save for Web" dialog box opens and requires manual intervention: I have to click "Save" and confirm the destination for every single save.

Considering I need to perform hundreds of saves, this manual intervention makes the automation useless and the work extremely time-consuming. I urgently need a solution to restore the fully automatic saving via actions or, alternatively, to find an equally efficient method that allows me to handle this volume of exports without manual interaction.

 
Correct answer Kurt Gold

Is the modal dialog icon visible at the left side of the action (set)?

 

If so, turn it off and try again.

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Kurt Gold
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Kurt GoldCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 17, 2025

Is the modal dialog icon visible at the left side of the action (set)?

 

If so, turn it off and try again.

Participant
June 17, 2025

Yes, the icon was indeed visible. Now that I've turned it off, everything is working perfectly! Thank you.