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Illustrator 28.7.1 | Enhanced Contextual Task Bar, More Languages in Retype and more

Adobe Employee ,
Sep 05, 2024 Sep 05, 2024

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Hello everyone, 

 

We're excited to announce that Adobe Illustrator's latest update (version 28.7.1) is now available for download via Creative Cloud Desktop. This release introduces an enhanced Contextual Task Bar, support for Japanese, French, and German languages in Retype, and other enhancements inspired by your feedback!

You may also visit the links to access comprehensive lists of all the features and bug fixes that are available.

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Enhanced Contextual Task Bar

The dynamic and improved Contextual Task Bar brings the most relevant actions directly to your workspace based on the object or tool you've selected, enabling you to achieve your creative goals more quickly. This feature helps you explore various creative possibilities from a blank canvas and discover exciting workflows tailored to your selected object, whether it’s a path, shape, text, image, or a combination of these. The Contextual Task Bar is also available for basic shape tools (Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star), Artboard, and Type tools.

Learn more about the Contextual Task Bar.

More Languages in Retype (beta)

Retype now lets you identify and edit the fonts of Japanese, French, and German text used in images and outlined text.

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Discover improvements based on your feedback

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Expand traced images with ease

You can now effortlessly expand traced images straight from the Image Trace panel.
Learn more about Image Trace.

Save custom document presets for future use

When you create custom document presets for your design needs, you can save them and access them easily later. Find out more about creating and saving custom document presets.

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Fixed Issues

Illustrator v28.7.1 also includes several improvements and bug fixes, including:

  • The last letter of a word duplicates itself as you move the cursor while typing Korean characters. (Community Post)

  • Using the Variables panel to import data causes incorrect data placement, as blank cells are skipped.
    (UserVoice)

  • The Illustrator menu bar stops responding while working on artwork. (UserVoice)

  • OpenType ligature features (rlig and ccmp) don't work with variable font. (UserVoice)

  • While rastering a clipped image or group of objects, white space appears around the clipping boundaries.
    (UserVoice)

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See 
What's New for more information on the latest features. To help us have focused discussions, create separate posts for feedback on features related to this update.
 

Thanks,
Anubhav

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 06, 2024 Sep 06, 2024

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Awesome news! The enhanced Contextual Task Bar sounds like a great productivity booster, and it's fantastic to see expanded language support in Retype. Adobe’s attention to user feedback really shows in these updates. Can’t wait to try the new version.

MinakshiMirza

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 09, 2024 Sep 09, 2024

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hey thanks for forcing us to update to this version without giving us the option to stay on the previous version. I can't even opem Illustrator. No I don't want more AI junk shoved down my throat on the crappy contexual task bar all it's gonna do is clutter up space. 

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Sep 09, 2024 Sep 09, 2024

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Nobody forced you to upgrade. Just utrn off the automatic update. 

And the contextual task bar can also be turned off

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 16, 2024 Sep 16, 2024

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oh sure, I can decline the update all I want but it will, eventually, force itself to update. Trust me, I've denied it as long as I could then one day I open up creative cloud because a coworker sent me something and oops it updated. What am I supposed to do? never close illustrator? Read the rest of the thread. I don't wanna hear it. 

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Sep 16, 2024 Sep 16, 2024

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I have it turned off myself. It just stays turned off. Don't know what you are doing.

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New Here ,
Oct 08, 2024 Oct 08, 2024

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*Notice* the 28.7.1 update causes the overprint preview to stop working properly. It cause something to not work right with transparancys going back to 28.6 resolved it 

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Oct 08, 2024 Oct 08, 2024

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What is that "something not working right with transparencys"?

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Oct 08, 2024 Oct 08, 2024

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Hey thanks for checking in!
Best example I can give is when examining a piece of art that is rich black and has a CMY pullback along the edge
I couldn't see any contrast

This image below is from 28.6
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​Matt
WMTL Digital

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Oct 08, 2024 Oct 08, 2024

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