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  1. Implement adaptively-sampled distance field (ADF) technology for 2D drawing

    Please incorporate adaptively-sampled distance field (ADF) technology into illustrator's drawing tools. Adobe already licenses this technology for use in fonts, and Mischief the only 2D drawing software that incorporated the technology has been discontinued.

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  2. Keyboard shortcut for "Find/Replace" like InDesign. ALSO, Keeping the shortcuts consistent among the various apps Time-saver..

    Keyboard shortcut for "Find/Replace" like InDesign.

    ALSO, Keeping the shortcuts consistent among the various apps.

    Time-saver.

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  3. Illustrator should be able to import any unicode character

    I was trying to use Runic text in an image but illustrator wouldn't enter anything but boxes with X's in them. I contacted support and they told me it was because no language supports the runic symbols.

    This strikes me as absurd, as even applications such as notepad or openoffice can handle it, I could even send the runic text through the chat client I used to communicate with the support (as well as in google translate).

    This should really be fixed.

    3 votes

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  4. Smart Object like in Photoshop

    Smart object for illustrator will be a nice feature. Also it will be awesome if both photoshop and illustrator can work with smart object. Currently, photoshop can handle (automatically convert files to smart object when placed, imported, copied in photoshop) vector/raster objects copied from illustrator document. But for some reason, illustrator doesn't have that feature. Would love to see smart objects/group in illustrator.

    Thank you Adobe.

    4 votes

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  5. 上の変形パネルの数値を設定するところを常に表示して欲しい。

    オブジェクトを選択した時に上のパネルに変形パネルの数値を設定できる所が表示される時とされない時があるので、常に表示されるようにして欲しい。

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  6. 回転させる時にある程度拡大しないと出来ないのを改善欲しい。

    バウンディングボックスの角にカーソルを持って良いって回転させる時にある程度拡大しないと出来ないのを直して欲しい。昔は出来たような気がします。

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  7. Your ******* product ******* sucks. Go suck a ****.

    Seriuosly, this program is crashing more often that I jack off. Thats saying something.

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  8. Layer name suffix when pasting in XD (behaviour changed in 2020)

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    When I copy and paste vectors from Illustrator 2020 to Adobe XD, suffix "1" is being added to each later.

    This doesn't happen when I copy from Illustrator 2019 so I assume this have benn changed in Illustrator 2020, not XD.

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    I create all my icons in Illustrator but keep them in huge XD file so that devs can easily get them as SVGs.

    With this additional suffix, my workflow is slower as I have to remove them each time I add new icon to XD file.

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  9. 5 votes

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  12. make one layer from more layers like in photoshop

    Hello, I would really like it if different layers could be used to create one layer, just like in photoshop.
    (so if you work with a lot of layers, and you repeat the design on the same page, or want to create a pattern, this doesn't work)
    I very much hope that this will be possible in the future

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    You can do that using Layers panel’s menu (a hamburger icon in top right corner). Select layers you need and choose one of three available commands: Merge Selected, Flatten Artwork, Collect in New Layer.

    Also, you can operate with a selection of object on canvas. Select object you need there, focus a layer you want you objects to be in and apply Object > Arrange > Send to Current Layer.

    Finally you can drag a square marker of a selected objects in Layers to another layer to move them.

    Please comment on how it works for you.

  13. Expand selection

    when I have something selected, I can shift+option click the art board somewhere else to expand my selection box and select everything between.

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  14. J'ai mon programme illustrator CS5 je veux avoir la mise à jour comment faire mon No de série est(1034-0003-1551-4264-8387-4735) j'attend

    J'ai mon programme illustrator CS5 je veux avoir la mise à jour comment faire mon No de série est(1034-0003-1551-4264-8387-4735) j'attend de vos nouvelles ou votre aide SVP

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  15. Make Limited color palette in Image Trace allow more than 30 colors

    Why is "Limited" Color Palette restricted to 30 colors? I often need a few hundred but not as many as Automatic gives. And Automatic would be great if the Color Slider actually worked proportionally but it randomly goes from over 1000 colors to less than 30 or some unsatisfying number, not the smooth curve one would expect. Therefore I have to use the superior Live Trace feature on my old Mac with CS on it. Either lift the restriction on Limited or make Automatic perform according to the slider.

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  16. Discounts for Senior Citizens

    Adobe, I hope you read this, I was pointed here... I don't feel this is the correct place, but here I am. You have made Millions in Revenue in your last quarters and it would be really nice if you gave back to the folks that didn't have an income that still supported you! Seniors should get discounts along the lines of college students. Universities let them come to classes for free... While I am not asking or suggesting this, I do think that it is time you think about this as a Company.

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  17. Allow gradients in brushes

    AI forbids to use gradients in brushes. It definitely should.

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  18. Notify me to update to the newest version when I'm not using the program

    I often get the notification to update Illustrator when I'm in the middle of a project. I'd be more apt to update if I received the notification when I am not using the program.

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  20. New symbol info window should retain properties of previously created symbol

    When creating a new symbol, it should remember not only the export type, but the symbol type and registration as well, instead of having it default to dynamic-center every time. Usually when creating symbols, they are of the same type as the last. This is how Flash handled symbols way back in the day and it was an invaluable time saver for projects containing dozens of clips (such as site plan artwork).

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