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1. Files saved to an older version (CS6, or lower) using 30.2.1 build give errors when opening in older versions

   After the last update, saving an .ai file in version CS5 or lower and then trying to open it in Illustrator CS5 results in an error: invalid operator: "<fffe>"

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   Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   Claimed to be fixed in the latest 30.3 general release. Please update, check, and comment back if it still happens.

2. Give the choice to change the export resolution with or without changing the number of pixels.

   When exporting as an image llustrator will always change the pixel amount when you set a resolution higher or lower than 72 ppi. Photoshop has an option that is missing in Illustrator, the option to check/uncheck “Resample” when changing the resolution. When Unchecked only the ppi metatadata is changed and the pixel amount stays the same. When checked Photoshop behaves like Illustrator does and changes the amount of pixels when the resolution is changed. It would be a welcome addition to have this choice in Illustrator.

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3. Allow to choose if the Save dialog should "remember the last file format used / PDF is set as a default filetype when saving a new document

   Ever since last update, if i save off a pdf and then create a brand new doc and go to save it, it goes to PDF automatically when it used to always default to .ai so i forget and get to the PDF options and then have to cancel and go back and retype my file name which is just annoying and remembering the last format is not helpful. Almost as annoying as PS trying to export in the last export location instead of the same folder as the .PSD --- NOT HELPFUL

   Mac OS 15.5 (24F74)
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   Started (Available in Beta)  ·  AdminSaurav Agrawal (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   Hi everyone,

   In the latest BETA 30.0.21, we’ve improved the ‘Save As’ workflow.

   Now, instead of remembering the last used format, the default will always be .AI.

   We made this change to ensure that your files are consistently saved in the native Illustrator format, which is the most reliable option for preserving full editability.

   Please try out he changes by downloading the latest BETA from the Creative Cloud and let us know if it helps you or not.

4. Hidden layers significantly increase exported PDF file size even when Illustrator editing capabilities are disabled

   When saving an Illustrator document as PDF, hidden layers appear to remain embedded in the resulting PDF and significantly increase its file size.

   I have a document containing several dozen layers. Only one layer is visible at a time and is intended to be exported as a single A4 page.

   When I save the document as PDF with all unnecessary PDF options disabled, including Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities, the resulting single-page A4 PDF is approximately 200 MB.

   I then tested the same document by physically deleting all hidden layers and leaving only the visible layer. After saving the PDF again using exactly the same PDF settings, the resulting file size dropped from approximately 200 MB to just 7 MB.

   This strongly suggests that Illustrator is retaining a very large amount of data from hidden layers in the PDF even though those layers are not visible and Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities is disabled.

   Steps to reproduce:

   • Create or open an Illustrator document containing multiple layers with artwork.
   • Hide all layers except one.
   • Save the document as an Adobe PDF.
   • Disable Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities.
   • Check the resulting PDF file size.
   • Return to the Illustrator document and physically delete all hidden layers.
   • Save the PDF again using exactly the same settings.
   • Compare the file sizes.

   Actual result:
   The PDF created while the unused layers are merely hidden is dramatically larger.

   In my case:

   Hidden layers present: ~200 MB
   Hidden layers physically deleted: ~7 MB

   This means that removing artwork which should not be included in the final PDF reduces the file size by approximately 96.5%, despite using exactly the same PDF export settings.

   Expected result:
   When Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities is disabled, artwork contained on hidden layers should not be embedded in the exported PDF and should not affect its file size.

   A PDF containing only one visible A4 composition should have approximately the same file size regardless of whether unrelated, invisible Illustrator layers still exist in the source document.

   Workaround:
   Physically deleting all hidden layers before saving the PDF reduces the file size from approximately 200 MB to 7 MB.

   This is particularly problematic for documents where multiple design variants or pages are stored as separate layers, because exporting each visible layer currently requires physically deleting all other layers instead of simply hiding them.

   When saving an Illustrator document as PDF, hidden layers appear to remain embedded in the resulting PDF and significantly increase its file size.

   I have a document containing several dozen layers. Only one layer is visible at a time and is intended to be exported as a single A4 page.

   When I save the document as PDF with all unnecessary PDF options disabled, including Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities, the resulting single-page A4 PDF is approximately 200 MB.

   I then tested the same document by physically deleting all hidden layers and leaving only the visible layer. After saving the PDF again… more

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5. Enable Illustrator to retain the filenames of placed SVGs or EPS files when shift+dragging them to the canvas from Explorer or Finder..

   GOAL:

   I am in the process of re-coloring an SVG icon set that has 155 separate SVGs, and I want to then re-export all the modified icons with their original filenames. Unfortunately this appears to be impossible because Illustrator just assigns generic "<group>" names to every placed object.

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   STEPS:

   • I place all SVGs I want to recolor into a new document by shift+dragging them from windows explorer to my open document.
   • After this action, all placed SVGs just get a generic name like “<group>”.

   See the image attached to this post. Or view the same image here

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   PROBLEM:

   This is a nightmare, because I have to now rename all of the new SVG files back to their original names after exporting my changes.

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   PROPOSAL:

   When shift+dragging external vector artwork (SVG, EPS, etc) to the canvas to place it in a document, Illustrator should NAME EACH PLACED FILE according to its actual filename on disk.

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   SIDE NOTE:

   If Illustrator named each object that was placed to its original filename, the process of then renaming the artboards themselves to the correct filenames is easy, as there are multiple scripts out there that move objects to artboards and can rename artboards according to the names of the items that are moved.

   See this script for one example: https://github.com/creold/illustrator-scripts/blob/master/jsx/FitSelectionToArtboards.jsx

   This is just one of many scripts that can handle this.

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   CONCLUSION:

   Please, please implement the ability to place multiple external vector artwork files with the ORIGINAL FILENAME INTACT.

   Thank you for any consideration.

   GOAL:

   I am in the process of re-coloring an SVG icon set that has 155 separate SVGs, and I want to then re-export all the modified icons with their original filenames. Unfortunately this appears to be impossible because Illustrator just assigns generic "<group>" names to every placed object.

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   STEPS:

   • I place all SVGs I want to recolor into a new document by shift+dragging them from windows explorer to my open document.
   • After this action, all placed SVGs just get a generic name like “<group>”.

   See the image attached to this post. Or view the same image here

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   PROBLEM:

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6. Improve the preview quality when placing a file

   When importing a file to place it, the quality can be quite disastrous and it can be difficult to know if the version being imported is the right one, if the only difference is in the details.

   Alternatively, a larger window with a zoom effect upon hover would make this feature exceptional.

   I love pixel art but this feels ancient and in dire need of an upgrade.

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7. Save to cloud dialog: files in folder not visible

   The new update(s) does not bring back the feature to view files in the folders and in grid view when saving to cloud. This has been causing a lot of problems and inconvenience. Reported few times and have been told that these will be brought back in the next update, but it never did. Frustrating and annoyed.

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8. Allow customized names for exported artboards

   Allow me to customize the name of artboards that are exported or saved as.

   OR, change the automatic naming to include the artboard number at the front of the file name so they will be in the same order as they are in the document when sorted alphabetically.

   Here is how I would use this feature:

   We use Illustrator to create client presentations. Artboards are named according to their content. Often saving/exporting as a PDF from Ai results in a file that's too large to email.

   So I export each artboard as a PNG. The naming convention for these files is FileName_ArtboardName.png.

   Then I import the PNGs to Acrobat. Then rearrange the pages in Acrobat to the correct order.

   My workaround is to rename the artboards before export with the artboard number at the beginning of the artboard name, then the PNGs are in the correct order in Finder, and when imported into Acrobat.

   Adding the artboard to the artboard name has to be done manually, which if you have more than a few artboards gets tedious. And if you change the order of the artboards, you have to manually change the number in the artboard names.

   I envision it as a preference pane, similar to how Lightroom Classic handles file names for export. Or it could be an option when exporting.

   Allow me to customize the name of artboards that are exported or saved as.

   OR, change the automatic naming to include the artboard number at the front of the file name so they will be in the same order as they are in the document when sorted alphabetically.

   Here is how I would use this feature:

   We use Illustrator to create client presentations. Artboards are named according to their content. Often saving/exporting as a PDF from Ai results in a file that's too large to email.

   So I export each artboard as a PNG. The naming convention for these files… more

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9. Support SVG 2.0 for import and export

   When importing SVG 2.0 files into Adobe Illustrator, some attributes will not be properly recognized and get lost.

   SVG 2.0 is gaining wider adoption in modern design and web workflows. If Adobe Illustrator, After Effects and other industry-standard creative tools do not implement full SVG 2.0 compatibility soon, it will create major unnecessary frictions for users. Designers will constantly need to manually modify files and roll back to outdated SVG 1.1 syntax to make their assets editable across the toolchain. This breaks the seamless handoff between design and development that modern vector workflows rely on.

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10. Add TIFF format into Export for Screens / Assets dialog

    We need a way to export assets (and artboards) as TIFFs using modern Export for Screens / Assets dialog.

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    We have added this support in Illustrator v30.2.1

11. Why are PDFs from illustrator so much larger than from INDD?

    I could have the same layout in illustrator and in INDD, use the same export settings, and illustrator PDFs are always super big. Maybe it's because they hold data from artboards that weren't included in export. I've tried opening the PDFs back into Illustrator to delete unnecessary artboards, and random stuff on pasteboard. I've tried deleting all hidden layers. Rasterizing masked photos doesn't work either. I could have a 4meg pdf from INDD, or one from AI would be 80megs. Thanks for considering.

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12. Export for screens with subfolders organized by artboard

    Often I am having to export multiple file formats for all artboards in a single working file. E.g. when sending a group of signs to a printer, they will want an individual native .AI file, a PNG full-res preview, and a JPG thumbnail. Currently, you can create subfolders based on Scale or Filetype, but it would be immensely helpful if there was the ability to create subfolders based off of Artboard Name, since it is often the specific design that someone is looking for.

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13. Add Artboard option for Create Sub-Folders in Export for Screens, next to existing Scale and Format

    When exporting something like logos, it might make sense to keep all formats exported from one artboard together in a sub-folder.

    So if we make a primary logo, it can be put into a folder called 'Primary Logo', to have all the formats exported from an artboard. One design — multiple file formats. Currently that needs to be done manually. So an 'Artboard' sub-folder option would be nice.

    Thanks to Jon from Crusoe Design Co. for the idea

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14. Exact ARC export in DXF

    Illustrator internally represents curves as Bézier paths, while CAD/CNC workflows rely on true ARC entities (constant-radius circular arcs).
    At the moment, there is no reliable way to export Illustrator geometry containing circular arcs to DXF while preserving them as exact ARC entities. All curves are approximated as splines or segmented polylines, even when the geometry is mathematically circular.
    This creates a serious issue for CNC workflows, where exact radii and true arcs are required for correct toolpaths, tolerances, and part fitting.

    A highly valuable feature would be:
    • Detection of constant-radius Bézier curves
    • Optional conversion of those curves to true ARC entities during DXF export
    • Or an explicit “Export arcs as ARC entities” setting

    Many users create simple technical drawings in Illustrator because of its excellent drawing tools, but currently must redraw all rounded geometry in a CAD application to guarantee accuracy.
    Enabling exact ARC export would significantly improve Illustrator’s usability in maker, CNC, and fabrication workflows.

    Illustrator internally represents curves as Bézier paths, while CAD/CNC workflows rely on true ARC entities (constant-radius circular arcs).
    At the moment, there is no reliable way to export Illustrator geometry containing circular arcs to DXF while preserving them as exact ARC entities. All curves are approximated as splines or segmented polylines, even when the geometry is mathematically circular.
    This creates a serious issue for CNC workflows, where exact radii and true arcs are required for correct toolpaths, tolerances, and part fitting.

    A highly valuable feature would be:
    • Detection of constant-radius Bézier curves
    • Optional conversion of those curves to… more

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15. An option to choose if the Artboard background color should be exported, for each format, including PNG

    When exporting an artboard to PNG, I hope there is an option to follow the background color of the artboard itself. I thought the purpose of the new update is to be able to use that same background color when exporting. I still need to add a shape with the background color that I prefer before exporting.

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16. Allow Users to Change the Default Save Location Behavior

    In other production software, there is a preferences setting that allows users to change whether the program will open the file explorer relative to the current file's save location or to remember where it was last opened to.
    This feature is sorely missing from Illustrator and causes me loads of headaches when exporting assets for multiple clients in rapid succession.
    To make things worse, if you use the Asset Export window (Export for Screens), the "Export to:" filepath will prepopulate to the last location that that particular file saved to. If you click the folder icon to the right of it, you would expect the file explorer to open in that directory. But it does not. Instead, it opens in the last place Illustrator exported assets to, regardless of the active file.
    This is counterintuitive, and I often have to backtrack to find assets that I for sure thought I exported, but turns out they were sent to a seemingly random folder.
    Please let us choose whether or not Illustrator will open the file browser relative to the active file's location or whether Illustrator will remember where it last saved a file regardless of active file.

    In other production software, there is a preferences setting that allows users to change whether the program will open the file explorer relative to the current file's save location or to remember where it was last opened to.
    This feature is sorely missing from Illustrator and causes me loads of headaches when exporting assets for multiple clients in rapid succession.
    To make things worse, if you use the Asset Export window (Export for Screens), the "Export to:" filepath will prepopulate to the last location that that particular file saved to. If you click the folder icon to the right of… more

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17. Allow to disable "Use Compression" option by default

    The new change making 'Use Compression' a default setting under the Illustrator Options when saving new files has negatively impacted our team's productivity. We require full autonomy over our file settings and find the imposition of new defaults to be unnecessary. We strongly suggest reverting this to an opt-in feature so that professional users can maintain their established saving protocols without manual interference because compression sucks. Thank you!

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18. DATA MERGE . File Names from CSV

    REPEATEDLY NOTICED NOT YET AVAILABLE FEATURE
    It would be tremendously helpful, if we could name exported files via the CSV-file used for data merge, so we can have actual full names, instead „Data Set 1“, … „Data Set 217“.

    ISSUE
    Data Merge exports are being exported without customized file names, which is a major time issue, when dealing with large scale data merge exports.

    SUGGESTED SOLUTION
    Giving users in the VARIABLES -> VARIABLE OPTIONS menu the option to assign „FILE NAME“ to a variable via TYPE, and make this accessible to the ACTIONS when exporting via BATCH.

    WHY
    More effective and efficient turnaround, faster delivery to systems or clients using predetermined/required file naming conventions.

    REPEATEDLY NOTICED NOT YET AVAILABLE FEATURE
    It would be tremendously helpful, if we could name exported files via the CSV-file used for data merge, so we can have actual full names, instead „Data Set 1“, … „Data Set 217“.

    ISSUE
    Data Merge exports are being exported without customized file names, which is a major time issue, when dealing with large scale data merge exports.

    SUGGESTED SOLUTION
    Giving users in the VARIABLES -> VARIABLE OPTIONS menu the option to assign „FILE NAME“ to a variable via TYPE, and make this accessible to the ACTIONS when exporting via BATCH.

    WHY
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19. Improve Trim Mark Settings When Exporting PDFs

    Posted using Illustrator 2025 (29.4)

    In the Japanese printing industry, it is common practice to require both corner crop marks and center crop marks when exporting PDFs.

    Currently, in Illustrator’s PDF export settings, enabling the “Trim Marks” option only adds corner marks. To include center crop marks, users must also check the “Registration Marks” option, which results in registration marks being added as well.

    However, these registration marks are generally disliked and considered unnecessary in Japanese print workflows. There needs to be an option to add only corner and center crop marks without registration marks.

    InDesign allows users to configure “inner crop marks,” “outer crop marks,” and “center crop marks” individually, offering much greater flexibility. We strongly request that Illustrator provide similar options for more precise control over crop marks when exporting PDFs.

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    PDF書き出し時のトンボ設定を改善してほしい

    投稿時のバージョン：Illustrator 2025 (29.4)

    日本の印刷現場では、PDF書き出し時に「角トンボ」と「センタートンボ」の両方が必要とされることが一般的です。

    しかし、現在のIllustratorのPDF書き出し設定では、「トンボ」にチェックを入れると角トンボのみが追加されます。センタートンボを付けるためには「レジストレーションマーク」にチェックを入れる必要があり、レジストレーションマークも同時に追加されてしまいます。

    日本ではこのレジストレーションマークが好まれないため、実務では使いにくいのが現状です。角トンボとセンタートンボのみを、レジストレーションマークなしで追加できる設定が必要です。

    InDesignでは「内トンボ」「外トンボ」「センタートンボ」を個別に設定できるため、Illustratorにも同様の柔軟な設定が導入されることを強く希望します。

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    In the Japanese printing industry, it is common practice to require both corner crop marks and center crop marks when exporting PDFs.

    Currently, in Illustrator’s PDF export settings, enabling the “Trim Marks” option only adds corner marks. To include center crop marks, users must also check the “Registration Marks” option, which results in registration marks being added as well.

    However, these registration marks are generally disliked and considered unnecessary in Japanese print workflows. There needs to be an option to add only corner and center crop marks without registration marks.

    InDesign allows users to… more

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20. PDF stroke and fill shape should be imported as a single object, not two separate objects

    PDF stroke and fill shape should be imported as a single object. Currently Illustrator parses such shapes as two objects: fill, stroke. This behaviour can be seen when exporting as PDF in Illustrator (without AI editing capabilities) and importing it again.

    Note: This seems to be caused by incorrect handling of B and B* PDF operators (fill + stroke in one object).

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