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  1. Reduce the preview quality of the view to improve rendering speed and avoid performance degradation, which is necessary in complex documents

    Performance severely declines when there are many paths in the document, which is quite frustrating. Hiding some layers and using a high-performance GPU for rendering the view does not completely resolve the issue. I hope a feature can be added to improve rendering efficiency by reducing the preview quality of the view. Additionally, I have noticed that performance tends to degrade more significantly at smaller view scales, while it improves somewhat when the view is zoomed in. I am unsure if this is a bug

    4 votes

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    4 comments  ·  Performance, Enhancements  ·  Admin →
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  2. One-Click Unit / Resolution Preset Switching (Print/Web)

    As a designer working across both print and web media, I’d like to propose a feature that would greatly improve workflow efficiency in applications like Illustrator and Photoshop.

    A one-click unit preset switcher that allows users to toggle between unit / ppi settings optimized for different use cases.

    For example:
    Print preset: mm, 300dpi
    Web preset: px, 72dpi

    This could be a simple toggle in the toolbar or a quick-access dropdown in the settings panel.

    4 votes

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  3. New artboard names cover other artboards when zoomed out

    After zooming out from artboards, the names occupy other artboards.

    2 votes

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  4. Enable PSD in Export for Screens / Assets

    Hi team! Can you add support for PSD in Export for Screens?

    1 vote

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  5. Release unused Gen AI results

    Using Gen AI easily clutters a document with unneeded information. Especially when multiple dartboards are involved, this slows down Ai quite a lot. Please make an easy function to delete all unused variations.

    4 votes

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  6. Easier access to Tools

    Please rework the tools palette. Some ideas:

    1. make it easy to use the full height of the monitor to show more tools

    2. make it possible to select / activate tools directly through the All Tools overview, even when they are already loaded in the tools palette. It's inconvenient and annoying to watch an icon blink and then have to go into that to select a hidden tool.

    3. make it possible to drag tools from All Tools that are already in the tools palette. Dragging should result in the desired tool on the desired spot, and remove it from the other…

    3 votes

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  7. Allow export file name to be customized

    Currently, if I try to export all artboards separately, the export function automatically adds "{ArtBoardName}". For example, if the filename is ABC, and the artboards are 01 and 02, then I get two files: ABC01 and ABC_02.
    As far as I know, we cannot customize how the file name output format is. So if I want to have the filename to be using "ABC - 01" and "ABC - 02", then I would have export everything and then rename them.
    I think it would be useful to have a way to customize how the name should be constructed.

    4 votes

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  8. Can we have better gradients when working in CMYK to Pantone?

    Have better control with gradients when working with spot colors to CMYK. When using the normal gradient tool and working with Pantone colors to CMYK you get a nasty grey gradient. Currently you have to create two shapes, extend on of the gradients and set it to multiply. The new 2026 gradient dither feature does not fix this problem.

    2 votes

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  9. Shadow and other Stylize effect dialog boxes - Modernize!

    Can you please make the Stylize (under effects) dialog boxes actually useful?
    The up and down arrow .125 inch default is just useless, far too big of steps to allow any real control. Unless (maybe) you're putting a shadow under a giant object.
    X & Y movement rather than direction… the whole thing is clunky and hasn't changed in a decade or more.
    Try putting a drop shadow on any reasonable font size (for example), I find myself making changes in weird amounts (oh, .06 is too much, I'll change it to .052 and see if that works).
    It's just…

    2 votes

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  10. Global Edit should allow searching within current and chosen artboards

    Global Edit have some options to limit searching with artboards and/or canvas... but the choices are rather odd: Portrait, Landscape, Square and All.

    It’s strange though we can’t limit it to the current artboard... or some chosen artboards, even though today the selection of artboards on canvas is allowed within the scope of the Artboard tool — but I’ll take the field to put numbers, or selecting artboards in the Artboards panel!

    Select > Same and Select > Object commands don’t have these options at all. Must have — here’s the request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35752063

    12 votes

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  11. Allow to select Dimension Text

    The numbers displayed by the new Dimension Line Tool should be copyable and editable. Thus we will be able to easily use them in calculations of the golden ratio and edit the length of the line when needed.

    3 votes

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  12. Display the confirmation when a HEX value is copied from the Color panel

    Today, when we click the dedicated button to copy a HEX value, either in the Color panel or in Swatches Options dialog, Illustrator selects the value (and copies it), but the fact it gets copied is nowhere stated.
    I’d use the Ai’s 'shy message' to inform the users about this instead ( '#XXYYZZ copied') and would not select the value — but would select it by clicking the '#' symbol instead, to match the 'click the caption to select the value' paradigm Illustrator uses in all other fields.

    2 votes

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  13. Ruler & Grids, Guides, Snap options as separate panel

    There are already UI elements for changing these settings, but they're only available in the properties panel with the selection tool selected and no object selection – which is very inconvenient.

    Make them a separate panel instead.

    3 votes

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  14. Allow to share a document by directly emailing it from the Share dropdown

    New "Share" dropdown is horrible. It does so much less. I miss being able to email directly from Share dropdown. Backwards tech!

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  15. Add a Delayed Render toggle and Render button to reduce re-renders

    Performance suggestion: as a panel, every adjustment causes the object to re-render, so fine-tuning the settings takes a long time. Maybe put a Render button on bottom with an on/off toggle switch labeled something like Delayed Render. Kind of like how Excel does it with Pivot Table updates.

    2 votes

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  16. Enable Display Font Names in English by default in non-CJK versions

    Previously we got a dedicated option for this, based on this request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35995396

    But it should be the default choice in non CJK versions.

    2 votes

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  17. Display 'Save' in those History steps which were followed by saving, as Photoshop does it

    It can be hard to navigate History, and when we do, we often need to see specific points of it.
    Save operations are important turning points, and seeing 'Save' added to those operations that happened right before saving happened works great... in Photoshop, but not in Illustrator. Please add these.

    5 votes

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  18. A 'scale object' switch next to 'scale corners' and 'scale strokes & effects'.

    Sometimes I want to scale just an object's strokes and effects without scaling the object - for example, if I've got an 'iris' graphic style that combines multiple fills and strokes to create a stylized iris of an eye, that I created for one size of eye, and would like to use for a closeup drawing.

    Currently I would have to do something like this:

    1. draw a path with the 'iris' style, realize it's designed for a very different scale
    2. turn on scale strokes & effects
    3. rescale the path to be larger
    4. turn off scale strokes & effects
    5. rescale the…
    3 votes

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  19. Recognize Artboard Overlapping

    I often run into times where I try to drag an artboard and I might accidentally overlap artboards which then grabs the art on the other artboard. If Illustrator can recognize artboard overlapping and warn the user of it or have a smart option which recoginzes and keeps the art on their respective artboards even if they are overlapping, that would be really nice.

    3 votes

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  20. Make the Intertwine feature a standalone tool in the toolbar

    Can we please make the Intertwine feature it's own standalone tool, so If you are intertwining elements you can still edit and continue intertwining without having to restart, as it's currently impossible to go back to intertwining same elements when you have left the mode.

    2 votes

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