Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Drag & Drop Appearance
Hi,
Currently, moving individual "Appearance" between objects is a difficult route:
1. Select the object. Deselect the object.
2. Display the "Appearance" palette
3. Delete unnecessary "Appearance"
4. create a style. with the right Apperance
5. Select the object.
6. ALT + Click on the style to add a new Appearance to the existing Appearance of the object.Whew ....
Can you not create the ability to drag the Appearance?
It would be great and so much more time during work.
Best Regards
5 votes -
Eraser tool doesn't work in pattern mode!
In pattern mode I can not use eraser tool, it is very useful if it works.
7 votes -
Keyboard shortcut to duplicate a layer and its content or an object
Please consider creating a keyboard shortcut that will duplicate a selected layer and its content, as in PsCC, for example.
In PsCC one can duplicate a selected layer and its contents by using either of two keyboard shortcuts: 1) 'Ctrl+J' -or- 2) 'Alt+(any up/down/left/right arrow)'.
In either case, the duplicated layer+content will appear above the selected layer.
Thank you.
36 votes -
Updating to 2019 makes illustrator useless - downloads tons of data upon saving a file
My workflow requires opening and saving AI files with large linked pictures, stored on off-site server with low bandwidth (around 5-6 MB/s). The linked files can be big, several GB in size. When I try to save my AI, it freezes and starts downloading at full speed of the off-site storage and downloads 2-3GB of data before it saves the AI. None of previous versions had this issue/feature. It is a big deal for our company, because we work approximately 1 hour on each AI and now just saving it takes 5-10min. We need to open the AI (sometimes it…
2 votes -
Batching actions can't access files through Windows file shortcuts
If a user has a folder with shortcuts to files in different folders and try to batch this folder, AI can't see files. It would be great if it could.
18 votes -
Please create hands-on tutorials inside application same as in AfterEffects
AfterEffects has hands-on tutorials inside the application where user can learn and practice side-by-side simultaneously. Very useful and effective to have. Please create the same resources for Illustrator.
5 votes -
Cannot save eps with opaque background
Cannot save eps with opaque background. Have transparency set to Opaque. Have save as EPS options set to Opque background. Will only save with transparent background.
1 vote -
Can't select and edit two effects from two separate fills in single appearance
I can't select two effects, applied to different fills in one appearance — AI restricts to select both of them. Therefore, if I have same effect applied to all of my object's fills, I have to edit EACH of them one by one, instead of just Ctrl+click all of them and edit at once.
It means that if I want to change Drop shadow's parameters, scattered across different appearances, no graphic style won't help me. And I already mentioned in separate enquiry that Drop shadow and other color-based effects ignore global swatches.
This is nuts. I waste so much time.…
17 votes -
'Saved' menu in New Document window should show my custom templates
- Right now only templates from Adobe Stock show up here. It's counterintuitive. I would like to have my custom templates saved here. Otherwise they are relatively hidden at the bottom of the 'Web' or 'Print' lists.
- I would also like to be able to quickly save a template right from the new document window (not have to make a document, save as template, get permissions error, fix permissions, save template).
- The new document window is VERY SLOW to open. Legacy is instant and the lag is really frustrating.
- Please for the love of creative gods, fix the High Sierra/CC bugs.…
64 votes -
Show artboard user-assigned names and numbers when exporting/saving
When saving as a PDF (and other similar activities) the dialog box will allow you to filter to certain artboards using their numbers. However if you're using lots of artboards it can be difficult to know which artboard to select. I usually have to go back through the document, activate the artboard tool to see the names, make notes of the number, and then resume my export/save. How about adding the user-assigned name along side the artboard numbers in the dialog filter. Or possibly have a list of artboards (like the artboards panel) and simply check boxes for exporting.
11 votes -
Color labeling of library asset groups
I would like to see colored labeling of library asset groups just like having the ability to color label layers.
3 votes -
Option to "protect" Type when Scaling/Rotating/Mirroring etc
Please add a "protect" button in the Type-menu. That way, when scaling, rotating, mirroring or similar, only the position point of the Type will be affected, but all other type-measurements (size, horizontal scale etc.) will remain unchanged.
See attached before / after-image with this option turned on.
(This is already a great feature in Adobe's Data-illustrator App.)
3 votes -
Allow to customize colors for handle controls, anchors, and paths edges (permanently and context-based / on the fly)
It would be helpful if you could make the color of pen tool handles distinguishable from the anchor color, even just a slight difference would be helpful.
13 votes -
view Anchor Points
View Anchor Points selection under the view tab. I'd like to see Anchor Points anytime I click on an object if I have this view selected, not just a barely there blue line that is hard to tell what is clicked as it currently is when you select Show Edges under the view tab.
1 voteYou can enable this with 'Show Anchor Points in Selection Tool and Shape Tool' option in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Preview
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Never interrupt my work. Never show new features
Never interrupt my work. never show new features.
master switch for a "veteran" mode that will never interrupt you to show you stupid s**t that you already know.the dumbing down of the CC products is disgusting. you're literally driving me to work on different platforms. I've not opened premiere in a year and I'm down to only photoshop and illustrator.
Add enough pain and I'll move off of those as well.Not only that I'll probably start a YT channel for others detailing how to leave he cult of Adobe as a industry pro.
9 votes -
Let's add Vasily Hall's name to the Ai credits?
These never get added for some reason, so I'm going to try once per day to put it up here:
As you may be aware, Illustrator has a natively build CSV-import feature for variables now. This wouldn't have come if Vasily didn't undertake the effort to create this feature as a script, 3 years prior. https://github.com/Silly-V/Adobe-Illustrator/blob/master/Variable Importer/VariableImporter.jsx
His contribution was:
1. User research, connecting with users from all over the world to get a sense of whether anyone even wants to import CSV files and use graph variables.
2. Naming convention syntax for visibility and graph variables.
3. Logical mechanism…16 votes -
Please bring back Kuler.
Please bring back Kuler. I loved that feature and used it all the time to create themed palettes. Now I have to jump through hoops to find themed color palettes and I never have quite the same success as with Kuler. I am mystified about why it was taken away.
3 votes -
Grayscale as an Effect
I would like to be able to apply a non-destructive "Convert to Grayscale" Effect to Objects, Groups or Layers.
8 votes -
Convert Selection to shape
Would love to have Magic Wand like photoshop for photos and then be able convert that selection marquee to a vector shape.
1 vote -
Add numeric controls over ALL features of gradient
Relative position of gradient inside path.
Origin position.
Center position.
Hilite angle/length.30 votes
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