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  1. Gen AI Assisted Live Trace

    So far, Gen AI in illustrator is just a fresh coat of paint on live trace, a raster query and then just live trace.

    Where it would help immensely, is if you could direct AI to clean up live trace results.

    My use case is I'm doing a lofi photo trace, of a contrasted, shaded image, white over red. By default, the edges of the white area are noisy and Illustrator adds several shades for this area. What I'd like to be able to do is prompt AI to "simplify white edges" or "trace behind white areas", to enhance the…

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  2. Add Enclosed mode for Lasso tool (for full objects)

    建议增强或调整“E选择模式”。
    目前的“E选择模式”非常棒,但是当选择复杂背景上的对象时存在不足。
    选择工具(V):“E选择模式”是在拖动后触发,拖动就会移动点击对象,可以考虑调整为鼠标按下时,按下“E键”进入选择模式(不选择点击对象,只选择选框内的对象),原因是选择工具无法在非锁定的对象上拖动选择(锁定复杂背景也不是一件容易的事情),只能把选择工具移动到背景外再拖动选择,这会增加选择范围,有时候会把不需要选择的对象选中;
    另外,可以考虑套索工具增加“E选择模式”,因为套索工具可以在任意对象上拖动选择。

    4 votes

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  3. 尺寸标注参数自适应能力

    尺寸标注在相同的默认值情况下,尺寸标注参数对较大尺寸对象看起来是合适的情况下,对较小尺寸不合适。
    希望尺寸标注参数能自动适应对象大小。

    1 vote

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  4. Chained dimensions

    New Dimension tool is designed to be good-enough, but not be way too complex to setup and use.

    One of things we need to be a part of this 'good-enough' set of features it has should be a way to create consequential serialized dimensions, like the image attached demonstrates.

    To do that now, we’d have to drag each segment one-by-one, and snap the dimensions line to each other (which in the current build just doesn’t happen even!). This method is generates doubled lines instead of only one, and won’t allow us to move all the dimension lines at once if…

    10 votes

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  5. Add a 'Select More' menu option

    When working with a very busy file, it's often much easier to select an anchor or line segment than an object.

    My idea is to have a menu option that selects the object or objects which currently have anchors or line segments selected.

    A user could select an object by first selecting one of its anchors, and then using this menu option.

    If the user hits this feature multiple times, it could continue to 'select more' by, for example, selecting all siblings within the current group, and then the group itself, and then the group's siblings etc.

    7 votes

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  6. Option to disable scroll bar to make the working area bigger.

    I do not need the information in the scroll bar and all the information stored there.
    Just add a little tick box in the preference menu to just not show them. I want my Illustrator clean.

    2 votes

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  7. Can we have nicer gradient when we use spot color to gradient?

    Look like the tone was mixed with desaturated tone at the middle part when we use pantone / spot colour we created.
    When we output to print, the desaturated tone is still visible.
    Attached the screenshot for your reference. Thank you!

    4 votes

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  8. Callout Tool

    I'm sure a simple callout tool with some callout styles will help a lot. Sometimes I need to export as a pdf just to use callouts in acrobat. Can you manage it?

    5 votes

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  9. Image overlay

    It would be nice if there were options to create an image overlay and retain the image's saturation like in photoshop. The current methods I use desaturate the photos in my email and website headers.

    1 vote

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  10. Locked Object as Key Object

    It would be very helpful to have the option to enable a locked object to be selected as a key object. I would make aligning object workflows to be slightly more efficient.

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  11. Date of last modification of artboard

    It would be great for everyone who makes document with multiple rounds of revisions to have a feature that will keep track of last date and time of modifications.

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  12. Make scrollbars higher contrast or allow customizable colors for them

    The gray on gray scheme of the slider and handle in the scrollbars is extremely difficult to work with. Higher contrast is needed or provide the ability to customize the slider color. This is an accessibility issue for older or visually impaired users!

    5 votes

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  13. Make an option for shadows from separate 3D objects to be unified to avoid overlapping darkness

    Why do shadows overlap if applied to multiple shapes at the same time?
    Shadows are subtractive and so applying the shadows individually to each shape makes no sense as you end up with a darker patch where the two objects' shadows overlap, which is not how shadows work. There should be an option to toggle to apply shadows as one unified "shape" or effect so that this is not an issue.

    1 vote

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  14. Ai形式でクイック書き出し が機能しない。

    Ai形式でクイック書き出し ボタンを押しても先に進めず、無反応。

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  15. The Dimension Tool needs to have live updates

    I like the new dimension tool, but it's not very helpful unless it updates the displayed dimensions when the size of the dimensioned object is changed. It should stay attached to the selected points when the size of the shape is changed as well.

    13 votes

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    The Beta 28.4.0.7 now create live dimension objects, that track and follow the changes to the measured objects: resizing, rotating, moving...


    As for now, moving only dimension breaks the link and expands the dimension (hopefully will change, and break the link only).

    Moving an object with its related dimension currently expand the dimension as well (hopefully won’t do it either).


    Please test the change and share feedback — it helps a lot!

  16. Guided tracing brush (Snap to trace), similar to Photoshop’s Content aware image trace

    The automatic full image tracing in illustrator often does not create useful results. The set of lines is too busy or doesn't line up with where a human would consider the edges to be.

    As an alternative, a brush tool tool that snaps the lines to the underlying image layers would be more helpful. Human input shows the general location of a line, and illustrator can then snap the line to the nearest set of pixels that appears to be an edge, helping make smooth an accurate traces without excess lines.

    While it would be a slower process, the creative…

    6 votes

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  17. Make more improvements to Dimensions

    Some add'l improvements that would be greatly appreciated:
    • Higher precision settings. At least to 1/8" but 1/16" would be great as well.
    • More formatting options for foot inch/ e.g. 7" instead of 0'-7"
    • Dimension text centered with the dimensions line as option, with a break in the line to accommodate the text.
    • Scale options (custom as well) in architectural format in addition to engineering format (e.g. 1/2" = 1'-0" in addition to 1:24)
    • Options to show dimension text rotated 90° - separate options for vertical, vs horizontal dimensions.
    • For "Line Type", give us all…

    3 votes

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  18. Add an option for Pathfinder to make compound paths instead of groups

    If you draw a row of rectangles (with gaps) and hit Unite button in Pathfinder — Ai will create a group.

    But if you hold Alt, then hit Unite, and then hit Expand in this panel — Ai will make create a compound path!

    I almost always want a compound path.
    And I hate this workaround, since it requires twice as much operations (yeah, 2 instead of 1!). Another workaround is an action to ungroup and make a compound path — which is still a 2 steps operation!

    The alternative is to have a panel full of actions for each…

    23 votes

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  19. Add "Layer" to the application menu like File, Edit, Object... like Photoshop has.

    Add "Layer" to the application menu like File, Edit, Object, Type, Select, Effect, View, Help.

    Like Photoshop has.

    Explanation: Reading through the menu items is much more intuitive when learning about the application capabilities in regards to many features. Going from Photoshop to Illustrator, there are many similarities however the unique separations of the features such as accessing and interacting with the layers is one of the main inhibitors during my orientation to using illustrator to the degree to which I use photoshop.

    1 vote

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  20. 功能请求:关于画板移动

    下面是使用场景:
    当一个大项目中有多个小项目(多个画板),每个小项目都需要标注说明性文字。当我要把所有(或部分)小项目移动到画布的其他位置,目前我只能对画板进行移动,每个画板的说明文字无法一起移动。当前的操作是,画板和文字需要分别移动,非常麻烦,而且项目多的时候容易出错。希望能增加相应的功能!

    2 votes

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