Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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2 votes
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Make the Effect Roughen a tool from the toolbar
Please make the Effect "Roughen" an actual tool, accessible from the toolbar. Here is the icon for the concept tool below.
1 vote -
Add 'resource size' to the 'prefix' option in 'export multiple formats'
This prefix is very useful when exporting "multiple resources" and can improve work efficiency.
In addition, it is recommended that the current prefix naming method be separated from the file name using "prefix -" or "prefix _".2 votes -
Allow to customize the Contextual Task Bar
I want to be able to customize the Contextual Task Bar, add the functions I need to the panel (tools, menus, actions, scripts, etc.). Please add a configurator like in the toolbar.
19 votes -
'Reveal in finder' right-click images
Can basic image functions please get added to right-click menus. Both when right-clicking images, and when right-clicking images in the Links panel...
- Re-link image
- Update link
- Link File Info...
- Embed/Unembed image
- Reveal in Finder
- Reveal in Bridge
- Edit in Photoshop
I also made a single “Full Image & Link Overhaul” request that pulled all the smaller image issues together, but it seems to have been deleted. Can an admin explain why?
3 votes -
Création d'un simple trait à partir d'une typographie ou d'un logo en double trait pour en faire une gravure
Création d'un simple trait à partir d'une typographie ou d'un logo en double trait pour en faire une gravure sur CNC,
Idée : à partir d'une typographie classique : vectorisation de la police - passer en mode contour - déterminer la moitié entre 2 points - création d'une ligne centrale pour avoir un mono trait. Cela pourrait s'appliquer à un logo même avec un empattement variable2 votes -
Eyedropper tool breaks Chinese/English mixed text after recent update
Title: Eyedropper tool breaks Chinese/English mixed text after recent update
Description:
In previous versions of Illustrator, when working with sentences containing both English and Chinese text, the Eyedropper tool worked correctly:If I applied a new font with Eyedropper, only the English letters would switch to the sampled font.
The Chinese characters would remain in their original font, preventing missing glyphs or “tofu” boxes.
After the recent update, this behavior has changed:
When I select the entire sentence and use Eyedropper, Illustrator now forces the entire string (including Chinese) into the sampled font.
Since the sampled font usually does not…
3 votes -
Allow to reset the position of a single panel, not the full workspace
Reset Workspace for me is mostly used to get all the panels I torn out from docks to get back in their stables.
But sometimes it’s just one panel, and waiting for Ai to creak and choke just to get one panel back is an overkill.
And putting it back manually is not as simple as sounds — my memory remembers where it should BE, not where it should be PUT in!
So can we get a way to force one chosen panel to be reset? 'You — go home'! I’d use it rather often.3 votes -
Summer improvments
- Eyedropper for text (ref. InDesign)
- Instant resize at artboards bounds for clipping masks
- Instant adaptive fit to bounds for images inside clipping masks (ref. InDesign)
- Find and replace tool with live selection of contents with window open
- A shortcut for Trim View (tried to customize but it doesn't work)
- A better way to concatenate text frames (always requires more attempts)
- Fix the copy/paste text issue with Whatsapp desktop (if try to paste text in a conversation you have the image of it)
- Option to increase values with right button of mouse or digital pen
2 votes -
Jump to art-board and word being spell checked.
Please add the option to jump to art-board being spell checked please.
I often use up to 50 x A4 art-boards with abbreviations and technical text that I need to closely spell check in context within its paragraph. I can't even see which art-board is being checked when using multiple art-boards, as it is.
Jumping to art-board would make work so much easier. Please add this option.2 votes -
Create a contour on Swatch Info card
It would be great if we can select a contour colour inside the Create Swatch Info setting dialog. Sometimes is it necessary to apply the info to the white colour and if you place in a white background canvas you must expand the aspect and than add the contour color.
2 votes -
Allow us to choose between groups and sublayers when expanding symbols
Why dynamic symbols always turn into groups when expanded (Break Link), but all static ones become sublayers?
Why can’t we decide what we want these expanded results be?
I’d use groups all the time, but I know some others would prefer sublayers... Is it a technical difficulty?Also — why does an extra wrapper group appear for an expanded dynamic symbol?
3 votes -
Add a way to set a custom resolution for Raster Effects when creating a document
Why can’t I set 'other' value for resolution while creating a new document using classic UI, but can do later using the dedicated dialog? Not fair (plus Ai doesn’t know about PPCM and fractional values)
Another related request:
Fractional resolution value in Document Raster Effects Settings
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/456546613 votes -
Add "Go to Object" in layers panel, not just "Select Object"
Would love "Go to Object" option when selecting an object to find it in the layers panel. Currently, it only has the option to "Find Object" from the menu. I then have to scroll through sometimes hundreds of items within that layer to find the little dot.
2 votes -
Add Transform Again Individually / Transform Sequence Again / Sequence Again Individually commands, as in InDesign
Illustrator has Transform Again command (and it’s rather useful), but InDesign has three additional commands:
Transform Again Individually:
Applies the last single transform operation to each selected object individually, rather than as a group.Transform Sequence Again:
Applies the last sequence of transform operations to the selection.Transform Sequence Again Individually:
Applies the last sequence of transform operations to each selected object individually.
As described here: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/transforming-objects.html#repeat_transformations
Here is a video demonstrating the difference between these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4gLe9LeRKI
Sure, we have Transform Each as a workaround, but it doesn’t support custom pivots as tools do, and these are just faster.
If…
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3 votes
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Objects on Path needs a way to control spacing / gaps precisely, with a value
At the moment we can’t control spacing (gaps) between objects on path ion the new Objects on Path type of object (what a beautiful sentence).
We can only eyeball it with a slider, which is incrementing by points (despite me having set millimeters as my ruler units).
There is no field I can type something like 0.125 mm, or at least a modifier key (like Cmd/Ctrl) to make the slider go slower ×10 (or any other value I choose somewhere in Preferences or at least in Adobe Prefs file, buried in Ai’s folders).
Perhaps yo should also allow us to…
21 votes -
View and reorder layers in section, like in PowerPoint
What do you think about the possibility of viewing layers in section, like in Powerpoint?
In the Italian version it’s Disponi > Riordina oggetti.
I think it would be a great help in quickly locating and repositioning objects.2 votes -
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
10 votes -
Accurate Color-Managed Print Preview in Illustrator (and Adobe Apps)
I’ve had this feature in mind for years, but a busy schedule and work across different fields kept me from writing it down. This request is for Photoshop, and if Illustrator and InDesign are missing it as well, they should be updated to support it. In Photoshop’s Print dialog, under Color Management, the preview should match the selected printer, color handling settings, and printer profile. It should show an accurate on-screen preview of how the document or design will actually look once printed. The software should offer the closest possible simulation instead of the rough preview we have today.
1 vote
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