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  1. 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
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  2. Maintaining colour levels between PS & AI on linked files??

    Issue: linked PS(CMYK) file into AI(CMYK) appears in AI with difference colour values from the original PS file.

    Only way around it I was told by Adobe is to directly "open" the PS doc in AI not "place" to maintain the colour values. They also had told me that this is the expect behaviour of the software.

    I feel this is a serious flaw for files for print, I have always used AI to set up my packaging print files and never had an issue I think this must be a recent update.

    Does anyone known of a work around…

    1 vote
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  3. Count objects

    Count objects when using Select-->Same, Select-->Object, and "Start editing similar shapes together" commands. Sometimes "Start editing similar shapes together" does not select all similar shapes; therefore, an edit made using this feature may not edit all similar shapes, unbeknownst to the user. However, if I know how many shapes I have, then I can confirm that all shapes are selected when using these commands throughout the editing process. This is valuable because confirming the count of selections builds confidence that edits are made to all objects. Likewise, it also saves the editor time by mitigating the need to count all…

    11 votes
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  4. Better selection

    It would be nice if I did not have to 'click' on a symbol or text numerous times to select it.

    1 vote
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  5. Screen recording / timelapse for showing work progress or tutorial steps

    Wondering if you guys could incorporate a timelapse tool inside the app to record the artwork being done?

    27 votes
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  6. Different background colors for Presentation Mode

    Press (B) for Black, (W) for White, (G) for Grey

    3 votes
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  7. Share "Typequest" cache with Adobe applications.

    Illustrator CC 2019 and InDesign CC 2019 generate "Typequest" caches in separate folders by Visual Font Browsing, but occupy the disk because each cache size is large. 
    For Japanese, the font data becomes very large.
    In the future, it is not practical to generate caches individually for other applications, so caches should be shared by applications.

    (Translated to Japanese)
    Illustrator CC 2019 と InDesign CC 2019 は、ビジュアルフォント表示の ”Typequest" キャッシュを個別に作成しますが、このキャッシュサイズがとても大きく、ディスクを圧迫します。
    日本語の場合、フォントデータがとても大きくなります。
    今後、このキャッシュを Adobe アプリ全体で共通利用させ、個別に作成しないようにしてほしい。

    12 votes
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  8. "Font embedding" is possible in AI format

    "Font embedding" is possible in AI format, and added “the data of that font is kept if text is not edited" option.
    Data can be delivered to clients and output centers in AI format that all functions can be used, not PDF format.

    (Translated to Japanese)
    AI形式でも「フォントの埋め込み」ができて、「編集しない限り、そのフォントのデータを維持」するオプション。
    クライアントや出力センターに、PDF 形式ではなく、全機能が利用できる AI 形式でデータの受け渡しが可能になる。

    8 votes
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  9. Customizable "MOJIKUMI (Typesetting)" as same as InDesign.

    In the case of Japanese, arranging characters beautifully is directly related to the readability of the text, so typesetting is regarded as important.
    Japanese typesetting is delicate and very difficult.
    I would like an equivalent type engine for InDesign.
    A common UI with InDesign is desirable.

    (Translated to Japanese)
    文字組設定をInDesign並みにカスタムできるようにしてほしい。
    日本語の場合、美しく文字を並べることが、テキストの読みやすさに直結するので、文字組みは重要視されます。
    日本語の文字組みは繊細でとても難しいです。
    InDesign並の組版エンジンがあればと思います。
共通UIが望ましい。

    14 votes
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  10. CID/GID (Character ID/Glyph ID) are displayed in Glyphs panel.

    In the case of Japanese, there are many variations of Chinese character, so it is useful to know CID/GID.
    Because it does not make a mistake when designing character. Also, I want CID/GID when using many old characters.

    A common UI with InDesign is desirable.

    (Translated to Japanese)
    字形パネルにグリフのCID/GIDを表示して欲しい。
    日本語の場合、漢字のバリエーションが多いので、IDがわかると便利です。
    作字の時などに間違いないようにしたり、また、旧字を多数使用のする時に CID/GID を表示してほしいです。
InDesign と UI を揃えて欲しいです。

    13 votes
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  11. Please add rotate button to the Control panel like in InDesign

    Please add rotate button to the Control panel like in InDesign

    4 votes
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  12. "Place... Show Import Options" check box to be Persistent

    When placing a multi page PDF without checking "Show Import Options", Illustrator will almost never place the first page of the PDF document. It more often places the second page, or the last. This is a big problem for us. We are tired of doing the wrong layout over & over. I would recommend that "Show Import Options" checkbox be persistent, and fix the bug that makes Illustrator NOT place the first page of a multi page PDF document if the "Show Import Options" check box is not selected.

    2 votes
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  13. Pattern brush can be created while viewing preview as in pattern edit mode.

    Creating tiles and checking whether the seams are aligned is hard work.
    I think that it is convenient to have a function that can create a pattern brush while watching the preview as in the pattern edit mode.
    It seems that the efficiency of pattern brush creation will be greatly increased.

    (Translated to Japanese)
    タイルを作成し、つなぎ目が揃っているかを確認する作業は大変なので、パターン編集モードのようにプレビューを見ながらパターンブラシを作成できる機能がほしい。
    制作時の作業効率が大幅にUPすると思います。

    18 votes
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  14. Reduce memory used and improve whole application performance speed.

    Improvement of whole application performance speed.
    Reduce the amount of memory used. (But keep a nimble performance)
    User thinks that performance improvement is the most important, but please do not correct it so that it will improve by using a lot of memory.

    Reasons :
    Recently, memory management has improved, but application crashes due to illegal memory access still occur.
    If the operation speed is slow, I think that work efficiency will be the most degraded.
    Reduction in time to start up and performance greatly affect all work.
    Not all users are using the new and high spec machines.
    Although…

    46 votes
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  15. Please make unlinking symbols available via scripting

    As a motion designer I often transfer graphics from Illustrator to After Effects using Overlord from battleaxe.co

    Unfortunately the developer can not access unlinking symbols via scripting so this process still has to be done with a workaround. Especially with projects that involve a fair mount of symbols (like infographics or UI design) this would be very convenient.

    Thank you!

    3 votes
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  16. Crop ratio

    In Photoshop, you're able to apply ratios that lock the cropping view frame which you're then able to position over the photo. This would be great for Illustrator as well.

    2 votes
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  17. JSON for ExtendScript

    JSON is a standard JavaScript data format. Considering how close ExtendScript is to JavaScript it is very baffling that common functions like JSON.parse and JSON.stringify are not supported.

    Support for JSON would be very appreciated.

    14 votes
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  18. Less buggy updates, more testing before forcing it on users.

    3 votes
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  19. Export plain absolute or relative SVG-Code - not mixed on as now.

    Ai creates SVG-Code with both types of instructions: absolute (capital letters in the code) and relative (lower case letters in the code) instructions. For working with the SVG-Code, it would be better, Ai creates plain absolute or plain relative Code - perhaps the user can choose it before exporting. For my work with SVG, I programmed a tool to do so (in a second step after exporting of course), but it would be much better (and for all of us), if Ai would do it itself.

    3 votes
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  20. Please implement the ability to export a pdf in a raster format to help prevent unauthorized use of your design.

    Please implement the ability to export a pdf in a raster format to help prevent unauthorized use of your design.

    3 votes
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