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  1. Show a progress bar for 'export for screens' when it's taking a little while

    Maybe it's just me making absolutely pathological files (7k paths that expand to 72k paths and 6k images) but sometimes 'export for screens' can take a while. And I just wanna close the file and get on with my life but I can't until it's done, and I'd like to know how long it's gonna take.

    Maybe pop up a progress bar at the top of the screen along with the "this is saving in the background and will close when it's done" grey box? Or maybe just, well, pop up a traditional window with a progress bar that's not…

    3 votes
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  2. PDF stroke and fill shape should be imported as a single object, not two separate objects

    PDF stroke and fill shape should be imported as a single object. Currently Illustrator parses such shapes as two objects: fill, stroke. This behaviour can be seen when exporting as PDF in Illustrator (without AI editing capabilities) and importing it again.

    Note: This seems to be caused by incorrect handling of B and B* PDF operators (fill + stroke in one object).

    4 votes
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  3. 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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  4. Develop offline version without subscription

    It is extremely morally bankrupt to have no options for purchasing adobe products without a subscription and in keeping everyone on the subscription model you are limiting the applications to essential online use. Keep the subscriptions and develop online versions for that level of product and allow customers to actually purchase the software that costs them ridiculously large amounts of money. It's extremely unprofessional to require all of your users to have an internet connection while other professional software exists that is out performing you in every way and I can actually just purchase the software. It is really the…

    3 votes
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  5. Illustrator should respect path direction when creating a compound path

    When creating a Compound Path from a selection, Illustrator does some things to the path directions to make it work for simple situations. But for more advanced artwork, the user should be able to set the path direction (by drawing, scripting or invoking the reverse path direction function) before applying the Make Compound Path command. This command should then not change any path direction, but apply the fill according to the path direction scheme.

    We can correct path direction of compound paths in the Attributes panel, but for complex situations (e.g. hundreds of concentric circles) this feels rather stupid.

    Please…

    2 votes
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  6. antes, era possível baixar fontes enquanto o programa estava aberto, e elas apareciam. na nova atualização, essa função desapareu

    1 vote
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  7. Please Return to PATH OFFSET IN OBJECT menu (from Path submenu) with custom commands

    I'd like to have the "Offset Path" command back in the OBJECT > PATH section, with the option to assign a custom command via "Keyboard Shortcuts" as before the last Illustrator update.
    I need to actually see and obtain the path, not through a visual effect.

    Problem:
    In the drop-down menu in OBJECT > PATH, the OFFSET PATH and TRACE OUTLINE options are there and work, BUT THEY ARE NOT PRESENT in the shortcut database, so a custom command cannot be added.

    I use paths in all their features, so I absolutely needs to have the right commands for productivity…

    1 vote
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  8. I Love Snapping Grids, the enhancement is amazing!

    I Love Snapping Grids, the enhancement is amazing!

    1 vote
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  9. Control which tool is activated by the eraser end of my stylus

    I do all my work with a drawing stylus and have never found the native Eraser tool to be useful. Instead I use Astute's Opacity Brush, which lets you quickly paint opacity masks for the selected objects.

    I'd love to be able to access it by flipping my stylus over and eraser-clicking, but that only gets the Eraser tool.

    Before the Opacity Brush came up I've had other thoughts for this - how about assigning the eraser end of the stylus to your favorite selection tool instead of constantly hitting hotkeys to switch to and from it, for instance?

    5 votes
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  10. Scale Strokes Only

    When Scaling numerically, the have choice whether to scale Strokes (and) effects as well.

    What I am looking for, is a way to scale stroke widths, without scaling the objects. In that way, it is easy to change several stroke widths, while keeping the ratio between the stroke widths. (I know the work around, to scale back the objects without scaling the strokes - but that comes with some risks and limitations)

    3 votes
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  11. 【要望】文字組み更新機能が本当にいらない&邪魔です。

    せめて無効に出来るとか設定追加してほしいです。
    他デザイナーから受け取った最終データを書き出した際にハングル文字が混じった状態になっていました。
    ウィンドウも毎回邪魔ですし余計な機能です。
    せっかくレイアウトに合わせて文字組みした状態なのに勝手に変換されて崩れるのも困りますし、バグも多いし全然嬉しいと思った場面がないです。

    何か新しい取り組みの一環なのか知りませんが
    このような機能を追加するなら有効/無効が選択できる状態で実装してください。
    文字組みは自分でやります。

    4 votes
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  12. 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
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  13. Make the Illustrator Home Screen Responsive

    Problem:
    Right now, the Home screen is center-justified and fixed-width. On wide monitors, this creates huge blank space between the left sidebar and the file previews. Even worse, recent projects are hidden off-screen until the app window is stretched far enough. They don’t wrap, resize, or scroll, they just vanish.

    Why this sucks:
    Users with wide displays waste massive amounts of screen real estate.
    Important files appear to be “missing” unless you manually widen the window.
    The layout looks like an old webpage centered in a box, not professional software.

    Screenshots attached:
    Welcome screen: can’t see all projects unless window…

    2 votes
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  14. Support compressing images with WebP when exporting via Adobe PDF Presets

    When exporting a PDF, there are several options to compress images: JPEG, JPEG 2000, ZIP. And we can choose the image quality, from Min to Max. To a degree, PDF file sizes can be reduced with these settings, but at a certain point the image quality is too poor for anything meaningful. WebP has incredibly high quality for a low file size, plus it supports an alpha channel.

    This feature would automatically benefit Photoshop and InDesign as well, as they share these presets.

    2 votes
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  15. I'd like to be able to drag files directly into folders within Projects on Creative Cloud.

    I'd like to be able to drag files directly into folders within Projects on Creative Cloud.

    2 votes
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  16. Proper UI for text box conversions between auto-width, auto-height, and fixed-height

    The current way to convert text boxes feels very cumbersome. There really should be a 3 item toggle (properties panel?) for quick conversions to:

    Single height
    Fixed height
    Auto height

    And there shouldn't be an overset text penalty if converting to single height.

    1 vote
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  17. Our own custom new document templates

    It would be great if we could have our own folder in which to store our customized NEW DOCUMENT TEMPLATES and have it in the row where RECENT, SAVED, MOBILE, WEB, PRINT... are stored.

    There is also an error when saving a template in the templates folder:
    http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/50416839

    2 votes
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  18. Improve Save a Copy as PDF workflow

    Description:
    When saving a copy as PDF, artboards must be chosen in the first step — before seeing any PDF settings. This is awkward and less flexible.

    Suggestion:
    • Allow artboard selection in the PDF settings step.
    • Add a preview (like in Print or artboards/screens in export) so users can easily see and pick the artboards they want.

    This would make saving PDFs faster, clearer, and more user-friendly.

    3 votes
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  19. Option to have AI prompt me instead of me promptng AI

    A feature set we need is for Adobe to allow natural language descriptions for automating process steps and allow AI to suggest alternative methods or workflow where possible and allow training-on-the-fly for how-to steps based upon stylistic and other choices I make when prompted with options by AI iteratively.
    This would bring the power of AI to a “train me, don’t show me” type of assistance where AI suggests steps, tools, and options that I might use to create the effects or results I am envisioning. One great beauty in this is that I am learning how to do things…

    1 vote
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  20. Make it possible to have NO active Artboard

    I often take screenshots of my work within Illustrator for Proofing purposes and more.. but when doing this I'm often stuck with the dark outline of the active artboard mixed in with multiple other images that do not have the dark artboard line. yes, often times I can simply hide artboards and get what I need, but other times what I'm looking for is only within my Trim view. So even when I go into Trim view and try to hide artboards to remove this dark outline, it does not. I recently learned that toggling to overprint fill turns the…

    1 vote
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