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  1. Allow to customize color of text used by Distance Guides

    Recently Illustrator received Distance Guides (can be disabled in Preferences > Smart Guides > Invoke Distance Guides), thanks to this request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/34302196 (it uses Opt/Alt, not Cmd/Ctrl)

    For some reason the color of text in these is black — while the lines use the one set for object guides (magenta by default today). It makes it very hard to see when working with dark designs.

    Dimension Tool uses magenta color for the same text... I think it should be either magenta as well, or a separate option should be used to set the color.

    6 votes
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  2. Zoom on text in panels and dialogs, for better accessibility

    Give us the ability to zoom in on text in all panels and dialogs. People have dyslexia, meres-irhlen syndrome and even just bad eyesight. Nobody wants to have their face two inches away from their screen just so they can see what they’re reading. This would have the added benefit of making presentations in a classroom setting more easy and thus, would make more people interested in subscribing to the software.

    I personally get my use of the Adobe suite through my university, however there are certainly hundreds of thousands of people who pay to use the software and this…

    2 votes
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  3. 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

    9 votes
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  4. Offer more control for managing Profile Mismatching per image

    Profile mismatch alerts are given per each linked image, and the choices offered don’t allow to control this efficient enough.

    Please give us these things:

    1 - Ability to hide alerts in bulk
    It would be helpful if, like with other features, there could be a checkbox option for “Apply this action to all future alerts” to handle this.

    2 - Clear indication of which image the alert is referring to
    There may be cases where you’d want to fix a linked image with an irregular color setting, so the following detailed options might be useful:
    — A “Details” button…

    1 vote
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  5. Add Image Trace presets for QR codes and other barcodes

    One of the most common issues I have is receiving QR codes or barcodes from a customer as low-resolution JPEGs or PNGs. Asking customers to understand which formats from online generators are vector formats is always an issue.

    While I know I can technically regenerate the QR code with an online generator, it feels like a natural extension of the existing Image Trace function to be able to recognise QR codes or barcodes and to snap the vector artwork to a proper grid.

    This could be implemented with something like "snap points to 90° angles" or something, but I think…

    3 votes
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  6. Find circle from a given arc

    A tool that, when clicking on a previously created arc, would calculate and give the circle whose circumference that arc is part of; this would enable easier amendments, recreation etc. Can sometimes be done by trial and error, but not always accurately, particularly with 'shallow' arcs for which the circle can be surprising large - difficult to know buy just increasing size, moving centre, repeating etc.

    1 vote
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  7. Apple Intelligenceの作文ツールに対応希望&「印刷プレビューでのプリントオプションの"一部機能のサポートの要望

    PhotoshopやillustratorだとApple Intelligenceの作文ツールが使えるように要望します、&
    印刷プレビューでのプリントオプションの"プレビューで開く"と"PDF作成"もサポートするようにリクエストします。
    I would like to request that you can use Apple Intelligence's composition tool for Photoshop and illustrator, &
    Request that you also support the print options "Open in Preview" and "Create PDF" in the print preview.

    1 vote
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  8. 「印刷プレビューでのプリントオプションの"一部機能のサポートの要望

    印刷プレビューでのプリントオプションの"プレビューで開く"と"PDF作成"もサポートするようにリクエストします。
    I would like to request that you also support the print options "Open in Preview" and "Create PDF" in the print preview.

    1 vote
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  9. नेपाली भाषामा अक्षरहरु नमिल्ने समस्या

    नेपाली भाषामा लाेगाे बनाउँदा नेपाली अक्षरहरु टुटेकाे हुनाले Illustrator बाट लाेगाे र छपाकाे काम गर्न सकेकाे छैन । यसका लागि अझै पनि Corel Draw नै चनाउनु परेकाे छ ।

    Illustrator मा पनि Microsoft Word Art Support गरे सजिलाे हुने थियाे वा कुनै Plugin भए राम्राे हुने थियाे

    1 vote
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  10. Remember if Artboard or Asset Tab Last Used in Asset Export dialog

    Please remember the last tab in the Asset Export window I was on. It defaults to Assets when I usually use Artboards due to the naming convention I build across artboards. GUI for it is still a bit rough and could use some enhancements. Thx

    2 votes
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  11. Add a way to add Asset Export button in the toolbar

    Would like to see the Asset Export Icon live up top on the tool bar, or easily be added.

    2 votes
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  12. Illustrator, Adobe XD and After Effects applications are not compatible with the latest Snapdragon chips

    I'm experiencing a compatibility problem with the Illustrator, Adobe XD and After Effects applications, which are not compatible with the latest Snapdragon chips. The After Effects Beta version cannot even be installed.

    Do you have a timeframe for these applications to become compatible?

    1 vote
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  13. Allow to control font for Swatch Info objects

    Well... if one wants to choose font size for text in Swatch Info objects while making one — tough luck. We can only set the color chip size.

    Since Preview is completely missing now (here’s the request about it: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49681244), it’s hard to evaluate if text would be large enough to accompany them.
    Even if you change the font size after the Swatch Info is created — won’t do, each text line is a separate type objects, their leading won’t be adjusted, the card background rectangles won’t adapt!

    One can think this font is based on the [Normal Paragraph…

    3 votes
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  14. Allow to place cards next to color chips instead of always below for Swatch Info objects

    We can choose from two main layout options for Swatch Info: horizontal and vertical.
    Horizontal puts 'cards' with text info below the chips, while Vertical option makes them... wait! Still below? Not next to it?
    I think we should be able to choose if we want to place them on the side, rather then always at the bottom.
    Take a look at a draft mockup attached.

    3 votes
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  15. Allow to cut path with a drag rather than a click when using Scissors

    I want the Scissors tool to be able to cut paths like the Knife does, with a click-and-drag, splitting a path at an intersection of straight/freeform (straight by default) drawn line with a path (ideally prioritizing selected ones over others, like requested here: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/36111436)

    I’m rather tired of seeing this loud modal dialog when I don’t have Smart Guides enabled and miss a line (because the tool doesn’t have enough feedback by modern times’ standards: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/44725546)

    Take a look at the fake GIF I made to show how it should work.
    A single click should still work.
    This…

    3 votes
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  16. Recolor Artwork with Color Theory / Harmony

    A selectable feature to automatically recolor artwork using standard color theory harmonies like Complementary, Analogous, Monochromatic, Triadic, and Tetradic positioned within Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork.

    This would allow users to quickly explore different, harmonized color schemes for their designs.

    1 vote
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  17. 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:

    1. Transform Again Individually:
      Applies the last single transform operation to each selected object individually, rather than as a group.

    2. Transform Sequence Again:
      Applies the last sequence of transform operations to the selection.

    3. 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…

    11 votes
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  18. 안녕하세요 가장 최신버전에서, 인디자인 관리자실행해야 정상 기능이 작동하는 점이 개선해주세요 일러스트에서, 가장 최신버전에서, 세로방향쓰기 할 때, 한글과 영문 둘다 왼쪽에서 오른쪽 방향으로 쓰이게 되었으면 좋겠습니다.

    안녕하세요

    가장 최신버전에서, 인디자인 관리자실행해야 정상 기능이 작동하는 점이 개선해주세요

    일러스트에서, 가장 최신버전에서, 세로방향쓰기 할 때, 한글과 영문 둘다 왼쪽에서 오른쪽 방향으로 쓰이게 되었으면 좋겠습니다.

    인디자인 관리자실행안하고 실행하게되면 일부도구툴과 위에 윈도우 창들의 기능들이 일부 활성화가 안되는 현상이 발생합니다.

    1 vote
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  19. Configurable Trim Marks

    TL/DR: It would be incredibly helpful and relatively simple for AI's developers to let users configure the parameters of auto-generated trim marks.

    I've been using AI for three decades and somehow, even though I have been doing this the hard way that entire time, it never dawned on me until today to request this: configurable Trim Marks, both in Object: Create Trim Marks and Effect: Trim Marks. This is similar to the following request except that that one doesn't include the why that I feel is important:
    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/41926273-set-the-size-and-offset-of-effect-crop-marks-whi

    AI specifically creates trim marks in one very specific way: .5" .3pt…

    5 votes
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  20. Scrollable tabs

    I would like if the Ai interface was less "cluttered" and "manual" to use.

    Specifically, as in the case of having many tabs open than they fit in the viewport, I have to click on the double chevrons (>>) to only be able to open one file at a time. Rather, would you guys consider making it scrollable?

    1 vote
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