Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests
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Image Crop Feature
This is a bug with regards to Image crop feature in Illustrator.
While I try to unembed a cropped image (in Illustrator) and link to a PSD source file, the source PSD file gets flattened or layers get merged to a single layer. The source PSD file gets altered and damaging it.
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Save to older version of EPS or AI
CS6 does not appear to allow the user to save to older versions of EPS or AI. Many vendors and designers are still using older versions, and the inability to save to older versions is creating a lot of problems.
3 votes
Neeraj Nandkeolyar
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It should be possible to do so through File > Save As… then select the Format as .ai or .eps, then click Save. In the next dialog select the desired version from CC to Ai3.
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Being able to use pathfinder on more complex forms.
Being able to use pathfinder on more complex forms. To easy create shadows and things for characters by copy and paste and then using subtract from pathfinder.
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Illustrator - Trace image and turn in to an editable path instead of shapes
I would love to be able to take my drawings and use the live trace feature (or maybe even a feature within the Illustrator app??) that would allow me to trace my hand-drawn sketches (on paper) and turn them into line paths instead of outlined shapes. This way, I don't have to trace my images again, once they are in Illustrator. It would be a huge time saver!
3 votesThere are options for image tracing in AI. Extended panel gives you an ability to select Strokes instead of Fills. Tweaking these can help you with that. Please comment back if you think these should be refined.
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A set of order commands to put objects in a selection above below the key object
Sometimes I need to move something I already selected behind or above something else.
The current workaround would be to cut it, select the target object, use Paste in Front / Back command.
Using clipboard for this is evil, because putting stuff in it (especially if you have large images) is costly.What Ai could have allowed is to treat the key object as the target.
Select all you need with the object to put above/below, click it, call the normal Arrange command — voila.There’s a beautiful set of 2 free scripts developed long ago by Herman van Boeijen…
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Line Cut Tool for Adobe Illustrator
I would like to suggest a new tool for Adobe Illustrator called “Line Cut”.
The concept is very simple: the user draws a straight line across any selected object, and Illustrator cuts the object along that line from one edge to the other.
The tool should work with:
- Vector shapes;
- Compound paths;
- Groups;
- Text converted to outlines;
- Multiple selected objects;
- Placed or embedded raster images.
For example, if I have a rectangle and draw a line through its middle, the tool would immediately divide the rectangle into two independent objects.
The same concept should work with irregular vector shapes: the…
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Illustrator & Adobe Stock Integration
Illustrator & Adobe Stock Integration
Observation | A User may download and insert a comp image from Adobe Stock into their project while awaiting client image approval, however, relinking the file is a long an unnecessarily tedious process.
Behaviour | The User places the comp Adobe Stock image into their project. The client approves the images. The User clicks the ReLink button, copies the comp image ID number from the filename in the top left of the screen, navigates to stock.adobe.com, pastes in the filename ID number and searches for the image. The User then downloads the high resolution image,…
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Let the user choose the colors of the Transparency Grid
Sometimes the chessboard is too heavy in contrast, too dark, too light, too gray. Please add full flexibility.
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The transparent areas of (point) text boxes should not be selectable.
It is difficult / impossible to select any object below any portion of a (point type) text box, even when the area under the cursor is completely empty / transparent. In the attached screenshot examples, the pink line is not selectable because it is covered by a text box, even when there are no active pixels or vector data under the cursor within the text area. No other objects in Illustrator behave this way. Transparency is supposed to be non selectable. Illustrator treats the entire text box as an object with a fill, even though text boxes completely lack a…
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Let me see how many paths are in my document once all the appearances are processed.
I do a lot of crazy things with the Appearance palette. Sometimes it's really easy for me to start generating absolutely apocalyptic numbers of paths without realizing it, and make Illustrator start acting really weird in seemingly unrelated places.
I would love it if the preview renderer (both cpu and gpu!) kept track of how many paths it is actually rendering once all the effects on all the paths in the documents are handled, and alerted me when I start getting into catastrophically huge numbers of paths. The threshold where this starts happening should be user-configurable, so it can be…
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Add a option for leader or select leader button
In this case of tabs, I wanna change the dot leader to be smaller and have more spacing, but I can not select multi tabs and change it at oncce.
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Add Blend effect for Appearance to blend adjacent attributes
We need a blend fx in this Appearance to blend between 2 layers (may be fill or stroke), no need to create and blend separate objects with just different colors for this graphic effect
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Allow smart guides to highlight the outline of an object or path snapped to
Often when there are multiple objects in very close proximity to one another, determining which of those objects the active object is aligning to can be uncertain, especially when those close-proximity objects are small or their paths are very close.
And when you are trying to align an object to another using smart guides as the reference, one might be aligning to the wrong object.
That is why it is important to know exactly which object is being aligned to... Currently the pink line 'touches' at its endpoint, the object it's aligning to. This can be confusing when there are…2 votes -
Adjust spacing between bullets and text
Currently, the bullet-to-text gap is an automatic setting that cannot be controlled by the user, despite placing tab stops on the tabs ruler. There is no mechanism to control this either, in the paragraph tab. Whereas in apps like Word, the spacing can be adjusted between the bullet and text directly.
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Let 'All Tools' close directly after a tool is activated by a double click.
There is no need to keep it open when a tool is double clicked.
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Arc from circle - Stroke or Fill
I think it's time to implement the Circle to have sweep/ratio handles to ease with various infographics and artworks. Request is a Circle that can be "cut" to any place to create a stroke only semi circle or arc. Example below.
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Save this Preserve Numbers option state (either checked or unchecked) for CMYK or RGB
CMYK or RGB PRESERVE NUMBERS CHECK BOX. Save this parameter (either checked or unchecked) like it used to be in earlier versions.
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ショートカット「Command+Option+tab」
過去にIllustrator CS5でショートカット「Command+Option+tab」を多用しておりました。
ペンツール使用時に「Command」を押して矢印ツールに切り替え、その後「Option+tab」で矢印を白・黒切り替えてオブジェクトの微調整をしておりました。
現在、そのショートカットが使用できずツールボックスで切り替える等しておりますが、
以前と比べて格段に作業性が悪くなりペンツールを使用するだけでストレスが溜まります。
大昔は「Command+tab」で出来、その後「Command+Option+tab」で出来た昔から長年使用できていたショートカットです。
私以外にも不満を感じている方はいらっしゃると思います。
復活をぜひよろしくお願いします。2 votes -
Please make a one button solution to remove clutter from New documents
When I create a new document in an updated Illustrator, I always get 'Video Rulers, Safety Margins, Center Mark and Crosshairs' visible. I never use those (smart guides, and precise creating shapes is enough), and wonder if anyone does.
To get rid of these annoying green distractions I have to visit a lot of places. Intuitively, Document settings is the place to go (I just started a new document)..., but no. We need to go to Artboard and then 'Quick Actions (??)' / Artboard Options to shutdown the Center Mark, there Crosshairs and the Video Safe Areas (5 clicks).
Then…2 votes -
Hidden layers significantly increase exported PDF file size even when Illustrator editing capabilities are disabled
When saving an Illustrator document as PDF, hidden layers appear to remain embedded in the resulting PDF and significantly increase its file size.
I have a document containing several dozen layers. Only one layer is visible at a time and is intended to be exported as a single A4 page.
When I save the document as PDF with all unnecessary PDF options disabled, including Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities, the resulting single-page A4 PDF is approximately 200 MB.
I then tested the same document by physically deleting all hidden layers and leaving only the visible layer. After saving the PDF again…
2 votes
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