To increase canvas size, just create a new document and set your artboard size for example 5000 cm width. This will automatically create a larger canvas so it can fit the large artboard in.

So how do we access the new larger canvas settings?

I know this isn't the place to put this, but don't know who to ask, but on the new version it defaults to "Align to key object" in the align options, and it's driving me up the wall.

How do I turn this off? If I switch it back to "Align to selection" it just reverts back to key object the next time I select two things again. Please help I can't stand this.

Thought for the next version. When you're working large-scale and use the text tool to add some type, it's still set to the default size so it ends up incredibly small. Maybe scale up the text tool 1000x in large canvas mode?

oh my god

THANK YOU! Finally no more resizing! Billboards, hoarding, wallpapers ... no more scaling!

You have made the world a better place. THANK YOU for this!

Can you change the color or make bold of the feet # on the ruler to distinguish feet from inches?

So the document size has or is being fixed with a larger size now instead of being locked at 227 inches. This limitation is going to make me switch over to Corel which i hate but will do it for this reason.

Yeah. I must be doing something wrong here. I installed 24.1.3 Build 1 RC and I don't see anything related to large format canvas or "Converting to large canvas format" as other comments have stated. I'm going to assume everyone else is experiencing a mass hallucination because the idea of me being left out personally is too hurtful.

Trying out the Prerelease. Couple items of feedback: It seems odd to me that this exists in the Properties panel only when I have the Select tool active. I would have expected it to be part of the Artboard options.

Also, I was notified that sizing up, "some limitations will apply" but when I clicked the link just got taken to a generalized support page. Assuming this is a beta thing? But I'm left wondering what limitations exist on the larger canvas. Do I need to have lower point counts? Fewer raster images? Will my files be bigger?

Remove Canvas size limits! Idiotic.

It took THREE YEARS for this simple fix? And it's only in prerelease?? Jesus Christ adobe

@er1k this is currently only available in the Prerelease at this time:

https://www.adobeprerelease.com/

I'm on 24.1.1 right now. What did they change actually?
Canvas size maxes out at 577 cm. So what's new about that???

Hello,

Can we add a feature in Illustrator that allows bigger Canvas sizes? The current max size is 227 x 227 inches / 577 x 577 cm. My team and I are currently working on an exhibit design that needs Graphics that are well over that max size of 227 x 227 inches / 577 x 577 cm. It would be great to be able to make artboards at any size needed project per project.

Hope this can be done,

I develop graphics for museum exhibits, including wall-sized murals, banners, and other large environmental graphics. Many of our graphics are odd, non-rectilinear shapes; for these we have to scale our architect's drawings to get an accurate shape. This scaling obviously creates issues, and we've been hoping for this update for years.

I've installed the build (24.1), and overall the large canvas feature appears to be working. However, right off the bat, I noticed oddities with how the build handles font size (see attached screenshot). Manually entering a point size works as intended, however using the dropdown menu causes Illustrator to multiply the size by ten.

to anonymous - bit of a narrow minded approach, sounds like the juniors need to be trained in vector rather than penalising the program.

Been following this discussion for a while now, I think it's good that something is being done about this but also disappointed that it's not a proper solution - from what I've seen and heard it seems to be a bit of a get-you-by bodge that changes the scaling of the existing canvas to appear bigger. I still maintain that the best approach for this would be to allow users to select their canvas size and zoom level. Then if working on a small icon, the program will be fast and efficient, if working on a full size bill board than it's also possible even if the user suffers in memory and processor usage. (if you're regularly working on massive raster designs than expect to have to get a computer with the processing power to back it up)

good luck all.

Please don't!
I have no intention whatsoever to receive and handle full-sized billboards with 300dpi raster from juniors.

For those who lack this option: scale your designs. Or switch to Corel Draw.

I have build 2 of large canvas installed and working. If I try to create a new file it rescales the artboard to the 227" normal limit. Just creating a normal size file, converting to large canvas, and changing the artboard size works every time. To the guy below (Jonny), if you convert the document you are copying from to "Large Canvas" before copying and pasting into another "Large Canvas" document it is scaled properly.