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  1. Artistic Corner Options

    I had to make a customized corner style for a project that needed to match its existing vintage look and realized how limited the options were. I had to paste the shape into indesign and even then I still needed to modify them after I converted it back to Ai in order to match the desired look.
    I know with nowadays minimalism we rarely make complicated borders and corners anymore but I still don't get it why we have millions of fancy brushes for stroke but non for corner....

    I hope there'll be an update with better options for this…

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  2. Rename 'Group Selection Tool' to Path Selection Tool

    Confusing name - the Group Selection tool, ignores groups - it selects a path, even when part of a group.
    Should be name 'Path Selection Tool'

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  3. Add back ability to scale objects using up and down arrows in Illustrator 22.1

    Add back ability to scale objects using up and down arrows in Illustrator 22.1

    You used to be able to select an object and change it's size by clicking up and down arrows (when rulers was on). Now that feature is gone, and you can't do it with Transform either. I only see the ability to manually enter numbers.

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  4. Remember swift 3d? 3d Vector animations? Add 3d to illustrator with the same 3d vector engine

    Remember swift 3d? 3d Vector animations? Add 3d to illustrator with the same 3d vector engine

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  5. Transfor Each: tranformation origin

    In the Transform Each dialog, particularly when selecting a corner of the selection as the origin, the appearance of the objects is taken into account, i.e. if you have strokes on the objects, they will be included in the selection "bounding box", and thus change the origin of transformation accordingly. While this could be the expected behavior, it really should be optional, that is, the orign of the transformation should also possibly be based on the vectors themselves, and not their appearance.

    All in all, Transform Each is powerful and very useful, but very much under-designed. There are already other…

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  6. Guidelines for artboards and transformation options

    You should be able to have a ruler for every artboard you work on (with an option to turn it on or off).
    Also, artboard should have their own guidelines, that does not extend beyond bleeding area of the artboard. These guidelines should copy automatic to the new artboard when you copy the artboard with Option-Drag.
    Also, when selectable, the Guideline should have the transform options in transform panel (a rotation and size would be an excellent option)

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  7. Change default point type (corner or smooth) when using Join tool

    When joining two open paths using the Join tool, the point created at their intersection will always be smooth, even if the two paths previously ended in corners (such as in the diagram). I would like to please request that the Join tool give the user the option to choose what kind of point (corner or smooth) it will create.

    In the same vein, may I request that an option to remove previous points be added? (indicated by red arrows on diagram attached)

    Finally, when trying to convert that new point to a corner, one must first explicitly change it…

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  8. "Sowing"

    So the name is called "Sowing" for the reason as shown in the picture. The object doesn't necessarily have to have so many "cuts."

    The idea is to make "slices" within a single object, which allows a stroke or other object to over- and underlap an object in a single layer, without having to make extra layers to hide the "threading" object. This will prevent having to cut up, or mask or duplicate objects.

    Basically it's also allowing anchors of the same object to switch between layers.

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  9. Stencils: Pencil or Brush Draw Inside/Outside Any Guide or Path

    I'd really like to see an implementation for stencils and drawing along rulers, guides and inside/outside any path.

    See this implementation of Escape Motions app Rebelle 3.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzFyk4r47EY

    https://www.escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/

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  10. Editing corner radius

    It is extremely important in my job that I am able to manipulate the corner radiuses of an object uniformly or individually by entering a specific number. I am not able to find this feature in the latest 2018 version that is as easily accessible as the previous version. I would really appreciate it if this feature was available on the transform palette.

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  11. Kontour in Adobe Draw

    Hello,
    it would be great if you could draw contours in Adobe Draw. If I draw a picture with a black contour in Draw, it is always a closed sharpe. A Kontour (as in Illustrator) would simplify later editing in Illustrator many times over.
    Many Thanks
    Gabi

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  12. One Tool for vectors illustrators

    Hi,
    it would be wonderful if connectivities in-one tool existing tools:

    1. Curvature tool

    2. Shaper Tool

    3. Pencil Tool

    4. Shape bulider tool

    5. Bulider Shape tool

    Example actions:

    1. Draw a basic shape by hand, eg. A rectangle - function works Shaper Tool and create a regular rectangle with 4 nodes.

    2. Tap cursor anywhere on the one side line, and I add a new node, drag it to modificate line and create curves - function works Curvature tool

    3. On one of the sides of shape between nods, draw zigzag. Draw zigzag starting from a point outside the line of the curve (somewhere on the…

    2 votes
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  13. Option to disable the "Shape expanded" popup message

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  14. An L-systems panel like Inkscape, but where you can use symbols too.

    Could be really powerful for pattern making, placing editable symbols or drawing lines or basic shapes with rules that can create patterns outside of the wallpaper set, including Penrose tiling and other fractals.

    2 votes
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  15. Option to have Measurements for Line - Full or Scaled.

    If I were to draw a line from pint A to B the size of that line is displayed under the line. This should be optional and be able to be turned off. Also have the ability to state scaled size so it might have arrows point to star and end of line and the size in the middle <--------- 10" ----------> or it might say 10" @ 1/10 actual size 100".

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  16. Replace objects with an object

    example:
    I have created a circle with text in it, and grouped it all together, however I have a pattern of Circles, and only want some of the circles in the pattern to look like the one I have created and grouped, so I can click the ones I want to replace, and then with a tool, select the group I've created, and it will replace the ones I've selected. Not too sure if this feature exists, though it would be a beneficial tool to have.

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    Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    The intended solution for this is to use Global Edit feature.

    Copy the object you want to replace with, then select one of many copies you want to replace and use Select > Start Global Edit command.

    Using Shift, unmark those copies you don’t want to affect.

    Isolate the targeted copy.

    Paste the copied object and position it correctly relatively the old object.

    Delete the old object.

    Exit the isolation and end Global Edit.

    It may sound convoluted at first, but once you master the method, you’d be able to easily replace almost anything.

    Global Edit has its limitations: it doesn’t work for images, text objects, clipped masks, linked objects, and third-party plugins.

    Read more about it here: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/global-edit.html

  17. Change Selection tool back to the way it was.

    The selection tool on an object is now really annoying. I have to zoom in really close to a small object to move it otherwise I get too many options and it just ends up spinning or resizing the object. Please fix!!!

    2 votes
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  18. New Tool Idea: "Drag Draw"

    I've developed a novel way of drawing vector shapes using a delayed "drag point" method which at first seems counter-intuitive, but is actually closer to the way people draw with pens and brushes, because the drawing point is distanced from the moving point by a controlled amount (as if drawing with a chain), smoothing out the resulting line. My working demo was built in Javascript and can be observed in the attached video, but would be much more powerful within Illustrator and Photoshop. The tool I created allows me to export SVGs and gives me the ability to create smooth…

    2 votes
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  19. 固定パスをドラッグ

    環境設定に有る「セグメントをリシェイプして固定パスをドラッグ」の機能を切り替えながら使いたい。
    オプションバーに表示して欲しい。

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  20. The ability to hide individual planes on the perspective grid. This would give more visibilty of shapes being worked on.

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