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1. Allow to save changes into the locked Arrowheads.ai file

   So you are a smart one and figured out how to make your own arrowheads...
   The help article tells how to do it (https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/stroke-object.html) and then the file itself has some instructions.

   But then you try to save the changes, and get an error message. You can't overwrite the file, because it’s locked by Ai, because it uses it to display arrowheads in their dropdown...

   Currently you have to save the file someplace else, close Ai, wait a bit, replace the fil, launch Ai back. Very cool...
   Then you realize you made a tiny mistake probably, and you have to repeat the process, opening a saved copy (if you left a copy) and relaunch Ai again.

   This is a wonderful and encouraging process to update presets! It’s like making pasta from the scratch each time you feel you need some more spices.

   How about making the process of making custom arrowheads somewhat more humane?

   So you are a smart one and figured out how to make your own arrowheads...
   The help article tells how to do it (https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/stroke-object.html) and then the file itself has some instructions.

   But then you try to save the changes, and get an error message. You can't overwrite the file, because it’s locked by Ai, because it uses it to display arrowheads in their dropdown...

   Currently you have to save the file someplace else, close Ai, wait a bit, replace the fil, launch Ai back. Very cool...
   Then you realize you made a tiny mistake probably, and you… more

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2. Spellchecker exception

   I work on thousands of Illustrator files, often just proofing or looking for errors. The addition of the spellchecker was great for speeding up my visual scan of the files, but...

   It works as it should in area text, but if there is point text with forced line breaks, every word at the beginning of a line which is not capitalised gets flagged as an error which defeats my quick visual scan.

   I've had to write an action to select all text, convert it to area text, and then remove paragraph breaks so that I can see the spelling mistakes and typos. The downside of this action is that if there are legitimate paragraph breaks, I lose them too.

   It would be useful to have a "don't check capitalisation" toggle, even if you spell it with a 'z'.

   I work on thousands of Illustrator files, often just proofing or looking for errors. The addition of the spellchecker was great for speeding up my visual scan of the files, but...

   It works as it should in area text, but if there is point text with forced line breaks, every word at the beginning of a line which is not capitalised gets flagged as an error which defeats my quick visual scan.

   I've had to write an action to select all text, convert it to area text, and then remove paragraph breaks so that I can see the spelling mistakes… more

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3. Rename embedded image

   I want an ability to rename an embedded image.
   Perhaps I don’t like the nonsense somebody else used to name it before embedding.
   Or I just want to give it a name in Links, to be able to distinguish them better (and no, renaming an item in Layers does not do that).

   And please consider the other similar request about renaming a linked image:
   https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/45706090-rename-linked-file

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4. Option to allow to group a single group, making it nested

   Sometimes we need to group a group. For example, for complex appearances, to nest graphics styles.
   But Illustrator does not allow that — and in most cases it’s a proper cautious behavior. But perhaps it can be toggled somewhere?

   So far we have two workarounds for this.
   1. Create a dummy object, select both it and the group you want to 'wrap', group them together, delete the dummy object.
   2. Use a script 'Add Group Anyway': https://onthehead.com/ais/group003/ (it also can pull children form different groups into a new one — which is a thing we want too).

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5. Export Oversampling

   Problem:
   - Often when exporting from AI at 1x scale the anti-aliasing quality is not optimal.
   - My current workaround is to export at a larger size and downsample in PS. I typically require 1x and 2x sizes, so I will export at 4x and then choose a resampling algorithm based on the artwork.

   Goal:
   - Imrpove the image quality of exported images from AI

   Proposed Solution:
   - Add ‘Oversampling’ as a per-scale export option, this could be done with the following parameters:
   - Oversampling [toggle] : on, off
   - Quality [combo] : 2x, 4x, 8x, etc.
   - Resample Mode [combo] : Bilinear, Bicubic, Bicubic Sharper, etc.

   I’ve attached a very simple example; a 1x export (png24, AA Mode: Type), followed by the same image exported @4x and downsampled in PS to 1x using Bilinear, and Bicubic algorithms.

   Problem:
   - Often when exporting from AI at 1x scale the anti-aliasing quality is not optimal.
   - My current workaround is to export at a larger size and downsample in PS. I typically require 1x and 2x sizes, so I will export at 4x and then choose a resampling algorithm based on the artwork.

   Goal:
   - Imrpove the image quality of exported images from AI

   Proposed Solution:
   - Add ‘Oversampling’ as a per-scale export option, this could be done with the following parameters:
   - Oversampling [toggle] : on, off
   - Quality [combo] : 2x, 4x, 8x, etc.
   - Resample Mode… more

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6. Actions for Image Tracing

   Hi Adobe, PLEASE can you add more detail to the actions. For example, when I run an image trace, I don't just want to rerun the last one as I have different presets. I want to be able to say use the "Outline Fills" Image Trace and expand. Additionally these should be able to be adjusted later by double clicking the action line - like photoshop does

   Thank you!

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7. ダイレクト選択ツールのマイナスが使えなくなった。グループ選択ツールはいらない。

   ダイレクト選択ツールのマイナスが使えなくなった。グループ選択ツールはメリットがないから不要。

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8. Share and Review for Illustrator (email notification designation)

   Hi Adobe team,

   I Co-own and Creative Direct at a small design agency of about 12 people. Myself and my design team are loving the Share and Review feature as it is saving us so much time in our presentation prep on client work. There is one thing though that would make our lives even better (and the life of our project manager). We would love for there to be a feature where you can designate where the notification emails go to when comments are made. Currently it goes to the person who generated the link (usually a designer), or the client has to directly tag someone who is on the share file to receiver the email (good luck training them to do so lol). Now, our PM is generally handling getting feedback and updates from clients into our Asana making it so design team does not have to bounce all over from emails, to asana, to designs again...and can just focus on what we do best...designing. So by having a setting where, regardless of who generated the link, it funnels to our PM's email she could constantly have real time updates and better manage the progression of the project. Thank you again for implementing the share feature, and I hope maybe this additional feature someday makes it way into a build :)

   Hi Adobe team,

   I Co-own and Creative Direct at a small design agency of about 12 people. Myself and my design team are loving the Share and Review feature as it is saving us so much time in our presentation prep on client work. There is one thing though that would make our lives even better (and the life of our project manager). We would love for there to be a feature where you can designate where the notification emails go to when comments are made. Currently it goes to the person who generated the link (usually a designer), or… more

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9. Select the unlocked layer when the top layer is locked on file open

   When working in/opening a file and the top layer is locked, the next layer should be selected automatically.

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10. Add a Ink mixing tool for pantone & special color mix with cmyk in vector.

    I am a Printing Packaging employee. am using adobe illustrator last 10 years continue. but am facing a issue with inmixing so for this I have to take plugin of some other company. but i have 4 user licenses of adobe.

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11. Illustrator 26.5.2 The new Lock object tool is terrible

    Go back to previous old version of the object lock. I do not like the gray border of a locked object. I cannot click through the object on other objects around or near the locked object. The OLD way of locking objects was better. It just sat there visually and did not affect neighboring objects.

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

    This can be toggled with 'Select and Unlock objects on canvas' option in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display section

12. Resources for Pen tool

    Dear Sirs, Architects of Adobe Illustrator.
    I am a user of this extraordinary program and I come to suggest that you create a resource so that the Pen tool can be used with the same resources as the Brush tool. That is, allowing us to expand through keyboard shortcuts and also be previously configured with Brush effects. It would make it much easier to create geometric designs, which are done more precisely with the Pen tool, but with predefined Brush strokes.
    Thanks in advance for your attention,
    Salvador

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13. Create auto numbers/symbols in the type tool

    it will be easier if we can make something like this in illustrator, especially for keyboards that don't have a number pad

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14. Selecting layer selects artboard

    I have been given an icons file that has 100+ icons, each on a separate artboards.

    I can search (finally) for the item in Layers and select it, but it is not selecting or locating the artboard at the same time.

    An alternative to this would be to have a search function on artboards.

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15. Gradient mesh symmetry capability

    I enjoy using gradient mesh and I think it would be great to be able to create a symmetry of gradient mesh paths when creating an object that requires symmetry in other words an object such as a computer screen design that I would like the left and the right colorations to be exactly the same. By doing this, there would be a half way symmetry point such as a rectangle or square where the halfway line would be the one of symmetry. So by creating a mesh line on the left it would automatically be created on the right.

    Currently to achieve this, I create the object detail on one half, then duplicate the object, reflect it, and use a clipping mask to hide the half I do not want.

    I enjoy using gradient mesh and I think it would be great to be able to create a symmetry of gradient mesh paths when creating an object that requires symmetry in other words an object such as a computer screen design that I would like the left and the right colorations to be exactly the same. By doing this, there would be a half way symmetry point such as a rectangle or square where the halfway line would be the one of symmetry. So by creating a mesh line on the left it would automatically be created on the right.

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16. Can't undo Auto bullets

    If I undo the bullets (which came automatic after space bar) the letter disappear.

    For example: I can't use (-) at front of text with 1 spacebar.

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17. Width Tool Changes When Adding New Points or Mirroring and Joining Objects

    This issue really affects me, especially when I create an entire path, but then gets destroyed due to more points. Could you consider getting rid of width profiles or make an option to disable it? I want the width point to stay at the exact same place all the time just like anchor points! Also the width tool points can be very inaccurate, as shown in the picture below.

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18. CC Libraries on Illustrator Paste in Place in artboard

    Could we get an option to save an artboard together with the group of items selected when we save to Libraries?

    I mean instead of modifying the artboard size to fit all elements, libraries would save the size of the original artboard and all the items in it, including the items that bleed outside (as bleed marks).

    2 - Would also be super useful to get an option to "paste in place" when pasting an item from the library into an artboard if the target artboard is the same size as the original artboard.

    I will try to explain my issue and why I'm suggesting this (It is long, you don't have to read it if you understand the main suggestion):

    I have created a library of several complete artworks to be used by the rest of the team I work with. The idea is that for repeat files, text, photo, and elements placement is always the same no matter who uses it.

    When I create the artwork, I always leave some bleed marks to avoid white lines on the border of exported files (that bug that happens sometimes). So, if my artboard is 2000x2000, with bleed, the whole group becomes 2008x2008.

    When I save the group to the library, the file in the library will have an artboard of 2008x2008 instead of an artboard of 2000x2000 with the bleed marks.

    The problem is, when we "Place Copy" the library item into an artboard, it is rarely placed in the original place it was when I saved it to the library.

    If I place it as a link, it somehow aligns but it will not from time to time.

    If I "place a copy", I always have to try to aim the perfect spot when placing it but if it has a photo in a clipping mask, it never aligns correctly! (and I have to align it manually again)

    Also, if I save only one item in the artboard, that is just part of the component, I won't have the original position saved and will have to manually place it correctly in a new artboard or make a transparent object to save the position.

    The workarounds I found were:
    - Go into edit mode, copy what I need, and paste in place on the new artboard. The problem with this is that you need edit access to go into that mode and I don't want to give editing access to all the team members that - will need this material.
    - The other is to place the group anywhere and then align it to the current artboard manually, with the align tools. The problem with this is that it only works when you have the full composition. If I save one component and want to save the placement of it in an artboard, I have to save a transparent object as a guide as well, which can be annoying and confusing for newer members of the team I work with.

    I attached some examples to try to explain better as this has been hard to describe.

    If anyone knows any other workaround for this situation that I have missed, I'd love to hear it!

    Could we get an option to save an artboard together with the group of items selected when we save to Libraries?

    I mean instead of modifying the artboard size to fit all elements, libraries would save the size of the original artboard and all the items in it, including the items that bleed outside (as bleed marks).

    2 - Would also be super useful to get an option to "paste in place" when pasting an item from the library into an artboard if the target artboard is the same size as the original artboard.

    I will try to explain my… more

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19. Allow to set Shades, similar to how Tints work now

    I'd like to see a Shade option added to global swatches. Currently, we have tint, which adds varying levels of white to the color until you reach 100% white. Shade would act in the opposite direction, adding varying levels of black until you reached 100% black.

    I would envision this working by letting users click the "T" next to the slider in the color palette and having it switch to an "S", with the gradient changing from white on the left to black.

    This would be helpful because I often find myself needing not only lighter hues to work with a color palette but darker ones as well. I rely on creating al new colors or multiplying a black shape on top of the current color one. This does add a layer of complexity to shape selection and color changes with global colors. A global shaded color would update as would any global tinted color.

    I'd like to see a Shade option added to global swatches. Currently, we have tint, which adds varying levels of white to the color until you reach 100% white. Shade would act in the opposite direction, adding varying levels of black until you reached 100% black.

    I would envision this working by letting users click the "T" next to the slider in the color palette and having it switch to an "S", with the gradient changing from white on the left to black.

    This would be helpful because I often find myself needing not only lighter hues to work with… more

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20. Crop Image to Artboard Option

    When creating multiple graphics with high-quality images, it would be great if there was an option to select when cropping an image that automatically cropped the image to the size of the artboard.

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