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  1. Duplicate & Distribute Objects

    An automated option to duplicate an object (or multiple objects) on an entire artboard.
    You could edit the space between the objects on the X and the Y axis.
    it would be super awesome if it would center multiple layers or objects before duplicating them. this thing could help the entire printing industry.

    1 vote

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  2. Export 3D elements with ALL of the faces separated.

    Please give us the ability to export 3D elements created in Ai with ALL of the faces separately (bevels, extrusion, front/back), so that they can be colored or textured individually. It would be very valuable and save time to have this in one app, just as is/was in Ps. thank you!

    2 votes

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  3. Keep the organizational structure of Libraries the same between Adobe apps

    I have put a lot of work organizing my libraries in Photoshop it would be nice if that organization structure would translate across all Adobe apps with libraries. Not have to organize my assets again in every program.

    2 votes

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  4. Select Artwork by Swatch

    This is how it should work:

    Select a Swatch in the Swatches palette, choose from the menu: 'Select all object that use this swatch' (as Fill / Stroke).

    Comes in very handy to select items via the Swatches palette in complex cartoon style drawings. It is also a way to - kind of - create long awaited multi layer groups.

    2 votes

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  6. Buttons with Color background

    We need all active Illustrator buttons with a blue color background like Illustrator on iPad. Sometimes it's hard to find black on a dark interface.

    2 votes

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  7. Outlines erstellen wär sehr hilfreich!

    Wenn man um z. B. einen Text eine Linie machen, machen könnte wär das sehr hilfreich.

    1 vote

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  8. The large print documents do not give the option of exporting the artwork to dxf or dwg format.

    Whenever I work on large print documents, I do not have the option to export it to dwg format. I have to re-size the artwork and the copy and paste it into a normal A4 size document and then export the artwork in dwg file. And after I open the file in cad, I have to re-size it again to actual scale.

    However when I export, I have an option to exporting the artwork in 1:100 or 1:500, but I don't have the habit of working with scales and it feels inconvenient.

    1 vote

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  9. Can you add the option to make a multipage pdf from the variable dataset export? Needed for compatibility with printing software

    Currently when exporting vardatasets, you get a single page pdf per dataset.
    When making stickers some printing software cannot apply printing and contour cutting on multiple images.
    I would be nice if the datasets can export a multipage pdf, or if an action can be made that creates artboards from datasets instead of exporting.

    2 votes

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  10. SDK access to add items to contextual menu

    Can the SDK add an option for third-party plugins to add items to the contextual (right-click) menu the way it adds items to other menus? Of course, there needs to be some method to toggle when those items are automatically inserted or removed from the menu depending on the current context.

    5 votes

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  11. Select Compound Shapes by visible parts only

    When working with Compound Shapes, I don't' want to 'feel' the original paths which in many cases cover paths beneath.
    Make it work like a Clipping Mask.
    Maybe af preference to select only visible parts is a solution.

    11 votes

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  12. Provide an accurate information about the position for a guide while dragging from ruler

    Dragging a Guide from the rulers is not very accurate. Please add a way to see the exact position of the guide (preferably as an overlay near the guide, but in the Ai ecosystem maybe in the Info panel). And please let it snap to exact values when pressing Shift.

    3 votes

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  13. Option to show only the actual missing fonts in missing fonts list

    Please provide an option to show only the missing fonts in the top half of the missing fonts dialog box. If only the missing fonts were visible we wouldn't have to constantly scroll up and down the missing fonts list to find the yellow triangle.
    Option only, because it is useful to see all the fonts that are used in a file...

    3 votes

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  14. Liquid Page Layout (Artboards)

    I would love a "liquid Layout" feature like InDesign has for more easily converting artwork and pages sizes simultaneously.
    There are many times I create posters on a 11x17 artboard and need to easily reduce the art and page sizes to 5x7 for flyers.
    InDesign has had this feature for a long time and I feel it would definitely be useful to my workflow.

    9 votes

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  15. Get rid of Tool Tips for known tools

    Please add a X to the big distracting Tool Tips. Clicking the X should hide the tip for that specific tool.

    This will keep the tips for less used tools, but gets rid of the annoying tips for tools that we are using for decades. It will personalize the help system.

    2 votes

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  16. Move 'Show The Home Screen...' and 'Use Legacy File New...' options to Preferences > User Interface section

    These two options are not 'general', they relate to specific UI choices.

    8 votes

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  17. I DON'T WANT Cloud Files.

    I am so sick and tired of having to wade through cloud ****, JUST TO OPEN, SAVE, or otherwise work with files.

    I don't need, or want, to save every file on Adobe's servers. It may make lots of sense for some, but not me. Stop making us jump through hoops to deal with local storage.

    6 votes

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  18. Keep link when placing DXF/DWG file

    Could it be possible to keep the link to the original file when placing a DXF or a DWG in Illustrator?
    The goal is to be able to update the view if the external file change...
    having the geometry active like it's done for text glyph in order to be able to snap to geometry could be the cherry on the cake.

    Many thanks

    1 vote

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  19. Add Find/Replace Color feature from InDesign

    I would love to use the Find/Replace feature for color just as it is now used in InDesign. Changing a color that isn't global is tedious when you have many fills, strokes, patterns and gradients using the same swatch. Thank you.

    3 votes

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  20. Better ExtendScript sockets

    Please add socket support to ExtendScript's Illustrator engine. Also add support for HTTPS.

    2 votes

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