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Illustrator - Rotation of the Artboard

Like in Photoshop it would be great if an Artist could rotate the artboard/canvas in Illustrator. If you draw a line from left to right it's never the same stroke as from up to down.
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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Logos, packaging, illustrations, patterns, page layouts, typography..... ANYTHING....
  • kami commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yesss, please! Include this, as an artist doing Graphic design this helps a lot when doing logos in illustrator

  • Bud commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes... It's a necessity! Please share this thread with fellow designers.

  • Allen Mueller commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It would be great? It should be assumed as a basic function.

    Illustrator is used to illustrate. Illustration is done by hand with tablet input for many of us. Being able to rotate the canvas on the fly allows more rapid illustration due to optimal hand angles.

    I'm working on a project for a major US company, and lots of semi-realistic vector drawings are being created for web use. With SVG use rising, vector drawing follows.

    Affinity Designer has this basic function, but Illustrator does not - and Illustrator is my only option as it's a corporate environment.

    This is not a gimmick - it's a necessity. It's 2019 people. Make it happen.

  • Paul S commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes. It's probably incredible for Adobe team, but all the illustrators who are using Illustrator (and paying a lot for that) would really like to be able to draw with this reference software... I mean drawing with ease thank to the possibility to rotate the artboard as one can does it when drawing on real paper (or with Photoshop, ClipStudio Paint and so on...) How many year more will the illustrators have to wait before Abobe decide to fix this incredible lack ?

  • consumer commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Anyone who uses this program is waiting for this feature. Affinity designer already has it....

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Simple question. Affinity Designer has this feature. Adobe Illustrator, considered to be "the industry standard" does not. WHY?
  • Paul S commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi Yogesh ...
    With two years of hindsight, what do you think of the answer you gave us in 2017? have you done any follow-up on this request since that time? Do you remember you use the word "shortly"? Also, can you explain the concept of backlog adding , please? Is it a kind of scribbling on a flying sheet that sleeps under the dust in an old drawer? At some point, did ANYONE at Adobe (you apart) has heard about this urgent and popular feature request SINCE SEVERAL YEARS ?
  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    ***** it. I'm switching to Affinity Designer as we speak. Adobe hasn't responded in 3 years. We hear you Adobe. **** YOU TOO.
  • Megaflow commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I wonder how many users (like me!) have now dropped Illustrator and are using Affinity over this and other issues? Not just the fact that the change hasn't been implemented, but NO RESPONSE from Adobe in over two years. I'm down to a Photoshop-only subscription, and if they raise the price there I'll drop that one too. Great work, Adobe!

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