Illustrator Feature Requests
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Ability to reset Canvas Size After the new update (24.2.1) some plug-ins are getting confused by the scaled Canvas (acting as if the artwork is 10% of actual scale, while the rulers in Illustrator itself are showing correct values). So it would be nice to be able to reset the canvas size or even auto reset once the Artwork / Artboards drop back down below the canvas limit.
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Smart guides to work with artboard I suggest enabling smart guides when you work with artboards as well, feels like it should help with workflow.
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Delete artwork together with art board There are times you want to delete artworks and the art boards as well. It would be lovely to do both in one command.
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Can we have master artboards for Illustrator, the way we do for In Design?? I do so much illustration on my projects that it's not practical to use In Design for layout, so I use Illustrator for everything and it's almost perfect. The one thing I find I'm consistently missing is the ability to assign templates to certain artboards (like a master artboard.) I can't use "paste to all artboards" for this, because often I am doing book format with A/B. Sometimes, I'm doing student/teacher guides where the looks need to be differentiated.
Can we get the ability to assign some artboards to another so that they can update dynamically if we change them…
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Ability to change the Canvas size after a new document is created The new expanded canvas size is great, but I think there should be an option to change the canvas size from the standard one to the expanded one after a document is created instead of having to create a new document.
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Document Color Mode - add option of Grayscale I need to make a lot of documents that must print in one color. I truly wish Illustrator offered a Document Color Mode of Grayscale - that mode would prevent use of color in any object created in ai, and would convert anything Placed, imported, or otherwise part of the document as Grayscale. It would also be good to have an "Open As" Grayscale option...
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Don't automatically lock new template layers It would be useful when creating a new template layer it did not immediately become locked. Usually, I would want to put items on this layer like notes or reference marks, but unlocking the layer seems like an unnecessary step for a layer that has just been created.
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"show images in outline mode" doesn't work (Document Setup) Image doesn't show when option is on. It used to a while ago...
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Export .BMP on various artboards. When will it be possible to export more than one image of the same artwork on different artboards in the .bmp?
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Drop new artboard where you want it In previous versions of AI, you could choose where you wanted to drop a new artboard. Now it just dumps it in the middle of the screen. This is problematic because when you go to drag it to a new location, it often grabs items from existing artboards and drags them along with it. I have no idea why you changed this feature, but it is a daily frustration. And judging from the forums, I'm not the only one that hates it!
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Adding Pages/Sheets like in Excel for better organization of large jobs Adding Pages/Sheets like in Excel for better organization of large jobs. I work at a sign company and frequently come across large jobs that I would like to keep organized.
For example let's use a job I am on right now. It is a job for hospital signage. Over 500 signs in total and let's say 15 departments. Some departments have upto 20 signs. While artboards work well in this instance it would be nice if I could have the option to organize the departments with "sheets" instead of individual files. My reasoning behind this is when I have to…
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Make artboard position(x and y) default values an integer not a float Basically, whenever I export something like an image setting my artboards width and height as a whole number, depending on where the artboard is positioned at a decimal value i.e(x: 1200.232 y:200.623). There is a bug where it will export the image with an extra pixel. So if I've set the width to be 1000 pixels and the height to 400 pixels, for example, it will export this as 1001 x 401 pixels. To fix this problem, I have to always make sure the artboards are positioned at x: 1200 y:200, deleting the decimal values.
Unless of course, the bug…
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A 3D presentation of layers and of artboards would deconstruct the fusion of all those into one 2D screen. Gaming software does iit. A 3D presentation of various containers (artboards, layers, groups) would show the composition of the various containers into what is currently a 2D screen. Gaming software does it.
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OPTION CONFIGURE DECIMALS It would be nice to be able to configure the number of decimals we want to work with in Adobe Illustrator. There is a total inconsistency in the number of decimals that Illustrator currently works with, since the artboards have 2 decimals, the object transformation before version 24.1 had 3 decimals, after 24.1 4 decimals, etc. It is very uncomfortable to work with such a variety of decimals, it is also not accurate.
It would improve the workflow and accuracy by being able to manually configure the decimals we want to work with.
Hope that helps. ;)
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fit artboard in window When opening an Illustrator document. Please have the file open as Fit Artboard in Window. Like it used to be. It is annoying to have to hit the shortcut, command - 0 every time I open a file.
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Comprehensive Design Theme An comprehensive theme which contains a preset colors for all type of projects, along with selective fonts for specific client/brand.
This feature can be used across all apps and will be adapted automatically.
For example: It will automatically use the presets RGB colors for web and video projects, then for web design project it will also select the theme "predetermined safe/web fonts". And when you're starting a print project, this feature will automatically use the presets CMYK and PMS (if available) colors with the theme's predetermined fonts.As an added feature, there would be an AI inverted (dark) theme. I…
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Set artboard rearrange for document so when artboards are duplicated they automatically go to the next line versus getting the error. Set artboard rearrange for document so when artboards are duplicated they automatically go to the next line versus getting the error "Cannot create Artboard outside of the canvas. Please rearrange and try again. How about that feature automatically rearranges the next artboard to follow your preferences (direct down for example).
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Expand 'move artwork with artboard' to include rotation. Currently 'move artwork with artboard' covers move and copy only. It would be great if it could also lock the artwork to the board as it rotates.
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Art and art board rotation Everything rotates on art board and stays in places
Save having to twist our necks!
I've used a third party plug in - that does this, but I no longer have access to it
Please add :)
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