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1. Intuitive drawing: "Pencil tool" in mode adding "Blob brush tool"

   Hi,
   I would like to be able to draw, draw and model using the Pencil Tool in edit mode like the "Blob brush tool".
   Eg.
   1 • Pencil Tool. I draw any shape.
   2 • I mark this shape and draw another one
   3 • The effect is the automatic joining of these shapes into one summary.

   Such a simple, fast and intuitive way to draw ketor shapes for the cartoonist.

   Attention.
   • Drawing with the "Blob brush tool" is a different shape effect without sharp lines. Eg saw. E.g. lasts or coat or hair cartoons.
   • drawing many objects and then combining them with the Shape bulider tool is not the same. This is not a quick and intuitive drawing. Requires re-selection of objects.
   • Turning on the "Pencil Tool" "Keep selected" + "edit Selected" option creates a hassle in the intuitive and quick work of the illustrator, because you have to finish a new shape on the line of the old object, if I do not do this (I will leave with an electronic pen using the tablet) The combined shapes of complex lines and illustrator completely change the shape creating a net result of the third shape, a completely surprising effect. This mode is not for cartoonists who draw shapes intuitively. Constantly enabling and switching two options "Keep selected" + "edit Selected" while working is some fun with the patience of the illustrator.

   P.S.
   A surprising impression from using Illustrator for so many years.

   I do not know any of my colleagues who draw Adobe Illustrator seriously at the stage of creation because of the lack of intuitive and thought-out solutions for this stage of creation.

   The name "Illustrator" is so really the idea of ​​the creators of this tool completely forgotten in today's interface and the philosophy of drawing objects in this Adobe tool.

   The current version of Illustrator has its very good and strong points. Many programmers work hard, but their use is so annoying. There is so little missing.

   The stylus era is new??? Amazing.

   Best Regards.

   Hi,
   I would like to be able to draw, draw and model using the Pencil Tool in edit mode like the "Blob brush tool".
   Eg.
   1 • Pencil Tool. I draw any shape.
   2 • I mark this shape and draw another one
   3 • The effect is the automatic joining of these shapes into one summary.

   Such a simple, fast and intuitive way to draw ketor shapes for the cartoonist.

   Attention.
   • Drawing with the "Blob brush tool" is a different shape effect without sharp lines. Eg saw. E.g. lasts or coat or hair cartoons.
   • drawing many objects… more

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2. Allow to resize my current tool with like in Photoshop, with Alt and right-dragging (Windows) / Ctrl + Opt (Mac)

   Please add an Illustrator shortcut to resize my current tool! In Photoshop, if you're on the brush tool, then hold down CTRL and OPT, you can drag up/down to resize the brush. That would be GREAT in Illustrator!

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3. SVG export option to export global Color Swatches as CSS Custom Properties

   In addition to classes and IDs, CSS custom properties (aka. CSS variables) are a great way to style SVG Content.
   Conceptually they are closest to Illustrators global color swatches.

   I propose to add an Option to SVG Export of Adobe Illustrator to turn named global color swatches into CSS custom properties.

   Example:

   Original Output:
   fill: #456; stroke: #abc;

   New Output:
   fill: var(--medium-grey, #456) ; stroke: var(--dark-grey, #abc);

   Web applications could use the custom properties, to quickly create color-variations of an illustration.

   Example: https://codepen.io/g12n/pen/KQwpJR/

   An additional option could be a compatibility mode for the styling options "Inline Style" and "Internal CSS", that adds an additional fallback for browsers, that don't support custom properties at all:

   fill: #456; fill: var(--medium-grey, #456);

   This fallback should be opt-in, since it increases file size.

   Use-Cases:

   • Theming of Icon-Sets (like http://www.streamlineicons.com/ux/)
   • Branding and Color Variations
   • Definition of CMYK and Spot Colors Versions in Print Stylesheets or other applicable Media
   • Animating Color Transitions with CSS (example: https://codepen.io/g12n/pen/aEMaNz/)

   Additional Resources:

   "Styling SVG <use> Content with CSS" by Sara Soueidan
   https://tympanus.net/codrops/2015/07/16/styling-svg-use-content-css/

   "Custom properties" on MDN web docs
   https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/--*

   "CSS Custom Properties and Theming" on CSS Tricks
   https://css-tricks.com/css-custom-properties-theming/

   In addition to classes and IDs, CSS custom properties (aka. CSS variables) are a great way to style SVG Content.
   Conceptually they are closest to Illustrators global color swatches.

   I propose to add an Option to SVG Export of Adobe Illustrator to turn named global color swatches into CSS custom properties.

   Example:

   Original Output:
   fill: #456; stroke: #abc;

   New Output:
   fill: var(--medium-grey, #456) ; stroke: var(--dark-grey, #abc);

   Web applications could use the custom properties, to quickly create color-variations of an illustration.

   Example: https://codepen.io/g12n/pen/KQwpJR/

   An additional option could be a compatibility mode for the styling options "Inline Style" and "Internal CSS",… more

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4. Add a way to color monochromatic Patterns

   Just like the Brush Stokes colorization.

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5. Add custom shape/image in appearance panel

   Now one only can add rectangle/circle shape in apperance panel. It would be very useful to be able to add custom shape/image/symbol there also.

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6. Connected Arabic letters 'break' on curves

   Arabic text on curved paths tend to break, like in the example. The current work around is to either convert the text to outline and fix the breaks, or to create an art brush with the outlined text and adjust, again, manually.

   Can this be fixed to allow the text to be on the curved, and editable.

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7. Searching brushes and other tools by their name in their tab would be great

   I am saving all my brushes and patterns into my Print.ai file (am I supposed to do that?) and now it grew up to 100 MB.
   With that many brushes, many of them also similar, a search brush by name feature perhaps would be helpful.

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8. Feature to export custom Keyboard Shortcuts

   Those of us that frequently customize our Key commands and want to easily transfer them to other versions of Illustrator.

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9. permit higher resolution art brushes

   Currently art brushes are limited to 1000x1000 pixels which results in jagged edges if the brush image is used directly. Permit the use of much higher resolutions. This would increase the functionality of the brushes which currently look quite artificial.

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10. Add custom AI templates to the CC library

    Add custom AI templates to the CC library. The functionality is already programed for Adobe Stock. Allow the user to add custom templates to their libraries. Enable the bulk import of .ait files.

    I noticed on another thread requesting Cloud files to show in libraries menu. That or create another menu that is for the files similar to how the libraries function. Whatever is easier.

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11. Custom Keyboard Shortcuts dialog should highlight changes from defaults

    This is such a little thing, but I would love to scroll through my list of keyboard shortcuts and see an indication next to ones I've changed to custom, that are different from the default.

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12. Preview brushes like I can in Photoshop

    In Photoshop, when I open brushes, I can see a preview of all my brushes. In Illustrator, if I want to use any brushes, I have to first load a library based on the name of the library. I have dozens of libraries, and often they all have similar-sounding names. Not only is it frustrating to open the same couple of libraries EVERY TIME I open Illustrator, but I have tons of brushes I probably never use because I don't want to individually load 50 different libraries just so I can find a brush that looks like what I need.

    Also can we open all brushes in one panel/tab please? I don't need to have six different panels/tabs open to use multiple brushes.

    I feel like I need to emphasize that I have tons of brushes, and I'm at the point where I needed to draw a quick liquid-looking smear. It was faster to go to a royalty-free site and download a vector of a liquid-looking smear than it was to find the right brush in my library. For something that would have taken me about ten seconds to draw if I could find the brush quickly.

    In Photoshop, when I open brushes, I can see a preview of all my brushes. In Illustrator, if I want to use any brushes, I have to first load a library based on the name of the library. I have dozens of libraries, and often they all have similar-sounding names. Not only is it frustrating to open the same couple of libraries EVERY TIME I open Illustrator, but I have tons of brushes I probably never use because I don't want to individually load 50 different libraries just so I can find a brush that looks… more

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13. change brush stroke type and size
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14. Custom Measured Units for Accurate Drawing

    Today I zoom into the pixel level to draw 'in scale' - I would love the option to create custom units of measurement for my drawing and then have Snapping, Grids and Measuring Tools utilize them.

    For instance, make a illustration of a floor plan at scale but decide on 50px = 1 virtual foot. I could label this 'Feet' and accurately size lines and objects using this increment of measurement.

    Would be fantastic for my furniture and architecture sketching, as well as for many other hobbyists and professionals who know they get a more presentable result from Illustrator than AutoCad.

    Today I zoom into the pixel level to draw 'in scale' - I would love the option to create custom units of measurement for my drawing and then have Snapping, Grids and Measuring Tools utilize them.

    For instance, make a illustration of a floor plan at scale but decide on 50px = 1 virtual foot. I could label this 'Feet' and accurately size lines and objects using this increment of measurement.

    Would be fantastic for my furniture and architecture sketching, as well as for many other hobbyists and professionals who know they get a more presentable result from Illustrator than… more

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15. Scissors tool should be aware of stroke width profiles and brush tool data.

    At present, if you use the Scissors tool on a path with a width profile, the resulting paths will both inherit the entire width profile. This always feels wrong; I would much prefer that the resulting paths had new width profiles that match the original look of the path.

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16. Revisit the interactions of gradients, brushes, and patterns.

    You can't make pattern swatches with gradients in them. This limitation probably made a lot of sense back in 1996 when gradients were new and complicated. Does it still make sense in 2024, with thirty years of CPU manufacturers fighting to keep Moore's Law valid?

    You can't apply a gradient stroke to an art/pattern/scatter brush. Again, this limitation probably made sense back in 2012 when gradient strokes were added to Illustrator. Does it still make sense in 2024?

    I'm pretty tired of working around both of these limitations.

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17. Make "Increase Diameter" and "Decrease Diameter" hotkeys work for Warp / Bloat / Wrinkle and other tools

    Other tools (eg. 'Blob Brush Tool', Blob Brush Erasor Tool', etc.) take the default shortcuts for scale up and down. On my setup that's ] for increase size and [ for decrease size. Multiple tools share those keys, and that's great.

    The Warp tool doesn't do this - you have to manually go into the tool preferences to change the scale. This breaks flow and wastes time.

    The Warp Tool is a nice idea. It would be a very good tool - if it was fully implimented.

    While we're at it, it could also be improved if it had an option to just deform pionts without adding or removing any (ie. without "simplifying" the path).

    Other tools (eg. 'Blob Brush Tool', Blob Brush Erasor Tool', etc.) take the default shortcuts for scale up and down. On my setup that's ] for increase size and [ for decrease size. Multiple tools share those keys, and that's great.

    The Warp tool doesn't do this - you have to manually go into the tool preferences to change the scale. This breaks flow and wastes time.

    The Warp Tool is a nice idea. It would be a very good tool - if it was fully implimented.

    While we're at it, it could also be improved if it had… more

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18. Make smart guides stop working with Ctrl key pressed, as in Photoshop and InDesign

    The function of disabling smart guides by pressing the Ctrl key in Photoshop and InDesign, allows you to adjust the position of an object more accurately without having to go to the menu to disable them.

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19. Drawing custom perspective grids

    Most projects don't start in Illustrator or need at least some kind of reference to draw around - for example a product picture or rough sketch. So in most cases Adobe's perspective tool in Ai is absolutely useless. There is simply no way to always find the right perspective in your reference with that tool!
    Many professionals draw custom grids with the help of an odd star with very long and thin end points. They draw one, two or three stars depending on how many vanishing points they have. This is a super old and powerful technique of illustrators and anime artists - but there is no such thing in the same called program to help... We need a more usefull perspective tool with the feature to shift your objects on to one side, floor or ceiling like Adobe's tool does. That's genuinely a good feature but the setup of this grid is just a drag! Make it as easy as drawing to lines on your object that are likely to touch each other when extended and BAM right there will be a star with as many endpoints as you like or just even a slice, not a full circle.

    Most projects don't start in Illustrator or need at least some kind of reference to draw around - for example a product picture or rough sketch. So in most cases Adobe's perspective tool in Ai is absolutely useless. There is simply no way to always find the right perspective in your reference with that tool!
    Many professionals draw custom grids with the help of an odd star with very long and thin end points. They draw one, two or three stars depending on how many vanishing points they have. This is a super old and powerful technique of illustrators and… more

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20. Set Custom Scale based on artwork for Engineering Plans Measurements

    I need to add measurements for lighting layouts, outlets, smoke detectors and fans on electric plans. The current measurement tool has a custom option but it's difficult to figure out the scale when it's 1:98 or 1:49. Trial and error gets frustrating and it's not always 100% correct.

    **I need a way I could calibrate a custom scale like in CAD/Bluebeam. So, clicking two points and telling Illustrator that space between equals 4ft so it sets the scale for me. This would be more efficient. **

    I know there are other programs I could do this in but I don't have access to them at my job. We use illustrator for mostly everything in my department.

    I need to add measurements for lighting layouts, outlets, smoke detectors and fans on electric plans. The current measurement tool has a custom option but it's difficult to figure out the scale when it's 1:98 or 1:49. Trial and error gets frustrating and it's not always 100% correct.

    **I need a way I could calibrate a custom scale like in CAD/Bluebeam. So, clicking two points and telling Illustrator that space between equals 4ft so it sets the scale for me. This would be more efficient. **

    I know there are other programs I could do this in but I… more

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