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The team started to exploring ways to implement this finally. If you have some fresh ideas and things to say to help to make it the way we need it to be — it’s time to comment (it always is!)
Please try to describe how you expect it to work. When should it happen? What are your workflows? What UI you think could work? What can go wrong?
Also, please don’t forget to upvote this request if you are interested — Display copies of links' duplicates as instances, like in InDesign
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Not seeing my post yesterday, so here's the shortened work-around:
1. Ensure new image size identical (at least proportionally) ro one to be replaced
2. Rename old (geekily, I put '404' on the end)
3. Open Illustrator layout file
4. Due to the linked file name change, Illustrator can't find it, so check the 'Apply to all' box and select your new file
5. Save the layout (Save as if duplicates are needed)
6. Remove the '404' (or undo whatever you chose to do) from the old file name.Not ideal, but works for my step/repeat files
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I work old-skool, in other words not using Libraries, but saved images in an image folder on the disc/server, preferably in a 'job' folder... So until they sort out this shortcoming, here is a solution...
To batch relink, either rename the folder or the image, I favour putting 404 on the end of the name (incase I forget to remove later, I'll remember what 404 is for)...
Now when I open the Illustrator file, it can't find the link, so I can direct it to a new folder or image checking 'Apply to all'... Save the file and remove the 404 from the files or folders you added it to.
Not ideal, but works...
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Hi Everyone,
We have fixed this bug in our latest release – v 29.8.1 which is available worldwide now.
You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html
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iMac 5k 27" 2019 / MacOS 15.6.1 / Illustrator 29.7.1
First file of the day, open a pre-existing file which already is set with spot-colours (I work in flexo printing), click on an object that I wish to change the colour, swatch pallet is empty and clicking on the fill in the toolbar will default the objects colours to white fill with a black outline, select a swatch, go to remove the outline and it defaults again... Now its got that out of its system, it will work fine for the rest of the day with a populated swatch pallet and no defaulting...
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Hello all,
The 'Apply to all' checkbox has been brought back in the Replace missing link dialogue.
'Apply to all' checkbox was removed when we introduced the 'Auto-relink' (search for missing links in this folder) functionality, as we though 'auto-relink' is going to take care of the 'replace all' workflow as well. But it didn't work as expected in few cases as pointed out by some of you.
Hence, with the latest release V29.2 (full roll out happens on Jan 9), we have decided to revert to the earlier experience whereby we are bringing back 'apply to all' checkbox and rolling back the 'auto-relink functionality.
Because of conflicts, both of these functionality cannot co-exist unless we make some significant changes to the relinking experience.
As we understand, 'replace all' was a important workflow for most of you, so we decided to quickly bring it back while working on the overall…
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I work in a flexo / digital printing company where we step up multiple 1-up master files to a die where for example it may be 6 across 13 around on a 12" die, meaning we have the choice it re-stepping it (and possibly mis-step due to a typo or basic human error) or relink each instance individually...
Illustrator used to be able to be tricked with a folder rename, redirect to the new Master folder and 'Apply to all'. Can't now.
Illustrator used to be able to select multiple images and replace them one after each other. Now it will only do one, then you select the next and replace that, then the next, etc, etc
I'm all for new features, but we've had very handy ones removed, then after protest, a mildly ok one replace them, why not just increase functionality of what was already there and unify it into a fully functional 'Replace Image' pane?
Adobe seems to be all for glitzy bells and whistles whilst removing core functional substance
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I used to use Phantasm in my old job, but turning to 3rd party for something that on the surface seems basic and would give Illustrator a lot more power for Print Production (especially in flexo) is an extra expense on the small company, especially in these days of subscriptions... Its just a feature that I think would 'improve Illustrator' :)
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Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
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I too have issues with the eyedropper and the Cyan. I'll often use the artboard to eyedropper 'white' as there may be no white objects in the artwork at this point, and the cyan channel is either 0.01% or an empty field
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Maybe another button on the links pallet 'Replace all instances of this image' or maybe an Links Manager pane, openable from the Links palette, that could offer means to easily swap/relink links with something as simple as a drop down selector offering 'selected image / selected images / all instances of selected image / all images'. This sort of thing would be handy as I work in a printers, we may create a 1-up master pdf of a design then that PDF appears 36 times in a step/repeat of a flexo die, then we'd want to easily swap out all the designs for another one rather than do the step/repeat again or replace each linked file individually. I know there are work arounds / scripts / etc, but it would be more beneficial to have something built into Illustrator