Questions tagged [adobe-illustrator]
Adobe Illustrator is a commercial vector graphics editor. Please make sure your question is about *programming* not just how to use the software. When using this tag also tag the language that you are coding in for context, e.g. [extendscript], [applescript], or [vbscript], etc..
adobe-illustrator
1,034
questions
0
votes
0
answers
24
views
Maps in pdf format generated by python cartopy cannot be concatenated in illustrator (possibly due to Outlines outside the artboard scope)
I want to use illustrator to concatenate my PDF graphics, which were generated using python cartopy. But when I moved the two maps closer, I got an error and I couldn't move the maps. The detailed ...
- 721
0
votes
1
answer
11
views
How to convert a hosted Adobe Illustrator file to a web-supported preview format?
My web application accesses adobe illustrator files from s3 object storage. I need to display a preview of these images. Web browsers don't support .ai files, so they need to be converted into a ...
- 855
0
votes
0
answers
29
views
Javascript to Python in Adobe Illustrator
I'm trying to get Python to run with a script in Illustrator so that Illustrator will ask the user to enter a number and then create a barcode in 128code with Python and then save it somewhere.
It's ...
-1
votes
1
answer
37
views
How to standardize the size of Cytoscape networks for exporting purposes [closed]
I am using stringApp on Cytoscape to generate STRING networks of proteins. I have 4 different protein networks that I would like to export out as PDFs, and later combine them together as one figure in ...
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
25
views
adobe illustrator toolbar is the only one shown
like this
The homepage is not displaying correctly, similar to the screenshot linked here. This issue has been persistent despite multiple attempts to refresh the page, clear the cache, and delete ...
- 21
1
vote
1
answer
20
views
Return the dimensions of a place image in extendscript
I have an illustrator file that contains a placed image which is contained within a clipping path of similar size, not exactly but only a couple of pixels out. When I click on the image in illustrator ...
- 1,001
-1
votes
1
answer
38
views
Creating CMYK Swatches for a Swatch Book using Illustrator
So I have a swatch book like the attached image. Each page all the CMK values are the same but only the yellow changes. Right now each page the Yellow changes by 10% (0,10,20,30 etc). Is there a ...
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
42
views
Alt modifier layer hotkeys not triggering in Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator and all of the other Adobe packages have had a long standing issue with their Alt modifier on windows, because Alt is often used to focus the menu bar, it will get in the way of ...
- 1,283
0
votes
0
answers
33
views
When converting a PDF created with Adobe Illustrator to PNG using PDFbox, the inserted lines disappear
I would like to convert a PDF created with Adobe Illustrator to PNG, but the lines inserted in the PDF disappear when it is converted to an image.
Please tell me the measures.
The libraries used are ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
22
views
Is there a way to make the Least Cost Path lines in ArcGIS Pro thicker?
I'm currently running Least Cost Path analysis in ArcGIS Pro. I found that the Least Cost Paths (lines that represent the most cost-efficient way to travel between different locations) are extremely ...
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
51
views
Used AI to generate an Adobe Illustrator v28.3 script that groups the contents of each individual artboard. Can't get it to work
What would be the best way to solve the problem of wanting to 'auto group' all artboards?
Opposed to dragging a selection box of each artboard, then hitting CMD+G, each page has 8 artboards and I have ...
- 23
0
votes
1
answer
231
views
SVG export from Adobe Illustrator generates strange code
In an application that my company is developing, there is a need for symbols generated from Adobe Illustrator to be added as SVG-files. It has been a long development and we already have a library of ...
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
54
views
How do I avoid "pure virtual function call" errors when programming Adobe Illustrator via WIN32COM with Python?
While writing python (3.12.2) code to interact with Adobe Illustrator via WIN32COM (Windows 10), I sometimes crash Illustrator with "pure virtual function call" errors.
Here is an example ...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
69
views
LottieFiles export is blurry, but looks fine in After Effects
my co-worker made a bunch of cool animations in AE. He's using illustrator for the assets. Everything looks great in AE, but once exported to LottieFiles, it's all blurry.
The hunch is this: the ...
- 651
0
votes
0
answers
57
views
Illustrator's Pathfinder Divide but in Javascript for SVGs
I am trying to automate a process I currently do in Illustrator but would like to be in the browser. In Illustrator with vector art, I expand all text and strokes and use pathfinder divide to flatten ...
- 71