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  • What’s new
    • Adobe Illustrator on desktop release notes
    • What’s new in Adobe Illustrator on desktop
    • Performance enhancements in Adobe Illustrator on desktop
    • Adobe Illustrator on desktop (Beta) overview
  • Use generative AI
    • Common questions about generative AI features in Illustrator
    • Generate similar variations without text prompts
    • Generate scenes, subjects, and icons
    • Generate patterns
    • Manage pattern variations
    • Edit generated patterns
    • Generate shape fills
    • Scenarios with repeat shape fill generation
    • Recolor artwork with text prompts
    • Generate vector graphics to expand artwork
    • Options to expand the expanded artwork
    • Generate print bleed
    • View 2D objects from new angles
    • Scenarios with linked variations
    • Manage generated variations
  • Troubleshoot
    • Application crash issues
      • Recover Adobe Illustrator files after a crash
      • Quick save, auto-backup, and recovery settings
    • Known and fixed issues in Adobe Illustrator
  • Add and import files
    • Start new files
      • Organize, share, and collaborate using Projects
      • Access projects in the Illustrator workspace and other apps
      • Find and edit Adobe Express templates
    • Import from other apps
      • Place and edit images generated on the Adobe Firefly website
  • Create and manage artboards
    • Add and edit artboards
      • Rename artboards
    • Organize and manage artboards
      • Use the artboard context menu
      • Apply colors to artboards
      • Lock artboards
      • Export selected artboards
  • Paint and fill
    • Create and edit gradients
      • Apply predefined gradients
      • Control dither in gradients
      • Control perceptual interpolation in gradients
  • Manage colors
    • Select and adjust colors
      • Color Picker overview
      • Select colors using the Color panel
      • Select colors using the Color Picker
  • Design with text
    • Work with fonts and scripts
      • Font browser overview
      • Find and apply fonts
      • Organize fonts using Creative Cloud Libraries
      • Apply the fonts organized in Creative Cloud Libraries
      • Supported font file types in Adobe Illustrator
      • Find, apply, and adjust variable fonts
      • Find and replace fonts
  • Manage objects
    • Reshape and transform objects
      • About perspective drawing
      • Draw objects in perspective
  • Measure and align
    • Plot and measure
      • Snap a line tangent to a curve in Illustrator
      • Snap a line perpendicular to a path in Illustrator
  • Get started
    • Learn the basics
      • Illustrator on desktop technical requirements
      • Homescreen overview
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Illustrator Desktop Help
  • What’s new
    • Adobe Illustrator on desktop release notes
    • What’s new in Adobe Illustrator on desktop
    • Performance enhancements in Adobe Illustrator on desktop
    • Adobe Illustrator on desktop (Beta) overview
  • Use generative AI
    • Common questions about generative AI features in Illustrator
    • Generate similar variations without text prompts
    • Generate scenes, subjects, and icons
    • Generate patterns
    • Manage pattern variations
    • Edit generated patterns
    • Generate shape fills
    • Scenarios with repeat shape fill generation
    • Recolor artwork with text prompts
    • Generate vector graphics to expand artwork
    • Options to expand the expanded artwork
    • Generate print bleed
    • View 2D objects from new angles
    • Scenarios with linked variations
    • Manage generated variations
  • Troubleshoot
    • Application crash issues
      • Recover Adobe Illustrator files after a crash
      • Quick save, auto-backup, and recovery settings
    • Known and fixed issues in Adobe Illustrator
  • Add and import files
    • Start new files
      • Organize, share, and collaborate using Projects
      • Access projects in the Illustrator workspace and other apps
      • Find and edit Adobe Express templates
    • Import from other apps
      • Place and edit images generated on the Adobe Firefly website
  • Create and manage artboards
    • Add and edit artboards
      • Rename artboards
    • Organize and manage artboards
      • Use the artboard context menu
      • Apply colors to artboards
      • Lock artboards
      • Export selected artboards
  • Paint and fill
    • Create and edit gradients
      • Apply predefined gradients
      • Control dither in gradients
      • Control perceptual interpolation in gradients
  • Manage colors
    • Select and adjust colors
      • Color Picker overview
      • Select colors using the Color panel
      • Select colors using the Color Picker
  • Design with text
    • Work with fonts and scripts
      • Font browser overview
      • Find and apply fonts
      • Organize fonts using Creative Cloud Libraries
      • Apply the fonts organized in Creative Cloud Libraries
      • Supported font file types in Adobe Illustrator
      • Find, apply, and adjust variable fonts
      • Find and replace fonts
  • Manage objects
    • Reshape and transform objects
      • About perspective drawing
      • Draw objects in perspective
  • Measure and align
    • Plot and measure
      • Snap a line tangent to a curve in Illustrator
      • Snap a line perpendicular to a path in Illustrator
  • Get started
    • Learn the basics
      • Illustrator on desktop technical requirements
      • Homescreen overview

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  • Recover Adobe Illustrator files after a crash

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  • Known and fixed issues in Adobe Illustrator

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