Adobe Illustrator Compatibility Improvements

March 15, 2025, 7:49 p.m.

Below, you can find a list of what Manpreet has worked on in February 2025:

Gradients

• Gradients have been the main focus of development. Development is ongoing in MR !105.
• Gradient Definitions: The parser now accurately interprets AI gradient definitions and extracts color stops.
• Gradient Instances: Both Linear and Radial gradients are parsed correctly, with their data being extracted. However, positioning gradient points on the canvas remains an ongoing task.

Guides and Grid

• Guides and grid related changes can be found in MR !104.
• Added support for linear guides.
• Added support for layer color and guide color based on the layer color.
• Added support for square grids including the following grid properties:
  • Spacing and subdivisions
  • Grid styles: normal and dotted
  • Grid visibility
  • Major and minor grid line color
  • Approximated major and minor grid line opacity

Other Fixes and Improvement

• Fixed a parser bug where the start of a new line was not detected in certain cases.
• Added a warning for operators that have not yet been implemented.
• Documentation updates:
  • Added new header comments: AI5_OpenToView, AI9_OpenToView, AI10_OpenToVie, and AI7_GridSettings.
  • Updated the Bg operator to accept an optional float value instead of a boolean as the last argument.
  • Updated the Layer Begin Operator (Lb) to include newly discovered optional values.