Unleash the full potential of Illustrator to your users
Extend and enhance Adobe Illustrator to give users power and control over their design projects: create custom filters and effects, organize layers, optimize point data, and automate tasks. Import and export custom file formats and process images in bulk.
Code the way you know
Build panels in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Build plug-ins in C++ in your favorite Windows or MacOS development tools. Build scripts in JavaScript, AppleScript, or VBScript.
Connect across the web
HTML-based panels for Illustrator can integrate across Creative Cloud apps and with any web service API from Adobe or third-parties.
Enhance and extend
The Illustrator API opens the entire application to your control. Your extensions can add new functions, and automate workflows.
Edit art directly
Parse and manipulate image data to apply custom effects. Select, manipulate, edit and enhance text. Even generate art automatically from point data and layers.
Enhance the UI
Add your own custom tools to the toolbar and functions to the menus. Create HTML-based panels that offer new capabilities and connect to other apps across the web.
Use callback functions and events
Use both scripting and actions to build automations, respond to events, and implement custom call-back functions.
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