Technical Updates

Illustrator 2026.3 (v30.3) support + Real-Time Drawing - 20 Apr 2026

AstuteBuddy v2.0.5
Autosaviour v2.9.8
ColliderScribe v4.2.1
  • Support for Illustrator 2026.3 (v30.3).
    Astute Manager plugin update instructions for Illustrator 2026.3+ (v30.3+).
  • Improvement: The Snap To Collisions, Rotate At Collision, Rotate To Collision, and Inflate Deflate tools now support Real-Time drawing in Illustrator 2026 and above.
  • Improvement: The Rotate To Collision tool now snaps to other paths more reliably when rotating a path about one of its corner points with Self-Collision enabled.
DirectPrefs v1.9.7
DynamicSketch v4.0.1
FindReplace v2.0.1
InkFlow v2.4.7
InkScribe v3.0.1
MirrorMe v3.7.7
Phantasm v5.9.2
Randomino v1.5.1
Rasterino v2.9.8
Reform v3.3.0
Stipplism v2.8.5
Stylism v4.2.3
SubScribe v5.1.2
  • Support for Illustrator 2026.3 (v30.3).
    Astute Manager plugin update instructions for Illustrator 2026.3+ (v30.3+).
  • Improvement: The Arc By Points, Circle By Points, Connect, Curvature Circle, Orient, Orient Transform, Perpendicular Line, and Tangent Line tools now support Real-Time drawing in Illustrator 2026 and above.
  • New feature: For Illustrator 2026.3 (v30.3) and above, the Gradiator panel now offers controls for specifying the mode and dither options for gradients.
  • Bug fix: The Orient tool now correctly honors Draw Behind mode when duplicating art.
  • Bug fix: Fixed problem where the Perpendicular Line and Tangent Line tools might report as snapping to an anchor point (with "P" annotation) but then not actually do so if Smart Guides were enabled.
Texturino v3.1.1
VectorFirstAid v4.3.6
VectorScribe v6.1.2
  • Support for Illustrator 2026.3 (v30.3).
    Astute Manager plugin update instructions for Illustrator 2026.3+ (v30.3+).
  • Improvement: The PathScribe, Dynamic Sketch, Dynamic Corners, Extend Path, Reposition Point, and Smart Remove Brush tools now support Real-Time drawing in Illustrator 2026 and above.
  • Improvement: Applying Dynamic Corners using the panel button can now be recorded in an Action.
  • Improvement: The color of the PathScribe panel's anchor point coordinate range readout can now be changed.
  • Bug fix: When in a Large Canvas document, editing handle angles on the PathScribe panel no longer erroneously scales the angle values.
WidthScribe v4.0.0

March 2026 updates - 24 Mar 2026

AstuteBuddy v2.0.4
  • Support added for new Reprofile preference.
  • Support added for new Super Marquee keypress.
ColliderScribe v4.1.9
  • Improvement: The Super Marquee tool can now be reset to its default settings using a keypress ('/' on QWERTY keyboards).
  • Improvement: A Space Fill's filling objects can now be clipped to the container path
  • Improvement: The Space Fill panel can now be reset to its default settings using the panel's flyout menu.
  • Improvement: A new Space Fill preference specifies where the filling art is positioned after releasing a Space Fill object.
FindReplace v2.0.0
  • Bug fix: Matching by path geometry no longer matches erroneous paths when the source path is open with its start and end points in the same location.
Reform v3.2.7
  • Improvement: The Reprofile tool can now use Looped Mode by default (without having to hold Option/Alt).
SubScribe v5.0.4
  • New feature: QuickOps panel > "Rename Swatches".
    AG Docs description
  • New feature: QuickOps panel > "Group by Proximity".
    AG Docs description
  • Improvement: QuickOps panel > "Distribute to Grid" can now use virtual grouping.
  • Bug fix: QuickOps panel > "Reduce Colors" no longer erroneously changes global or spot colors when "Make Color Swatches" and "Global Swatches" are enabled.
  • Bug fix: QuickOps panel > "Reduce Colors" no longer displays a spurious warning about "colors in patterns, artwork types, or live effects" when the artwork contains a gradient.
  • Bug fix: When using the "Reduce Colors" QuickOp, turning off "Apply to Gradient Stops" with "Create Color Swatches" and "Global Color Swatches" enabled now produces results that match the preview.
VectorFirstAid v4.3.4
  • Improvement: When checking for inconsistent point types, the handles of smooth points are now checked for opposition and fixed if they are not correct.
  • Improvement: The "Align Close Points" function has been optimized.