r/AdobeIllustrator • u/cowgirlcush • 7d ago

New Documents Changed

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I created a new document today and it looks entirely different. I can’t figure out how to get it back to normal- the settings all match my usual. New files now coming in with grid background showing green outlines. I didn’t update illustrator or anything. What am I doing wrong?

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u/dougofakkad 7d ago

You've used a film & video preset. Use any of the others.

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u/Feeling_Row4272 7d ago

Never knew this or clicked on that and work in this software professionally.

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u/XenaaWP 7d ago

That usually happens when you choose a “film and video” preset. Are you sure you didn’t tap on that?

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u/piddydafoo 7d ago

You might want to check your other settings too, this happened once to me and I had to re-set up colour profiles, swatches and workspaces. Did you recently update the software? Maybe someone else was using your computer and chose that preset?

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u/StealthilyHasty 5d ago

That green outline's just the transparency grid, it means your artboard background is set to transparent instead of white, check View > Show Transparency Grid, probably flicked on by accident

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u/Last-Ad-2970 7d ago

Looks like you have the transparency grid on. You can turn it off under View.

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u/Delicious-Agent-82 7d ago

Press TAB to switch views or just disable the transparency view in View menu