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What's new in ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud (November 2024)

By Thomas Coughlin

ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud is a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Cartographers and designers can bring ArcGIS data into Adobe Creative Cloud to create beautiful and useful maps and graphics. New to Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud? Get started with our video tutorial playlist.

The November update (version 3.8) adds a feature for converting ArcGIS point symbols to Adobe Illustrator symbols, enhances the symbol replacement feature by allowing you to replace raster points with vector points from an Adobe Illustrator symbols library, and more. Available now.

A map of the Red River Gorge Geological Area in Kentucky. Map by Sarah Bell.

New features and enhancements

Screenshot of the Application Settings window.
This check box is unchecked by default.
  • Replace raster symbols with vector symbols—You can now use the Symbols process to replace raster point symbols with vector symbols from an Adobe Illustrator symbols library.
Screenshot of the Symbols process.
You can replace default raster symbols with your custom vector symbols.
  • New Adobe Illustrator symbols library—When you install the extension, your download includes the World Navigation.ai symbols library, which contains vector versions of all the highway shields in the World Navigation vector basemap. You can find this library in the Adobe Illustrator files under Presets en_US > Symbols ArcGIS Maps.
Screenshot of the World Navigation symbols library.
The World Navigation symbols library includes vector versions of the highway shield points from the World Navigation basemap.
  • Improved vector tile point layer structure—All the points in a vector tile layer now appear in one sublayer and all the labels appear in another, allowing you to easily select and edit all points or all labels.
Screenshot of layers from the World Navigation basemap.
A layer for blue road shields with separate sublayers for labels and points.

Bugs fixed with the October update

  • Fixed a bug that caused .emf file features with transparent backgrounds in ArcGIS Pro to appear with white backgrounds in .aix exports (BUG-000154268).
  • Fixed a bug that caused labels with Japanese characters to split into multiple text objects in .aix exports.

More information

For more about what’s new, see our documentation.

Do you have any thoughts about our new features? Let us know on Esri Community.

Download the latest version of Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud.

Happy autumn!

The ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Team

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