For those who don’t know the tool: Adobe Illustrator is the vector hub where assets get cleaned, prepped, and sent to motion apps like After Effects when still art needs to learn to dance.
One drawing, many angles, zero tantrums
Turntable is now available in Illustrator, adding a way to generate multi-angle views from a single vector illustration. You pick your artwork, hit generate, and suddenly you have a stack of angles to work with instead of a stack of regrets. The point is speed. Turnarounds, quick animation tests, and production-ready assets become much easier when the angles are available.
The trick that keeps being a vector
Turntable automatically generates up to 74 editable views from one vector design, including full rotation and vertical tilt. Each view stays editable as a vector. That means it aims to preserve the original details while giving you fresh angles to push through design, cleanup, and motion.
In the Sneaks demo, a character faced the wrong direction, and the usual fix would have meant redrawing. Turntable replaced that with generating views and scrubbing a slider until the right orientation appeared. The demo also showed vertical rotation, not just side to side turns, so the artwork could be viewed from a higher viewpoint.
The part production will care about
Turntable also showed a workflow where multiple rotated instances came from one original bat shape. After editing the original, an update views action pushed the change through the generated views. That matters because the slowest part of a turnaround is rarely making the first pass. It is fixing everything after feedback, and doing it without drifting style or losing consistency.
The handoff that tries not to trip you
Turntable is described with a seamless handoff to tools like After Effects, so teams can move from design to motion without breaking flow. It is also positioned as part of a broader set of recent Illustrator advances, including faster performance and expanded AI-powered workflows like Generative Shape Fill.
New tools and innovations should be tested before use in production, especially on stylized assets, tight delivery schedules, and the kind of corner cases taht never show up in demos.
Pricing and availability
Turntable is now available in Illustrator.
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/use-generative-ai/view-artwork-from-any-angle.html
