illustrator_apply_effect

Illustrator: Apply a Live Effect to items (Effect menu): Stylize, Distort & Transform, Warp, Path, Convert to Shape, Crop Marks, Rasterize, Gaussian Blur and NTSC Colors. It stays editable in the Appearance panel unless expand is true, which turns the result into plain artwork. Raster effects render at the document raster effects resolution (set_raster_effect_settings). Options per effect: drop_shadow (raster): mode = multiply [Blending mode, as listed under modes], opacity = 75 [Percent], x = 7 [Horizontal offset in points], y = 7 [Vertical offset in points (down is positive)], blur = 5 [Blur in points], darkness = 100 [Percent of black mixed into the shadow (when no color is given)], color [Shadow colour instead of darkness: a swatch name, "#RRGGBB", "rgb()", "cmyk()" or "gray()"]; inner_glow (raster): mode = screen [Blending mode, as listed under modes], color = #FFFFFF [Colour: a swatch name, "#RRGGBB", "rgb()", "cmyk()" or "gray()"], opacity = 75 [Percent], blur = 5 [Blur in points], source center|edge = edge [Glow from the centre or the edges]; outer_glow (raster): mode = screen [Blending mode, as listed under modes], color = #000000 [Colour: a swatch name, "#RRGGBB", "rgb()", "cmyk()" or "gray()"], opacity = 75 [Percent], blur = 5 [Blur in points]; feather (raster): radius (required) [Points]; scribble: angle = 30 [Degrees], pathOverlap = 0 [Points; negative keeps lines inside the path], pathOverlapVariation = 5 [Points], strokeWidth = 3 [Points], curviness = 5 [Percent], curvinessVariation = 1 [Percent], spacing = 5 [Points], spacingVariation = 0.5 [Points]; convert_to_shape: shape (required) rectangle|rounded_rectangle|ellipse, size relative|absolute = relative [relative: width and height are extra space around the object; absolute: they are the shape's size], width [Points. Default 0 (relative); required when absolute], height [Points. Default 0 (relative); required when absolute], cornerRadius = 9 [Rounded rectangle corner radius in points]; free_distort: corners (required) [Where each corner of the bounding box moves: topLeft, topRight, bottomLeft, bottomRight as [x, y] fractions of the width and height from the top-left (y down); omitted corners stay put. E.g. { topRight: [1.2, -0.1] }]; pucker_bloat: amount (required) [Percent: negative puckers, positive bloats]; tweak: horizontal = 10 [Percent, or points when relative is false], vertical = 10 [Percent, or points when relative is false], relative = true [Amounts relative to the object's size (false: absolute points)], anchors = true [Move anchor points], inHandles = true [Move "in" control points], outHandles = true [Move "out" control points]; twist: angle (required) [Degrees]; zig_zag: size = 10 [Points, or percent when relative is true], relative = false [Size relative to the object (false: absolute points)], ridges = 4 [Ridges per segment], smooth = false [Smooth waves (false: sharp corners)]; warp: style (required) arc|arc_lower|arc_upper|arch|bulge|shell_lower|shell_upper|flag|wave|fish|rise|fisheye|inflate|squeeze|twist, bend = 50 [Percent], vertical = false [Warp along the vertical axis (false: horizontal)], horizontalDistortion = 0 [Percent], verticalDistortion = 0 [Percent]; outline_object: no options; outline_stroke: no options; crop_marks: no options; rasterize (raster): colorModel document|grayscale|bitmap = document [document: RGB or CMYK, as the document], resolution [Pixels per inch. Default: the document raster effects resolution], transparent = false [Transparent background (false: white)], antiAlias none|art|type = art [none, art optimized or type optimized], clippingMask = false [Create a clipping mask], padding = 0 [Points added around the object]; ntsc_colors (raster): no options; offset_path: offset (required) [Points; negative shrinks the shape], joins round|bevel|miter = miter, miterLimit = 4; round_corners: radius (required) [Points]; roughen: size = 5 [Percent of the object's size], detail = 10 [Points per inch], smooth = true [Smooth points (false: corner points)]; transform: scale = 100 [Percent], moveX = 0 [Points], moveY = 0 [Points (down is positive)], rotate = 0 [Degrees], copies = 0 [Extra transformed copies (0: transform only)]; gaussian_blur (raster): radius (required) [Pixels]; modes: normal|multiply|screen|overlay|soft_light|hard_light|color_dodge|color_burn|darken|lighten|difference|exclusion|hue|saturation|color|luminosity. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Adobe Mcp Suite MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

illustrator_apply_effect accepts 4 parameters: effect, expand, target, options. Required: effect, target. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

Register the Adobe Mcp Suite MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for illustrator_apply_effect: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Adobe Mcp Suite. Nothing to install.

illustrator_apply_effect is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the illustrator_apply_effect rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for illustrator_apply_effect. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

illustrator_apply_effect is provided by the Adobe Mcp Suite MCP server (adobe-mcp-suite). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.