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  1. Crashes on opening any file when minimized into dock

    Illustrator 29.6 - macOS 15.5 - macmini m2pro

    Opening .SVG file the app crashes. At second try open file correctly. Tried many different SVGs...

    1 vote
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  2. Reduce the preview quality of the view to improve rendering speed and avoid performance degradation, which is necessary in complex documents

    Performance severely declines when there are many paths in the document, which is quite frustrating. Hiding some layers and using a high-performance GPU for rendering the view does not completely resolve the issue. I hope a feature can be added to improve rendering efficiency by reducing the preview quality of the view. Additionally, I have noticed that performance tends to degrade more significantly at smaller view scales, while it improves somewhat when the view is zoomed in. I am unsure if this is a bug

    3 votes
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  3. Reduce Quality on file opening

    I would like to have an option when illustrator detects me opening large and complicated files that my computer might struggle with running. This option would automatically simplify paths and decrease or outright eliminate gradients, as well as doing stuff to decrease the intensity of effects on the system.

    This would be extremely helpful with taking care of files that people send into my company where they just go all out in complexity. For example, I had someone send in a file that had over 150k anchor points for 18 paths in a 9mm x 9mm artboard. This would be…

    2 votes
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  4. Share for Review - Ability for teams to update links

    Currently in InDesign and Illustrator, the person that created a review link is the only one able to update the review link. There are times when another person on my team needs to update a file and send an updated review link, but to do so, they have to create a copy of the file and make a brand new link. This is a bit tedious and doesn't keep the history of comments, which we sometimes need to refer back to. I would like to suggest the ability to allow teams on Create Cloud to be able to work on…

    4 votes
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  5. Zoom on text in panels and dialogs, for better accessibility

    Give us the ability to zoom in on text in all panels and dialogs. People have dyslexia, meres-irhlen syndrome and even just bad eyesight. Nobody wants to have their face two inches away from their screen just so they can see what they’re reading. This would have the added benefit of making presentations in a classroom setting more easy and thus, would make more people interested in subscribing to the software.

    I personally get my use of the Adobe suite through my university, however there are certainly hundreds of thousands of people who pay to use the software and this…

    2 votes
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  6. Copy and paste with drag and right click mouse like CorelDRAW

    I hope to see in illustrator copy and paste with (drag and right click mouse) like CorelDRAW

    6 votes
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  7. My illustrator does not recognize my gpu, an nvidia a4000 ada

    My illustrator does not recognize my gpu, an nvidia a4000 ada

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  8. Bleed option for multi-color object

    Currently if you expand an object with more than one color the paths will overlap where they meet. It would be beneficial if the expanded paths split the difference where they meet to better setup objects with bleed.

    2 votes
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  9. Gen AI Assisted Live Trace

    So far, Gen AI in illustrator is just a fresh coat of paint on live trace, a raster query and then just live trace.

    Where it would help immensely, is if you could direct AI to clean up live trace results.

    My use case is I'm doing a lofi photo trace, of a contrasted, shaded image, white over red. By default, the edges of the white area are noisy and Illustrator adds several shades for this area. What I'd like to be able to do is prompt AI to "simplify white edges" or "trace behind white areas", to enhance the…

    1 vote
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  10. Live preview missing in many tools

    In these 2 tools:
    — Create Object Mosaic
    — Transform Effect
    I see a live preview toggle is missing.

    If the development team can add it, then it will make them more intuitive and smooth.

    The Transform effect has Preview only, however a A LIVE PREVIEW would be better and faster.

    2 votes
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  11. App moves entirely slow

    2 votes
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  12. Adobe Please Update Image Trace

    Totally understand the business aspects of focusing on tools which have the most users. However Image Trace appears stuck in a time warp, and not moving forward. May be stretching but with the AI, ML tools Image Trace should be far more capable than the current form. The inability to distinguish lines in an image is of concern. You should be able to draw more interest to take raster drawings to the next level with Illustrator. Has been almost 24 years when this was released. Definitely time to take to the next level.

    6 votes
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  13. Illustrator doesn't let me use 3D objects and it automatically closes every time I want to use that option

    When I installed Illustrator files from the Adobe Materials website to use with 3D objects, it stopped working, when I try to select something and convert it to 3D, Illustrator automatically closes. I already reinstalled the program but it's still the same. How do I be able to use it again?

    1 vote
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  14. Allow to disable or enable center points for all or specific objects types on creation

    With Area Type, if I use the text tool to highlight a word (for example, if I want to embolden the word), if I catch the centre point of the text box in the wrong way, Illustrator will assume that I want to create a new text box, which I don't. I know I can manually disable the centre point via the Attributes panel, but I need to set the centre point to OFF by default, and to my knowledge there is no way of doing this.

    6 votes
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  15. Pattern Editing Mode - Add options copies 1x2 2x1 and 2x2 - Disable Thumbnail - Performance Enhancements

    For more complicated patterns, 3x3 is too many copies to at least visualize how something tiles. If it's a brick, 1x2 or 2x1 would even be helpful, but at least 2x2 so you can see all seams.

    Please create an option to disable the preview thumbnail in pattern editing mode. The thumbnail redraws for every edit, so more complicated patterns not only have to redraw on screen, but also create a miniature version. Hopefully those previews are images but if not, may be causing further issues when scaling down vectors.

    Would it be possible to make a draft quality preview…

    2 votes
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  16. Render performance problem with missing links

    If you have a document with missing links then Illustrator show proxy images instead of originals. But when I want to work similar files then display performance is bad. Pan, zoom very very slow.

    I am working with Macbook Pro M1 Pro, Adobe Illustrator Version 27, 28 or 29. View using CPU or GPU same results.

    2 votes
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  17. An ability to disable Text to Vector Graphic feature and any other generative options

    I'd like to be able to turn off the new feature for "text to vector graphic (beta)" and others like it if possible, or for these to be disabled from the start, with an AI-free build.

    19 votes
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  18. Please improve the functionality of the files when multiple artboards are designed and the design is complex in nature.

    Illustrator is hanging or freezing when complex path designs are being designed or multiple dartboards are designed in a single file.
    I am using a MacBook Pro M2 Chip which is known for its processing and still facing so much issues with heavy and complex files.

    1 vote
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  19. Animated Zoom for Mouse wheel

    Please add the Animated Zoom function for the mouse wheel, now this can only be done using the "Z" key and the mouse movement. It is very inconvenient to scroll using alt + mouse wheel when the percentage of increase jumps from 66% to 100% in one turn of the mouse wheel. The trackpad on the macbook zooms very well, but it is not convenient to use. Add a switch to the "General" settings next to the scroll wheel " Use Animated Zoom to scroll with the mouse.

    5 votes
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  20. AMD RADEON Chipset Support Request

    AMD RADEON Support Request

    Thank you to our development team for your hard work.
    We would very much appreciate AMD RADEON support for Adobe Illustrator
    We would appreciate it if you could support AMD RADEON in future updates of Adobe Illustrator,
    We would very much appreciate it if you could support AMD RADEON in future updates of Adobe Illustrator.

    Thank you very much for your cooperation.

    2 votes
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