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  1. Error: "Unable to export at this resolution" for jpeg at 300ppi

    For larger artboards (6500 square), I'm trying to export them at 300ppi jpegs for print (as requested by the printer). Every time I try to export at 300ppi, I get the message "unable to export at this resolution, please lower the resolution and try again."

    I've been informed of the Photoshop workaround, but we should be able to save vector files especially out as high res jpeg's straight from Illustrator!

    2 votes

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  2. SVG import - duplicate layer names erased

    In Illustrator CC 2019 (v23.0.2), some of the layer names are stripped during SVG import. This is not an issue in CC 2018 (v22.0.0).

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. Create an SVG file with two layers with the same ID attribute
    2. Open in Illustrator CC 2019
    3. One of layer names will be blank

    The attached file shows the layer names in CC 2019 when opening the SVG below

    <svg>
    <rect id="LayerName1" x="0" y="0" width="237.6" height="3.2" fill="rgb(0, 0, 0)" fill-opacity=" 0"></rect>
    <rect id="LayerName1" x="0" y="0" width="237.6" height="3.2" fill="rgb(0, 0, 0)" fill-opacity=" 0"></rect>
    <rect id="LayerName2" x="0" y="0" width="237.6" height="3.2" fill="rgb(0, 0,…

    2 votes

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  3. (macOS) file dialog drag/drop not working as expected

    When dragging/dropping folders into the save dialog it often doesn't open the dropped folder in the dialog. This leads to slowdowns working with the save dialog.

    Also, using the dark mode on macOS the save dialog is the wrong color compared to the rest of the OS.

    Steps to reproduce:

    • Open a file save dialog
    • Drag/drop a finder folder into dialog
    • Note that nothing happened.
    • Drap/drop same folder into dialog (again).
    • Note that it maybe worked, maybe it didn't.
    • Repeat as necessary until it works.
    1 vote

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  4. Illustrator CC 23.0.2 not opening a SVG file

    When I try to open a svg file, a dialog box asks me to "Select a File Format to open file:" The options are Pixar, PCX, BMP, PNG and Targa. Not only do I not need any of these options, but if I click any of them and press OK, I get an error that reads, "Could not read the file because the plug-in could not understand this file."

    4 votes

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  5. svg text

    Exporting SVG on Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.2 on MacOS 10.14.3 is giving inconsistent results in regards to text. I am trying to export a file as an SVG with Font option set to SVG. However, the SVG file exported has some texts converted to paths or outlines and some texts are preserved as texts, which is what is desired. We have also tried this under Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.1 on Windows 10 Home with same results. We have included a sample file for you to test.

    4 votes

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    Hi Akshay,

    We were able to confirm the issue that you see. The issue indeed does not happen with Illustrator 2018 (22.1).

    We identified hyphenation as the potential culprit. To workaround the issue, either disable hyphenation in the Paragraph panel or make sure text does not get hyphenated.

    We are sorry that you experience the issue and are working on fixing the issue.

    The Adobe Illustrator Team

  6. SVG export : XML code anomaly

    Hi there,

    (my specs don't matter for this issue)

    I'm using Ai to make .svg files I'll animate live (making it react to midi and sound) using PureData and Processing.
    So I have vectorized a picture of stained glasses and it gives me 3655 different path I have to export twice : once in only one .svg file for all paths [globalsvg] and once in one .svg file per path [pathssvg].

    I'll then use Processing to analyse height, width, viewbox and d-commands in [globalsvg] to finally recreate the entire pattern by placing [pathssvg] on another plan…

    1 vote

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  7. Units preference not retained on asset panel export

    Details of your operating system and version of Adobe Illustrator
    Current version of CC on a Microsoft Surface windows 10 pro

    The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues:
    It's in both the asset export panel and the export artboard panel. My global preferences are set to inches as well as the originating document.

    I'm often creating elements then exporting various bits as assets. So the asset export panel is handy for this. I could just copy and past into a new document and "save as pdf". It's just a smoother flow for my brain to use the…

    1 vote

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  8. Unit issue with DXF exported from Illustrator

    Hello,
    Units are not correct when exporting DXF files from Illustrator CC.

    A 100 mm diameter circle exported from illustrator CC (22.0.1) is opened in Creo Parametric 4.0 (M070) and measures 2540 mm.

    My CC options are in millimeters
    $INSUNITS in DXF file should be defined to 4 = Millimeters
    Actually it is exported with 1 and this is incorrect.

    Changing $INSUNITS from 1 to 4 in Notepad is not a sustainable solution !

    Default drawing units for AutoCAD DesignCenter blocks:
    https://www.autodesk.com/techpubs/autocad/acad2000/dxf/header_section_group_codes_dxf_02.htm

    Thanks you for tanking in consideration this problematic.

    Best regards

    Nicolas Bourgeois

    15 votes

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  9. eps import slow (e.g. for eps created in Matlab)

    The import of eps-files created in other programs (e.g. Matlab) is slow: opening a file of 10 kb can take 10-30 seconds. Why?

    I am using AI CC 22.1.

    3 votes

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  10. Data merge with variables shared by multiple objects should not create errors

    Assigning multiple objects to the same variable would be particularly useful for language translations, in which the same value should appear in different objects of the same document.

    While the UI allows to link several objects to the same variable, Illustrator behaves badly in these cases:

    1. When a new dataset is created, Illustrator will assign different values to the same variable and where the value shows up is unpredictable.

    2. The exported variable library is invalid and cannot be imported again.

    3. If a CSV is imported into such a document, the import fails with an unknown error, while the CSV import…

    12 votes

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  11. Linked image used in opacity mask not compressing

    I believe this is a new issue with a recent update. I've never had this issue before.

    The attached pdf file should be renamed to an ai file. For some reason I am not allowed to attach an ai file. That doesn't make sense to me as this is a bug report platform for ai.

    If I create a document that has a linked image used in an opacity mask, illustrator is not compressing the image when I save it. I'm seeing a file end up being, for example, around 8MB when it should be around 600KB. I am downsampling…

    1 vote

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  12. Artboard Not Visible when in a Tab

    Mac Pro 2015 with OSX Mojave

    When opening a PDF the file naturally attaches itself to a new tab on the illustrator workspace but the entire artboard is missing. Only when you pull the tab free to make an individual window are you then able to see the illustration contents.

    1 vote

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  13. "An Unknown Error Has Caused the Operation to Fail" Message When Trying to export TIFF.

    iMac running OS X 10.14.2
    Illustrator CC 2019

    Whenever I try to export an artboard as a TIFF using "Export As", I get the ubiquitous, yet EXTREMELY vague error message, "An Unknown Error Has Caused the Operation to Fail" a couple of seconds after Illustrator starts to process the image (progress bars gets about 25% of the way).

    Now, the weird part is that I have no problem exporting the same artboard as a PNG or JPG using the same "Export As' option.

    And before you ask, yes I uninstalled and then reinstalled Illustrator but it's still having the same…

    4 votes

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  14. Differences in safed SVG

    There are several differences in the produced SVG depending on the way a user takes for export or safe.
    A little example:
    I need for technical reasons the properties Width and Height for the artboard size. When i export from AI to SVG using 'export' this property is added if the checkbox for export the artboard size. Now, open the produced SVG again and simply pick safe, and the properties are gone.
    There are many more differences.

    Would you please change the SVG generator to make more common results?

    1 vote

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  15. Content in the Search Adobe Help (top right) box will be randomly pasted into the filename when entering a typing in the Save As dialog box

    Content that is in the Search Adobe Help (top right) box will be randomly pasted into the filename when entering a typing in the Save As dialog box.

    Note that it only happens between 5% and 10% of the time. T

    he only steps I can do to reproduce occasionally are to move the curser left or right or type a letter with the Save As dialog box open after typing something into the Search Adobe Help box.

    For those of you wondering why there is data in the Search Adobe Help box, I paste into and then copy from…

    1 vote

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  16. Exporting multiple artboards in Illustrator CC does not accept layer masks

    I work for a big company where we create illustrator files with multiple artboards in them (kinda like a sequence) and then export them as PNG for our website.
    Its a type of a users manual. We have to crop our artwork with masks, so that one artwork doesnt overlap the other. To do this, we use clipping masks. While my coworkers make the mask over the artwork, which groups all the layers together, I greate a new layer, make it a clipping mask and then drag the artwork into that clipping layer, so I can keep my layers, since…

    1 vote

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  17. 2 votes

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  18. Can't open .dwg files all of a sudden

    Ai CC 2019 - Can no longer open dwg files - the error is "unknown file format" the old work around used to be to save the .dwg & all xref's to a 2010 version and it would open. Super frustrating as this has occurred in the middle of a project. How to get the dwg's compatible again?

    3 votes

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  19. Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 is not able to generate PDF-compatible files

    No matter what I do (re-save as a AI, EPS, PDF, check/uncheck 'create PDF compatible file', etc...), if I save as a PDF, the PDF will show up saying "This is an Adobe Illustrator File that was saved without PDF content" etc... Is this a version 2019 bug??? What am I doing wrong?

    9 votes

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  20. Dropbox Smart Sync Enhancement (bug still here)

    If you use Dropbox Smart Sync, when you browse files in Dropbox folders to find an open/save location, Adobe softwares (AI, PS, Acrobat...) download automatically all the files in folders you are browsing !

    It's said in the Adobe blog that Adobe dev team made an improvement in the march 2018 release (https://theblog.adobe.com/introducing-march-release-illustrator-cc/).
    But we still have the issue on several macbooks at work. It's really boring.

    1 vote

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