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  1. Illustrator to Photoshop broken

    I am trying to bring my Illustrator drawing into Photoshop. Exporting from Illustrator to PSD format is giving me errors so I am trying to copy from Illustrator and paste into Photoshop as Smart Objects. This was one big object that I pasted into Photoshop. In Photoshop it displays just that one object. When I open the Smart Object in Illustrator I get the full drawing. I'm not sure which program is at fault but starting with Illustrator since the export function is failing.

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  2. I'm being auto signed out every night

    I'm being auto signed out every night. In the morning it shows a message to save open files but it only gives me the option to save, not save as so I have to overwrite important files or lose all the work I did the night before.

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  3. dimensions change when changing rgb to cmyk

    When I set a new artboard with specific pixel dimensions and ppi, I go to save the artwork as a JPEG and it completely changes my dimensions. I've played around with this for hours with no success. I've noticed that if I change the format from rgb to cmyk, this affects the size. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. Thanks

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  4. 1 vote

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  5. A semicircle shape gets exported as a circle in SVG

    When I create a shape that is between a circle and a square, it is rendered as a circle in an SVG export, while a PNG export (via save for web) makes a good shape.

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  6. DRAW Projects can't be shared to Illustrator

    I am posting this as a BUG because I can't believe that this was intentional design--it must be a complete BUG.

    We can share individual drawings from Adobe DRAW to Illustrator, but when you have an entire PROJECT of drawings, the share option is limited to very LOW-resolution images on a web link or sending them to Behance as a portfolio piece.

    You don't want us to share a VERY BAD LOW RESOLUTION drawing to people do you? That can't be intentional.

    And why on earth can't we just send an entire project to our computer for Illustrator? I could…

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  7. Save As and Save

    I open an existing file, make edits and either Save As or Save (ctrl+s). A dialog box says the file couldn't be saved because of various possible reasons which none of are true. I immediately try to Save As or Save (ctrl+s) after closing the dialog and the save is successful. This happens 99% of the time since 24.0.1 (possibly sooner).

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  8. 1 vote

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  9. Cannot use the Script in Illustrator 20 for Mac to create PDFs

    I used to save all my ai files in Illustrator as PDFs and SVGs using the SaveDocsAsPDF and SaveDocsasSVG. The SVGs work but the when I go to open up the PDFs I get the error message attached. So now I have to go into each ai file and save it manually as a pdf. It takes a lot of time when you ave 30+ files.

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  10. Can't open eps file with error that my copy out of date but if I have cloud version how can it not be latest version of illustrator?!

    Win 10 with CC subscription

    Can't open eps file on Illustrator, says my version not current enough. I pay for monthly cc subscription so wouldn't I by definition be on the latest?

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  11. File Save Incomplete?

    I was working on a file for about 8 hours yesterday and was continuously saving it. The autosave was also triggering throughout my work.

    However, when I started Illustrator today, the file is completely unchanged from its state on Monday. The thumbnail in the Home menu shows my progress from last night, but the file itself only contains the old data.

    There have been no other save issue on that disk. I was able to save an XD file's progress in the same directory — at the same time — last night (shown in attachment) before shutting down my PC.

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  12. 2 votes

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  13. 1 vote

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  14. Exported SVG files don't work correctly in Internet Explorer 11

    If a SVG file exported from Illustrator is set as a background-image in IE11, the image will be centered in its container, and that can't be changed with background-position: left or right.

    Fortunately the solution is simple. Just have Illustrator include width and height in the <svg> tag, like this:
    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 78 112" width="78" height="112">

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  15. 1 vote

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  16. Link update & crash

    When a linked file updated externally (on Photoshop), update link pop up window appears before the saving completes, makes both programs crash.

    to explain in detail; Let's say i have an psd illustration linked in illustrator, if i edit the linked illustration on Ps save document and go back to ai, normally when the saving completes Ai comes up with and pop up window (if it is not preferred as automatic update) and asks if i want to update, when i click yes, and realize Ps file is still saving at the point of 99%..since i clicked yes, Ai can…

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  17. File>Save not saving newest version

    Since vr 24.1.1, "File > Save" automatically saves legacy versions of illustrator as the same legacy version. This means any files made pre this version all come up with this and I have to use "File>Save As" every time.

    Previously any file I worked with, I could use "File> Save" and it would save as the newest version of AI (maybe with the exception of very older file types like CS ones). Not sure if there's an option I can change to switch it back? As this is slowing my work flow.

    2 votes

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  18. Create New Document calculates height and width different

    When creating an document and select "millimeters" as unit, enter "352,78" as both values, then change units to "pixels" in AI 24 the values are then:
    "1000,01" px for width and "1000" for height.

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  19. Export Save for Web resize by percentage does not work as it should

    File>Export>Save for web> - When you change the size percentage, the new width and height number appear. The preview of the image does not change to reflect the new size. The resulting saved image does not reflect the new size. Only workaround is if you slowly click on width and height numbers, wait for the preview of the image to display the new size, and then click save. This has been a problem with all versions of Illustrator that I can remember. This happens on both Mac and PC, on all of the OS versions that I have been able…

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  20. SAVING ISSUES IN 24.0.3

    Cmd + S does save but when you close it asks to save again. Is there a newer version available with this bug fixed? Are you already aware of this bug?
    Can't see any available newer upgrades on Creative Cloud app for Illustrator yet. Currently on 24.0.3 which is the latest available.
    Please advise.

    Thanks.

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