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  1. Scrubby Zoom Suddenly Stops Working

    2019 MacBook Pro with Catalina 10.15.7. Adobe Illustrator 25.2.

    Scrubby zoom suddenly stops working, even though GPU and Animated Zoom are still enabled within Preferences. This happens once or twice a week; the only way I have found to resolve is restarting the MacBook.

    It happens while working in relatively small/simple documents, all of a sudden, without making any changes to Preferences.

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  2. While creating simple vector files Illustrator lags

    Since updating to 2020 and 2021, Illustrator is slow and laggy on creating simple vector files.

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  3. G-Sync

    I don't understand why, but all Creative Cloud apps get affected by G-Sync. The mouse cursor while using any Creative Cloud app lags severely. But, as soon as you turn off G-Sync, it's smooth as butter.

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  4. The file keeps crashing whenever I zoom in or out

    Usually, everything functions perfectly; it is just I started to have a problem whenever I zoom in or out. The whole file crashes sometimes, then it turns back to normal, or it might keep freezing until I close the Illustrator.
    This is a weird issue because it only happens with zooming in or out, and it happened with Illustrator 2021 and 2020. I think it is from my computer, but everything is updated; I updated my drivers recently, and I still have the same issue.

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  5. Illustrator 2021 crashes when trying to import AutoCad DWG

    Every time I try and open an AutoCAD dwgs in illustrator, the options to choose what scale I want comes up and when I click ok, the whole program crashes and the pop up box comes up asking if I want to send a report to illustrator. I cant open any of my dwg drawings at all!

    I've uninstalled and re-installed illustrator many times and updated it to make sure its the latest update and I've turned my computer off and on many times but nothing works. It worked for me before I updated so I think its the latest…

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  6. Network corrupting app repeatedly

    I have read articles about how Adobe doesn't like to work with networks but my issue is my company does not allow for me to use anything off the network. We have extreme security settings so there is no option at all to work around it. Because of this, the app corrupts at least once a month and IT won't help. I'm the one stuck with reinstalling the app and all the settings constantly. Please help work on a solution for designers like me whose hands are tied with how we use the software. It's extremely time consuming and frustrating…

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  7. Gradient tool hangs after using

    Exactly as the title says. Using the gradient tool in the most recent versions of Illustrator results in the app not responding for about a minute.

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  8. Illustrator 2021 can't save with NVIDIA 1050

    With this new version i can't save any document. My laptop gets freeze and I have an NVIDIA GEFORCE 1050 plus an Intel Core I7 9th Gen.

    Please fix the compatibility with previous processors

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  9. expanded pattern freezes in perspective grid

    When i try and move the sidewalk next the building it freezes up. I just bought a new asus ryzen 9 with rtx 3070

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  10. Falsely claims video drivers out of date

    Your last 2 or 3 updates, after updating & re-opening AI, it tells me my video card driver is out of date. I have updated everything it tells me to update, they are correct & latest versions. Still AI tells me this with a pop up stating 'I may have performance issues if I continue without updating drivers'.
    I've done all I can my end, had it checked by IT guys - can you look into it please?
    I run Windows10 PRo.

    Thank you.

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  11. Compatibilité système requis Vidéo Nvidia

    Je suis sous windows 10, illustrator 25.2 64bits dernière version, à chaque lancement de l'application apparait une fenêtre "compatibilité système requis" pour video Nvidia Geforce GT620. J'ai réparé en prenant la dernière version du pilote sur NVidia GeForce GT 620 v.23.21.13.9135. Mais la fenêtre apparaît toujours ??? Que dois-je faire pour solutionner ce problème. Merci

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  12. Jittery mouse cursor before changing state / hovering over links when Adobe application is open

    MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
    Processor 2,3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
    MacOS Big Sur 11.2.1 (20D74)
    Memory 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
    Graphic AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB

    I'm experiencing a jittery/buggy/flickering mouse cursor when my cursor's about to change mode, to type mode or other different pointers.
    Explanation in GIF: https://i.stack.imgur.com/c3tBo.gif

    This also occurs in both Safari and Chrome while I'm opening any Adobe application. It also occurs in other non-hyperlink instances of the mouse cursor changing, such as hovering over the drag handle when resizing Finder columns.

    Every time the mouse transitions from the hyperlink pointer to…

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  13. Slack & Illustrator freeze each other

    Sometimes Illustrator freezes on save and f I click Slack, I notice that it also has frozen. If I force quit Slack, Illustrator sometines unfreezes without having to force quit it.

    HELP!

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  14. Illustrator keeps shutting down

    My Illustrator keeps shutting down. It tells me I have an unsupported video driver. Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000. It has been doing this all week. I have never had this problem before. And now I have to sign in every time it starts.

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  15. Illustrator 2021 (25.1.0) slows, freezes, crashes every 1-3 hours.

    I have tried to use Illustrator 25.1.0 on 3 different laptops, ALL instances resulted in the same problem. The application will perform normally for a while, then at some point, typically between 1-3 hours of constant use, the function you are asking for via mouse input will freeze. (examples: moving a text box or shape, highlighting text, etc.) Sometimes the freeze will be preceded by a slight slow down in responsiveness. Once there is a freeze, the menu pull downs are inoperable too, so you can't ask it to save. When it freezes, a recovery file may or may not…

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  16. Removed a middle anchor, then an infinite long "handle line" caused the file and the recovery file to crash AI

    I placed a line with 3 anchors, removed the middle anchor.
    Then AI created automatically an infinite long handle from one of the remaining anchor points.
    I coudln´t save the file, it crashed immediately and the recover file got the same bug, so I couldn´t even save the recovery file. the whole infected file is lost completely. (I lost 6 hours of work because of this bug).

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    A HANDLE of a remaining anchor point automatically calculated to be infinite.
    I did something like what is in that gif, perhaps something different but the same logic.
    I did that and…

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  17. Text tool crashes version 25.x

    In version 25.0x and later, every time I draw a text box, Illustrator hangs. After it catches up with itself, I'm left with a text box that I can't access -- if I click on it, Illustrator hangs again. It's unusable.

    I had to uninstall and go back to 24.3.

    Thanks.

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  18. 25.1 Constant Crashing

    Since updating to 25.1 I am experiencing constant crashes on even basic vector logo ai files. Never happened before this update, I am on an Asus Rog Strix with a 1650 GTX. Windows 10.

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  19. Hello Adobe Team,

    Hello Adobe Team,

    We are using Adobe Illustrator 25.1 Version,
    science we updated the 25.1 we are facing Hanging (Software Stop) Issue,

    and we are facing Performance Issue

    Kindly Suggest Us.

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  20. Illustrator Causes Crash of iMac

    System information is as follows:

    System: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)
    OS: macOS Catalina 10.15.7
    Processor: 3.6GHz 10-Core Intel Core I9
    Memory: 64GB 2667 MHz DDR4
    Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5500XT 8 GB

    Adobe Illustrator Version: 25.1 (latest update)

    Since upgrading my iMac a few months ago, Illustrator is randomly crashing my computer. After using a safe mode start, I believe I have isolated the problem to be associated with my extra monitor. After disconnecting my extra monitor, the crashes have stopped. This is very inconvenient because I can use my extra monitor for all of my other software (Including…

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