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  1. 1 vote

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  2. Crashes every time I open anything. Or save a new file. Completely unusable.

    Ever since the last update, Illustrator has become completely unusable. It locks up every time I try to open an existing file, or save a new file. Forcing me to force quit the application.

    System specs:
    OS: High Sierra 10.13.6
    Model Name: MacBook Pro
    Model Identifier: MacBookPro13,3
    Processor Name: Intel Core i7
    Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz
    Number of Processors: 1
    Total Number of Cores: 4
    L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
    L3 Cache: 6 MB
    Memory: 16 GB
    Boot ROM Version: MBP133.0247.B00
    SMC Version (system): 2.38f7

    Illustrator Version: 22.1

    Steps to reproduce:
    1) Open any file.
    2) Try to save…

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  3. AIGUSSNIFFER

    aigusniffer appeared after I upgraded to Mohave. How to remove?

    When I try to update Illustrator, I get a message that there is a conflict. It tells me to close Illustrator and press the "Continue" button. However, when I close Illustrator, the update dialog box closes too. Confused!

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  4. No artboards!

    I am using Mac OS Mojave (OS 10.14) with Illustrator 19. When I try to create a new file or open up an existing one, nothing happens! No new artboard appears for me - the page that loads on start up remains there. I've been using Illustrator since the early 90s and nothing like this has ever happened. This is a recent manifestation since the installation of version 19 - please advise what to do!

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  5. FIX ILLUSTRATOR 2019

    Mac ios High Sierra on iMac 21.5, AI 2019, working on simple packaging mechanical files, sometimes when saving I get a message that it cannot process. I either lose all my work, or several files have been translated into black and white and look like architectural drawings. I have trouble creating new swatches. When I duplicated a swatch, when I changed color of copy, color of original changed. Why is there no step and repeat? Please stop releasing versions of this software before it is bug-free. Most versions don't even have noticeable upgrades, others have annoying upgrades. After using software…

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  6. Pattern Brush with raster image adds white pixels not in original image

    If using a raster image as the base for a pattern brush, Ai will pad the image with opaque white pixels. This makes it really hard - if not impossible - to use it on anything besides solid white background.

    Note: This is NOT the anti-aliasing/"thin white line between segments" issue.

    See screenshot.

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  7. Failure to create artboards when reading file with SDK in CC 2018

    Issue occurs in CC 2018 when creating artboards during the GoFileFormat message handler in a plugin that registers its own file format.

    In previous versions you could create artboards up to the size of the canvas using AIArtboard::SetPosition without any errors. In CC 2018 when you call AIArtboard::SetPosition it seems to compare the position to the result of AIDocument::GetDocumentMaxArtboardBounds and if it is outside of the maximum bounds it returns an error code. In CC 2018, the maximum art boards for a new document seem to be based on the /artboard setting in the preferences file, which in turn seems…

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  8. Can not open a saved .ase color book

    With the update to Illustrator CC 2019, I now can not open the .ase color book that we've been using for 3 years.

    Please fix this as it is an incredibly inconvenient bug to encounter

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  9. HIGHLIGHTING objects on locked layers

    Cursor highlights everything, even objects on locked layers. This is disruptive. Why is this update so slow? Take me back!

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  10. TEXT NOT REFRESHING

    Text not refreshing when making changes to a text box. I turned off GPU performance and the problem persists.

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  11. Selected font in CC2018 doesn't stick

    Problem when I opened a type sample page I made with Universal News with Commercial Pi, and almost all characters became the rectangle with X inside. I can select the block, then UNwCP and I can see the text changing as I select the face . . . but when I leave the Character pallet, the field blanks.

    Also, if I select one character and type over it, the face becomes Minion. In the sample, see 8, 9, and zero.

    Similarly, in InDesign, I can select a single character and then UNwCP, and the pallet changes to New Century Schoolbook…

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  12. Asset Export Undo Deletion

    If I delete an asset from the Asset Export Panel, I cannot "undo" to bring it back. I would like to be able to do this in the same way as undoing to restore swatches, layers etc.

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  13. I use win 10 with latest update on asus gl553vd with updated drivers from their website.

    I use win 10 with latest update on asus gl553vd with updated drivers from their website.
    Hi,
    I’m Sanket Sali from India.
    I use ASUS Gl553vd laptop with updated win 10. It has onboard gpu intel and addon gpu nvidia 1050. I have updated both drivers from asus website.
    I’m experiencing screen brightness flicker means brightness goes high and low inside the document window of AI as well as PS.
    It was same in 2018 versions of AI and PS and the problem is still there in 2019 versions. I’m not getting where the exact issue is.
    Is it with…

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  14. 'Puppet Warp Tool' delaying access to 'Free Transform Tool' due to load time

    Noticed in the latest update that when 'pressing & holding' the Puppet Warp Tool to access the Free Transform Tool underneath would cause the Puppet Tool to first apply itself to chosen artwork, render its mesh, etc. before displaying my option to select the Free Transform Tool. This causes up the 5 second delay each time I switch - very annoying for the default state. I encounter this about 3 times daily.

    Mac OS, Mojave. Illustrator CC Oct 2018 update

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  15. Close, Save and Quit File Menu options are invisible

    After upgrading Illustrator to version 23.0 (Windows 7 Pro), the Close, Save and Quit options under the File Menu are invisible. This is constant.

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    Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. It can be issue with Graphic card drivers. Please goto this link for more info:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/illustrator-gpu-performance-driver-update.html

    If this doesn’t resolve the issue, please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.

  16. AIGPU sniffer

    AIGPU sniffer triggers when launching indesign or illustrator after installing mojave -- dual screen issues also with ima pro og 27" apple screen

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  17. Undo randomly groups texts

    After hitting undo a few times will cause a random text to be selected and cannot be unselected. I don't know which text has been selected either. Only way to find out is to direct select each text and try to edit them. That's the only way to exit out of the selection as well. I've found this problem over and over again.

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  18. MacOs Mojave Free Transform Tool in Illustrator CC 2019 without panel.

    Selecting the Free Transform Tool in Illustrator CC 2019 -after drawing a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool -the panel of the Free Transform Tool fails to appear. Only shortcuts are possible (using iMac).

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  19. 2019 update. Worst update ever! Why? Why did you move and change all the tools?????? None of them make sense or are intuitive anymore.

    Worst update ever! Why? Why did you move and change all the tools?????? None of them make sense or are intuitive anymore.

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    Illustrator provides two tool panels now: Basic (chosen by default) and Advanced (with all the tools, including plugin ones). This change was made to make Illustrator less clumped form the beginning and ease the learning process. You can read more about this here: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tools.html

    You can also access all the tools from the 'drawer' menu, by clicking the button with three dots at the bottom of any toolbar.

    As always, Ai doesn’t care much about our settings, and this time they forced this changes for everyone, not explaining the change directly in-app. Hope this gets improved.

  20. CC2019 Offset Path stuck in Inches

    Offset Path seems to be stuck in Inches in 23.0. I have the preferences all set to "points", yet when I try to use Offset Path, it's still displaying the offset amount in inches. This didn't happen until the upgrade to 23.0.

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