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  1. GenerateUI.aip error, Illustrator won’t launch

    大家帮帮忙嘛

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  2. Variation in exported image size based on coordinate position when using Asset Export

    I think I'm seeing a bug in the size of an exported image when using Asset Export for Illustrator v27.5 on Windows 10 22H2 19045.3803. Here's what I've done and the result I'm seeing:

    • Create a new empty document, I used an artboard size of 60" x 36" with coordinates (0", 0")
    • Add a square to Layer 1 sized to 5" x 5" with a position of (10", 10")
    • Create a new layer, Layer 2
    • Add another square to Layer 2 sized to 5" x 5" with a position of (30.5", 20.5")
    • Select Layer 1 and Layer 2 in the…
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  3. Blob Brush tool not functioning - making smaller shapes than I’ve drawn and nowhere near the right shape

    I'm trying to draw with the blob brush tool - its not creating anything close to what I’m drawing if at all, sometimes it just does a single dot. it's also been extra laggy of late - taking full seconds to register I’ve moved the mouse.

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  4. cambio de la unidad metrica

    Buenos dias chicos a ustedes no les sucede que cuando van a crear un nuevo documento y ejemplo si tenia la unidad metrica en milimetros y la cambias a centimetros o pulgadas se les regresa a milimetros creo que es algun error en programa o no se, vengo aqui a sugerir ya para que se haga una revision de eso y se pueda corregir, saludo

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  5. Objects aligned with edge of artboard render as if overlapping

    When aligning an object against the edge of an artboard, the program will render it as if overlapping the edge by a tiny amount, depending on zoom.

    Extremely disruptive when when working, compounded by the snapping being unreliable (as per separate bug report).

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  6. Strokes stop working properly.

    Ever since version 28.7.1, after a bit of time, today was less than 2 hours, strokes can no longer can be edited.

    Changing "Align Strokes" changes nothing, stroke size changes nothing. Changing caps changes nothing. This happens to both new and old strokes on both new and old paths/shapes.

    Currently restarting the app seems to work around & reset it, but only for a few hours, then it starts happening again.

    P.S. This is on a Mac

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  7. 生成されるグラデーションはグラデーションではない

    2024年前半頃に作成したデータについて解説します。
    グラデーションツールで単色（特色濃度100％）から透明（特色濃度0％）になるグラデーションです。（A参照）黒の矢印で指し示している部分までは均等に濃度100％が入るはずなのですが、データ上でもよく見ると黒の矢印で指し示している位置の前後が濃い色になっているのがわかるでしょうか。このデータを最終、印刷（印刷業者に依頼）まで進めて商品をお客様に納品したところ、納品先の顧客からクレームが入りました。納品された商品を見るとAの写真で示したように黒の矢印周辺が一番色味が濃く出ており（筋が入ったような状態）本来矢印より下の部分も全く同じ色（濃度100％）で出るべきところが薄くなっているんです。（参照B）
    しかも濃度100％より上の部分がすごく汚いムラのあるグラデーションになっています。
    私自身、DTP業界で20年以上仕事をしていますが、年々イラレの品質低下が著しいことを恐らく長年愛用されている方ほどお気づきかと思います。
    20年程前もグラデーションツールで作成したグラデーションをフィルム印刷するとグラデーションの段階がまるで階段のように縞々にでたことを思い出しますが、その解決方法として使用していたのがブレンドツールという強い味方。ステップ数を細かすぎるというくらいに細かい設定にすることでスムースなグラデーションを再現できます。
    が、しかし。
    今回の件で次回の印刷に向けて解決策を講じようとブレンドツールで同じグラデーションを作成したものの、いくらステップ数を増やそうとも、なめらかなグラデーションにならないのです。（C参照）
    そしてcの画像を見て観察眼の鋭い方ならお気づきかと思いますが、
    テップ数50のところを見て気づきませんか。一段一段のステップがグラデーション表現されており、そのグラデーションがまさに上に向かってゆくにつれて濃く表現されていることを。
    本来であればもちろん一段一段のステップが同じ均一の色味になるので絶対にこういう表現になるはずがないですよね。
    グラデーション表現の不具合と同じことが、このブレンドツールに於いても起こっています。

    今回実際に商品としてお客様に納品しており、このグラデーションの不具合が原因で金銭的損失を被りました。
    グラデーションツールに問題があった時の回避策としてブレンドツールを使っていたのに、それも使い物にならないとなったら、この手のデザインは使えなくなります。
    深刻に受け止めていただきたいですし、細部にまで注意を払って改善していただきたいです。

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  8. Pen Tool Randomly Deactivating Briefly (a LOT)

    Just updated to CC 2025 and have been introduced a bug where the pen tool now randomly deactivates for a split second and begins a new path. I've tried rebooting the suite, closing all other programs, but the issue is persistent. It happens so often I just clocked it at around 3-4x per minute. Insanely frustrating and making things take far longer than they should.

    I'm running on a brand new M3 MacBook Air, not a complex file at all either.

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  9. Contextual alternates don’t work for Cyrillic letters with Adobe Single-line and Every-line composers

    While Ai allows to pick a contextual alternate for Cyrillic letters for fonts that support them, it actually works only for Middle-Eastern & South-Asian composers, but is visually ignored for Adobe Single-line and Every-line composers.

    Take a look at the GIF attached.

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  10. Smooth Tool Interferes with Touch Ring Zoom Function on Wacom Tablet

    The Smooth tool pop up conflicts with the touch ring on a Wacom tablet. I have the touch ring set to zoom and when using a brush, the Smooth tool annoyingly pops up every time a zoom in or out using the touch ring. Cant find a way to disable it. HELP!

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  11. Now the Space Bar Doesn't Work for Text in Mac Sequoia

    Every time I launch AI on a Mac Sequoia OS, something in AI will not work right. This morning, the spacebar no longer adds space between words in text. What's so frustrating is you never know what shortcut/tool will fail when using Adobe products in Mac Sequoia OS. Please fix these problems. Thank you.

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  12. Selection incorrectly grabs bounding box

    In Illustrator 2024 and earlier, drawing a selection box would not grab bounding boxes. In AI 2025, if I draw a selection box that happens to cross a bounding box, it will select the object(s). Proper selection ignores bounding boxes, otherwise it becomes difficult to select without accidentally picking the wrong objects. I've deleted and lost artwork several times in the last week, due to selecting bounding boxes of circles that are off screen when I'm zoomed in.

    I cannot seem to find the switch to turn this off, and there is no mention of this in the new features/changes…

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  13. Outline Preview & CPU preview not working (cause canvas freezing)

    Selecting outline preiview, preview on CPU, overprint preview, & Pixel preview is not working. It will cause the artboard freezing unless I back to GPU preview.
    I have tried in illustrator 28, it is worked normally.

    Operating system:
    Windows 11 23H2
    Ryzen 5 7535HS
    RTX 2060

    Illustrator Version: 29.0

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  14. 「クロスと重なり」を含むシンボルの書き出し結果が正しくない - Exporting symbols containing Intertwine results wrong.

    「クロスと重なり」を含むシンボルを画像に書き出すと、正しい体裁になりません。

    • psd、pdf、Webpでは正しい体裁になるが、それ以外の保存形式では欠けたような状態で書き出される

    • 「スクリーン用に書き出し」、「書き出し形式」、「Web用に保存（従来）」、どのメニューコマンドでも同様

    • 「アセットの書き出し」では「書き出し」ボタンをクリックしても書き出しが実行されない

    • Illustrator 2023、2024で確認

    再現手順:
    1. 「クロスと重なり」を含むアートワークでシンボルを作成し、インスタンスを配置する
    2. 「スクリーン用に書き出し」などを使って画像に書き出す（psd、pdf、Webp以外の保存形式を選ぶ）

    実際の結果:
    「クロスと重なり」の部分が欠けたような状態で書き出される

    期待された結果:
    画面どおりの体裁で画像が書き出される

    回避方法:
    「クロスと重なり」を「分割・拡張」などで拡張してからシンボルに登録する

    ---- English *Use translation tool ----

    Exporting symbols containing "Intertwine" does not give correct results.

    • As psd, pdf, and webp, the result is correct. But in other formats, they are exported as missing.

    • Same result with "Exports for screens", "Export as", "Save for Web (Legacy)" or any menu command.

    • "Asset Export" does not export even if the "Export" button is clicked.

    • Check with Illustrator 2023 and 2024

    How to reproduce:
    1. Create a symbol with artwork containing "Intertwine" and place an instance.
    2.…

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  15. ドキュメントのラスタライズ効果設定が300ppiの場合でもApple Color Emojiが低い解像度でラスタライズされる

    macOS Ventura / iMac27inch i5/32GB/1TB
    Illustrator ver.28.3（カラーフォントに対応したバージョン全てで同様の挙動だと思われます。）

    問題が発生したときに実行していた手順
    1.　テキストツールを使いアートボード上をクリックしテキスト入力モードに
    2.　字形パレット上で任意の絵文字をダブルクリック
    3.　アートボード上のポイントテキストに絵文字が入力されるので、サイズを15pt程度に設定する。
    4.　メニューより「書式→アウトラインを作成」を実行する。
    5.　ビットマップ系のカラーグリフのフォントなのでビットマップに変換されるが、アウトライン前の表示に対して著しい解像度低下が起きる。

    想定していた結果
    アウトライン化後もアウトライン前と同程度の品質のビットマップとしてラスタライズされる。

    実際の結果
    72ppiでラスタライズした状態になる為、ドキュメントのラスタライズ効果設定にて300ppi等の高解像度設定を行っている場合、想定した品質のものにならない。

    AppleColorEmojiフォントは各グリフをpng形式で持つカラーグリフフォントです。Illustratorはこのフォントを表示するために、当フォントが数種類内包するサイズ違いのStrikeの内のもっともピクセル数の多いStrike8を利用してレンダリングします。これは各グリフが160px×160pxのサイズで、上記の手順での表示品質を充分担保できるサイズと言えます。
    しかし、アウトライン化の際、Illustratorはこのフォントが持つpngデータを利用せず、一律で「RGB/72ppi/アンチエイリアス無し」の設定でラスタライズします。そのせいで本来フォントが持つディテイルが失われます。「ドキュメントのラスタライズ効果設定」が300ppiの場合15piのグリフは60px×60px程度のサイズでラスタライズされることが期待されるのですが、72ppiで処理される為に半分程度のサイズとなります。
    アウトライン化という意味では埋め込み画像を生成する際にフォントが持つpngを読み出して配置するのが理想であると考えます。しかし、ドキュメント解像度にあわせたラスタライズ処理を行うという処理も合理的ではあります。
    いずれにせよ、データの品質を担保する意味でもドキュメントのラスタライズ効果設定に応じた処理をお願いします。

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  16. Dimensions of this page are out of range

    The original file i used to make a back wall design has worked for years now and every time i update it, it still works. UNTIL NOW. The image REFUSES to save as a PDF or anything, as it says the dimensions of this page are out of range... EVERYTHING is within the canvas but still refuses to work. If it saves as a PNG, it cuts off part of the sides, EVEN if i shrink it down WAY smaller into the box, it STILL cuts off stuff in the PNGS. What is wrong????? AI its self keeps freezing... yes…

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  17. Cannot paste screenshot without error "Not enough memory to place the file"

    This started happening with the Illustrator 29, and I can confirm that I do not have this issue with the previous version of Illustrator. On Mac OS Sequoia 15.0.1. When I take a screenshot to my clipboard and attempt to paste in illustrator, I receive the error "Not enough memory to place the file." If I drag the same screenshot from the desktop, it places the link fine and can be embedded fine. Thanks.

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  18. Hidden objects wrongly get sent to back when duplicating artboards

    When I alt-drag to duplicate an artboard where I have hidden an object on the artboard, it moves the hidden object(s) to the back. The bug doesn't work if the hidden object is all the way in front.

    This is very frustrating, as I frequently hide objects and duplicate artboards, and it's causing everything to suddenly be out of order.

    To replicate problem

    1. create a few stacked shapes in an artboard
    2. hide one of the objects (not the top object)
    3. with the artboard tool, alt-drag to duplicate the whole artboard
    4. show all objects
    5. you will see that the formerly hidden…
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  19. Text Not Displaying in Adobe Illustrator 28.6 (64-bit)

    Description of the Issue: In Adobe Illustrator 28.6 (64-bit) on Windows 11, the designs load properly when opening files, but the text does not display. Instead, only the shadows of the text are visible, and the actual characters are missing. This issue occurs across multiple files and affects the ability to edit text elements within the designs.

    Steps to Reproduce:

    Open Adobe Illustrator.
    Load any file that contains text elements.
    Notice that while the design loads correctly, the text is not visible—only its shadows are displayed.
    Expected Behavior: The text should load and be visible along with the rest of…

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  20. Text rewraps when opening file in Illustrator 2025 v29.0 that was built in Illustrator 2024 v28.6

    Text rewraps when opening a file in Illustrator 2025 v29.0 that was built in Illustrator 2024 v28.6. Please see attached PDF with the problem highlighted in yellow.

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