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  1. The Eraser Tool sometimes deletes entire blocks of geometry

    The Eraser Tool, even with a size of 0 pt (but also with 1 or 2 pt), sometimes deletes entire blocks of geometry, sometimes draws a gap in the geometry (as it should always do). This bug has always existed, you have never fixed it. Often, to make partial deletions of the geometry, I have to use other software (such as CorelDRAW).

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  2. Dotted Guides are not precise in GPU preview

    Guides should allow us to be sure about alignment.
    And while in CPU it’s mostly true, in GPU preview dotted guides get drawn 1 pixel off.
    These should perfectly overlap the edges of the object aligned!

    Look at the GIF attached

    If you notice a bug with the bounding bounding box not getting displayed when I select the rectangle in the CPU Preview mode — it’s a separate Beta-only bug, reported here: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/939477/suggestions/50759876

    4 votes

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    Hi,

    Thanks for reporting this issue.


    We are unable to reproduce this issue in house. We need your help in getting this issue reproducible.

    Kindly provide a video and Test file(Via File→Package) with some steps with which you are facing issue and share with us in a zip file at sharewithai@adobe.com. Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail.

    Please Also let us know if you have been using any 3rd Party plugin while facing this problem.

    Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we might need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.

    If yes, then please do let me know about your available time so that I can schedule a connect session accordingly.

    Our time zone is IST (+5:30 GMT).We are available between 8.00 am to 8.00 pm…

  3. Line Extension Smart Guide not working

    I recently updated my Illustrator to 2025 and my smart guides are on but when I extend a line now it is no longer snapping to "Line Extension". I have verified that in my preferences under Smart Guides, "Anchor/ Path Labels" is turned on. Not sure if this is a bug with the new update or what is going on.

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  4. Pattern Tool Severe Lagging

    I am a surface pattern designer and anytime I edit patterns I have a 1-2 minute delay for every vector I move. This cripples workflow and is an awful user experience. I am not using effects or modifications that should cause this type of delays every time vector assets are relocated (even a mm.)

    I have to create 50+ patterns daily and this issues critically hinders my daily workflow. I use illustrator 12 hours a day for my work.

    Please provide solutions to rectify this issue for users experiencing this issue.

    2 votes

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  5. “Split Into Grid” creates a single live grid object now instead of independent paths and it's awful.

    Recent versions of Illustrator changed “Split Into Grid” to create a single live grid object instead of independent paths. This completely breaks established illustration, print, and production workflows (stickers, dielines, laser cutting, icon sheets).

    Please restore the previous behavior or add a preference/checkbox to output individual paths by default. Illustrator is an illustration tool, not a layout app.

    2 votes

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  6. Objects just vanish when rasterizing inside a clipping mask

    Okay, this is seriously annoying. In the latest Illustrator on Windows, if you rasterize inside a clipping mask, poof — your objects are gone.

    Steps (super easy to test):

    Draw a bunch of objects and group them.
    Make a shape and apply a clipping mask.
    Double-click to go inside the group.
    Select everything and rasterize.
    And just like that... everything disappears.

    If you leave even one object out of the selection, they don’t disappear.

    But when you select all → gone.

    If I only rasterize one object, or part of them, it works fine. But if I select all? Illustrator…

    9 votes

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  7. Using 3d and Materials triggers the "error while processing appearance" message (doesn't work)

    For the last 3 or 4 updates I can't use inflate or any of the options in 3d and Materials, with or without GPU, it won't work.

    2 votes

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  8. Holding Shift when picking a color from a gradient in a CMYK document samples the wrong color

    Even though we can hold Shift to pick a color form an object with a gradient applied, it picks the color sampled from the screen — the RGB value.
    It means if we are in a CMYK document and picking a color from a white-to-black gradient, the picked color would NOT be a shade of black, as expected, but an atrocious converted muddy RGB value.
    This is not what it should do!

    6 votes

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  9. Alt & drag to copy not working.

    I only read one post about this problem with a GIF example. I'm working on Windows desktop, every time I try to alt + drag to copy something, at first it creates a copy, but when I release the mouse or keys (tested many combinations), it ends up only moving that object to that place instead of creating a copy. It's really frustrating because it's making my job difficult.

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  10. ツールウインドウがフォントセレクターにかぶってしまう

    2026のこのパターンのワークスペースにおいて、ツールウインドウがフォントセレクターにかぶってしまう。
    以前のように最後にクリックしたウインドウが、最前面にくるように戻して欲しい。

    2 votes

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  11. All my symbols gets displaced all the times

    Whenever I make symbols for sock label logo, these symbols get randomly gets displaced and moved to another location on the art board by itself. the positioning is completely random and no logic. It's been like this since Illustrator 2025. what is going on???
    Please see attached for example of what I mean random displacement of symbols, all the symbol object have been moved randomly to top right. Only way to fix is to break the symbols and manually move these objects back to where I intended to place. This is a must fix bug. please help!!!!

    MacOS 26.2 Illustrator…

    2 votes

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  12. New Artboard Paste in Front Fails and Select Artboard Fails in Artboards panel

    Illustrator 29.6.1 - Mac
    When starting with more than one artboard.
    If you select all objects on an artboard. Copy.
    Then make a new identical artboard in another position to the artboard you copied artwork from, you cannot select the new artboard and paste in front.
    I suspect it is a bug how illustrator keeps track of how many artboards it has because the name is always artboard [number] and the new artboard number in the name is always incorrectly one higher than the actual number.
    You can no longer select an artboard in the Artboards panel and select objects…

    6 votes

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  13. 79 votes

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    Hello all,

    The 'Apply to all' checkbox has been brought back in the Replace missing link dialogue.

    'Apply to all' checkbox was removed when we introduced the 'Auto-relink' (search for missing links in this folder) functionality, as we though 'auto-relink' is going to take care of the 'replace all' workflow as well. But it didn't work as expected in few cases as pointed out by some of you.

    Hence, with the latest release V29.2 (full roll out happens on Jan 9), we have decided to revert to the earlier experience whereby we are bringing back 'apply to all' checkbox and rolling back the 'auto-relink functionality.

    Because of conflicts, both of these functionality cannot co-exist unless we make some significant changes to the relinking experience.

    As we understand, 'replace all' was a important workflow for most of you, so we decided to quickly bring it back while working on the overall…

  14. L'utilisation de l'outil Pipette nécessite l'utilisation du sélecteur de couleurs et la pression sur Entrée.

    Quand j'utilise la pipette pour sélectionner une couleur (peu importe en rvb ou CMJN) sur des visuels simples, (la plupart du temps) je suis obligée de passer par le sélecteur pour refaire la démarche et obligatoirement je dois appuyer sur entrée pour valider mon choix (si je fais ok ça ne marche pas non plus) (je suis sur mac 14.3.1) j'utilise illustrator 30.0.0 (et ce problème persiste depuis 2- 3versions antérieures déjà. J'avais essayé sur la suivante sans succès non plus. merci pour votre retour

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  15. Fehler: Zeichenfläche verdoppelt beim Anpassen an Grafik

    Windows 11 Pro, AI.30.2.1.. ich markiere meinen Pfad und öffne "Zeichenflächen". Ich wähle "An ausgewählte Grafik anpassen". Bestätige. Nun sollte Zeichenfläche 1 eine neue Größe haben.
    Währenddessen wird die Zeichenfläche verdoppelt und eine Zeichenfläche 2 erzeugt.
    Der Fehler tritt nicht auf, wenn man sehr lange wartet zwischen den Arbeitsschritten. Also ca. das Fenster 1 Minute geöffnet lässt.

    Das Problem besteht seit ein paar Tagen. Eigentlich sollte die Zeichenfläche nur angepasst werden, nicht verdoppelt.

    2 votes

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  16. Panning at high zoom levels appears blurry

    The issue that previously occurred and was resolved has reappeared in the latest version. I have attached the previous link and details. I kindly request a prompt resolution.

    https://community.adobe.com/questions-652/document-work-area-appears-blurry-repost-814442


    If you drag to work with the preview enlarged, the work area preview will look blurry.
    The more you zoom in, the more severe the symptoms are.
    There wasn't until the last version of 2023, but it came up at some point.
    Due to the nature of the work, there are many cases where the work is small, so it is enlarged and modified.

    It's quite disruptive to the workflow. Please…

    1 vote

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  17. 押し出し3Dオブジェクトに適用されたグラフィックを制御するための丸いフレームが欠落しています

    グラフィック2を選択して移動させたいのにジオメトリが動く。
    グラフィック2のみ動かせる方法ないですか?

    2 votes

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  18. Crashes all the time. Loosing hours of work because of your faulty app

    The ******* piece of **** app crashes all the time and doesn't save on a Macbook Pro M1 w/16Gb. EVERY ******* TIME YOUR PIECE OF ************* **** BLOATWARE CRASHES YOU ******* *********** MOTHER ******* STUPID *** EXCUSES OF HUMAN BEINGS. ******** *****. **, **, *****!

    4 votes

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  19. Images Missing After Reopening Adobe Illustrator File

    Hello Adobe Illustrator Community,

    I would like to report an issue we have been experiencing with Adobe Illustrator that has caused serious problems in our production workflow.

    Issue Description:
    Images that were properly embedded in Adobe Illustrator files go missing after the files are closed and reopened. The images are not corrupt, and their resolution is below 500 PPI. However, upon reopening the AI file, some embedded images disappear completely.

    This issue does not occur in all Illustrator files; it happens randomly across different files, making it difficult to predict or prevent.

    Impact:
    This problem has caused losses for our…

    1 vote

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  20. After updating my system to Sequoia 15.7.2, the text tools stopped working.

    After updating my system to Sequoia 15.7.2, the text tools stopped working.
    Any action I perform on the text, such as changing the size or font, produces no result. The app slows down significantly. My work has completely stopped because of this.
    I have the latest version, 30.0, installed.
    I tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling Illustrator, but that didn't help.
    I also tried installing an older version, but the result was the same. Is Illustrator incompatible with the new Sequoia 15.7.2?

    Any ideas?

    2 votes

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