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  1. Color Picker color changes when pressing OK

    When using the eyedropper in Color Picker, when you click OK it samples the color behind the OK button instead of the one selected with the eyedropper.

    Apple iMac M1 Sequoia 15.3.2 (24D81)
    Illustrator 29.4

    2 votes

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  2. HEX Franklin Variable Font is Not Visible when Editing

    I am on a Mac running Illustrator 29.4. I am trying to use the variable OTF version of HEX Franklin, and all Adobe apps do not render the letterforms. When I try to select the variable font in the dropdown, it just defaults back to Myriad or the default typeface.

    Other variable fonts work as intended, but specifically, this one is broken. Any possible fix?

    4 votes

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  3. PDFs make AI crash

    I use PDFs for proofs to send to clients. They tend to make AI crash more than any other issue I have.

    1 vote

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  4. Objects invisible after leaving Isolation Mode

    After making changes in Isolation Mode the objects become invisible until I move it. This has been happening to me in many different files.

    Apple iMac M1 Sequoia 15.3.2 (24D81)
    Illustrator 29.4

    5 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Isolation  ·  Admin →
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  5. Text Overflow / Overset (+) Indicators are not shown

    A strange thing is happening with a few of my files. Some text boxes have stopped showing the indicator when clicking off of the text box which has text overflow. This recently cause me to mistakenly print a file that had text overflowing with no indication. Why is this happening?

    2 votes

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  6. SVG "Export" or "Save as" not working

    Unable to export or save any file as SVG unless I select an artboard, never had issues with this before. It does nothing when trying to, not even a error message.

    1 vote

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  7. Saving a new Image Trace preset does not remember the "Auto Grouping" checkbox’s state

    When doing Image Trace, I don't need Auto Grouping. I tweak all the settings, uncheck "Auto Grouping", and save a New Preset.
    But after applying that saved preset to the new image, "Auto Grouping" checkbox is still checked by default - and i need to uncheck it every time manually (and that triggers "re-trace") before i click "Expand".
    I need to have a preset without "Auto Grouping", but it's impossible to do, since Illustrator simply ignores that check-box when saving a preset.

    2 votes

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  8. Animated zoom not working on latest version 29.4 for MacBook Air M4 24GB unified memory

    I am not able to animated zoom in or out after 50%. It directly jumps to 100% and gets glitchy even after that point. The same issue is happening when I try to view it in presentation mode - it just displays my art board at 50% or less or 100%. Even when I manually input the zoom percentage in the bottom left corner, it automatically jumps to 50%.

    I checked GPU performance and animated zoom and made sure it's checked on.
    I was facing the same problem with my old MacBook. But I have purchased and tried this on…

    1 vote

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  9. SVG files open altered

    My files are continuously saving incorrectly. They look great when I save, but when I close out and open it later, things are not as they were. Anchors/handles jump out of whack, stylized effects disappear, rasterized images go blank or disappear; it is maddening. I cannot use this program if my files do not reopen as I saved them. They are exactly right when I hit save, but upon reopening, or opening in another program, they are altered in infuriatingly time-consuming ways.

    Possible related symptoms -- upon saving a file, Illustrator regularly tells me my file has been modified outside…

    1 vote

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  10. ダイレクト選択ツールの動作がおかしい - Direct Selection Tool can’t move points with Snap to Grid enabled

    ダイレクト選択ツールの動作がおかしいです。(English below Japanese)
    「グリッドにスナップ」がONの状態で、グリッドに沿っていないオブジェクトの辺やアンカーポイントをダイレクト選択ツールでクリックしようとしても選択できません。また、クリッピングマスクを施した画像に関しては、「グリッドにスナップ」がOFFの状態であっても、マスクの辺やアンカーポイントを選択できません。
    このようなことは以前は発生していませんでした。なお、環境設定をリセットしても直りません。

    使用OS:mac OS Sequoia(バージョン15.3.2)
    Illustratorのバージョン:29.4

    The direct selection tool is not working properly.
    When “Snap to Grid” is enabled, clicking on an edge or anchor point of an object that does not follow the grid will not select it correctly. Also, regarding clipping masks, even if “snap to grid” is disabled, the edge or anchor point cannot be selected.
    This troubling event had not occurred before. Resetting the preferences does not fix the problem.

    OS: mac OS Sequoia (ver.15.3.2)
    Illustrator: ver.29.4

    6 votes

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    7 comments  ·  Selection  ·  Admin →
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  11. There’s an issue with the undo function (Cmd + Z). Instead of undoing the last action, it jumps back to a much earlier point

    There’s an issue with the undo function (Cmd + Z). Instead of undoing the last action, it jumps back to a much earlier point, and then it can’t be redone — it’s as if the last few steps never happened. Sometimes this also happens when saving the project, which is very problematic. It seems to occur randomly, and the only way to fix it is to close and reopen the program — but that doesn’t recover the lost actions either. I have the latest version of the app and a Macbook Pro M2 with 16gb of RAM.

    1 vote

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  12. Properties panel doesn’t detect the actual font and shows Myriad Pro by default

    When I select a word, the Properties panel doesn’t detect the actual font and shows Myriad Pro by default. None of the text settings respond or update. The program doesn’t freeze, but the panel acts as if no text is selected. The same thing happens in the Control panel

    2 votes

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  13. While the file is still running in the software, it has vanished from the folder.

    Regretfully, my file is no longer in the area where I saved it, but it is still open in the software, and I am unable to save it to any folder or Adobe Cloud. I don't know why this is occurring.

    Illustrator 29.3.1

    1 vote

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  14. Can't print gradients!

    Running Illustrator 29.4 on a brand new Mac Studio Ms Ultra. I can no longer print ANY gradients (past or newly created) that I make in Illustrator and save as a pdf. I can view them on the screen, but they disappear when printed—the whole shape/object/type is just missing. Never had this issue in the decades that I have been using Illustrator. Printing to a Canon inkjet with most current driver installed. HELP ME, PLEASE.

    1 vote

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  15. Artboard size units not right

    Ai 29.4 / Sequoia 15.4

    Create an artboard of 59,4 x 60 cm, add some graphics. Save as .pdf.
    Place in InDesign, and see how it is actually 5,94 x 6 cm.
    I think Illustrator messes with mm and cm.

    1 vote

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  16. Spots and Globals are converted into process colors when included into Swatch Info

    If we pick several spot or global color swatches to display in Swatch Info, the resulting color chips won’t be using the actual swatches picked — these would become process color copies — while Ink Types are shown as 'Spot' for spots... which are not... and no information about some being 'Global'.

    I realize this connection would have to be monitored, refreshing cards when a swatch is changed...
    But this is what is expected. This is what scripts that offer a similar functionality do.

    If we choose to convert these into process colors, we can just can select one and…

    3 votes

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  17. Swatch Info renders a saved tint as yet another copy of the main global color

    The feature doesn't work correctly with tints for global colors.
    When a new tint of a global color is saved into Swatches, it gets displayed as an un-tinted one by Swatch Info, as the image shows.

    4 votes

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  18. Bottom margins for labels are too small for Swatch Info objects in the column view (with no card backgrounds)

    If I choose to display Swatch Info card in a column, and choose to omit background cards, the result would have text lines too close to the chips below, like the attached image shows. It makes it feel like the text is not related to chips above, and forces us to use cards still to control 'space after' at least somehow, even when cards are not necessary.

    While the team hardcoded the 'space before' as a strict gap (again, hardly OK), they seem to forget to do the same for the bottom line.

    And if you pick this up, please…

    2 votes

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  19. Documents don't open

    If I create a new document the dialog appears and I select the option and hit OK. Then the screen does not show the document. Only a gray screen. The same happens when I try to open an existent document. I have to close and and open several times until it opens or create the document.

    1 vote

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  20. A group with any Warp effect applied to it fails to render hidden objects within when these are shown back

    When an image with 3 or more layers is grouped together then an arch effect is added to that group, the layer visibility toggle behaves strangely in a way where the layers disappear but do not reappear. once the layer visibility is back to on but the image cannot be seen Illustrator will allow you to click and drag the area to grab the "hidden" layer but it is now only an outline with no color fill until you move it. or refill the color. This is a feature we have used for years and never had an issue until…

    2 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Layers  ·  Admin →
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