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High Sierra (macOS 10.13) GPU rendering issues with RGB document - Intel Graphics

Illustrator 21.1.0 has issues with GPU rendering in the latest High Sierra public betas:

Paths will appear jagged and generally do not display correctly.

Altering the zoom level affects these artefacts.

Switching off GPU rendering altogether fixes the issue but this way, performance is obviously affected.

Additional Note: Works correctly in CMYK document.

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  • Shelly commented  ·   ·  Report

    I turned the GPU off and I'm still having glitches. It's very annoying. I have to close program and restart it constantly to work around it.

    Things are moving around I'm not working on especially in my kerning and the undo short cut is just crazy sometimes. Items sometimes just disappear completely. I don't know what it's doing. Please fix this.

  • Dan commented  ·   ·  Report

    Same issue using:
    macbook pro 13 inch 2017, Four thunderbolt 3 ports
    3.1 GHz Intel Core i5
    Graphics: intel iris plus graphics 650 1536 MB

    running High Sierra 10.13.1

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have the same issue with my macbook pro touch bar 13 inches 2017 on high sierra. My question is if i downgrade to sierra 10.12.6 is this will fix this issue ?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also experiencing this with a 2017 MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar. That thing works which is cool but nothing else does. Heeeelp!

  • Chelsea commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm experiencing this also! This is so frustrating! Please fix this! Thank you!

  • Jacob commented  ·   ·  Report

    On the newest version of Illustrator I found this issue.
    When I draw anything. About 20th time that I draw line start disappearing just on the screen. When you save the photo and look it up it's normal. This really slows down my work even though I'm learning. Any solutions?

  • Noud commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi, I'm using a 2016 MacBook Pro with touch bar and Intel Iris Graphics 550. I have experienced the same problems plus also glitched previews when previewing images. This is since the High Sierra update and was not resolved with the 10.13.2 update.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    When is the update!! This is driving me crazy!!! ;0(

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    @DiogoGarcia: Did not know this. Thanks! That helps me. I can now tollerate working on my files until the fix.

  • Aus commented  ·   ·  Report

    Same here. It has been impossible to work in Ai lately.

  • David D. commented  ·   ·  Report

    @DiogoGarcia, thank you captain obvious. ;) Both modes have different visual issuess.

  • Diogo Garcia commented  ·   ·  Report

    In Illustrator you can change the view mode from GPU Preview to CPU Preview. Just press Command + E.

    It works for me

  • Sally Hon commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm having the same issue. It's impossible designing anything with this!

  • Monica commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm also having this issue with Illustrator and InDesign on my 2017 MacBook Pro. Agree with the rest of the voices on this thread - this is an essential issue that needs fixing asap. Every designer I know works on a Mac, and we need Adobe and Apple to play nice so we can do our jobs.

  • Casper commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have the same Problem...

    Please fix it...

  • Jakub Kašpárek commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have the same problem.
    Macbook Pro 2017, 13,3", 2,GHz i5, Intel Iris plus Graphics 640 1536 MB,

  • Warren Buckley commented  ·   ·  Report

    This bug is driving me crazy. It makes working on anything in Illustrator almost impossible. I turned off GPU acceleration but of course my performance took a big hit which sucks..

  • Carsten commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also having this issue but not only with Illustrator but also with InDesign..

  • Zaeos commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also having the issue... Please Fix

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