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  1. Freeform gradient error with fill swatch on deselection

    Windows 10 Pro 1909 on Illustrator 25.0.1

    Deselecting an object with a Freeform gradient applied causes the fill swatch to show a question mark. If an object is then drawn with that question mark in the fill, Illustrator reports the following error:

    "Can't finish previewing. Could not complete the requested operation."

    Here are the steps to recreate:

    1. Draw rectangle with a fill but no stroke applied
    2. Fill with any 4 point freeform gradient
    3. Click away from rectangle
    4. Observe the fill swatch now has a question mark
    5. Draw another rectangle
    6. Error message appears.

    Incidentally. the appearance panel shows nothing applied to…

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  2. Cannot select type baseline with text tool when snap to grid is active.

    Is there an option I'm missing here with the newer versions of Illustrator? I have to key command the grid on and off constantly just to highlight small captions or type.

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  3. Illustrator 2021 - When exporting for web, cannot use copy & paste shortcut in Finder for macos

    Illustrator 2021 - When exporting for web, cannot use copy & paste shortcut in Finder for macos

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  4. Scale tool slowing down and not responding correctly

    I am not happy with the 2020 separate Scale tool. I am still getting used to the fact that I have to switch between tools but that is bearable. But the fact that this tool goes crazy makes me want to throw my laptop to the wall. It is way too sensitive to the move of my drawing pen and scales in an undesired direction. Usually, after I lift the pen but still hold the Shift for a second longer, the image/object totally distorts and going steps back lags and stops my work as I have to wait for Illustrator…

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  5. Soooooooo slow!!

    I've recently subscribed to Adobe Illustrator which is a good system, but using the software slows my computer down to an almost standstill. So much so that I can't use it efficiently. I've tried to cancel but it looks like I have to pay nearly £80 to cancel! I want to use the software but it simply is not compatible with my Mac. I'm using Mac Catalina 10.15.7.

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  6. Shear degrees not working in Transform window latest version 25.0.1

    Using the shear in the transform window works but not correctly, When using an arrow to shear an item, the number switches from 0 degrees to 1 degrees and then back to 0 degrees and does not hold the changed degrees number but does shear the item. so if you want to shear say 15 degrees you can push the arrow key 15 times and it will work or you can type in 15., BUT will revert back to 0 degrees so you have no clue how much it is sheared. Rotation degrees works fine in the same transform window.…

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  8. restoring files is NOT working

    I was working on a project and my computer reset on me automatically. After it was done, I tried going back into Illustrator and my work was gone. I have tried restarting the app and my work has not came back! Please help me restore my work!

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  9. Dock does not hide when toggling full screen

    Hello, I'm using MacOS High Sierra and Catalina, however the dock does not hide when toggling full screen in Illustrator and photoshop, like any other apps. Any help ??

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  10. The list of available fonts is not displaying correctly, typekit not visible as well

    This is what I'm getting when opening the search for fonts. I don't see any usable list of fonts nor the typekit options .

    What could be the reason for such illustrator behavior?

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  11. Adobe themes panel window is cut outed..

    The adobe themes panel window is showing in half, while it does not have a scaling option also to scale.

    The right half of the window is cut out & non-accessible.

    SEE the IMAGE below

    Ive restarted multiple times but still same issue.

    This is my system
    Device name Mohit-HQ
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8145U CPU @ 2.10GHz 2.30 GHz
    Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.86 GB usable)
    Device ID 453A1378-11E9-4CA8-AC95-62E230C28715
    Product ID 00327-30000-00000-AAOEM
    System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
    Pen and touch Pen support

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  12. Color Panel changes back from HSL to RGB after restart

    This is a very old and very annoying "feature". If you work in HSL mode and you have your all palets setup to HSL, after you close illustrator all you palets will reset to RGB.
    This is counterproductive and bad user experience as Illustrator should save your preferred option and open your palets as you left them.

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  13. Bounding Box Does Not resize

    When pulling the bounding box, what is inside does not resize.

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  15. relink bitmap file, or update link error

    every time i update the linked file, this annoying message always pop-up. it can't happen in the previous version of illustrator.

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  16. Illustrator v24.3にて同じ色のオブジェクト(または図形)をダイレクト選択ツールで選択後、塗りの色を白にすると落ちる

    Illustrator v24.3にて同じ色のオブジェクト(または図形)をダイレクト選択ツールで選択後、

    動作環境
    ・illustrator2020(24.3)
    ・macOS High Sierra(10.13.6) iMac

    以上の環境で使用しています。

    同色のオブジェクト(または図形)をダイレクト選択ツールで選択後

    カラーパレットから塗りの色を(カレーパレット左下の「塗りなし」「黒」「白」の場所)から「白」に変更すると

    アプリ自体が落ち、復元機能がオフにされてしまします。

    以前のバージョンでは問題なくカラーパレットから塗りの色変更ができます。

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  17. Extremely slow resize objects selected with multiple sublayers.

    The performance of resizing object is killing my Adobe Illustrator. Waiting (5 minutes don't helps).

    But If I scale the same objects but in a flat layer (single layer) it is done in miliseconds.

    The problem is only when I scale objects in multiple layers. But i need it to use in Adobe Character Animation

    The PC is very good (64GB RAM, 3700x procesor, Nvidia 2070 Super )

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  18. Icon font shows Tofu

    I created a font with emoji. I installed it in the Application support/Adobe/Fonts folder as I do with all fonts I test. Emoji characters like duck show two Tofu characters, although in the glyphs panel it is displayed correctly, please see attached screenshot.

    In all other applications, the character can be displayed.

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  19. Crash on save to old versions

    Whe you have vertically centered text areas and you try to save as an older version Illustrator crashes.

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  20. The main menu in Adobe Illustrator 2021 has broken.

    The main menu in Adobe Illustrator 2021 has been broken help us fix the home menu at launch start-up system and get to work on killing all computer bugs in this desktop system Windows 10 Good luck!

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