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  1. Extrude not working as expected in AI 2020

    The extrude and bevel tool, is not working at all, compared to prior versions. Shading is not working, the full extrusion only works when adding perspective degrees to the bevel... It's all a broken mess, and the rotation tool is not working either. Rotating a square chops off a corners, puts it inside a mask, and needs to be pulled out of the layer to get the desired outcome.

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  2. Can´t add anchor point with "Delete anchor point" tool + alt.

    In illustrator v. 24.0.1: When the "Delete anchor point" tool is active and alt is pressed down to toggle for the "Add anchor point tool", an anchor point can't be added to a line.

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  3. Colors disappear when moving a Live Paint object

    I have been illustrating vector images on iPad Pro Adobe Fresco. When exported to PDF (why can't I export as illustrator file and keep the layers? 1st missing thing (not really bug but just irritating)) and opened in Illustrator, I fill the line drawings with Live Paint bucket. When just moving this fully painted image from its place, some colors disappear in this image? Becomes transparent again: 2nd bug

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  4. XP-PEN Deco Pro Medium drawing tablet not working on Illustrator

    So I just got a new XP-Pen Deco Pro Medium. I have the latest drivers and the latest version of Illustrator CC as of 18-10-2019.

    It seems to working fine on all interface elements. But on Illustrator It won't let me use the drawing pen anywhere on the canvas.

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  5. ellipse using basic brush is not smooth.

    The ellipse tool using the basic brush comes out jagged and not smooth. All other shapes are not affected.

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  6. Change to dimension in properties panel applies to wrong object in certain situation...

    Minor bug. To reproduce:

    Have at least two objects on screen.
    Select one.
    In the properties panel, change the width or height but do not press enter or tab.
    Select the other object.

    Result: The change in dimension is applied to the second object, not the first.

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  7. Changing values in Move dialog immediately applies them

    There appears to be another bug crept into the latest version of Illustrator when selecting an object and using the Object > Transform > Move dialogue.

    When you change values it commits those values rather than previews them, even if you cancel the operation. Ie. if you type 100mm into the x-coordinate box then change it to 150mm it will move your object 100mm then a further 150mm (250mm in total) rather than honouring the last value and only moving it 150mm.

    Illustrator is becoming all but unusable of late.

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  8. Eyedropper tool is not allowing me to change the color of text

    Eyedropper tool is not allowing me to change the color of text... super annoying!

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  9. Shape Builder Crash

    When attempting to use shape builder tool and attempt to click on shape fails fill. An additional attempt to click and use the shape builder tool results in a crash. How do you fix this? I keep getting this crash 3 times a day.

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  10. Brush Cursor - Art Pen Rotation

    I'll have someone describe the issue from 2010. 9 years later this issue still persists. I am having the exact same issue but instead of it not working in Photoshop (which is works perfectly fine in) I am having this issue in Illustrator.

    "Hi !

    Today I downloaded the trial of PS CS5.

    I think its a really great step for digital painting and I love
    the new bristle and mixer brushes-

    But one thing really disappointed me. I´m using a Wacom Art Pen to control
    the angle of the brushes by the rotation of the pen.
    When I first…

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  11. handles

    1. Version 23.0.1
    2. I was working as usual but suddenly kept closing and running slowly. I had lost what I was doing once. Then opened up again and couldn't extend lines anymore, there wasn't centre handles nor white anchors in any object I draw.
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  12. Have to zoom a lot to reveal middle handles with small objects

    MacOS Mojave 10.14.2 (18C54) and Illustrator CC2019 23.0.1
    MBP 2018, i9, 32 Gb, Radeon Pro Vega 20, 4080 Mt

    It seems like Illustrator CC2019 has an issue with handles vanishing (at least on my system)
    If you have a long and narrow (either horizontally or vertically), or otherwise small object, you have to zoom very very close to reveal the middle handle. Makes changing lengths of said objects pretty hard when matching with other objects with, for example, snapping etc.

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  13. illustrator brushtool NOT displaying brush stoke in realtime

    I'm using quadro 2000 + 24GB Ram + dual xeon x5650.
    But when i using brush tool, turn on GPU performance.
    illustrator brush tool NOT displaying brush stoke in real times when i drawing. It work when i turn off GPU performance.

    ps: my system work fine AI 2018

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  14. Can't put objects exactly in the middle of another object

    At first I thouht it was an alignment problem, then i looked up to help videos but none of them solves my problem. I want to put a figure for example a square, then I want to put another square to have the exact triangle of that square but it won't let me make another figure exactly in the middle, it always goes left or right but not center. Help please!!

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  15. Rotation tool

    Rotation tool is not developed. It should have been a default value. I can't find the zero angle.

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  16. Microsoft Surface pro 5 pen + Adobe illustrator cc2018 pen tool issues

    Hello..

    I installed Adobe CC 2018 and some other softwares on Miscrosoft Surface Pro 5.

    But, I found an issues in the Adobe Illustrator cc2018 and cc2017 when I used a surface pro 5 pen + "pen tool", it is often unable to click. This issues sometime also occurs when using surface pro 5 pen + the "brush tool" and "hand tool".
    But somehow, when using a mouse, everything becomes normal.

    Then I tried to use the surface pro pen on Adobe Photoshop + pen tool, and it's all normal.
    Even I also tried in Adobe Illustrator CS6, the surface…

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  17. SVGs not aligning properly unless title layer is deleted.

    When I import an image in SVG format the alignment tools do not work properly to align the image with other elements on the artboard. I've found a work around for this, deleting the "title" layer of the SVG in the layers panel seems to allow it to work properly. There is no graphic information in the title layer as far as I'm aware so why does it affect how the alignment tools work? Also with the title layer still present clicking align moves it every time it's clicked rather than just once, how it usually behaves. I've attached a…

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  18. Clipping mask not working

    When I try to create a clipping mask with a photo and a vector shape nothing happens. I draw a circle over the photo and use shortcut Ctrl+7 and absolutely nothing happens.

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  19. CC 2018 zoom!

    CC 2018 zoom is zooming anywhere but where I want it, even with -preferences-zoom to selection OFF. Its driving me mad and slowing me down in designing, which I have deadlines every day. Please, please can you sort this?

    Look forward to your reply....

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  20. Pen tool glitch

    When using the pen tool, the artboard glitches and a big gray area appears from the upper right corner (screenshot 1), glitches even more and turns yellow when scrolling or moving the cursor (screenshot 2).
    Pen tool absolutely impossible to use.

    This started happening after last update (version 22.0.1 - 64 bit) on Windows 8.1

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