Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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376 results found
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Using Color Mixer in Control panel for stroke changes the color of the fill instead
I encountered this problem as seen in the GIF.
Selecting a stroke or fill from the control bar menu changes the active appearance. When using sliders, it doesn't. i have tested on different Windows 11 machines and different documents. Replicated the issue every time.
AI 29.0.123 votesWe have fixed this issue in 29.2 release.
Please update your Illustrator through Creative Cloud Desktop.
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The default text color in Swatches Info is rich RGB black when used in a CMYK document
Create a CMYK document with Print profile.
Create a Swatches Info object.
Notice the black text in it is way too sharp on edges.
Select text and check its color. It’s RGB 0 0 0, displayed in CMYK something like 91,17 78,69 61,95 97,45 (depending on the profile used, of course).
It makes zero sense to use RGB Black in a CMYK document... in a live object especially.Yes, black color is not defined with Normal Paragraph Style, but is properly defined when a text is created with Type Tool. Why doesn’t this function know about it?
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Select Unused Swatches does not select the second black swatch in Grays color group
— Create a new Print document with default swatches.
— Delete ALL the presets: brushes, symbols, graphic styles...
— Now Open Swatches and run Select All Unused command from its flyout menu.
White and Black are not selected (expected in a way).
But notice that 'C=0 M=0 Y=0 K=100' is also not selected.
So when all the selected swatches get deleted, this black duplicate stays, and the color group stays, and you have to delete it manually — each time.I tried to understand what forces Ai to keep it.
As I said, not presets remain, and I redefine the…8 votes -
Conversion from CMYK to Grayscale is wrong
Converting CMYK values to Grayscale will not give the expected result. C=50 M=50 Y=50 K=50 converts to 100% Grayscale in a CMYK document.
The same C=50 M=50 Y=50 K=50 converted to R: 92 G: 81 B: 76
in an RGB document it converts to 67,16% Grayscale, which looks more like the expected Gray value.3 votes -
カラーピッカーバグ
文字に適用した効果、光彩（外側）でカラーピッカーを起動しスポイトで画面の色を吸い取った後、吸い取ったカラーのグラデーション上に表示される円を移動すると全く関係のない色に勝手に変化してしまいます。
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透明の値を変更してもENTERを押さないと見た目が反映されない
Mac OS 14.2.1
Illustrator 29.1透明の値を変更してもENTERを押さないと見た目が反映されません。
古いバージョン2023までは反映されていました。1 vote -
Recolor artwork with patterns doesn't work
Using Mac OS Ventura 13.3
Adobe Illustrator 29.2.1As described, I am able to access the recolor artwork panel but when I click OK it doesn't do anything. Video below. It used to work.
1 voteThis behavior can be controlled with the Preserve Black option inside of the Color Reduction Options dialog, hidden under a small button at the top of the Recolor dialog
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Only one pattern fill of many gets scaled when Transform Object option is disabled in the Scale dialog
Take a look at the attached file and watch the GIF.
I have an object with two pattern fills assigned, and I want to scale them both at once, but to leave the object unscaled.
But when I call Scale dialog and uncheck 'Transform Object' option — only one of two fills gets scaled — the currently chosen one in the Appearance panel (despite my attempt to pick 'Path' there to somehow make my intention clear).
Fill/Stroke Selector also displays the affected fill — and I surely understand it can’t have both. But what can we do to make it…
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コントロールパネルから塗りや線の色を変更する際、カラースライダーに数値を入力してからスライダーを動かすと数値やスライダーやカラースペクトルの表示が消える
コントロールパネルから塗りや線画を変えるためにカラースライダーに数値を打ち込んだ後スライダーをマウスでドラッグするとカラーパネルに表示されているカラースライダーやカラースペクトルなどの表示が消える。それまで打ち込んでいたカラーの数値が変わったり変わらなかったりする。
Windows11 アドビCC
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Pressing None button in tool Panel for mixed fill/stroke doesn’t work
If you have a selection with different fills and/or strokes, Ai will mark it with question marks in fill/color selector.
And if you want set it to None, you should be able to click the button below — but it doesn’t work.
But the same button in Color panel works, and the '/' hotkey works.
Please fix this.
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Recolor - Color Theme Picker not working with recolor tool
When trying to recolor an asset, the color theme picker doesn't function as normally.
This feature was working normally last week.
I've attached a video to demonstrate the issue.Windows 11 system. version 24h2
Adobe Illustrator Desktop v29.3.1Thank you for providing a very easy and convenient, zero effort, third party method for your users to report simple problems with your expensive products.
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"Swap fill and stroke" results
"Drop fill and stroke" results in faint, miscolored strokes. This problem only began today, 9 February 2025.
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Can't drag color into swatch panel
I can't seem to drag the the color I am using into the swatches like i used to. Nothing happens.
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Tabs in Swatch Info text is made with spaces instead of actual tabs
This is so bizarre. A native function for a professional application uses spaces in text to define tab stops, for a non-monospaced font...
Sure, tabs just won’t work, since they stay in place if the Swatch Info object gets resized.... and Ai still doesn’t allow to scale tabs if needed...
Instead of making 'Indent to here' work (here is a request about it: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/37578991) and use it here, this is hacked, rather dirty, giving a worth example to designers. Change the font and the indentations rips apart...
Shame!
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Spot colors converting to Magenta when saving .PDF files
We have a few team members encountering issues when saving PDF files out of Illustrator (running Windows 10 and 11).
If the file contains spot colors (built from scratch or pulled from library), there's a chance it will convert to solid magenta. The biggest challenge is that the glitch isn't always noticeable on the designer's screen, so sometimes it will get sent to the client without knowing. It's also not always repeatable, so it's difficult to troubleshoot.1 vote -
Global colors used in a freeform gradient don’t get added into Swatches when it’s pasted into another document until the file is reopened
If you use global color swatches in the freeform gradient and copy to a new document, the global color doesn't get added to the swatches palette — you have to save and reopen the file for the swatch to appear.
macOS 10.14.6
Illustrator 24.2.13 votes -
When I deselect object whilst inputting CMYK colour values colour changes
When I deselect object whilst inputting CMYK colour values, the colour of the object changes, i.e. values suddenly change to other values. Mac OS Ventura 13.7.1 (22H221). Adobe Illusrator 2025 29.0.1
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CMYK colours are shown wrong
macOs Big Sur 11.3.1
adobe illustrator 25.3.1 (desktop)I've been working on a CMYK document and the colours don't look like the colours from CMYK palette. How can I fix this?
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Сompound Paths with Pattern Fill
I encountered an issue where, after using the "Expand" command on Сompound Paths with using Pattern Fill, the pattern is duplicated several times.
Can this be fixed?
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Mixed stroke colors become white when changing fills using CMYK spectrum in an RGB document
There is a way to make objects loose their stroke colors in specific conditions.
1. Create an RGB document
2. Create two shapes
3. Make them have same fill color, but different stroke colors
4. Select both
5. In Control panel Shift+click the arrow button next to the fill chip, to call the alternate UI with sliders and spectrum instead of Swatches view
6. In this dropdown panel’s menu pick CMYKStrokes become white.
This does not happen if the color mode in this panel is left RGB or HSB.
Also, strokes become white if you pick a color in…12 votes
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