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  1. If a symbol contains clipping groups or freeform gradients, its bounding box is calculated based on bounds of clipped contents, not masks

    If you convert a clipping group to a symbol, the bounding box for it will be calculated according to clipped art and not the clipping path, resulting in a larger box.
    The same exact behaviour we had for rasterized clipping groups (now fixed).
    Please fix this one too.

    30 votes
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  2. Breaking links for several selected symbols at once doesn’t work

    At the moment it is not possible to unlink several selected symbols at once with the context menu command. Illustrator will unlink the symbol that is at the top in the layer panel.

    If you use the symbol menu command to unlink the symbols all selected symbols are unlinked.

    Thank you!

    19 votes
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  3. Pasting symbols now creates unique symbols instead of instances of the original symbol

    Copy-pasting a symbol —whether individually or by using the paste to all artboards command — now creates a new symbol instead of creating instances of the original symbol. Alt-dragging the symbol to a new artboard creates a new instance of the original symbol as expected.

    This seems to be a new bug, as I can't recall ever having this issue before. Thanks for checking into it!

    11 votes
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  4. Applying Recolor to selected instances of a symbol recolors the original symbol

    If I want to change colors for selected dynamic symbols, using Recolor will affect not local colors, but the original symbol.
    This makes little sense. If I wanted to change the original symbol, I'd edited it and made the changes directly to it. If I have a selection, I mean to change symbols in it only.

    To workaround it I can isolate my selection by locking/hiding objects I don't want to affect and use Select Same commands to recolor parts of symbols one at a time.

    10 votes
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  5. Lost stroke when copying dynamic symbol

    We use a lot of dynamic symbols in the fashion industry to make colorways and keep the link with the original sketch which is in black and white.
    In Illustrator CC 2019 (23.1.1) and CC2020 (24.3) version on Mac and Windows, I noticed several bugs with the dynamic symbols:

    When I copy a dynamic symbol (CTRL + C / CTRL+V), the outline of the copy disappears.
    When I copy a dynamic symbol (ALT + Drag & Drop), the outline of the copy disappears.
    When I copy a dynamic symbol using CTRL + C / CTRL + F, the outline of…

    10 votes
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  6. Have 'Select All Unused' in the Swatches panel look inside symbols

    Right now when you choose 'Select All Unused', it selects colors that are in use inside of symbols and they will delete if you are not careful.

    If the color is not directly placed on the artboard it seems Illustrator can't tell it really is in use.

    Deleting the swatches results in 'Deleted Global Color' swatches appearing in your Swatch panels.

    7 votes
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  7. スタティックシンボル化した画像にドロップシャドウが反映されない

    詳細：

    「オブジェクト」メニューからのラスタライズや
    リンクの埋め込みなどで画像となったオブジェクトをシンボル（スタティック）登録し、
    効果「ドロップシャドウ」をかけたところ、見た目に反映されず無視されました。
    同じスタイライズメニュー内の「光彩」も同様の結果です。

    しかし、もう１つドロップシャドウを重ねると、今度は２つ重ねた結果が表示されました。
    目玉マークでどちらの効果を消しても、１つだけだと無視されます。
    「ドロップシャドウ」「光彩」の混在も、合わせて２つだと重ねがけの結果が現れます。
    同じスタイライズメニュー内の「ぼかし」は１つでも反映され、本件に関わらない挙動でした。

    暫定的な回避策：
    ＊画像化したシンボルに対して「効果」メニュー内から擬似的な「ラスタライズ」をかける
    ＊シンボルの種類を「ダイナミック」に変える
    ＊シンボル化（リンク）を解除

    スタティックシンボル化した画像に限定されるアピアランス結果が現れることはもちろん
    そもそも１つ目の効果が無視されること自体が問題です。
    また、すでにIllustratorフォーラムで識者の皆さまにご意見を伺いましたところ
    自分以外の環境下でも同様の結果が再現できております。（下記リンク参照）
    従って、本件の内容がバグや不具合にあたるものとしてご報告させていただきます。

    同じ現象を再現確認した環境は以下のとおりです。

    Illustrator 26.5.2／macOS 12.6.3
    Illustrator 26.5.2／Windows10 pro
    Illustrator 27.3.1／Windows10 21H2
    Illustrator 26.5.3／Windows10 21H2
    Illustrator 22.1／Windows10 21H2
    Illustrator 27.3.1／macOS 11.7.4

    参照：
    Illustratorフォーラム「シンボル化した画像にドロップシャドウが反映されない」
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0-discussions/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E5%8C%96%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F%E3%81%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%89%E3%82%A6%E3%81%8C%E5%8F%8D%E6%98%A0%E3%81%95%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84/td-p/13639812

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  8. シンボルをコピペするとコピーしたものと違うシンボルオブジェクトがペーストされてしまう

    Adobe Illustrator2022(26.5)

    問題が発生したときに実行していた手順：
    あるシンボルインスタンスをコピペすると、コピーしたものと違うシンボルインスタンス（シンボルパネルに登録してあるもの）が差し代わってペーストされてしまう。

    すべてのシンボルインスタンスがそうなるわけではない。
    Adobe Illustrator2020ではこのようなバグは発生しなかった。

    想定していた結果：
    コピーしたものと同じシンボルインスタンスがペーストされるべき

    実際の結果：
    コピーしたものと違うシンボルインスタンスがペーストされた

    6 votes
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  9. Duplicated symbols reverts to originals / or not!!

    Illustrator 25.3.1 on MacOS Big Sur 11.4

    Let's say I have 3 symbols, A, B and C.

    A is the original symbol in my external Symbol Library file (blue in the attached video)
    B is that symbol, imported into my current file and modified (I changed it to green in the video)
    C is a duplicate of B, in my current file, also modified (red in the video)

    When I copy C, I expect C to be pasted. But it's actually B.
    (in the video, red is copied but green is pasted)

    Moreover, when I try to "reimport" the original…

    4 votes
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  10. Editing a symbol doesn't stay in-place and keeps artboards visible

    1) Editing symbols in place doesn't stay "in place"
    When I double-click a symbol to edit it in place, it moves to a totally different part of the artboard. When I try to position the symbol where I want it and then exit, it moves to a new place in the artboard. When I go to edit it again, it moves yet again elsewhere. It's impossible to get it to stay anywhere consistently.

    2) Editing symbols keeps the "multi" artboard context, which makes it hard to see the symbol you're working on because it's overlaid on the gray background, randomly…

    4 votes
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  11. stabilité

    Illustrator est moins stable que la version précédente alors que des bugs sont censés être corrigés !
    Et le "conseil" pour éviter le plantage est complétement inadapté puisque nous n'utilisons pas le logiciel cité.
    Il plante de façon aléatoire lors d'une opération sur les symboles

    3 votes
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  12. Separations preview is wrong for dynamic symbol with spot color

    When a dynamic symbol gets a spot color applied to one of its fills, then the separations preview does not show the correct separation.

    Reported in this forum thread (with demo file) https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/is-separations-preview-buggy/m-p/15138799#M434726

    2 votes
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  13. Coordinates for Symbols within Symbols

    When placing a symbol within another symbol, the coordinates listed in the properties panel no longer work.

    I create a symbol of a page labelling it "Page Right" and setting the registration point for the upper left. If I open the symbol and select the artwork it will register at 0,0 as expected.

    Back in the main canvas, I drag a copy of the symbol to the left, transform it by reflecting vertical and save it as a symbol labelled Page Left with registration point in the upper left again.

    Now I select the two symbols, align vertically by center…

    2 votes
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  14. Registration point and boundaries of a certain symbol jump when a document is opened

    1. Open the attached document (and review the steps from the GIF)
    2. Notice the second symbol's boundaries are giant (although the registration point is displayed within the artboard), and the Symbols panel seemingly shows nothing in its thumb
    3. Double click the second symbol to edit it
    4. The symbol opens and jumps into the middle of its giant boundaries, and the registration point moves as well
    5. Exit the mode
    6. The symbol is now displayed in its intended place, has normal boundaries, has the registration point in the same place, has a normal thumb...
    7. ...but if you make other changes in a doc,…
    2 votes
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  15. All symbol instances reset after in-place editing the master instance

    Ai 2023 (27.7 it says in the info), MacBook Pro, MacOS Ventura (13.3.1 (a)). When I enter an in-place symbol editing mode, and, still in that mode, enter another in-place editing mode (so there are two nested symbol editing modes), and, delete some path in the nested symbol, all instances of that symbol get reset, and work (in our case a lot of work) is lost.
    When I first exit the initial symbol editing mode, and then enter the symbol editing mode for the other symbol (thus avoiding the nesting of editing modes), the instances don't reset.
    I didn't notice…

    2 votes
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  16. Direct Selection Tool doesn't interact with Symbols in Illustrator 2023

    Direct Selection Tool doesn't interact with Symbols in Illustrator 2023

    2 votes
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  17. Symbol transformation "Reset" button sometimes greyed out

    Illustrator 25.3.1 on MacOS Big Sur 11.4

    I have several instances of a Symbol on my Artboard, and each has been transformed.

    Some of these instances displays the "Reset" button when I select them, some others don't, and I have no choice but to use the Symbol panel. Why??!?

    2 votes
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  18. Symbol disappears when edited in place

    When you have a symbol on the artboard, double click it to go into isolation mode, make some changes, exit isolation mode — the symbol disappears from the artboard.

    2 votes
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  19. Breaking link of scaled Symbol with "Scale strokes and effects" off will scale Symbol appearance back to original.

    Illustrator CC 2018
    Windows 10

    I have put a Symbol on my Artboard, and scaled it to 50% of its original size.
    I want to break its link, and maintain its proportional appearance (i.e. stroke width half of original).
    If "Scale strokes and effects" is off, stroke sizes are doubled (back to original value). You have to tick it on for it to work as expected.

    Is this a bug or a feature?

    In the attached image, to the left is the Symbol (at 50% scale) broken with tick on, to the right off.

    2 votes
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  20. Embeded image in symbol

    I am using Adobe Illustrator CC 2018.

    I am using a symbol that has an embedded image in it. When I re-link the image and embed the new image it does not stay when the symbol is exited. The symbol will also not allow me to delete the embedded image.

    In previous versions of Illustrator once the image is embedded and the symbol exited, the image remains and is placed across all the symbols.

    2 votes
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