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  1. Colour Change when pasting object from one document to another

    I have an object with colour #D96581. If I copy this object from an RGB document and paste it into a new RGB document, the HEX colour changes.

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  2. Lenovo Ideapad opens Display settings instead of Align panel when Shift + F7 is pressed

    Help. I can't use the shortcuts properly. I press shift + f7 to open the align tool but it keeps open the display setting pop-up of the laptop.
    I'm using Lenovo ideapad 5.

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  3. quick keys for arrange disabled (but menu selection of arrange commands still operate)

    Mac Pro (late 2013) - ai 27.1.1 macos 12.6.3 -

    no conflicting system quick key found
    online forums suggested quitting safari, which did not work
    quitting everything else did not work either
    next step is system reboot, but this is a bug if it requires a system reboot.

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  4. Clipping Mask Shows Some Bugs

    Hi
    I’m using Illustrator CC (27.1.1) and macOS Monterey 12.3
    When I use a clipping mask, sometimes Illustrator shows hidden parts of images that are inside the clipping mask (that should be hidden). When I scroll through the artboards, bugs change shape. (Generally, images inside the clipping mask are effected by the transparency tool, screen, multiply...)
    Looking at the attached files you can see a clipping mask with some shapes inside.

    2 votes

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  5. トラックパッドでの拡大縮小が出来ない

    トラックパッドの2本指でのピンチで拡大縮小が
    起動後、暫くすると出来なくなる。

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  6. Dashed lines changing style when exporting to SVG

    The latest update to AI has caused this issue. When exporting an svg with dashed lines, the svg's dashed lines either disappear or become dotted lines.

    Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise
    Adobe Illustrator version: 27.0
    Steps:
    1) Open Adobe Illustrator
    2) Create a new file
    3) Draw a line
    4) Open the properties window by going to Window > Properties
    5) Click on the Stroke option
    6) Check "Dashed Line" on
    7) Set the first "dash" to 10
    8) Make sure the rest of the "gap" and "dash" options are blank
    9) Go to File > Export > Export As…

    5 votes

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  7. Changing color via Hex doesn't count as an action, so save does not update file

    When changing the color of a selected object, if you paste a hex number in to the color palette window and hit enter the object will change to the correct color. However, the program does not register this as an action/history change. So you can’t hit save and have the color change applied to the saved the file. This also is apparent in that it doesn’t become an “Undo Color” item under the Edit menu. Besides pasting a Hex color, I get the same bug if I type a Hex color in.

    Any other form of changing the color of…

    7 votes

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  8. Problem with linked png files

    I opened a file I had last edited in January 2022 and it says there are a lot of missing files. Upon inspection it turns out only the png files are missing, jpegs are still linked. Now when I try to relink the missing files nothing happens. I'm taken back to the dialog box which said that the file is missing. There's no way for me to relink the pngs!

    OS: Mojave, 10.14.6
    Illustrator: 25.4.8

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  9. Problems opening Illustrator

    Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2
    AI 27.3

    When I have to open the program 7 times out of 10 it doesn't open.

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  10. Save As dialog is too large and empty

    When I click save as the window is so large i cannot see the UI. I have checked the settings for the UI size and it is set to small. I also checked with multiple other screen resolutions and nothing could remedy the problem.

    Windows 10
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7560U CPU @ 2.40GHz
    Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics 640
    16gb RAM

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  11. Text läuft über Textrahmenbegrenzung

    Text sollte im Textrahmen bleiben und nicht darüberhinaus gehen.

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  12. Document grid with dots fails to render clean pixels. GPU/CPU rendering differs.

    The dotted document grid renders differently between CPU and GPU modes. None of the alternatives renders perfect pixels in the selected grid color.

    CPU renders vertically lighter smeared dots.
    GPU renders horizontally smeared dots.

    See attached screenshots.

    This may relate to another bug report i've posted:
    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/44269260-bug-view-grid-dots-1px-freezes-illustrator

    2 votes

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  13. レイヤーの前後関係を無視して”線”が表示されます。書き出し後も問題あり。

    レイヤーの前後関係を無視して”線”が表示されます。(画像参照)

    プレビューの問題かと思い、書き出してみましたが書き出し後も線の表示に問題があります。

    制作の都合上、表示-アウトラインを多用し切り替えて表示します。
    単なる処理負荷によるものかと思いましたが、今回2度目だったので報告させていただきます。

    以下してみたことです。

    [→再度、開き直してみる]
    開いてすぐは正常に表示されます。ひとつでもオブジェクトを操作すれば問題が発生し、レイヤーを無視した表示になってしまいます。

    [→別PCで開いてみる]
    クラウド共有したデータを別デバイスで開いた際も問題が見られます。

    [個人的な解決方法]
    オブジェクトを別ファイルにコピーし直して解消

    Adobe Illustrator2023 27.2
    MacBook Pro 2019 15inch MacOS Monterey 12.5
    iMac 2014 MacOS Big Sur 11.6.8

    よろしくお願いします。

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  14. Illustrator does not insert images from Telegram by drag&drop

    When I try to drag and drop an image from Telegram into Illustrator, it inserts the text of the temporary file path instead of the image.

    Note that drag&drop from Telegram to Photoshop works correctly. The same method can be used to drag and drop images to the desktop or other applications.

    Mac OS 12.6 (but I have tested it on Windows too)
    Illustrator 26.5 (but also tested with previous versions)

    6 votes

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  15. Direct Selection Tool not working

    I'm on a Macbook pro (macOS Big Sur version 11.7) using Adobe Illustrator 2023.
    When using the direct selection tool and clicking on an object or path, the anchors don't show up and the object/path does not look like it is selected. However, if I run my mouse around the edge of the object/path then the anchors will show up when the mouse is hovered above it and I can select the specific anchor. However the handles don't show up.
    What can I do to fix this?
    I've tried restarting my computer and resetting my preferences but the problem still…

    3 votes

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  17. Library not updating once stock asset is purchased

    I have had a recurring issue for at least 18 months now (and across several updates of Illustrator). I use previews of stock images on drafts of layouts and then when I purchase the chosen image - clicking on the cart icon on the image in the Library panel, completing purchase - the preview image does not updated to a licensed image. I have to go into my account via a web browser, navigate to licensed images, download the file and manually drag it into my library. The cloud icon at the bottom left of the Library panel says it's…

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  18. Blend snaps back when you move an object

    When you move one of the objects after having created a blend, the new position doesn't stay. Instead the blend snaps back and the outline of the object stays in the new position. Described in this thread with videos:
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/blend-tool-object-snaps-back-to-original-position/m-p/13312720#M341688

    4 votes

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  19. Smart Object from Illustrator to PS not working after Mac Ventura 13.2.1 update

    Copy and pasting a vector file from Illustrator into Photoshop as a smart object no longer saves the way it used to. In Photoshop, when I wanted to make a change to the smart object, I would double click on it in the layers panel, it opens in Illustrator, make a change, cmd + s to save, back to Photoshop and the smart object would update. Now after updating to Ventura 13.2.1, the process is the same, but after saving and returning to Photoshop, my fonts show up differently. Screenshots included.

    1 - Smart Object in Photoshop
    2 - Making…

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    The problem got resolved when fonts got activated for Photoshop in the font manager app.

    It seems that for some reason Photoshop does not warn users about missing fonts in smarts, although it should not be relevant, since Ps reads the PDF content from a smart to render it...

    Needs further investigation. If you have updates on this — please comment.

  20. Resaving a file that is being currently saved makes it loose changes

    Steps: Save and Save As

    While the file is processing the save, if you save a copy or with another name, the changes made in that initial save are completely lost (in some update this problem appeared, in the past it was not like that).

    Illustrator 25.4.8
    Mac OS 10.14.6 (18G4032)

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