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  1. Recovered files folder appears after using Illustrator

    Every time after using Adobe Illustrator and the next time I turn on my Mac, «‎Recovered files»‎ folder appears in trash can with different Adobe folders inside. What’s this? Why it’s happening? And how can I fix it?

    macOS Monterey 12.3.1
    Illustrator 26.2

    4 votes

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  2. Bullets and Numbering indentation changes

    Numbering moves away from the text when I make the text larger. It does not happen always. I have tested it a few times and found this issue.

    1 vote

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  3. Export for Screens via ExtendScript is slow and appears to have stopped

    Description:
    When I run Export for Screens via ExtendScript, it slows down and looks frozen. The rainbow cursor will appear.

    It actually works, and will finish if I wait long enough. It seems to take about 10 times longer than running it manually from the GUI.

    This is especially noticeable when exporting JPEGs. If the image to be exported is large to some extent, it will hardly progress after the progress bar reaches about 99%. CPU usage will be around 100%.
    Example: When exporting 8 1700x1000px artboards at 300ppi, it takes 157.636 seconds (the weight of each JPEG is 2.9MB).

    12 votes

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  4. Arial Bold comes out very condensed

    when i use Arial bold in default settings, it looks skinny. I will have to to stretch the width to 250% to make it look normal. See image please...

    1 vote

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  5. Illustrator will automatically convert color codes of shapes and vectors when a document of different color profile is imported.

    I've seen this issue where people complain about color codes in Ai changing automatically, this leads to brand color codes slight off for most projects. I've discovered this issue myself and apparently when profile mismatch warning box are not checked (i.e Ask when opening, Ask when pasting) Ai will automatically convert the colors without asking. If you import multiple images then the color will be way off after 10 images. This happens when Ai is in sRGB and the photos are either untagged or AdobeRGB or other than sRGB. If you checked the warning boxes Ai will prompt you what…

    7 votes

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  6. GPU visual bugs on Mac

    • Vector outlines never line up with the actual shapes when zoomed in
    • In outline mode, zooming in causing the outlines to flicker and disappear
    • Infrequent jagged vector bug

    iMac Pro 2017
    macOS Monterey 12.4
    3.2 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W
    32 GB ram
    Radeon Pro Vega 56 8GB

    4 votes

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  7. Illustrator keeps rendering 3d objects when trying to edit them, at every step

    Illustrator keeps rendering 3d objects when trying to edit them, at every step

    Using 26.4 version of AI on windows 11
    checked with the Adobe Expert on remote session
    happening with all files including a new file as well

    1 vote

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  8. Text missing on .ai file when I preview it or bring it into Indesign

    OS Catalina v. 10.15.7, Illustrator v. 25.4.1

    Text is in the document (.ai file), but when I preview it or place it into InDesign it disappears. When I save it to a pdf from Illustrator it looks fine in preview, acrobat and InDesign. As a temporary fix I can place the pdf into Indesign, but that's not ideal.

    1 vote

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  9. Menu interface is not displayed on Monterey 12.5.1 and Illustrator 26.5

    Hi,

    I have an issue with illustrator 26.5 :
    I can't open files and the menu interface is not displayed, nothing works.
    Same issue with InDesign 16.4.3 and all 17 versions.
    I got a MBP with M1 pro on the latest macOS (12.5.1), i tried the Apple Silicon and Intel versions with Rosetta, both doesn't work.

    Thanks

    2 votes

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  10. Black Boxes appear and Unable to zoom past 1600% when GPU performance is turned off in Illustrator 25.3.1

    Well, I updated illustrator today and have major viewing issues.

    Black Boxes appear when selecting outlined text with the direct selection tool, when moving a shape, and in the upper left corner when viewing artboard. Everything disappears when zooming in more than 2400% in Preview mode and has a pixelated outline.

    MacOS Catalina version 10.15.6

    Adobe Illustrator v25.3.1

    32 votes

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    I am happy to share that we have fixed this bug in our latest release – 26.2.1 which is available worldwide now.

    Going forward, our goal is to fix as many top User-Voice bugs as possible and as frequently as possible. Given the nature of the fixes, some of the bugs will take a longer time to fix, but we are on it.

    You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html

    Thank you for all the feedback. Keep it coming!

  11. Cannot exit presentation mode.

    Esc key is not working in presentation mode so I cannot exit from the presentation mode at all. I have to force quit the app every time.

    8 votes

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  12. Clipping Mask gets rendered wrong

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
    Just recently install the macOS Monterey
    Using the newest version of Illustrator 2022

    The clipping mask doesn't work after I zoom in or zoom out.
    It shows what is inside the clipping mask with different shapes randomly every time just like the images below. I have to move around the image to get the original shape of the clipping mask.

    It works quite well in Illustrator 2018 actually.
    But the Illustrator 2018 version seems can not be downloaded anymore.

    I think people should be allowed to download the older version which they found most…

    2 votes

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  13. Pink screen and residual image artifacts

    The pink screen flash is back for me in 26.03 when opening files, but now I have the added bonus of image shrapnel being left everywhere (image attached).

    Mac mini M1. Happens with both MacOS 12.1 and 12.2 beta (release candidate).

    7 votes

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  14. Toggling Layer Visibility Causes Hang

    Toggling layer visibility seems to be increasingly difficult for my latest release of the standard Illustrator build. I just tried a complete uninstall/reinstall, and the problem persists. Once I toggle layers on/off without any other active layer visible I get the Mac beach ball/spinning wheel. If I add a blank placeholder layer I have no issues toggling as shown below. This is the current release of Illustrator. I can share one of these files to see if it is setting related or cannot be reproduced, but I had this same issue on a much higher spec’d out PC than my…

    4 votes

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  16. リンク画像が開かない

    イラレ上でリンクパネルの鉛筆マークを押しても、フォトショップデータ(元画像)が開かない

    1 vote

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  17. Illustrator 25.4.1 Generating constant 105MB log files into com.adobe.dunamis folder and filling up hard drive

    When I am working in Illustrator, my fan starts to run and Illustrator generates multiple log files per minute in the com.adobe.dunamis folder. Each log file is roughly 105MB and before I was able to pinpoint what was going on, it filled my hard drive with 750GB of log files. If I close Illustrator and reopen it, it stops for awhile but I haven't been able to pinpoint what triggers the start of the log file generation – it isn't consistently doing it, but it does occur multiple times per day.

    11 votes

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  18. Circular Text Rotation different on newest update.

    Opening a file with perfectly centered text on a circle is now off center. Live rotating seems to make the text hop around the circle not conforming to the rotation.

    2 votes

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  19. Stroke thickness resets when adjusting gradient direction.

    Combination of two Categories: Strokes and Gradients.

    Evidence: https://youtu.be/_w8UG_fvm1I
    Disclaimer regarding evidence: The canvas is rotated by 60 degrees, due to the project I am working on.

    When I adjust the gradient direction (by pressing G on my keyboard), pressing & dragging in the paint-group would reset the thickness of the strokes that are involved in the paint-group. Hence not allowing the thickness of the strokes to stay constant, hence disturbing the preview of gradient.

    1 vote

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  20. CC Library to Illustrator Swatch: Name Length Bug Creates Magenta Spot Color

    When adding a Color Swatch to Illustrator from the CC Library:

    If the CC Library item's name is over a certain number of characters, Illustrator cannot import the swatch correctly.

    Instead, Illustrator imports the CC Library color as a Magenta Spot Color.

    The only workaround currently is to shorten the CC Library item's name to match the maximum allowed characters for an Illustrator Swatch, and then import the color.

    FIX: Allow more characters for Illustrator Swatch names to be compatible with with CC Library character length for items.

    10 votes

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