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  1. Misaligned patterns on SVG import

    When opening an SVG file, pattern fills are incorrectly offset on both x and y axis.

    An inconvenient workaround is to reapply the pattern (Select shape, select pattern swatch). This will then position the pattern correctly.

    It would be great if the pattern was correctly positioned on file load.

    Tested on Windows 10. Illustrator 23.0.6 64bit

    See attached PNG for example.

    pattern-test.svg used in the screenshot:

    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="50" height="50" viewBox="0 0 50 50">
    <defs>
    <pattern id="New_Pattern" data-name="New Pattern" width="10" height="10" viewBox="0 0 10 10" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
    <rect width="10" height="10" fill="blue"/>
    <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="5" fill="red" />

    </pattern>
    </defs>
    <rect…

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  2. Workspace basics are not appearing and I can't reset workspace

    Basically the title I can only use stuff I have remembered by hotkeys and the option to reset isn't available, I am even unable to change the layout I use entirely, I am new to illustrator and this is very frustrating.

    2 votes

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  3. Illustrator CC 2019 Will Not Save or Save As on Mac OS Mojave

    I use a Macbook Pro mid 2015 with 16 GB RAM and Mac OSX Mojave 10.14.4. I just updated from CC 2018 to CC2019 at most a week ago. I wish I could go back, because at least in CC 2018 I could save.

    When I tried saving a file I have already saved before, with this newest version of the program even, it gives me the error message of "file not found." I go and try to open the file, make sure I'm not just working on a different version, and that "file is already open."

    I try to…

    1 vote

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  4. Illustrator is changing around my CMYK values in saved swatches

    Illustrator is changing around my CMYK values in saved swatches... For example. I punch in the CMYK values for PMS 427... and hit save... Then when I bring up the file it is completely different values

    4 votes

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  5. undo is broken

    Undo is just wonky. I hit Undo, and rather than just stepping back one step, it jumps several actions backward, and the Redo steps can't even get back to where I was. I wish I could provide more info, but it's just jacked, so I can't trace the problem.

    7 votes

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  6. Part of text disappears when printing upside-down

    I am printing a piece of art with text. When rotating the document upside down in the print dialogue window, the printed version lacks letters. It looks like only the first letter gets printed. This is not a printer issue either, tested printing from PDF and it worked fine.
    See attached for the example. The right half is how it should be, left half is what comes out - small "B" is missing.

    1 vote

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  7. Frequent crash Illustrator 2019 23.1.1.

    Crashes 4-8 times a day, just like that. Illustrator crashes even if you just walk away from the computer and do nothing. Then he just closes the program. Without notification. When opening the file again, he will only give a message that he has saved it as a 'recovered' file.

    macOS Mojave (versie 10.14.6)

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  8. Dropbox saving issue

    When I try to save a new file on, save as and choose it to save on dropbox. The folder I've selected that I want my file in, immediately start syncing all my online-only files to local.

    Please see attached for visual explanation.

    Does any1 know a way to work around this?

    Thank you

    2 votes

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  9. AI doesn't warn about matching hotkeys for commands and actions

    Actions can only be bound to F-keys.
    Keyboard shortcuts can be match to almost anything, including F-keys.
    When user tries to register new keyboard shortcut that already exists, AI warns them about conflict.
    But when user creates new shortcut for F-combination, already taken by action, AI says nothing.
    For example, if one of my actions uses Ctrl+Shift+F2, and then I want to assign same Ctrl+Shift+F2 for 'Change case' command, AI won't notify me. Action will run, but not a command then. If I uses Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F2 for that (or any) command, it still won't run, but action will do.

    4 votes

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  10. Save as PDF in CC2020 cannot open with CC2014

    I noticed if I was to save a PDF file in CC2020, a customer using CC2014 is unable to open it. I compared the PDF files to see how it is different.

    If a PDF was saved using CC2014 it generates the colors like this:

    [ /Separation /ATHLETIC#20GOLD /DeviceCMYK << /C0 [ 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 ]

    But If a PDF was saved using CC2020 it generates the colors like this:
    [/Separation/ATHLETIC#20GOLD/DeviceCMYK<</C0[0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0]

    Due to this settle difference, can this be the reason why the file is unable to open in CC2014?

    1 vote

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  11. Measurement labels is not showing properly (Smart Guide)

    Hello,

    I found a bug that is not showing measurement labels properly on a specific environment.

    in Windows 10 Pro Korean,
    English version of Illustrator CC is not showing measurement labels properly (it just shows a narrow gray box, no text at all inside of the box).

    When I install Korean version of Illustrator CC, it shows the measurement labels properly. I think this causes because of the font issues or Windows local system.

    I hope this bug is going to be fixed as soon as possible.

    Thanks

    1 vote

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  12. image trace quick action does nothing...

    I opened a transparent PNG file in Illustrator, hoping to do a simple quick vector conversion, when I pressed the "Image Trace" button in the Quick Actions menu, in the properties toolbar, I got precisely bubcuss. Just nothing - no feedback, no error, no expected menu of options. Just nothing. The other quick actions don't seem to do anything at all either.

    9 votes

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  13. App unresponsive due to tour window

    MacOS Mojave, Late 2013 iMac

    This is probably a rare event, but it should never happen and if this "feature" behaved consistently with MacOS, it wouldn't ever happen:

    The other day I launched Illustrator, and immediately pushed the window down and out of the way so I could access multiple files on the desktop. I didn't realize this was the first time I'd launched Illustrator since an update, so a tour window had popped up, but since I had shoved the entire workspace window down right away, I couldn't see the tour window.

    What happened was that I attempted to…

    7 votes

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  14. Cannot save

    Any file I try and save is appearing with file error, I have tried restarting illustrator but this is still happening.

    1 vote

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  15. Illustrator fundamentals

    • When panning around in mid full screen view, defect stripes keeps appearing all over the screen. Disappears when zooming one time.
    • Zoom should be zooming to position of mouse, but it zooms "all over the place" when close up.
    • Pathfinder substract creates unnecessary amount of anchor points + gaps. Even with setting 0,001 in Pathfinfer options

    This has been going on for years, and Adobe is informed about these fundamental bugs several times. Time to fix the fundamentals and clean up the bugs.

    1 vote

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  16. アプリが終了してしまう。

    Illustrator2020でファイルを保存すると、アプリも終了してしまう。

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    Hi,

    Thanks for reporting the issue .
    We are not able to reproduce the issue in house , Kindly provide following info to nail down this issue:

    1)Kindly provide the machine details and the test file which you are saving in illustrator .

    Kindly share the test file with us at ShareWithAI@adobe.com in a Zip file. Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail.

    Thanks & Regards
    Ankit Goyal
    Illustrator Team

  17. Illustrator 24.0.1 ignoring me when I enter a new dimension for my closed path with stroke

    Hi all, I'm cross-posting here from the Adobe Community forums as suggested by someone who was able to reproduce this issue. I'm running Illustrator 24.0.1 on my 2015 Macbook Pro with MacOS Catalina 10.15.1. I actually just updated to Illustrator 24.0.1 to see if this problem would go away, but it still persists.

    I'm currently trying to increase the height dimension of my closed path in the Transform panel by +0.0001 inch, or .03 points (trying to transform the height from 23.157 pt to 23.16 pt, to match two other closed paths). However, whenever I click the object, input the…

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  18. Effect 3D Rotate perspective error

    With Effects/3D Rotate, Illustrator can't render a placed image using a high perspective value. The image is all distorted. See screenshots:

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    Hi,

    Thanks for reporting this issue, Illustrator Team really appreciate this.

    To adjust the perspective, enter a value between 0 and 160 in the Perspective text box. A smaller angle is similar to a telephoto camera lens; a larger lens angle is similar to a wide-angle camera lens. A lens angle that is higher than 150 may result in objects extending beyond your point of view and appearing distorted
    For more details please refer to link: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/using/creating-3d-objects.html#extrude_bevel_options

    Thanks and Regards
    Ankit Goyal
    Illustrator Team

  19. scrollbar in the wrong place within panel

    The scrollbar should always hug the right edge of panel independent of panel width. However it does not. Looks messy. Please fix!

    1 vote

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    Hi,
    Thanks for reporting the issue .
    We are not able to reproduce the issue in house , Kindly provide following info to nail down this issue:
    1)Kindly provide the snapshot of the panel , Screen resolution ,Operating System detail and share with us at ShareWithAI@adobe.com in a Zip file. Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail.

    Thanks and Regards
    Ankit Goyal
    Illustrator Team

  20. Windows Registory is missing

    Although it is from the previous version, the registry value to be written is incorrect in the Windows version installer.
    This is an example of 2020 (24.0).

    Path name is wrong.

    [HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID{38AE003B-0E4B-4EB8-8D21-DB5ECCBD5624}\LocalServer32]
    @="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Illustrator 2020Support Files\\Contents\\Windows\\Illustrator.exe /Automation"

    [HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID{4A99261F-223B-4980-B746-9960895D74BB}\LocalServer32]
    @="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Illustrator 2020Support Files\\Contents\\Windows\\Illustrator.exe /Automation"

    [HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID{4EDAE507-552C-4A3D-81ED-853FBF459F6F}\LocalServer32]
    @="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Illustrator 2020\\Adobe Illustrator 2020\\Support Files\\Contents\\Windows\\Illustrator.exe /Automation"

    [HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID{4F9C4A42-947D-40B0-BB12-266B735321BE}\LocalServer32]
    @="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Illustrator 2020Support Files\\Contents\\Windows\\Illustrator.exe /Automation"

    [HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID{93A24F08-D70A-42B1-8B1F-5A7FEC495C64}\LocalServer32]
    @="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Illustrator 2020Support Files\\Contents\\Windows\\Illustrator.exe /Automation"

    [HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID{98C0ECCB-F1BC-4CEF-9A51-B9F06E40C52E}\LocalServer32]
    @="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Illustrator 2020Support Files\\Contents\\Windows\\Illustrator.exe /Automation"

    [HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID{C7D18CB4-B414-48DC-A59A-CD89C4476007}\LocalServer32]
    @="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Illustrator 2020Support Files\\Contents\\Windows\\Illustrator.exe /Automation"

    [HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID{C97944EF-40B3-4D40-A3E6-F8F11AC5A3D9}\LocalServer32]
    @="C:\\Program…

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