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  1. Stop automatically changing RGB files to grayscale when working with colors

    Illustrator takes an RGB file and converts it to grayscale when changing the color of paths. For example- in an RGB file I change a path to red. Illustrator turns the path gray and converts the file to grayscale. I then have to convert the file back to RGB in order for the path to show as red.

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  2. Expanding strokes leads to a different result when exporting artwork

    Illustrators’ exported image (JPG/PNG tested) is different with when you expand strokes and unit them then export.

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    1 comment  ·  Strokes  ·  Admin →
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  3. "Twist" effect doesn't work on horizontal or vertical lines

    I'm trying to to "twist" a single line () using the Effects panel, but the line only shows twisting when the effect is applied and then rotated diagonally.

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  5. Type tool

    Idk about anyone else. But since I updated Illustrator, my Type Tool has been slowing down my computer to the point where it almost crashes whenever I am using the tool. Clicking ANYTHING or highlighting type causes the "spinning ball" to pop up instantly, and sometimes not even highlighting the selection I want!

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    3 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Performance  ·  Admin →
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  6. Extreme performance issues (AKA the dreaded color wheel) when trying to type in AI 23.0.2.

    I get the color wheel with anything text-related. From basic typing to simply deleting a letter or space. Haven't found any way around the issue. I design a ton of infographics and this is seriously adding unnecessary time to my projects.

    Here's my system info

    2 votes

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  7. Illustrator 23.0.1 hangs on start up

    Tried launching Illustrator this morning and it just keep hanging on start up. Blue spinning wheel. I tried uninstalling, and then reinstalling the app, but still hangs.

    Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core 3.60 GHz
    RAM: 16 GB
    Windows 10 Pro

    2 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Launch  ·  Admin →
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  8. Extended properties panel inconsistent with InDesign

    Not so much a bug, perhaps a feature request but yet more evidence of the various dev teams going off in their own directions - like the Photoshop's inexplicable rationale for switch the default behaviour of proportional scaling ... ahem, I digress.

    Please would you consider implementing the properties panel behaviour from InDesign? By this I am specifically referring to the extension of the properties panel behaviour when selecting the 'more options/fewer options' ellipses.

    The InDesign implementation expands the existing sub-panel to include the additional options which are not normally visible.

    The Illustrator implementation is less elegant by simply repeating…

    2 votes

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  9. TypeKit

    Type Kit isn't working :( I've shut down and restarted my computer multiple times :(

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  10. AI CC2019 slow and jittery on iMac 27" 5k w/ 40gb ram and 4.2ghz i7 processor... why???

    AI CC2019 slow and jittery on iMac 27" 5k w/ 40gb ram and 4.2ghz i7 processor... why???

    Why is this program so slow? I have a fairly robust iMac, working in vectors... trying to layout a simple menu board and the program is jittery and laggy. I have two programs open at the moment: AI and Photoshop

    3 votes

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  11. Can't put objects exactly in the middle of another object

    At first I thouht it was an alignment problem, then i looked up to help videos but none of them solves my problem. I want to put a figure for example a square, then I want to put another square to have the exact triangle of that square but it won't let me make another figure exactly in the middle, it always goes left or right but not center. Help please!!

    3 votes

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  12. rtf

    Currently cannot import advanced RTF documents with Adobe Illustrator. Common RTF file format options like Tables, Colored Backgrounds, and embedded Images fail to be pulled into Adobe Illustrator. Instead the application omits these things.

    Cannot attach an example file.

    2 votes

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  13. Exporting as PNG I am loosing part of my stroke

    I'm having a problem while exporting as PNG from Illustrator CC. I use export for screens and I adjust the size width and high and choose PNG format to export. The when I open my image in png format my stroke is getting cut off. :/

    I attached a file in png format and another file in jpg format with any problem.

    2 votes

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  14. Releasing a Layer Mask releases all clipping masks within

    When I create a layer mask that includes clipping masks within, there are problems releasing the layer mask.
    a) Using the Layers panel Make/Release Button releases some of the clipping masks within. (see attached movie)
    b) Using the Properties panel button and/or the Object > Mask > Release will appear to do nothing, but is a redraw issue requiring View > Outline / View > Preview toggle.

    Mac OS 10.12.6, AI 23.0.1

    3 votes

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  15. Pasted shapes from Illustrator turn to graphics in Indesign

    You cannot cut and past even a simple vector shape from the very latest Illustrator CC into the very latest Indesign CC without the shape being turned into a graphic in Indesign. I back installed to the last versions for both programs and it is work again. I have this exact setup at home (Mojave) and it work perfectly but at work (High Sierra) I had upgraded to the latest of both programs and hence the issue.

    What should happen is the shape from illustrator remains an editable vector in indesign.

    I experienced this today (19 March 2019)

    2 votes

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  16. If a pdf is opened in illustrator, edited and saved; it asks to update the file as there are modifications. Now it goes in loop.

    If a pdf is opened in illustrator, edited and saved; it asks to update the file as there are modifications. Now it goes in loop.

    1 vote

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  17. Freeform Gradient tool tip pop up won’t go away

    Using Windows 10 on Dell XPS15. tool tips pop up appears and then i cant make it go away... I've disabled the tool tips in the Preferences menu but it hasn't made any difference. Is this a bug or something to do with my system?

    3 votes

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  18. Blend Tool doesn't create/show a spine when blending between two open paths

    Normally when creating a blend between two objects with the Blend tool (or Object > Blend > Make), Illustrator creates and shows a spine that can be manipulated with the Pen, Direct Selection and other tools. This spine makes it easy to edit the path of the blend with the Pen and Direct Selection tools.

    When creating a blend between two open paths, however, Illustrator does not create or show this spine.

    8 votes

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  19. Delete Color Group in Swatches ungroups group instead deleting

    When I need to completely delete color group, I select it and press Delete palette's button (or try palette's menu). Any way. AI moves all colors from it to general colors, removing only the folder, but not colors, asking nothing (even with warnings reset).
    I have to deselect my art, click first of moved colors, Shift+click the last one and delete swathes again.

    18 votes

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  20. Libraries Panel broken

    Although the Libraries panel is open, I cannot select another library, it's stuck on the same one. When I pull up the menu to choose another and click on it, nothing changes. Been like this for a few weeks now.

    58 votes

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