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  1. All my links rotate 90° when opening the file

    when i opened my file, all the links in 0° rotation, rotated to 90°... now i have to rotate all individually. x_x

    this happened to me other 3 times in different files in the past.

    1 vote

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  2. Illustrator Window hopping around constantly - unusable

    A lot of times when I use any illustrator function, like switching to layers, switching panes, or choosing any tool - the window just jumps away.

    What the heck is that? It makes it unusable because my window just jumps around on the screen?

    2 votes

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  3. ライブペイントオブジェクトにオーバープリントブラックを適用した際の問題

    ライブペイントを適用したオブジェクトに対してオーバープリントブラックを適用するとライブペイント設定が消える。

    macOS11.6
    Illustrator CC2022以降

    再現手順
    1. 線や麺の組み合わせでライブペイントを作成し着色する。
    2. ライブペイントオブジェクトを選択し「編集→カラーを編集→オーバープリントブラック」を適用する。
    3. ライブペイントに対して指定した処理が消え、閉図形外で保持されていた線も幅0.5pt、K100の黒に変化する。

    期待する結果
    ライブペイントオブジェクトに対してオーバープリントした際、閉図形外のK100の線等以外にオーバープリント属性を適用せず、ライブペイントオブジェクトの状態を保持する。

    実際の結果
    ライブペイントオブジェクトに指定した塗りなどの情報が消え、元から持っている線幅等の情報も一定値に変化する。

    代替処理
    ライブペイントに対する「ブラックオーバープリント」は行わない。必要なオーバープリント指定は手動で指定するか、ライブペイントオブジェクト自体を拡張してから「ブラックオーバープリント」を適用する。

    7 votes

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  4. Replace File doesn't work (creates new file)

    I opened an EPS file, made changes, and then saved. When I saved I was alerted that the file already existed and asked if I wanted to replace the file. I selected Replace. However, Illustrator ignores my selection and creates a new file with '-01' amended onto the end of the file name.

    Illustrator version 27.8
    MacOS Ventura 13.5.2
    Macbook Pro 2023 Apple M2 Pro

    1 vote

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  5. Text to Vector prompt doesn't work

    When I write a prompt and hit 'generate', the bar loads as normal but then produces an error message saying, "Something went wrong, try again".
    This also doesn't work for the sample prompts provided by the program.

    2 votes

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  6. Glitchy Selection of simple rects, freezes, lags

    I haven't used Illustrator for some years.. you can check my previous posts with great ideas and upvoted.

    And now I just back to Illustrator, installed it trial on a fresh macOS MacBook and got this lags, video attached.
    I just created empty document, with a couple rects and when I try to select any it lags like a crazy, everything is jumps, freezes etc.

    I found also the same here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVi62donWCw

    I have latest macOS up to today and just installed Illustrator firstly on my MacBook Pro M1.

    7 votes

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  7. "Scale Strokes and Effects" in Windows works contrary

    Hi, after the last update I found that "Scale Strokes and Effects" works contrary to what I knew. When the "Scale Strokes and Effects" is "on" does not scale and when I turn it off it scales the stroke..

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  8. Métodos abreviados de teclado

    No funciona ningún atajo de teclado, la opción "valores por defecto de Illustrator" está vacía.

    3 votes

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  9. OBJECT > EXPAND creates SPIKES in geometry

    I use Illustrator to create emboss patterns for production tooling. When delivering my patterns, all geometry must be EXPANDED and represented as real vector lines so that the engravers can mill out the tool.

    Recently, when I EXPAND the patterns I make (OBJECT > EXPAND), I'm starting to see random SPIKES in my outlined strokes when using the EXPAND tool in the menu. This problem is reproducible on my machine, but it does appear to be random. Sometimes it does it, and sometimes it doesn't. My vector curve is stroked at 0.03 inches.

    This problem is causing CRITICAL delays in…

    3 votes

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  10. Specific gradients across/along stroke with Overprint Stroke option are broken

    In the attached file you can see two identical gradients applied to two identical paths. One looks fragmented and shattered, something is really off with the tessellation. The other one is fine.

    If you select the weird one disable the Overprint Stroke option in Attributes — it works fine. Choose another and enable the option — it gets corrupted as well.

    If you copy either in a new file — the behavior continues. But if you try to reproduce this bug anew in a new file from the scratch — it won’t get reproduced.

    12 votes

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  11. 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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  12. Demension Font size

    when i using the demension tool, the size of the number to small and then me change the size of demension number and it only work on one, so when i click orther demension number the number of font size has changed but the demension number is not

    2 votes

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  13. Text to vector jaggedy jagg

    So, I've been messing with text to vector, and tried implementing it to my workflow.
    When Illustrating sometimes am in need of an assets that create a look, so I tried prompting glasses and 9/10 am getting results that are to jaggy and not usable.. I ended drawing them at the end.
    I tried pushing slider to more/less details and did not got expected results

    2 votes

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  14. Page ruler covers contextual task bar

    The default position for Contextual Task Bar is on top left corner of the page and when the ruler is on top half of the bar is covered by ruler. The user must relocate the bar to use it properly...

    5 votes

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  15. Type on path tool bug

    After reopening an Illustrator document containing multiple circle paths with type on them the text is no longer on their paths but rather scattered all over and beyond the artboard. Please see the attachments.

    When you try to fix the scattered texts by clicking on the path with the type to path tool it will indicate the text was created in a different version of Illustrator (which is not the case) prompting you to click ok. This will have the text look as it should again. However if you then save and re-open the file the texts will be scattered…

    2 votes

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  16. Image trace limited palette no longer works in AI 27.1

    Image trace does not use a limited palette when this option is specified in the tracing options.

    Steps:

    1. Place photographic or other image with many colours
    2. Choose any of the limited colour presets (16 in this example) and trace

    Expected result: Trace uses the specified number of colours
    Actual result: Trace acts as if 'Automatic' was selected (or otherwise disregards limited palette)

    24 votes

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    I am happy to share that we have fixed this bug in our latest release – 27.1.1 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!

  17. Previewing Mid-High Complexity files incredible Sluggish - Losing time and money

    So this has become tottally unnaceptable adobe.
    For the price we pay monthly, it's unnaceptable that the engine used for rendering is so primitive in comparison with one used on other (more cheaper) software such as Affinity Designer.

    This should be one of the features you should be focusing more.

    In this thread i mentioned that since some versions of ILLUSTRATOR, the same designs i had years ago, started working more and more sluggish when previewing. And no matter the HW upgrades, it's the same. (i prefer how i worked on these 3-4 years ago)
    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/45650629-illustrator-crash-and-spikes-gpu-3080ti-requesti

    The most intriguing stuff:…

    2 votes

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  18. GPU performance issues on Mac mini with second display attached

    I am having problems with GPU performance on my Mac mini (Apple M2, 16GB) with two displays attached.

    For example, when I move an object by using the arrow keys in quick succession, the artwork often does not refresh correctly. If I wait a while (sometimes about half a second) or press any key (e.g. the space bar), the artwork will update.

    Disconnecting the second display, resolves the problem. Also using the CPU to preview solves it.

    After further investigation, I found that it was not just the second monitor that was causing the Illustrator preview to stutter: I am…

    2 votes

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  19. Delay and Unresponsiveness in Help Search Function

    OS: macOS Sonoma 14.1 - Adobe Illustrator 28.0

    I am experiencing a persistent issue with the Help drop-down menu in Adobe Illustrator. Whenever I attempt to use the search function within this menu, the program becomes unresponsive for a prolonged period. This issue occurs consistently on the initial use of the search feature during a session.

    To Reproduce: Open Adobe Illustrator, click on the 'Help' drop-down menu, type any query into the search bar.

    Expected Result: The search function should respond promptly, displaying results as the query is typed.

    Actual Result: Upon entering the first character in the search bar,…

    2 votes

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  20. 不同位置,相同分布对齐,得到的结果不一样?

    一个圆放在矩形的不同位置,使用相同的分布对齐方式,得到的结果不一样?如视频:

    1 vote

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