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  1. 2 votes

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  2. Selection tool doesn't work to resize

    Illustrator version 29.3.1 (2025)

    The Selection tool (black arrow) does not work anymore and i can't resize things on any of my documents. I tried to close-reopen illustrator and even restart the entire computer without any results.

    iMac retina 2017, Radeon pro 560 4gb, SSD; macOS ventura13.6.8)

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  3. Join Tool and overlapping paths - strange behavior

    Hello, UserVoice and Illustrator community!

    Join tool make strange behavior - problem with overlapping paths.

    I took a ready-made example with an umbrella from a pink outline.
    https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tool-techniques/join-tool.html

    I used the join tool as in the example, everything is fine (it connected the intersecting outlines and the overlapping ones too).

    Then I moved the green element a little and the join tool started to behave strangely.
    Example on the top right (dark turquoise umbrella).
    The intersecting outlines worked well.
    But the overlapping ones - I did some nonsense, I got a loooong tail.

    I also moved the green element and…

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  4. Reflect tool should mirror path direction as well

    When Reflecting (mirroring, flipping) Paths with a non non uniform Stroke Widths, the result is not correct, since the Path direction is not reversed. (see screenshot)

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  5. Drawing a straight line with the Pencil tool with Shift held crashes Illustrator

    The program constantly turns off on its own when drawing a straight line using the Shift + Pencil (N) combination.

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  6. A part of a traced image vanishes when using Image Trace

    When changing raster graphics to vector graphics, an image element (with a yellow background) was removed. It looks like Adobe Illustrator does not recognize this color. How can I solve this problem?

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  7. Measure tool stops working for measuring an area after we toggle to Selection tool with Cmd/Ctrl and move the object

    If we create an object and try to measure its area with the Measure tool — it gets highlighted and the area gets calculated fine, showing the result in the Info panel.
    But as soon as we hold Cmd/Ctrl to temporarily pick Selection tool, and move the object, releasing Cmd/Ctrl breaks the measuring — no area, no highlight. Reselecting doesn’t help.

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  8. Measure tool / Info panel does not show area for for many things

    Recently Measure tool started to calculate are for selected / clicked objects, originally requested here: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/33527584

    However, it’s very basic.
    1. It does not show an area for objects with no fill
    2. No area for objects within a clipping mask
    3. No area for the visible area of a clipping group as a whole
    4. No area for an opaque raster image (not that hard to multiply two values)
    5. ...or for a partially transparent raster image (again, we can evaluate this manually, by using a fill + Outline Object trick)
    6. Nothing for meshes, live text, symbols, compound…

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  9. Eyedropper picks the color of the antialiased edge of a stroke blended with the background instead of the actual stroke color

    Eyedropper requires a ton of precision when picking a color of s stroke.

    Watch the GIF.
    Here I have violet and green lines, drawn above a raster image.

    I’ve mistaken and used green color instead of violet, and now I want to pick it from the existing line.

    I click, precise enough (I hope), but the color picked — the almost correct violet (C74,95 M74,61 — instead of the global 75-75) — is not in the background at all. It’s a BLENDED color of the RENDERED anti-aliased EDGE of the stroke! So Ai secretly rasterizes what it sees and then…

    3 votes

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  10. Curvature Tool hotkey Shift+` (shown as Shift+~) doesn’t work with Russian keyboard input

    Ai team believes everyone uses English it feels like.
    Backtick is reported to fail to work often, but here it’s even more convoluted.
    In Russian, the key that houses backtick (`) and the tilde (~, with Shift held) types Cyrillic 'ё' and its capital from 'Ё' respectively.

    If I map Curvature Tool to just backtick — it works.
    But with Shift added, like Ai offers by default — nope.

    There is a larger request on a similar topic, Some shortcuts don't work while using non-English keyboard / language layout — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/44393445 — but perhaps the team needs to solve it…

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  11. Selection tool works like the Direct Selection Tool

    I cannot use the Selection Tool because it works like the Direct Selection Tool, therefor I cannot scale or move any objects on my artboards.

    I have tried the workaround to change settings in preferences, but the problem still persists.

    I have a Windows Desktop:
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
    32GB DDR4 RAM
    Radeon RX550/550 Series
    1TB SSD

    Illustrator CC 2025 (V29.3)

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  12. Generative Shape Fill - not present in the interface.

    Generative Shape Fill - a tool that is written about everywhere is not present in the interface.

    Illustrator 29.2.1
    Illustrator (Beta) 29.4.49

    System:
    MacBook Pro
    Chip: Apple M1 Max
    Mac OS: Sonoma 14.1.1

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  13. Don’t display Touch workspace styled handles for Free Transform when Ai doesn’t use it

    If a computer has an access to a touch screen device, Ai offers users to switch the interface into the dedicated Touch Workspace: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/illustrator-touch-workspace.html

    Normally this access won’t affect using Ai in the default mode, except for the way Free Transform tool’s controls.
    These start to look ugly: large contoured circles with small white square padding inside, smudged icons (when viewed at 100 UI scale), giant hint arrows...

    Maybe these work for some better, I can imagine this.
    But why do I see these when not in Touch mode?
    How can I force Ai to use normal ones without removing…

    2 votes

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  14. Image Trace 2025 results poorer than 2024's

    I've encountered a significant disparity in output quality between 2025 and 2024 in Image Trace while working with the same file and identical settings.

    Despite replicating the exact setup, the results in the latest version are noticeably inferior.

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  15. 画像トレースのパスが粗すぎる

    手書きの線画を画像トレースで取り込む時、パスが粗すぎて手書きのニュアンスが消えてしまいます。
    以前のバージョンまでは、細かくトレースされていました。
    イラスト制作が主な仕事なのですが、仕事に使用する上で致命的な欠点です。
    仕方がないので、まだ以前のバージョンを使用しています。
    早急に改善をお願いいたします。

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  16. Eraser tool not working since update today, it erases whole image

    Eraser tool not working since update today, it erases whole image

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  17. Tip popup when zooming in and out (Alt key while brush is selected)

    Whenever I zoom in and out using Alt + scroll wheel or a shortcut on my Wacom pencil, and have a Pencil or Brush selected, the smoothing tool pops up and gives this 'tip' that is obstructing my work. Turning tool tips off does not help.

    'To smooth a section, select its anchor points with the direct selection tool and adjust the slider.'

    It is really annoying, I'm not trying even trying to smooth the paths, just zooming! The tip stays on screen until I do something else, and pops back up whenever I hit alt. I know how the…

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  18. Some shortcuts don't work with Mac Sequoia 15.2 OS

    The spacebar does not resize something when drawing. Instead it brings up the properties box and sounds an error alarm on the Mac Mini Pro M4. Additionally, the keyboard shortcuts, such as M or H, stop working mid program. The up/down keys don't change the number of sides while drawing a polygon. I'm running version 29.1 I've already disabled any spacebar shortcuts native to the OS. Even running in safe mode, Adobe creative cloud programs have incompatible shortcuts with Mac Sequoia.

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  19. Dimension die but don’t get expanded when pasted along with the objects with Paste Remembers Layers enabled into a different document

    I have a floor plan.
    Some of the objects I have there have live dimensions attached.
    I need to copy them all from an older revision of the file into a newer one.

    1. I select objects and their dimensions together
    2. I enable Paste Remembers Layers in the Layers panel’s flyout menu
    3. I copy them
    4. I open the different document and run Edit > Paste in Place command

    It all looks fine... Objects get pasted where expected: dimensions into their own layer, other stuff to other layers.
    No shy message about objects being expanded.
    All dimensions are displayed as single entities…

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  20. Eyedropper cursor blinks while held

    If you pick Eyedropper tool and hold it to sample a color continuously — it blinks, jumps, tries to change into a default pointer arrow.
    Take a look at the small GIF attached, or watch a video by Laura Coyle here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lauracoylecreative_adobeillustrator-color-activity-7274877800715583491-HkxB

    Happens on both Windows and Mac.
    And so you know it can work better and some other succeed — compare it with the way Affinity Designer does it (the second GIF).

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