I've had this problem for the past months (half a year-ish?). Figured it'd get patched out, but it hasn't.

SO in order to copy something from Illustrator to any other program, I have got to paste it in Illustrator again first. So let's say I'd make a circle in Illutrator and I'd want to copy that to Photoshop, I'd have to Ctrl+C the circle in Illustrator, then Ctrl+V it in Illustrator again and only then I can paste it in Photoshop. If I were to Ctrl+C it and directly paste it in Photoshop without pasting it in Illustrator first, it'd just ignore my past actions and paste whatever I had on my clipboard before I copied the circle. If I would then go to Illustrator and Ctrl+V there, it still pastes the Illustrator shape. So it has two items on the clipboard?

Now in the example I am explaining above that might not sound like a huge issue (and to be honest, it isn't a gigantic issue). It just gets really annoying when I try to copy big files. I have to convert package templates from Illutrator to Photoshop on a regular basis to make them look realistic. It's rather annoying to have to wait for the program to copy everything (which already takes a bit for bigger files, even on my workstation which was built for 3D). If I have to paste it again before I can work with it, it makes the copy paste process twice as long.

I can work around it, as I have been doing so far. I just figured I'd had to make it known, considering I can't seem to find anyone else with this problem (the problem isn't very easy to Google either, due to the common search terms used to describe the problem).

Hi - Is anyone else having issues with the Variable data tool? This week it doesn't seem to be working for me after a recent update.

I'm trying to import a list of names to swap out for a batch of images.

I've created my image, dropped in the line of text that will change based on the data and put that on a new layer. I then clicked "Make Text Dynamic" in the Variable window and loaded my .CSV file of list of names.

The data set comes in, but it comes in blank. None of the names in the excel coverted CSV file come through.

I've attached my CSV file. Anyone else having issues or what am I doing wrong that is causing this not to work?

Hi,

We use a lot of dynamic symbols in the fashion industry to make colorways and keep the link with the original sketch which is in black and white.
In Illustrator CC 2019 (23.1.1) and CC2020 (24.3) version on Mac and Windows, I noticed several bugs with the dynamic symbols:

When I copy a dynamic symbol (CTRL + C / CTRL+V), the outline of the copy disappears.
When I copy a dynamic symbol (ALT + Drag & Drop), the outline of the copy disappears.
When I copy a dynamic symbol using CTRL + C / CTRL + F, the outline of the copy is normal.
When I copy a dynamic symbol from one Illustrator document to another, the outline of the copy disappears.
When you copy a dynamic symbol with a pattern fill from one document to another, you loose the scale of the pattern.

I started a discussion about this issue on the Adobe forum and the solution provided by Kurt was to enable only the Transform Object option in the flyout menu of the Transform palette. But the issue occurs if you turn on either the Transform Pattern Only or the Transform object option.

Do you have any idea where this problem comes from?

Hi!

For the moment, I am unable to work on Illustrator. It worked fine earlier this week (even with a few unexpected crashes or slow moment).

On a preexisting file or a brand new one, it is slow (zooming in or out for example takes seconds) if not just not responding at all: trying to move an element gives me a black window for a few sec' with a Not Responding state before I can see again and nothing has moved.

I tried on v.25.0 and v.24.3 (from Windows 10).

Maybe the issue comes from the computer, or Windows ?
But the rest works fine.

Let me know if you need more information.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Hello,
I worked for 3 weeks just fine with PS, AI and InDesign (all CC 2021) and then one evening the applications won't open again. They are freezing when starting up or crashing right after the start. I have changed nothing on my system, have installed no new software or anything I could imagine causing this behavior. Looking for help I browsed the internet and found that for many people only reinstalling the CC2020 applications helped. So I did that because I had work to finish. I think Adobe is not doing enough to help those many designers who report the exact same weird behavior of their CC 2021 suites.