Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
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67 results found
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Strokes stop working properly.
Ever since version 28.7.1, after a bit of time, today was less than 2 hours, strokes can no longer can be edited.
Changing "Align Strokes" changes nothing, stroke size changes nothing. Changing caps changes nothing. This happens to both new and old strokes on both new and old paths/shapes.
Currently restarting the app seems to work around & reset it, but only for a few hours, then it starts happening again.
P.S. This is on a Mac
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Default line stroke color needs to be black and no fill for line segment tool, it keeps reverting back to no fill/no stroke color
This has been going on for a very long time so I'm sure many others have seen this by now. I do A LOT of work using the line segment tool. Nearly 50% of the time I am using it, the stroke color or fill selections change on the tool. It needs to be set on default with no fill, black stroke color, with either .5 or 1 pixel (should be selectable in settings). Please for the love of anything... fix this silly problem.
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Uneven stroke widths using width tool
Using width tool, stroke comes out uneven, even though system claims it is the same on both sides of the path. This only happens on one side of the stroke, not sure if it's at the beginning or end of the stroke. This only happens when width is adjusted at the very end of the stroke; adding a node just before the end of the stroke and adjusting that way functions properly.
0 votesPlease provide a test file with the path that gives these results along with full specs for OS and GPU.
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Width tool not working right: can’t adjust widths at the first point of the path
Have a fairly simple shape inside a radial repeat x 12. That shape has about 4 width adjustments. And one of them has a hard adjustment, from wider to smaller, but it acts really weird and can't make it a smooth width. It doesn't have two width adjustments on top of each other, and I can't delete the width adjustment. This has happened twice in different files, made separately but with similar processes. Can't seem to find a way to fix this besides deleting and starting over.
Windows 11
Intel i5 13600k
iGPU
32gb ram
Adobe Illustrator version 28.56 votes -
I can't change stroke colour after I used the shape builder tool
After using the shape building tool to combine shapes together to create a specific shape and change the stroke to a colour with a specific stroke weight then later when I try to change the stroke colour it does nothing, it show up different when it's in isolation mode though. I've tried to add a thicker stroke line and that shows the new colour I've chosen behind the first colour so the shape developed two stroke colours in one and I have no idea how to fix it, even if I copy and paste the shape then try to change…
0 votesThe issue is no longer reproducible.
If you happen to have the same problem — please share the file with it.
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Dashed strokes in SVG are set to 0 when reopening in Ai, but are displayed correctly in the browser
1) Windows 11 / Windows 10 with Adobe Illustrator 28.4.1
2)
1. Open a new document
2. Draw a line with line tool
3. Set line to dashed with 10 5 1 5
4. Export file as SVG
5. Close file in Illustrator and reopen it in illustrator.
3) Expected result: Line still has dashing of 10 5 1 5 in Ai and in the browser
4) Actual result: Line has dashing of 0 0 0 0 0 0 in Ai, but looks correct in the browser3 votes -
Stroke arrowheads mislabeled
When changing the arrowheads on a stroke, the dropdown option images don't match the actual icon for the stroke arrowhead. It seems the the same arrowhead icon is previewing in the dropdown for multiple different selections. What you select is not what you get.
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Crash when changing stroke options such as arrowheads or profile.
Using Mac OS Sonoma, M1 MacBook Pro. Have tried restarting both Illustrator and my computer and the issue persists. Happens consistently every time I try the above options.
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"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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Colocar novamente as opções da janela de traçado
Não é possível que uma versão nova tenha um retrocesso e fique limitada em algo tão básico como modificar os traçados, falei com o suporte e me confirmaram que realmente não tem mais, não posso modificar o traçado básico para ter pontas ou ser intermitente ou ficar interno, centrado ou externo à forma... que retrocesso é esse?
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Expanding an Inside / Outside stroke creates barely open paths
- Create a rectangle
- Apply a thick stroke to it and change its alignment to Inside or Outside
- Expand Appearance for the shape
- Deselect the shape
- Grab Direct selection and carefully move the corner points at the top right, for both paths
It turns out Illustrator doesn’t keep these tidy! One is cut open, another has a doubled point! It leads to a problems later, when we try, e.g. to make corners rounded, or apply effects.
A current workaround is to apply Add (as Pathfinder operation or an effect) to the stroke, separately form the fill... and it’s taxing for memory,…
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Inside / outside strokes get silently expanded when you create a pattern with them
Try these steps:
1. Create a shape (like ellipse or rectangle)
2. Make sure you have Inside or Outside option chosen for Align Stroke in the Stroke panel
3. Object > Pattern > Make (or drag the ellipse to the Swatches panel)
4. Check the contents of the pattern.
The stroke gets expanded!However, if you copy an object with an Inside / Outside stroke and paste it into the pattern — it doesn’t get expanded and stays live... until you commit editing — only then Ai warns you non-cnetered strokes will get expanded.
Perhaps Ai should drop a message…
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BUG NO EXPAND 2023
2023 illustration ver.
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1 vote
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Fix your ******* live paint groups & work paths,never had an issue until updating and now it wont let me live or merge paint certain groups
fix it for gods sake or stop trying to force it
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Dash offset defined by a negative strokeDashOffset value is not respected when a stroke is outlined
Illustrator has a strokeDashOffset property that sets the indentation of the first stroke in the dashed line.
It works when specified through the script, but there is no similar field in the interface of dashed line settings, i.e. it looks like a hidden functionality. It’s still legal and it works, but at the same time, a dashed line created with this parameter cannot be outlined correctly using standard Illustrator tools when the value is negative.
It's a cursed property: it's a pity to ignore it, and it's a shame to use it because of its unreliability.
Please fix the bug…
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outline stroke error on live paint group
If you try to outline stroke in a live paint group, Illustrator throws an error (The operation cannot complete because of an unknown error [PARM])
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Stroke Inside is unchangeable on a compound shape
If you make a compound shape from two paths with strokes set to Inside, then this is retained for the compound shape and shown in the Appearance panel, but it's not reflected in the Stroke panel and it can't be changed there.
7 votesNo longer happens in Beta 28.7.0.23
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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…
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Dashed lines not working
I am running Windows 10 Pro 22H2 and using AI Version 27.5.
I am trying to add dashed lines to a line segment which has the colour R165 G25 B130, they are also on the same sub-layer. I select the setting to add it but it does not visually appear dashed.
However, it does work on another similar line of a different colour.
I also cannot change the colour of the first line as well.
The video attached shows the issue.
How can I fix this issue?
1 vote
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