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  1. Crash in exporting PDF

    Illustrator 24.3 64bits on Windows 10

    The software crash when exporting PDF as a Export for Screens (mutliple format export)

    All the formats except PDF are exported on the Outpout folder, but when generating PDF, it's crash randomly (1 success for 5 crashes)

    3 votes

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  2. Pixel Preview distorts text at 100 and 50% in CC 2020 (and 2020 beta)

    When Preferences > Display Print Size at 100% Zoom is checked Pixel Preview gives a distorted (and wrong size) preview.
    This does not happen in CC 2019
    Create some text.
    Zoom to 100%
    Turn on Pixel Preview
    Result > the view percentage changes to 126,87%
    Zooming out to 100% or 50% shows very distorted text.
    This does not happen in CC 2019 (see attached image).

    3 votes

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  3. 3 votes

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  4. object distortion on perspective grid after pathfinder unite

    Windows 10 home, Illustrator 2020.

    After uniting two or more rectangles on the perspective grid to make a more complex shape, moving/copying the new object using the perspective selection tool results in distortion as the object appears to have become detached from it's perspective plane. The behaviour is shown in the attached image.

    Inserting the step Object > Perspective > Attach to active directly after Unite allows the object to move correctly (thanks Monika Gause) although it was suggested that perhaps this step shouldn't be necessary and it should be able to move correctly without it.

    Many thanks, Craig.

    1 vote

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  5. Guides not scaling correctly on copy/paste into large canvas

    If I copy a 5"x5" rectangle from a regular document and paste it to a large canvas document, it remains 5"x5", as expected.

    However, if I convert the same shape to a guide and then copy it from a regular document to a large canvas document, the guide becomes 50"x50". This really makes things difficult when copying guides and artwork together into a large canvas.

    2 votes

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  6. Can't Add Artboards in Increments of 10 by Using Shift

    Used to be able in the new document window add 10 artboards by shift+clicking the buttons to the side. Now whenever I do it, it's just one at a time. Would be nice to have that back.

    1 vote

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  7. New update (v24.3) printer errors

    After the latest Illustrator update (v24.3), it keeps giving me printing error messages. My printer drivers and etc are up-to-date. This is the first time this has happened in many years, I don't even remember the last time I had printer errors via Illustrator. I've used Ai for over 20 years of my professional design and illustration career, several of the Ai CC 2020 updates have been nothing but a royal pain-in-the-a$$ overloaded with glitches, bugs, and crashes. I've never been so frustrated with this beloved drawing program. Adobe, please get Adobe apps to work properly like it once was.…

    2 votes

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  8. win10 2009 kein konformer Kachelhintergrund in der Startmenü-Verknüpfung

    ich bin mir relativ sicher, das die fehlerhafte Darstellung des illustrator icons im neuen win 10 startmenü nur im dark mode) mit einem in der illustrator.exe implementierten xml code zusammen hängt.

    microsoft wird mit dem nächsten update die icon hintergründe im startmenü deaktiviert. im dark mode ist dann jede kachel dunkelgrau, die typo ist weiß. beim Illustrator icon ist die Schrift aber schwarz und der Hintergrund hellgrau.

    der white mode von win 10 2009 ist nicht betroffen!

    ich habe illustrator & creative cloud mehrfach installiert und die Registry danach gesäubert (sogar ganz frisch auf einem zweit Rechner für Testzwecke installiert).…

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  9. Sizing bug of objects with corner radius

    Create a rectangle 25mm x 25mm.
    Change corner radius to 1mm.
    Rotate the rectangle 45 degrees.
    Try to change the with or height to 25mm in the transform palette.
    You will get weird 24,7714mm, 25,0076mm, 24,9997 sizes.
    Illustrator 24.3 MacOS verion.
    It's a shame that such an expensive graphic program can't handle the basic task of sizing objects.

    5 votes

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  10. Need to double up on action when resizing artboard to bounds or art

    Op Sys: macOS Catalina 10.15.6
    Illustrator version: 24.2.3

    Hello– After years of putting up with this I am hoping to finally have it cleared up. When I want to resize the artboard to either the artwork bounds or selected art, the app 'ignores' my first attempt to do so and only picks it up after the second attempt.

    Check out this video to witness exactly what I mean: https://youtu.be/ALfUF8532NE

    Thank you for any assistance!

    1 vote

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  11. CC Color Library changes when moving to 2nd monitor

    When using a 2nd monitor, if I move a CC app from the primary laptop monitor to the secondary monitor, the CC Color Library changes. The color shifts are minimal, but enough to be problematic. Additionally, the background color of the library changes from the expected dark gray to a light gray.

    I've verified my monitors and they are calibrated properly, so this is not a monitor calibration issue. I noticed the issue within the last few weeks, less than a month ago.

    See attached images for examples.

    2 votes

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  12. Impossible to change preset of work area. Right panels, tools and control bar disappear every opening

    OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
    Illustrator version: 24.3
    Everytime I open a document (new or saved) right panels, tools and control bar desappear. Moreover, work area settings doesn't work: at first the work area doesn't appear and, if I try to set it, it only takes the "automation" configuration but the relative panels do not appear

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  13. Select Same Fill & Stroke not working, version 24.3

    Select Same Fill & Stroke is not working in Illustrator CC, version 24.3. I'm using it on a large image traced vector pattern and need to change out the shape colors. I've used to do this all the time in past versions.

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  14. Changing color on gradient object freezes illustrator

    I noticed a similar issue someone was having in 2019, but it doesn't seem precisely the same. I am running Illustrator 24.3 on Windows 10. I recently pulled up an Illustrator file from last year to pull items for a new, related project. One of the vectors is a gradient - I'm trying to change it to solid fill. The only way I can do this right now is to change it to whatever solid is my default in my Tools panel, then change it to the actual color I want in my color palette. The Color palette automatically selects…

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  15. Shifting decimal

    Not sure really where this lies. And it doesn't seem to have any other affect that I am aware of, but this just started with the latest upgrade - 24.3.

    I typically select an outlined piece of text and copy it then create a new document that is a couple of inched bigger and paste it in. I do this when I am creating production files for large-format kiss cut vinyl production.

    What I have been doing is selecting the text then referring to the dimensions when I create the new file for output. However, today I noticed that when…

    1 vote

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  16. I lost 5 hours worth of my illustrator work

    I was trying to open a file that I used to work on 30 minutes each day until I had some other work and stopped working on Illustrator for a week. After a week when I tried to reopen the file, it shows me this error message (attached an image file) and opens a blank file instead. All my work is lost.

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  17. Tastaturkürzel "einzeln transformieren" ohne Funktion

    STRG-ALT-SHIFT-D ohne Effekt.....

    Win 10
    AI 24.3 64 bit

    2 votes

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  18. 6 votes

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  19. Resizing objects makes them taller instead of equal width and height

    Quick update:

    Adobe's senior support and dev have confirmed the issue does exists in the files we have sent them which uses this particular illustration. They believe this issue is due to the file being created in the older 32 bit version of Illustrator before the transition to the 32 and 64 bit versions of Illustrator and no longer scales properly as today's version is only 64 bit.

    They have logged this as a feature request and but will not be categorized as a bug at this time.


    Since 24.3, resizing certain complex grouped objects while maintaining the ratio using…

    1 vote

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  20. GreatCut 4

    My GreatCut 4 software plugin for Illustrator was working great until your last update of Illustrator. Can you please fix this issue. Thank you.

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