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  1. Symbols | Mapping stroke to 3D-Model will distort stroke

    Hi together,

    recently I came accross a mapping bug with a stroke ( width 0.2 Pt ) applied to a waving flag shape used in a symbol that was mapped to a 3D model.

    All details can be found at Adobe Illustrator User Forum here:
    Symbols | Mapping stroke to 3D-Model will distort stroke
    Laubender Mar 21, 2019
    https://forums.adobe.com/message/10989571#10989571

    Workarounds like expanding the stroke and working with an extra path element stacked behind the flag shape did not help.

    The only workaround that will help is rendering the elements to an image and implement the placed and not linked image…

    2 votes

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  2. saving colors to adobe is disabled please contact your IT administrator

    Illustrator 23.0.2 (64bit) and Windows 10 Versions 1809 OS Build 17763.379

    This has happened numerous times over the past few months.

    I try to create a new custom Adobe Color Theme in Illustrator. I am not able to do so and am given the error message:

    "saving colors to adobe is disabled please contact your IT administrator"

    I have tried restarting the program and signing out and signing back into my Adobe Creative Cloud but the problem remains.

    Hope that helps - looking forward to a fix.

    2 votes

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  3. Illustrator 23.0.1 hangs on start up

    Tried launching Illustrator this morning and it just keep hanging on start up. Blue spinning wheel. I tried uninstalling, and then reinstalling the app, but still hangs.

    Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core 3.60 GHz
    RAM: 16 GB
    Windows 10 Pro

    2 votes

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  4. Extended properties panel inconsistent with InDesign

    Not so much a bug, perhaps a feature request but yet more evidence of the various dev teams going off in their own directions - like the Photoshop's inexplicable rationale for switch the default behaviour of proportional scaling ... ahem, I digress.

    Please would you consider implementing the properties panel behaviour from InDesign? By this I am specifically referring to the extension of the properties panel behaviour when selecting the 'more options/fewer options' ellipses.

    The InDesign implementation expands the existing sub-panel to include the additional options which are not normally visible.

    The Illustrator implementation is less elegant by simply repeating…

    2 votes

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  5. Undo in illustrator behaving funny. Please address it.

    Undo function in Illustrator 23.0.2 (64-bit) is behaving funny. It is doing one simple undo of a transformation after 2-3 steps. Sometimes the undo totally gets disabled resulting frustration! Please address. This message is sent from the corporate license of Abobe CC of Danfoss (drives section) Global Team.

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  6. rtf

    Currently cannot import advanced RTF documents with Adobe Illustrator. Common RTF file format options like Tables, Colored Backgrounds, and embedded Images fail to be pulled into Adobe Illustrator. Instead the application omits these things.

    Cannot attach an example file.

    2 votes

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  7. Weird Transparency Issue

    So, I have a very odd quirk happening. When I changed an element from 100% opaque to 70% then copied it and grouped it. Now when I ungroup it the same element that was 70% opaque now thinks it is 100% opaque.

    Essentially I can no longer make that element completely opaque anymore. I have to place another instance. This is a bit of a pain when I have resized or altered the placed element.

    I am running the latest version of Illustrator as of this post.

    I did some searching here and my issue is very similar to this…

    4 votes

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  8. Swatches off screen

    Since the latest update, if I click the swatches icon in the top left menu, the panel appears but cuts off 2-3 colors on the left side offscreen. Please fix!

    1 vote

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  9. Exporting as PNG I am loosing part of my stroke

    I'm having a problem while exporting as PNG from Illustrator CC. I use export for screens and I adjust the size width and high and choose PNG format to export. The when I open my image in png format my stroke is getting cut off. :/

    I attached a file in png format and another file in jpg format with any problem.

    2 votes

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  10. Pen Pressure not working

    For some reason pen pressure isnt working in illustrator CC 2019. Im on Windows 10, and everything works fine in all other Adobe softwares. Have tried updating all the drivere and reinstalling illustrator bit noting works. Also tried resetting preferences.

    4 votes

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  11. Create Outline shortcut is not working

    I'm not sure when this started happening but CTRL + SHIFT + O isn't working as a command for create outlines.

    Notes:

    All other key commands work fine

    My O key isn't broken

    The command is still correct in preferences

    Doing "Create Outlines" from the menu works just fine.

    I've tried reselecting, restarting, multiple documents. It's simply not working, It's very weird.. anyone?

    5 votes

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  12. Pasted shapes from Illustrator turn to graphics in Indesign

    You cannot cut and past even a simple vector shape from the very latest Illustrator CC into the very latest Indesign CC without the shape being turned into a graphic in Indesign. I back installed to the last versions for both programs and it is work again. I have this exact setup at home (Mojave) and it work perfectly but at work (High Sierra) I had upgraded to the latest of both programs and hence the issue.

    What should happen is the shape from illustrator remains an editable vector in indesign.

    I experienced this today (19 March 2019)

    2 votes

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  13. Horizontal Lines

    I always get these horizontal lines that show up when I'm scrolling down an illustrator file. They completely cover the screen and then go away if I zoom even a little bit. Figured this was a bug that would get fixed with an update but it has continued ever since I first downloaded the app. It only happens when I click tab to hide the menus and toolbars. Tab will also make them disappear. Assuming this is not normal, anyone else getting this??

    1 vote

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  14. Asks me to login to Creative Cloud when I try to "Find Fonts"

    When I try to search for non-native fonts that I've downloaded after opening a file from a non-Adobe cloud program, it says I need to go to "Help" and log in to Creative CLoud. When I go to "Help", it says I'm already signed in. Restarting the program and trying again does not fix the problem.

    1 vote

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  15. Find and replace text via action

    Find and replace text via action does not record OR play as expected

    Recording a find and replace operation records the find and replace dialog box twice (shows up in the action twice) and when playing the action, the only thing that happens is the find portions, the replacement text portions are completely ignored.

    Note that this only seems to be the case when using "replace all" button in the dialog. Using the "replace" button seems to record and play correctly, even though the list of operations/options shown in the actions pallet is identical for both.

    I found a forum…

    10 votes

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  16. If a pdf is opened in illustrator, edited and saved; it asks to update the file as there are modifications. Now it goes in loop.

    If a pdf is opened in illustrator, edited and saved; it asks to update the file as there are modifications. Now it goes in loop.

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  17. Pasting a text makes it loose its formatting

    mac OS 10.14.3 running AI 23.0.2

    The issue seems to be random and can't replicate every time.

    If I copy a group formed by a path and text sometimes, when pasting, the path is expanded (?) and the text loses its format.

    When pasting "in Front" or "in Back" sometimes works but ussually pastes in the left upper corner of the artboard.

    When pasting a text in any possible way (in Front, in Back, in Place ... ) all format is missing.

    The result is a little task consuming double or more time as the expected, delaying my performance and…

    4 votes

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  18. Cannot close main application window with keyboard shortcut

    When there are no documents open, it's apparently not possible to close the application window from the keyboard (e.g. with the traditional shortcut Cmd+W). The Close option is disabled in the File menu.

    2 votes

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  19. Error: "Unable to export at this resolution" for jpeg at 300ppi

    For larger artboards (6500 square), I'm trying to export them at 300ppi jpegs for print (as requested by the printer). Every time I try to export at 300ppi, I get the message "unable to export at this resolution, please lower the resolution and try again."

    I've been informed of the Photoshop workaround, but we should be able to save vector files especially out as high res jpeg's straight from Illustrator!

    2 votes

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  20. Control and Toolbar

    Control and toolbars disappear every time I start Illustrator CC and I am on 23.0.2 version. Please advise. Thank you.

    1 vote

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