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  1. Blends with 3D objects do not retain rotation values when expanded

    When creating blends with 3D objects, Illustrator does a decent job of calculating the rotation within 3D space. However, when the blend is expanded, rotation values are not retained. Trying to edit the effect resets the values to that of the base objects used to create the blend.

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  2. crashing

    illustrator crashes every time i use the blob brush

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  3. Expanding a blend breaks the middle steps

    When blending from one object to another, everything works great unless I want to expand the shapes, and then things get a little bizarre. i use this tool quite a bit and when expanding my blends, since CC 2019, I've never had a problem until now.

    Not sure how to fix this other than rebuild the shapes... but this time it's a simple shape. Other times, it was not. Very inconvenient. Bewildered.

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    What happens is that Ai expands the objects first and then blends the expanded shapes.

    So to make it work properly you should expand the blend only first (with a dedicated Object > Blend > Expand command), rather than the general Object > Expand, and then use the general Expand and Expand Appearance.

  4. Illustrator not responding after scaling

    Every time while I use transforming tool it happened! I've to save and close the file.
    System info:
    iMac 27 inch I5 late 2013 - 32gb ram
    Ai CC 2018
    OS High Sierra

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  5. Illustrator CC2019 - blank control panel

    I have Illustrator 23.0.3 (CC2019).
    Each time I now open it, my UI is reset with no tools on screen. Only the workspace appears.
    I have to make them appear each time I reopen Illustrator.
    Have a solution ?
    Thanks,

    JP

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  6. Illustrator crashes whenever export file to .png

    My adobe illustrator is crashing whenever I try to save my file in .png form. I'm using illustrator inside a server and Adobe representatives can't help me troubleshoot. This problem only started a month ago and before I could save files in png. Any suggestion for fix will be appreciated. Thank you!

    4 votes

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  7. Opening and previewing files

    After launch, Illustrator appears to mix documents/archives. For instance, I have an .ai and a .jpg file. Each one's preview appears switched. When opened, both show the same object.

    Illustrator also shows an erros doing undo, often skipping several steps and reseting the document close to its previously saved/original version.

    Illustrator version: 23.0.3
    OS: Mac OS Mojave 10.14.4

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  8. Can’t close / hide the Perspective Grid

    Can't close the the Perspective Grid, CC2019

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  9. Illustrator files hides from Finders "Smart folder" search

    I have made a "smart folder" in macOS Finder that shows recently opened files, but for some reason it won't show .ai files. I think this is an Adobe/CC-related problem and not caused by MacOS, beacuse after a little googling, other Adobe file types seems to be affected by the same issue. The .ai files do show up in the smart folder if Illustrator is running, but will eventually disappear after I quit the application. The problem seems to be specifically related to the "recently opened" search criteria for the the smart folder, becuase they do appear if I set…

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  10. Eyedropper tool is not allowing me to change the color of text

    Eyedropper tool is not allowing me to change the color of text... super annoying!

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  11. cannot place image into Illustrator.

    Cannot place or drage image to illustrator.
    Sometimes only a rectangle with X in the middle appears, or just the selection pointer appears after I try to place (using the menu) or dragging an image to the Illustrator.
    I used different *.png, *.jpg files and I could not place image in the illustrator.
    Need help.
    I use Windows 10.

    6 votes

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  12. Illustrator opens with all settings lost and menu area unable to grab

    OS: Windows 10 Home. Version 1809. Adobe Illustrator 2019 23.0.3 (and earlier versions)

    I use Illustrator daily. Approximately every 2 months it launches with a corruption. All of my settings are lost and the menu bar has a strange gradient and is unusable. The only solution I have found is to reinstall and set up from scratch, which is time consuming.

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  13. Scrubby zoom is not allowed if gradient is used

    If i use a gradient, the scrubby zoom is not allowed. Please fix it.

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  14. Image Trace Creates a white border after trace

    High fidelity image trace in Illustrator 2019 for Mac will add a white border and round the corners. This doesn't seem to be an issue with the PC version of Illustrator (at least for the white border, it will still round the corners).

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  15. Please stop messing up the "Align to Artboard" option. Can't you just put up a sign somewhere to remind everyone to stop adding this bug bac

    Please stop messing up the "Align to Artboard" option. Can't you just put up a sign somewhere to remind everyone to stop adding this bug back.

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  16. Mouse response too slow to use Illustrator. Clicking on the file menu causes a 5 second delay to open it.

    Mouse response too slow to use Illustrator. Clicking on the file menu causes a 5-second delay to open it. By the time 3 seconds have passed, the user clicks again. By the time Illustrator catches up, the menu is opened, then closed from the two clicks. UNUSABLE! The product should be shut down and users should be getting a refund or face a class action lawsuit. Worst business decision EVER to move this app to the cloud and take away the desktop version in the process!

    2 votes

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  17. Delayed mouse movements when rulers are on

    I have just switched from a PC to a Macbook Pro 15.
    I never experienced any issues on my PC in the last 2 years of work, but since I started to work on the Macbook I noticed that the my mouse/trackpad movements were being delayed (feeling sluggish) when I had rulers on. I later noticed that this issue is present throughout Photoshop and InDesign as well.

    I tried community recommended fixes such as turning off dictation and disabling "Scale Cursor Proportionally", and none of it has worked.

    While I can have smooth mouse movements with rulers off, scrolling/navigating through…

    2 votes

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  18. AI 23.03 - Absolute Performance Hog

    AI has a clear performance problem on my MacBook Pro (Mid 2015, 15", top of the line model). My computer bogs down entirely, fans kick up, the software is extremely slow to respond to doing anything, even simple tasks. It's not isolated to my file--it is the software. Upon quitting, my system returns to normal. The CPU processes for AI were in excess of 120% and consuming nearly 40% of my entire CPU processor power (2.8 GHz i7, 16GB Ram).

    No trouble with previous version of AI.

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  19. Convert to profile

    It should be possible to convert a documents colors via the same method as in Photoshop or InDesign via "Convert to profile" rather than "Document color mode". The current way makes it hard to correctly convert correctly and nearly impossible to convert an rgb color space to another rgb color space without using cmyk as intermediary step (huge color shifts and color quality loss).

    6 votes

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  20. Rendering intent selection not applied

    The selection of rendering intent in the print dialog box is not applied. When printing only the selected rendering intent of color settings applies. I.E the drop-down for selecting rendering intent when printing seem to not be hooked up to any active code at all. This has been an error since at least 2011.

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