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  1. 文字組みアキ量設定の動作不良

    1.お使いのオペレーティングシステムおよび Adobe Illustrator (デスクトップ版) のバージョン
    Windows10、Adobe Illustrator28.7.1

    2.問題が発生したときに実行していた手順
    Illustrator28.5以前で作成した添付の文字組み設定を、Illustrator28.7.1で開き、移動するなどすると前カッコが移動する。
    添付資料の文字組み設定を利用したテキストで、全角丸開始カッコのみ移動する。
    他の全角カッコでは問題なし。
    複数のPCで同様の症状が出る。

    3.想定していた結果
    4.実際の結果
    添付資料を確認ください。

    1件のデータ内に、上記の文字組み設定利用有無の文字列が混在しており、同様のデータが100件以上あります。大変困っています。
    現状は、Illustrator27.9.5で対処しています。

    34 votes

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  2. XMPMeta is not defined on ILST 28.7.1 on MacOS #515

    As of ILST 28.7.1 on MacOS, XMPMeta has stopped working. However, it works fine on:
    - ILST 28.7.1 on Windows
    - ILST 28.6 on MacOs

    The issue also exists on ILST (Beta) 29.1 on MacOs.

    Example code:
    ```
    if (!ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript) {
    ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');
    }

    const xmp = new XMPMeta(app.activeDocument.XMPString); // throws XMPMeta does not have a constructor
    ```

    16 votes

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  3. Hidden objects wrongly get sent to back when duplicating artboards

    When I alt-drag to duplicate an artboard where I have hidden an object on the artboard, it moves the hidden object(s) to the back. The bug doesn't work if the hidden object is all the way in front.

    This is very frustrating, as I frequently hide objects and duplicate artboards, and it's causing everything to suddenly be out of order.

    To replicate problem

    1. create a few stacked shapes in an artboard
    2. hide one of the objects (not the top object)
    3. with the artboard tool, alt-drag to duplicate the whole artboard
    4. show all objects
    5. you will see that the formerly hidden…
    2 votes

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  4. 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.

    1 vote

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  5. Ctrl+F sometimes doesn't work

    Ctrl+F sometimes work and sometimes doesn't, I have to redo the copy and them Ctrl+F again.
    + it sometimes paste not on the top but under everything.

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  6. Edges are misaligned at high zoom level

    After zooming in on a rectangle, the actual rendered appearance is misaligned with the edges of the rectangle.

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  7. Illustrator crashes after adding 3D Materials from Adobe Substance. Deleting default materials leads to problems

    Since I downloaded 3D materials in the Adobe substance online application, and added them into Illustrator, the application crashes.
    I was able to reach the file (Illustrator Application > Show Package Contents > Contents > Resources > Material Resources > DefaultSubstanceMaterials.) But when I delete them, the textures no longer load, impossible to reboot, try other versions, uninstall-reinstall. It always appears like that, I don't know what to do anymore. Impossible to reuse the materials. If you have a solution, I'm interested. Thank for reading :)

    1 vote

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  8. Large placed TIFFs fail to preview

    Here's my original post from May '23. The issue still exists.

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/large-placed-files-with-layer-transparency-fail/m-p/14713026#M411782

    In the many months since, this has cropped up many times and I've had to find workarounds each time. Today is no exception - today's is a flat (not transparent) file 48640 × 26442px, CMYK. Preview fails without Rosetta; Rosetta succeeds in making a preview (but doesn't always, per discussion in the linked thread).

    1) Current hardware: 16-inch 2023 MBP. Apple M2 Max, 32GB Ram. Sonoma 14.6.1.
    2) Illustrator version 28.1
    3) placed a large TIFF
    4) expect a preview, don't get one
    5) happy to upload files if there's…

    1 vote

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  9. Illustrator freezes when selecting links & switching documents with placed images

    When working on a file that has a few placed images, Illustrator freezes for about 45 seconds when selecting different links in the links panel. This also happens when switching between open documents with placed images. To recreate the problem, I reset the preferences on the latest version of Illustrator, opened 2 files with lots of placed images, then selected different images and switched between the two open documents. Sure enough after a couple of minutes Illustrator started freezing giving me the beachball for about 45 seconds. This bug has only started happening in version 28. I reverted to version…

    1 vote

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  10. se rompió el archivo desincrutado despues de editarlo en psd y actualiarse en ilustrator

    mejorar la conexion de edicion de imagenes desincrustada entre psd y ilustrator ya que se rompen

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  11. Text stroke disappears

    Illustrator 28.6 on Mac OS Ventura 13.5.2

    I'm not sure whether it's an Illustrator or Photoshop problem.

    I have text with white strokes in the background, but when I open the .ai in Photoshop (300dpi) , the white outlines have all disappeared.

    They don't appear in the Art View (preview) of the .ai either. Nor if I open the file with Preview or Adobe Acrobat. That's why I'm thinking it's an Illustrator issue. Zooming in with Acrobat actually makes it crash…

    I have attached screenshots of my Illustrator artboard (you can see the white strokes), of the JPG I generated…

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  12. Strokes on text area, fill disappear

    Not sure if this work as intended, but it seems a bug to me and it does not allow using text areas elements. and strokes.

    I need to apply a silhouette stroke to a whole group of elements.
    I add a stroke, and I move it as the last effect in the aspect panel. This work for every group of elements, symbols and etc. Expect with groups containing text areas with filled background. In this case infact the stroke is removing the color fill from the text area.
    video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Td5y2LUQqcHD7BGAw5cl3-7aO4KDi6m6/view?usp=sharing

    I need to add external strokes to groups continaing text…

    2 votes

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  13. Save as PDF turns rectangles white, regardless of pdf settings.

    Saving a file as a pdf, whether illustrator capabilities are enabled or not, converts my rectangles (made with the rectangle tool (M)) to white. I've tried multiple files, new files, changing from cmyk to rgb and back again, and this keeps happening. If I use the same swatch and draw a shape with the pen tool, this is a non-issue.

    1 vote

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  14. 2 votes

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  15. Asset Export picks up illegal characters from Sublayers

    Selected multiple items from Different layers, and dragged to asset export. Happily surprised that was possible.

    My layer name .25" Extrusion was picked up automatically, and applied as the name of that asset, all the others defaulted to Asset 1 etc.

    2 things, only when double clicking to edit was I told I used illegal characters. Secondly, Using "." as the prefix indicates a hidden file on mac, so I thought my file had trouble exporting on the first pass.

    A bug plain and simple. Wanted to pass it along.

    1 vote

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  16. パッケージ 書き出しについて

    作成データをパッケージ化するとリンクファイルを書き出す時とそうでない時があります。
    パッケージオプションで「リンクをコピー」「再リンク」にチェックいれています。

    時々リンクフォルダが作成されますが、一部のリンクのみです。

    作成データをクライアントと頻繁に共有しますので、改善をお願いします。

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  17. More issues with Export to svg

    Found another issue with Export to svg in recent updates which means my svg's don't work down stream. Previuosly the first few lines of the svg read as
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="11030.35" height="1557.3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 11030.35 1557.3">
    <defs>
    <style>
    .cls-1 {
    fill: #009540;
    }

    but now the svg output has changed and the svg xmlns entry has changed format and some stroke-dasharray stuff has replaced the fill line, as below

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 11030.35 1557.3">
    <defs>
    <style>
    .cls-1 {
    stroke-dasharray: 0 0 1.86 1.86;
    }

    This means that the svg as exported…

    1 vote

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  18. Object Transform / Arrange unavailable after editing Graph values

    Illustrator 28.6 on Mac Ventura 13.5.2 (but this has been going on for several version of Illustrator)

    Every time I edit the values of a Graph (pie chart), the Transform and Arrange menus (in Object) are greyed out and I can't use them (nor the Transform Again) unless I first click on the Object menu.

    This is slightly annoying (most of the time I don't realize the transformation hasn't been done until much later and I have to move things again).

    1 vote

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  19. Smooth function converts smooth endpoints in a partial selection into sharp ones

    Here I try to smooth a portion of a simple ellipse with extra points added.

    The Smooth tool works as intended — the points stay smooth, the curves does not get any bumps or creases.

    The Smooth slider however treats the now selected portion of the path as a separate thing altogether, caring about the local smoothness only, making the flush smooth connections to the whole curves into sharp ones.

    I now have two creases I never wanted to create (I am smoothing or what?)
    Please rethink how it treats partial selections.

    2 votes

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  20. Creative Cloud Libraries — duplicated library asset not visible in filtered Libraries palette view

    When I have a search filter applied in the Libraries palette in Adobe Illustrator to show only assets whose names start with "icn", and I right-click to duplicate one of the filtered assets, the newly created duplicate asset does not appear in the filtered Libraries palette view. The duplicate is created successfully, but is not shown in the current search results. To see the new asset, I have to retype the "icn" search filter, at which point the duplicate becomes visible.

    Expected result:
    After duplicating a library asset, the newly created duplicate should be immediately visible in the…

    2 votes

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