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  1. Illustrator performance, conflict with windows 11 desktop manager process

    I was trying to rotate an image within illustrator and the performance was unusable. Trying to select then rotate was slow and unresponsive. Made no sense as my workstation has plenty of resources. 24core/512GBram/RTX 5000 ada. I did a quick google search and found a redit post suggesting exiting illustrator, find dwm.exe, end the process (explorer crashes then reloads, so does dwm.exe), restart illustrator. After performing these steps, illustrator was working like it should, responsive and useable.

    Should not have to go through this process just to get illustrator to work correctly. Need to investigate with MS what is happening…

    1 vote
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  2. Right-click menu appears in wrong location

    Right-click menu appears far below the cursor. If clicked low enough on my secondary monitor, the menu appears on my MacBook Pro's internal monitor (arranged below my external display). Photos showing this behavior attached. Has been happening for quite a while now and driving me crazy, figured it would've been been fixed by now.

    Illustrator 29.2.1 / macOS 15.3.1

    2 votes
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  3. Add colour theme to swatches from CC Library is not working, it only gives a pink swatch

    Add colour theme to swatches from CC Library is not working, it only gives a pink swatch

    1 vote
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  4. Text editing issues in regular and large canvases

    1. Set the regional text to "align both ends, align the last line to the left", which aligns normally in a regular canvas, but cannot align on the right side in a large canvas.
    2. For the text in the same area, adjust the "Scale Spacing" text in the big canvas to overflow on the right. Display normally in regular canvas.
    2 votes
    0 comments  ·  Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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  5. 「スクリーン用に書き出し」でCMYK書き出しされる

    Illustrator2024 (ver. 28.7.4) にて、カラーモードがCMYKのドキュメントを「スクリーン用に書き出し」でJpeg書き出しすると、CMYKで書き出されます。
    Illustrator2025 (ver. 29.2.1) で同一の操作をするとRGBで書き出されます。
    Illustrator2024 (ver. 28.7.4) の挙動が誤っているため、修正を要望します。

    1 vote
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  6. Smart Guides not working on Ai 29.2.1

    Smart Guides are not working. Nothing happens when I try to turn them on I have adjusted the settings in preferences, everything looks right they just don't show up.

    1 vote
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  7. Cursor Moving on its own After Creating Clipping Mask

    Often after I create a clipping mask the cursor will, on its own, slowly begin moving across the screen. I can see it flickering with each step. If I hit escape it will stop the cursor and return to normal. M1 iMac Sequoia 15.3, Illustrator 22.9.1.

    This problem has happened to me in the past in previous versions, I can't recreate it when I undo and remake the clipping mask.

    1 vote
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  8. Nothing is visible except outlines when selected

    You get glimpses of its color when zooming in and out but cannot view the coloration.
    How can it be corrected?

    1 vote
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  9. Bullets/Numbering indents don't scale with type objects

    The Indent/First line indent values set in bullets and numbering options don't scale with type objects.

    Normal paragraph indents do scale as expected, so I think this is an oversight or bug.

    Examples:
    1. Area type with text at 12pt, numbering options have an 18pt left indent and -18pt first line indent.
    2. Same object scaled 150% -- type is now 18pt, indents have not changed, meaning left indents for double figures have been forced to the next tab.
    3. Paragraph without bullets/numbers, 12pt, left indent 18pt, first line indent -18pt.
    4. Same object scaled 150%, type is now 18pt,…

    4 votes
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  10. Create Gradient and Create Swatch Info don’t get played in actions

    Swatches panel’s flyout menu now has two new commands, Create Gradient and Create Swatch Info.
    When we try to record these into actions, they get added fine — but once played, nothing happens at all: no gradient gets built, no color legend appears on canvas.
    As always, these new additions don’t get integrated into the application enough... Please don’t abandon them!

    11 votes
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  11. Character styles seem sticky, sluggish

    The character styles dialog seems very sluggish, sometimes being unresponsive for a minute. So far no crashes, but a major pain having to wait for the styles to register changes....

    2 votes
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  12. 3D Materials Panel Causes Much Longer Document Load Times

    Regarding the 3D Effects Panel in Illustrator, it seems to take nearly 20 seconds when launching a new document if in the previous session the Panel was active. If the 3D Effects panel was not active, then the document loads much faster. It would be great to have Illustrator handle the load time better.

    I'm using Illustrator version 29.2.1 in MacOS WITH Sequoia 15.2 on an M4 Pro 48GB RAM.

    2 votes
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  13. Recolor artwork with patterns doesn't work

    Using Mac OS Ventura 13.3
    Adobe Illustrator 29.2.1

    As described, I am able to access the recolor artwork panel but when I click OK it doesn't do anything. Video below. It used to work.

    1 vote
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  14. "Swap fill and stroke" results

    "Drop fill and stroke" results in faint, miscolored strokes. This problem only began today, 9 February 2025.

    1 vote
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  15. Generative Shape Fill - not present in the interface.

    Generative Shape Fill - a tool that is written about everywhere is not present in the interface.

    Illustrator 29.2.1
    Illustrator (Beta) 29.4.49

    System:
    MacBook Pro
    Chip: Apple M1 Max
    Mac OS: Sonoma 14.1.1

    1 vote
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  16. Properties panel is empty even when an item is selected

    When selecting an item, either with the Direct Selection tool or Selection arrow, the Properties panel remains empty and blank. I've attached a screenshot.

    I'm using Illustrator 29.2.1

    2 votes
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  17. Separations preview is wrong for dynamic symbol with spot color

    When a dynamic symbol gets a spot color applied to one of its fills, then the separations preview does not show the correct separation.

    Reported in this forum thread (with demo file) https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/is-separations-preview-buggy/m-p/15138799#M434726

    2 votes
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  18. New Document settings reset while being entered

    When creating a new document in Illustrator, you can begin tabbing down through the fields and assigning numbers as you go (such as setting up standard business cards by typing 3.5, tab twice, type 2, tab thrice, set 3 artboards, tab once and enter top bleed amount, etcetera).

    The problem is, before I can completely enter my values, the program randomly moves to another field (possibly the first of the Recent Items, or wherever focus is upon bringing up the New Document dialog). This often means my new document winds up being "reset" to the last size created, and I…

    1 vote
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  19. Eyedropper not working when object is within nested groups

    Illustrator V. 29.1
    MacOS Ventura 13.6.2

    I need to be able to direct select objects that are within nested groups and then eyedropper to change how only that object looks. This feature doesn't work correctly and I don't want to have to click + click + click + click + click to get into the isolated object for every single shape I need to do this on every day. See screen recording to better explain. Thank you.

    1 vote
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  20. Only one pattern fill of many gets scaled when Transform Object option is disabled in the Scale dialog

    Take a look at the attached file and watch the GIF.

    I have an object with two pattern fills assigned, and I want to scale them both at once, but to leave the object unscaled.

    But when I call Scale dialog and uncheck 'Transform Object' option — only one of two fills gets scaled — the currently chosen one in the Appearance panel (despite my attempt to pick 'Path' there to somehow make my intention clear).

    Fill/Stroke Selector also displays the affected fill — and I surely understand it can’t have both. But what can we do to make it…

    3 votes
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