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  1. Fill gradient cannot be saved

    Fill gradient, save, and then open the file. Gradient colors will become invalid

    2 votes
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  2. Dragging objects conflicts with Screen Sharing in Sonoma

    Dragging an object tries to convert it into EPS format.
    More information here:
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/recurring-quot-converting-dragged-items-to-eps-fortmat-quot-dialog-box/td-p/14148683/page/2

    2 votes
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  3. Paragraph style with bulletpoints doesn't apply bullets when coming from CC library

    When I make a new paragraph style with bullets or numbering in an Illustrator document, I would like to reuse that. When I copy the style to the CC library, and apply that in a new document: the bulletstyle or numbering is lost.
    Instead when I copy the textbox to the library, and place that in a new document, the paragraph styles behave identical to how they did in the original document.
    I would suggest to make an improvement there, and not break the functionality of the paragraphstyles when used in a proper way through the library.. For me this…

    2 votes
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  4. Gaussian Blur Effect Changed in 29.1 from 29.0.1

    As previously reported in July 2020 when this happened with 24.2: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/40865740-gaussian-blur-effect-producing-different-results-f

    This was last an issue with 24.2.3, and since 24.3 it had been successfully fixed with consistent results in 29.0.1.

    December 2nd, 2024: We have discovered that the issue is how the Gaussian Blur effect performs on Process vs Spot colours.

    In 29.1, Gaussian blur now produces an identical effect on both process & spot colours. We'd consider that a fix, as a designer should expect the same result no matter the colour used.

    The challenge here for Adobe is weighing "fixing the blur" vs customer legacy files.…

    2 votes
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  5. Dimension tool not allowing scale change from drop down menu intermittently. Sometimes clicking Save doesn't do anything

    2 votes
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  6. Constant crashing - can't even move an object

    Have updated my illustrator to the most recent version 29.1.

    Using Mac OS Sequoa 15.1.1 - M1.

    1. I would make changes, scroll to another section of my frame. Return back and my changes were then 'reverted'.

    2. Every time I open the app it lags, spinning wheel of death, and all i'm doing is trying to maybe zoom in or out, copy or move an object.

    I have reverted to old versions, reinstalled etc

    It's a small file, good computer with heaps of memory.

    Illustrator is basically unusable at this point and can't do my work. .

    2 votes
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  7. ハンドツールから、他のツールに切り替えができなくなる。かなりストレス

    ハンドツールから、他のツールに切り替えができなくなる。

    2 votes
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  8. 2025 (29.0.1) is giving tons of errors on preview.

    I have a file with some simple multi-gradient appearance stacks that constantly throws two errors every time I load it, and every time I switch outline mode on and off. Also the document is marked as modified the instant I load it.

    Works fine on 2023. Dunno how it works on 2024, I never switched to that one. Constantly complains on 2025.

    This is happening in CPU preview mode, I would check if it's happening in GPU mode as well but I deleted 2025 before thinking about that detail.

    Uservoice isn't letting me upload this file so I've posted it…

    2 votes
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  9. Illustrator 29.1 Can't Import AI Files From Other Apps

    I posted something about this in the Illustrator user forums earlier today. I've been dealing with a bug present in the Illustrator 29.1 update that was pushed to users this morning. This new version cannot open AI files exported by rival graphics applications if the AI file contains any live text objects. If the artwork is all raw vectors, even with complex fills, it opens fine. Any live text makes it a no-go.

    When attempting to open the AI file containing text objects this message is displayed:
    "Illustrator could partially read this file. We recovered as much of the file…

    2 votes
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  10. Command-H stopped working for show/hide edges in 29.0.1.

    Maybe this stopped earlier, I never bothered with any release of 2024.

    I've been using Illustrator since 2000 and this hotkey is ingrained into my fingers. I don't care that MacOS wants to use command-hide to hide programs.

    Fooling around in Illustrator's keyboard settings reveals that if I set this to something else, I can't even reassign it to command-h.

    And annoyingly enough System Settings says that I can't assign custom shortcuts to Illustrator so I can't work around this by assigning nothing to illustrator>hide illustrator. Is this a deliberate choice being made by Adobe, the same way someone decided…

    2 votes
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  11. Draw Inside won’t work with live compound shapes

    Draw Inside is great. Draw Inside lets you create a clipping mask in a fraction of the time it takes to create it with Object > Clipping mask > Make. But it's got some annoying issues.

    1. Draw a shape.
    2. Draw another shape over it.
    3. Make these two shapes into a compound shape.
    4. Select the whole compound shape.
    5. Draw Inside won't work.
    6. But you can put some other shapes under the compound shape, select them all, and do Object > Clipping path > Make.

    The other case is Draw Inside doesn’t work when a clipping group is selected, requires to select…

    2 votes
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  12. App crashes right after saving a file

    New v. 29, the King of Crashes
    Steps taken: I restart the app. (ignore the request to restart from the crash manager, somehow, that will cause another crash soon after)
    Crashes usually happen right when the app is done saving a file.
    This is probably the version that crashes most often in a VERY long time of using AI.

    2 votes
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  13. クラッシュ多過ぎ仕事にならない。

    2025にしてから、頻繁にクラッシュするようになり、おっかなくって仕事になりません。かならず強制終了してしまうので、2024を再度インストールして使ってみましたが、こちらまでクラッシュするようになり八方塞がりです。生成AIばっかり注力せずに、まともなアプリに戻してください。

    2 votes
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  14. Pencil Tool not performing accurately

    Pencil tool not performing accurately. Continued issue after updating to the 2025 version of Illustrator. Despite tinkering with pencil tool options, the shape will continue to skew compared to what I am drawing. Fidelity is on its most "accurate" setting.

    2 votes
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  15. Distorted curve line when saving an SVG

    Hello, when we save from AI/EPS to SVG file, the 'f' edge path of the logo automatically becomes out of shape. We tried different colors and it works fine. This issue only happen on white SVG. Please help.

    2 votes
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  16. Stroke appears to have Brush applied with no actual Brush

    When I am in ANY artboard, I draw a .0139" x .0139" OR 1px x 1px square to center my artboard. I zoom in to as far as I can to then pull my ruler from top left to center the artwork on the page.

    2 things,
    1 the square (1px x 1px) appears to have a brush stroke on it as it does NOT

    AND

    I cannot pull the centering tool (in ruler, Ctl-R ) onto my artboard to then center the coordinates.

    2 votes
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  17. Color picker doesn’t get shown when clicked for a gradient

    Gradient tool not showing color picker when clicking in gradient node. latest version 29.0

    2 votes
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  18. Problemi con "Inflate", il pannello si blocca, i controlli sono disabilitati

    SI blocca, non mi fa selezionare tasti una volta che premo "Gonfia", i pannelli giù rimangono bloccati e non mi fa modificare i valori.

    2 votes
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  19. Errore sconosciuto all'apertura di un file dwg.

    All'apertura del file dwg generato con autocad (il quale l'ho sempre aperto con Illustrator), non sono più riuscita ad aprire alcun file dwg. Mi compare la scritta "impossibile completare l'operazione a causa di un errore sconosciuto [UNKN]"
    PS: non mi fa caricare il file in oggetto

    2 votes
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  20. Lighting preview is missing in 3D and Materials panel in Ai 2025, Undo does not work for 3D rotation, performance is slow

    Why is the preview for lighting missing? And why is the render so slow? Also why is there no undo option to take you back to the previous rotation position??!!!! This is Illustrator 2025! Horrible.

    2 votes
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