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  1. Blend Modes

    Blend modes are not working

    2 votes
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  2. テキストコピー&ペースト時に、書式がコピーされない

    〜環境〜
    M1 Mac mini
    macOS Ventura（ver13.4.1）
    Adobe Illustrator 2023（27.7）

    書式ありのテキストをコピー・ペーストすると、
    その書式が継承されない。
    今日までは特に問題なかったが、今気づいた次第です。
    同様の現象を解消された方がいらっしゃったら、
    解決方法を教えていただければ幸いです。

    ちなみに、
    １）環境設定＞クリップボードの処理にある、
    　　『ペースト時：書式なしでテキストをペースト』の
    　　チェックボックスは、チェックを入れていない。
    ２）環境設定リセットを行うも変化なし
    ３）Mac本体再起動しても変化なし
    ４）Illustrator字体再起動しても変化なし

    2 votes
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  3. Placing Linked PDF file with "Show Import Options > Crop to:", placement doesn't obey the option selected

    On the latest update to Illustrator (early July 2023), when placing a PDF with "Show Import Options", no matter which option is picked (Art, Crop, Trim, Bleed, Media), it always places to the crop/artboard, even though there is bleed set and larger media/artwork beyond the artboard in the PDF.

    2 votes
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  4. "unknown filter error" when importing variables which have multiple links within the document

    "unknown filter error" when importing variables which have multiple links within the document.

    Reproduce:
    1. make a document with variables. I have a mix of image and text but I don't think it matters.

    1. link multiple document objects to one variable, as is allowed within illustrator

    2. try to update the variable library with a CSV that has the same structure just different values (average use case)

    You should get a dialog warning that variable sets need to be overwritten blah blah click ok and then the error pops up. Probably forgot a nested loop would be my completely uneducated guess.

    2 votes
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  5. Automatic numbering does not continue in linked area type

    While using automatic numbering, an area text linked to another Artboard or within the Artboard restarts the numbering from 1 after moving the overflown text to the second linked type area. Please add option to choose restart the numbering or continue numbering with user preference. Another issue is that one point with continuing the lines to the next type area also starts with numbering rather than considering the continuation of the last line from first type area.

    2 votes
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  6. Application name in dialogue box contains strange character

    Illustrator version 27.6 shows strange characters in dialogue box.
    The app name is $$$/GeneralStr/196=Adobe Illustrator.
    It feels not good, to use an app with a strange behavior like this.

    2 votes
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  7. OBJECT > EXPAND creates SPIKES in geometry

    I use Illustrator to create emboss patterns for production tooling. When delivering my patterns, all geometry must be EXPANDED and represented as real vector lines so that the engravers can mill out the tool.

    Recently, when I EXPAND the patterns I make (OBJECT > EXPAND), I'm starting to see random SPIKES in my outlined strokes when using the EXPAND tool in the menu. This problem is reproducible on my machine, but it does appear to be random. Sometimes it does it, and sometimes it doesn't. My vector curve is stroked at 0.03 inches.

    This problem is causing CRITICAL delays in…

    2 votes
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  8. Illustrator 27.6.1 randomly freezing...

    This is happenng to a few of the machines in my office. AI will randomly stop responding. The window will grey out and the only way to resolve is to force quit (I've given it an hour once to see if it resolved itself, but no).

    AI 27.6.1
    Windows 11
    Nvidia RTX A2000 12gb GPU
    i7-12700 CPU
    64G memory

    2 votes
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  9. Gaussian blur reverting when opacity is updated + blur effect creating a rectangular frame

    Gaussian blur gets disabled when you change the opacity of the shape; and will have to open the gaussian blur effect panel to re-apply the blur.

    2 votes
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  10. Unfoldable layers

    Illustrator does not display and allow to click unfold arrows next to these layers, despite the objects in them exist in the document.

    The other problem is the applied-but-not-displayed gaussian blur, but that’s the different problem: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/46794277

    The test file is derived from the original provided by Glitschka Studios.

    2 votes
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  11. GPU performance enabled, but Illustrator is still using CPU at 100%?

    Greetings, I have a 4070 ti and an AMD Ryzen 9 5900x (12 core) with 64 gb of RAM config, windows 11 machine. I have resetted the config files (deleted all the folders there), whenever I open a project that has 3d materiales and objects in it, illustrator refuses to use my GPU, despite having all the relevant boxes ticked in preferences. Here is a screenshot of whats happening. I am a CC subscriber and using the latest version (27.6.1 64bit). My video card should be able to handle any 3d task I set to it silky smooth, just applying…

    2 votes
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  12. Save Each Artboard to a Separate File waits until end to save all files at once.

    When using the option to save each artboard to a separate file, illustrator keeps all the saved files as TMP files and doesn't finalize them until all artboards have already been exported to the TMP file. This isn't an issue for small files with a few artboards but causes delays with larger files / number of artboards because the AI files are all saved out at once at the very end of the process.

    It would be more efficient for some workflows if the AI files were finalized along the way so that they can be further processed by others…

    2 votes
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  13. 100% View is Inaccurately Sized - Wrong Monitor Resolution Detected?

    This is marked ad fixed in older bug reports, but it is still an issue in 2023.
    When viewing my artwork at 100% Display, it is not accurate. The document I will refer to for this example is a 6"x9" postcard. The settings I have tried and the actual results are below:

    1. Edit>Preferences>Display Print Size at 100% Zoom is checked
      Result: ≈7.5"x11"

    2. Edit>Preferences>Display Print Size at 100% Zoom is not checked
      Result: ≈5.25"x8"

    3. Tried both of these settings with the "View Actual Size" shortcut, they rendered the same results.

    So currently, the only way for me to actually see the…

    2 votes
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  14. Changing color doesn't work sometimes

    This bug goes long way back, as far as I remember using illustrator, both on PCs and Macs.

    Sometimes (usually in text objects, but not only), when I pick a different swatch to change an object's color, the color in the swatch palette changes, but the object's color remains the same.
    To resolve this, I have to choose "None" as the color, and then choose the color I want.

    2 votes
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  15. Illustrator fails to export all text into final pngs or jpegs

    I have been exporting images with text layers and I've noticed Illustrator seems to indiscriminately not export certain lines of text (not layer groups to be clear, but random lines of text). I don't know how to replicate this issue because it appears random, but I did include pngs of the file that I had this issue with most recently.

    2 votes
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  16. The align tools don't work on rectangle in perspective plane

    In particular, the center align button in the align menu doesn't work correctly on a rectangle in a perspective plane. I notice that the bounding box does appear to be correct, but the shape is no longer align with its bounding box. Again, this problem only occurs with objects in a perspective plane. And yes, I am using the perspective selection tool to select the object.

    2 votes
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  17. Illustrator is crashing all day long, for no reason

    Illustrator is crashing straight away, it just crashes and closes, sometimes recovering the file worked on at the time and sometimes not, and for no apparent reason to me. It doesn't crash with a specific file, it has crashed with several. I stopped counting after crashing 20 times in one day. I use a Creative Cloud account where I alternate using it between a Windows computer (at work) and at home on an iMac (home-office) and it only crashes on Windows. There is no conflict to report in System Compatibility Report in the Help menu. When it crashes and closes,…

    2 votes
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  18. Justification attribute to center text in Illustrator API

    Why do Justification to aiCenter and Align Center produce different results?
    Given myLabel string with at least one line break character in it, when I use JavaScript code like this...

    Set myFrame = textGroup.TextFrames.Add
    myFrame.TextRange.CharacterAttributes.Size = defaultFontSize
    myFrame.TextRange.CharacterAttributes.TextFont = appRef.TextFonts.Item(nameOfFont)
    myFrame.Contents = myLabel
    myFrame.Paragraphs(1).ParagraphAttributes.Justification = 2 ' aiCenter
    myFrame.Position = Array(myXPos, myYPos)

    ...the lines of text are not centered with respect to each other.

    Is there a way, using the JavaScript API, to achieve text-centering of multiple lines in a text frame?
    If not, I'd like to request a new paragraph attribute to the JavaScript API to accomplish this function.…

    2 votes
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  19. Quotation marks with extra space in latest update? How to solve?

    Hello. In latest Illustrator version closing Quotation marks has unwanted extra space. Is there any solution to the problem?

    2 votes
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  20. svg parse failure for valid arc command

    The attached SVG file "bus.svg" is entirely valid and correct, but it loads incorrectly in Illustrator 2023 (27.5, Windows 64-bit). In particular, it fails to correctly parse the following valid arc command in a path tag's "d" attribute:

    A 0.50 0.50 -45.0 0 0 767.50 652.25

    If I change the arc command to set the rotation angle to 0, which has no effect on the geometry of the arc since the radii are equal to each other, then it renders correctly. Here is the same arc, but expressed in a way that Illustrator imports correctly.

    A 0.50 0.50 0.0 0…

    2 votes
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