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  1. Direct Selection tool duplicating when trying to drag

    Ill 24.2.1
    Catalina 10.15.5
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)

    Illustrator shut down so I rebooted. After reboot when I try to drag something with the Direct Select tool, it makes a duplicate and drags it instead.

    2 votes

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  2. Brush Tool size options are disabled

    In Brush Options dialog only the Random and Fixed option are available, and other option like Pressure do not work

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  3. One object in a selection is always a key object

    Previous Ai update came with an issue where I can't fully hide edges unless objects are grouped which, to me, is an inefficiency. There were other glitches as well, which appear to have been resolved with the closely-following most recent update.

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  4. Illustrator working very slowly while connected with internet

    Illustrator working very slowly while connected with internet

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  5. CMY touch bar not working properly

    1. My OS: MacOS 10.15.5 (Catalina) / Illustrator CC 2020 (24.2)
    2. a) Create a new document (CMYk mode)
      b) create a rectangle
      c) Use touch bar CMYk color space to change fill color
      d) Nothing happens.

    3. Expectation:
      a) Create a new document (CMYk mode)
      b) create a rectangle
      c) Use touch bar CMYk color space to change fill color
      d) Change color according to colours sliders change.

    4. No change on fill or stroke color.

    2 votes

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  6. Cannot save .AI files - Presets are empty

    Cannot save .AI file or any file type in Illustrator. Error returns "File not found. Check the file name and try again"

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  7. Creating Halftones Quality Has Decreased

    I am beyond frustrated with what used to be a smooth, simple rendering process for creating halftones. I do what most do: create the shape with a black to white gradient > create setting under Color Halftone > Expand Appearance > Image Trace > Expand Appearance (again). Boom, done.

    Howevre, please refer to my image below. From left to right, this is what is happening now with the current software. First on the left is the gradient shape. Next is the effect if you apply the color halftone. So far no issues. But as soon as you apply Image Trace,…

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  8. Move tool lags and I can't move my layers.

    I don't have any ideas necessarily. Just want the features provided to work normally. I can't even use my move tool without the program lagging. Also, it's nearly impossible to organize my layers because Illustrator doesn't allow me to move them. It makes tasks that should take 1 second to do take 5 mins. Which makes it impossible to get anything done.

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  9. Reflect dialog box randomly changes settings

    macOS Catalina 10.15.5
    AI CC 24.2

    Using Reflect to transform several objects. Prior settings don't persist when opening the Reflect dialog box. Instead AI randomly changes between Horizontal, Vertical and Angle settings. Please fix.

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  10. Update (v24,2) crashes Illustrator consistently, enough memory (RAM) and slow down when using eraser tool

    I'm working on Windows 10 last build 2004
    i7 6600
    Mem 24 GB
    Graphics GTX 1080Ti 11gb

    After the last update, Illustrator has consistently crashed. When I select Eraser tool the app perform a huge slow down. After some time working the illustrator starts to slow down and I need to relaunch. Some minor crashs occuir too.

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  11. save change

    I opened an existing Illustrator .ai file. Changed the colour of an object's stroke. Saved. Closed. Then I noticed the change was not there.
    Repeated several times. Kept trying to make the change and command-s. 
    I could see the colour change when I changed the value, but saving did nothing. I noticed that after making the change, the red circle at the top left of the window did not get a black dot to indicate an unsaved change.
    I finally did a Save As to make it remember the change. Using Illustrator 24.2 on Mac OS 10.13.6

    2 votes

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  12. Objects missing when exporting JPEG

    Objects/vectors on my art board are missing when exporting file to jpeg. Issue started happening in new Ai 2020 update.

    2 votes

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  13. New display issue with v 24.2

    Illustrator doesn't display the proper/selected file. For example, if I have file A open, and I open file B, it will either show as blank or will display file A. When I detach file B from the tab bar, file B displays correctly. When I reattach file B to the tab bar it is either blank or displays file A again, even though file B (0r C or D, etc.) is selected.

    These files all displayed and functioned properly before upgrading.

    Attached are my basic computer specs.

    2 votes

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  14. Grammatical error in SVG dialogue box

    Leftmost button should read 'fewer options' not 'less options'.

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  15. File opens with one color value & the values change when placed in a new document

    Hi There, I am working in the latest release of AI on a MacBook Pro OS 10.15.4 (Catalina) and I am reporting a bug I've encountered.

    To preface, I don't know the age of the original logo file. The artwork is a PMS chip value, saved in an RGB document.

    To get the RGB value of the logo I opened the file and inspect the color. Since it was a PMS, I go to the RGB view either in the color panel or the selector in the tool bar & I see a specific value. (0/53/98) when I paste the…

    2 votes

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  16. White selection tool: getting an error message that the entire item must be selected.

    When I use the white selection tool, to grab an edge of shape to nudge it, I'm getting an error message that the entire item along a path must be selected.

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  17. Dotted Guidelines on Retina Displays too small, and option to move Guidleines to back needed!

    I have a 27" Late 2015 iMac with a Retina display. I used to work with guidelines that were dots, but I've found that they are too small to see on a Retina display, so practically unusable, making me resort to using lines. However, if I move the same artwork window onto my second monitor (non-Retina), the dotted guidelines return to a reasonable size. If there was an option to increase the size of guideline dots as part of the UI preferences, that would be a great addition. Also: the ability to move guidelines to the back of the artwork…

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  18. Saving a piece in PSD format

    Every time i try to export my file into a photoshop format, the 'writing photoshop file' bar doesn't move and illustrator crashes for a couple of minutes then "Photoshop file could not be saved' pops up and the piece doesn't export. Ive tried exporting at lower ppis but that doesn't see to help the issue. The only way I was able to get past it was exporting it as a flat image. Which is quite inconvenient. I didn't have this issue yesterday, when i exported a similar piece. I also re-tried exporting a piece that i was able to do…

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  19. The latest update is now causing 'align to top' to behave like 'align to bottom', and 'align to left' to behave like 'align to right'

    The alignment tools never had this problem until the latest update. Wish I hadn't updated since it's now slowing my workflow. Please consider fixing this issue on the next update.

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  20. Rename layer problem in 24.2; cursor disappears

    Mojave 10.14.6, Illustrator 24.2
    Attempting to rename a layer in the Layers panel
    Prior behavior: that the cursor would appear, could then be moved via the arrow keys
    Actual behavior: cursor completely disappears

    2 votes

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