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  1. Duplicating Artboard will unlock and show locked and hidden elements.

    When using the Artboard Tool and clicking on a + sign next to an artboard while holding the Alt/Option key to duplicate an artboard with its contents, Illustrator will Show and Unlock all hidden and locked objects/layers.
    It does this only the first time, when using Undo and trying again it works correct.
    See: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/why-does-illustrator-switch-hidden-layers-back-on-and-unlock-them-when-duplicating-an-art-board/m-p/15455446#M449838

    3 votes

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  2. Can't select linked png/bmp files when they have transparent backgrounds.

    Placing several linked BMP or PNG files with transparent backgrounds causes them to become randomly unselectable by clicking on them. You have to go to outline mode, find and select the edge of the image, or select with marquee tool and then carefully unselect the extra objects. Either way, it cannot be moved except to click on the edge of the images frame. This has been an issue for years. I think I may have even posted about it before, but can't find that now. IMO this is an issue that should be escalated as it such a basic operation…

    3 votes

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  3. Enclosed Mode toggle button in Control and CTB

    Illustrator now has a dedicated option to permanently toggle Enclosed Selection Mode, in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display > Select Objects only within Marquee.
    However, there’s no hotkey we can assign to this option (or any other option in Preferences!) or a button outside or Prefs — in Control panel or Contextual Task Bar... Properties I don’t mention, since it’d certainly want me to have nothing selected.

    Originally by Derek Watson.

    3 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Selection  ·  Admin →
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  4. Threaded text areas display only first lines when Adobe Every-Line composer is used, since 29.6

    Issue: two or more threaded text areas no longer render all text inside. The text does still exist (as visible in View > Outline) but it does not render on screen or when exporting / saving out. Whereas text flashes visibility for single text areas with no threading, but does eventually show.

    Actions taken: fresh text areas; freshly typed text (not copy-pasted); fresh document with fresh areas and fresh text. All do not render fully. Also ensured text is at the very top with no unseen masks or shapes obscuring. Turning off and on Outline View, bounding box, edges etc.

    3 votes

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  5. Export for Screens won’t export artboards as a single file

    When a document has multiple artboards and is exported as PDF using Export for Screens, although all artboards are selected and a Single File option is checked, it will still be exported as multiple files.

    illustrator 2025 v29.6.1

    3 votes

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  6. Generative AI patterns not lining up

    When generating a pattern, the edges do not line up. It does not actually generate a usable seamless pattern.

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  7. Copying (Ctrl+C) a Radial repeated object with a drop shadow causes crash

    Illustrator 29.61

    I was able to re-create the crash with the following steps:

    Create New Document.
    Create 5 basic shapes, group them.
    From the application menu, go to Object->Repeat->Radial and apply it to the group.

    Double click on the original group to isolate it, from the appearance panel add a fx drop shadow to the grouped object.
    Exit isolation.
    select the repeated group and copy it
    Crash.

    Playing around with this, the crash only occurs when you add the drop shadow after applying the radial repeat. The easy solution is to apply the drop shadow prior to applying the repeat.

    3 votes

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  8. モノクロになってしまう

    illustrator2025
    Windows11

    Adobeクラウドに保存していたものを開くと「プレビューを終了できません。指定した処理を実行できませんでした」というポップアップが出てしまい、保存していたものがモノクロになってしまって編集もできない。クラウドの一覧で見ると正常そう。

    3 votes

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  9. Cursor stays invisible after exiting Presentation mode

    How to reproduce:
    Create a multiple artboard document.
    Enter presentation mode.
    Do not move the mouse.
    Use the left and right arrow keys to view all the art boards.
    Note that windows will make the mouse cursor invisible since you are not using it.
    Press ESC to return to normal viewing/editing mode.
    Now the mouse cursor is invisible.

    Work around: If you go back to presentation mode and wiggle the mouse and press ESC while the mouse is visible then the mouse will be visible in normal screen mode.

    3 votes

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  10. Brushes become a lighter tint of black in an RGB document when expanded or rasterized.

    Brushes like Art Brushes are based on a CMYK document. They were created with C0 M0 Y0 K100.
    When these brushes are used in an RGB document with an RGB black (0/0/0) for the stroke, the result will be around a lighter 10% black than expected because the CMYK black will be converted to RGB.
    You can check that by expanding, rasterizing or Output Preview in Acrobat.
    If they had been created in the CMYK document with a 100% Grey instead of CMYK values, they would have converted to the darkest black in an RGB documents (greyscale always keep their…

    3 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Brushes  ·  Admin →
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  11. 3 votes

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  12. Crash on new artboard

    Every time I click on the "+" under my artboards window, it crashes. I have 24 artboards already, and if I duplicate one using Option click drag, it seems ok. But New Artboard crashes again and again.

    MacOS 15.5
    Illustrator 29.5.1

    3 votes

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  13. 3 votes

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  14. Contextual Task Bar and Help Bar don’t have hotkeys and these can’t be assigned

    When I check Keyboard Shortcuts, Menu Commands, Window, I can find Control, Properties... but not Contextual Task Bar or Help Bar. So we can’t assign hotkeys for these and call these from keyboard when needed.
    Seems like someone forgot to include these slots for customization. Please expose these.

    3 votes

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  15. Illustrator wrongly says texts were created in different version of Illustrator

    After the update, this message now appears, saying that my files were created in a different version. But it should be backwards compatible.

    3 votes

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  16. CMYK-Werte im Farbwähler werden nach „Ohne Farbe“ in RGB umgewandelt – trotz CMYK-Dokument

    Ich arbeite in einem Illustrator-Dokument im CMYK-Farbmodus. Wenn ich die Flächenfarbe eines Objekts auf „Ohne Farbe“ setze und danach über den Farbwähler neue CMYK-Werte eingebe, wandelt Illustrator diese automatisch in RGB-Farben um – obwohl das Dokument und die Farbeinstellungen vollständig auf CMYK eingestellt sind.
    Das Problem tritt seit Kurzem in allen neuen und bestehenden Dateien auf, auch nach Zurücksetzen der Voreinstellungen und Neuinstallation.
    Der Fehler lässt sich jederzeit reproduzieren:
    Neues CMYK-Dokument erstellen
    Objekt zeichnen, Fläche auf „Ohne Farbe“ setzen
    Über Farbwähler CMYK-Wert eingeben
    Illustrator wandelt die Eingabe in RGB um
    Das Verhalten widerspricht dem erwarteten Verhalten in einem CMYK-Dokument und…

    3 votes

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  17. Frequent crashes when adding colors to swatches in Illustrator 2025

    Frequent crashes when adding colors to swatches in Illustrator 2025

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  18. Recolor doesn’t allow to change white or black with a first try

    I use the Recolor (color mixer / wheel) daily. I have come across an annoying bug.

    Some base colors will be automatically 'locked' in the color mixer, indicated by a '-'. For example, let's say I'm trying to turn white into red.
    - First, white needs to be unlocked. By clicking the '-', it will become an arrow '->', and the swatch should be toggle-able now.
    - The first time you toggle the white, it selects, sliders can be moved to make it red, but it doesn't stay adjusted; it reverts back to whites.
    - You need to click another…

    3 votes

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  19. Bottom margins for labels are too small for Swatch Info objects in the column view (with no card backgrounds)

    If I choose to display Swatch Info card in a column, and choose to omit background cards, the result would have text lines too close to the chips below, like the attached image shows. It makes it feel like the text is not related to chips above, and forces us to use cards still to control 'space after' at least somehow, even when cards are not necessary.

    While the team hardcoded the 'space before' as a strict gap (again, hardly OK), they seem to forget to do the same for the bottom line.

    And if you pick this up, please…

    3 votes

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  20. Problem with Grouping Layers

    I didn't use to have this problem and it doesn't seem to happen all the time, but when it happens it is annoying. That is, when I want to group two different sets of separately grouped objects into a grouped layer, what happens is that each of the layer groups with specific set of objects become combined into one single layer group. That is, the objects are no longer layer grouped by their original layer groups, but all the objects where combined into the same layer group. An Example would be: One layer group contains yellow objects and another layer…

    3 votes

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