illustrator crashes when using surface pen to draw
as soon as i use Illustrator to draw using my surface pen on my surface 4 pro illustrator crashes. it did this to me in the trail of cc 2018 however i assumed it was because of the trail version. i subscribed to cc 2018 a few days ago to draw and i haven't been able to draw with my tablet. mouse seems to work but as soon as i use a brush with my surface pen it crashes and will not allow me to generate a crash report as it stays gray forcing me to restart my computer.
Raghuveer Singh [10:04 AM]
Hello,
Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience and disappointment the issue has caused. We do test our products thoroughly including running it through multiple beta testers and we really regret that this issue slipped past our quality checks.
We have a fix and is available in the pre-release build. Please visit https://adobe.ly/1o2SDsg and get the latest build for version 23.0.5 (Build 2). While the build is prerelease this build is still of production quality. Please feel free to use/recommend it for your day to day activity.
We would appreciate if you can give us the feedback on the correctness of the fix by pressing the Thumbs up button on the UserVoice page.
Regards,
Raghuveer Singh | Sr. Software Product Quality Specialist | Illustrator Team
Creativity is all around you.
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Adam commented
So far we have no been able to get it to crash, which is good.
Now that we're running a test version, will Creative Cloud automatically update to the production version when it comes out officially?
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Bernie commented
Well thanks Raghuveer but since my post, I've unsubscribed for services since I didn't get a fix for months.
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Alexis Guerrier commented
I am also having this problem. I’ve recently purchased Adobe Illustrator a day ago and whenever I do a stroke with my Hp pavilion X360 pen, it crashes 5 seconds later. The mouse is completely fine, but once I use the pen it immediately shuts down.
Please fix this, I would hate to have to get a refund.
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Peta R Hen commented
Hi I am having the same issue although mine seems to crash when I double press with my surface pen. Using surface pro 6.
Has there been any progress with this issue at all??? Very annoying. -
Adam commented
Having the same issue using an HP Spectre x360 and pen.
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Victoria commented
I am having the same issue. Using a brand new Dell xps 2 in 1 9365 and the Dell active stylus pen that I purchased with the laptop. I had Dell software support working on my computer for 5 hours, it’s not an issue with my system. Very frustrating!
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Anonymous commented
Happening on the surface book 2 with dedicated gpu, hard to believe it's the laptop but I'm considering returning it all as there's no point in the cost of hardware and software if not functional
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Anonymous commented
Keeps crashing here also! Using Illustrator on a Acer Nitro 5 spin and Nuvision pen
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Adam commented
We are having the same issue with our HP Spectre x360 pen. Anywhere from immediately to 20-30 minutes into using the pen that came with the laptop, Illustrator crashes without an error message. We've gone through several layers of technical support and they can't figure it out. They say it's the bug cataloged here and it needs to be fixed. This is an expensive piece of software and using a pen/stylus is essential for artists.
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Gemma Purcell-Jones commented
I upgraded my computer purely to ensure the software would run smoothly and efficiently & all it has increased is my frustration! Illustrator constantly crashing when using the Lenovo Pen (Included with the laptop) and crashing after about 30 mins of working on the program without the pen.. extremely frustrating. Also, the effects gallery does not support my screen resolution and makes the pop up too small to use.. (i know..separate issue) And I was soo excited to start using illustrator on my new comp.. it's shattered my dreams :(
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Anonymous commented
Same I crash as soon as I start pretty much , work for a bit then done
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Mike Rieman commented
This happens EVERY TIME I use the pen on the Surface Pro with Illustrator. Please, please PLEASE fix this.
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Anonymous commented
same problem. Please help.
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Diego Varela commented
Same issue, can we get a resolution please? I have contacted adobe customer support 4 times and after 4 times of them doing who knows what to my computer, it still crashes.
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Anonymous commented
same problem with surface book 2 and the surface pen. this is really annoying problem. hope you will fix this.
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Bernie commented
Same here! It's very annoying and can't use my pen which defeats the point of using a surfacebook 2 tablet to draw..
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Anonymous commented
I got the same issue but with the HP Spectre x360 , as soon as I start drawing with my pen on the screen, illustrator crashes. Please do something about it!
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Anonymous commented
My surface pen is doing the same, I have reported the crashes but adobe doesn’t seem to do anything considering the cost of the surface pro and the pen plus the monthly subscription costs.