Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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Reflect Tool moves rounded corners
AI 21.1
Create a hollow compound path with two rectangles.
Round one of the corners.
Make an off-centre reflection with either tool palette or from Transform menu.The inner path gets reflected but the outer path only gets moved to where it is expected
the 'preview' is correct but when I release the mouse any path having at least one rounded corner gets rotated 90º clockwise.4 votes -
Trackpad selection issue with High Sierra
When selecting objects or drawing with any of the tools, Illustrator is not recognizing the trackpad release, so objects remain selected and the only way to deselect them is to Command-tab out of the application. I was able to duplicate this problem on my laptop as well. Appears to be related to the trackpad because the same issue doesn't appear to happen when I use a standard mouse.
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High Sierra drag/drop/copy/paste issues
Drag/drop/copy/paste lags, doesn't work in Illustrator 21.1.0. Everything (click/drag/copy/copy/paste) is so slow that it doesn't appear to work. Even something as simple as Help/About fails.
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Free Transform of Text does not operate as expected
Free Transform of Text does not operate as expected; Text should rotate with the text box when using free transform - instead the text does not rotate. Having to stop my workflow to find the rotate command and then guess what angle I need to rotate is a time waster.
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Eyedropper with Shift held doesn’t pick the rendered stroke color unless clicked very precisely into path
If I have an outside stroke (thick enough for clarity, like in the GIF), I can’t use Shift-mode with the Eyedropper tool to pick the color from the actually rendered stroke — I have to click very precisely the path itself, or I get the fill color. Same with the inside stroke.
With a normal center-aligned stroke the half within the path gives the fill’s color, and the outside half gives the stroke’s one.
All three are wrong. Shift should force the tool to pick the color directly under the cursor, the one that is rendered.
Thanks to Oleg Krasnov…
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Live dimensions expand when pasted or duplicated using any method
If you want to make a copy of existing artwork with dimensions, you have to remember to lock the layer (which gets unlocked anytime you create a new dimension), and select only the artwork, or these live dimensions just die...
...but the dimensions don’t get copied over if you copy something with move dialog! There is no such an option in the dialog! And Opt/Alt moving won’t create these! And even duplicating an artboard!!!
Same deal with Copy and Paste commands.
Infuriating.
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Blob Brush doesn't respect "Draw inside" when painting with a color existing outside
I included a picture to explain the problem.
If the user intentionally chooses to draw inside a shape, then that limit should be respected. but instead, if we are painting with a color that exists outside, new strokes merges with the older ones, resulting on the painting escaping the "draw inside" feature.I think that the blob Brush merging should be less aggressive and should respect masks, otherwise it's not intuitive and goes against user input, which qualifies this to be a bug.
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Don’t display Touch workspace styled handles for Free Transform when Ai doesn’t use it
If a computer has an access to a touch screen device, Ai offers users to switch the interface into the dedicated Touch Workspace: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/illustrator-touch-workspace.html
Normally this access won’t affect using Ai in the default mode, except for the way Free Transform tool’s controls.
These start to look ugly: large contoured circles with small white square padding inside, smudged icons (when viewed at 100 UI scale), giant hint arrows...Maybe these work for some better, I can imagine this.
But why do I see these when not in Touch mode?
How can I force Ai to use normal ones without removing…3 votes -
画像トレースのパスが粗すぎる
手書きの線画を画像トレースで取り込む時、パスが粗すぎて手書きのニュアンスが消えてしまいます。
以前のバージョンまでは、細かくトレースされていました。
イラスト制作が主な仕事なのですが、仕事に使用する上で致命的な欠点です。
仕方がないので、まだ以前のバージョンを使用しています。
早急に改善をお願いいたします。3 votes -
Pencil tool now smooths way to much, ignores details
Please enable the former way of working with the pencil tool again.
The tool now smoothes far too much on its own, even when set to "smooth as little as possible", it is now really inaccurate, small movements are ignored.
Real free drawing is no longer possible , that is making this wonderful, intuitive tool partially unusable. Only roughly usable for creating character designs, for example. where we need tiny details. Such a shame.3 votes -
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.
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Dimension line gets shifted when multiple dimensions are selected with Shift held
When holding down the Shift key to select multiple dimensions, the one clicked will move once with each click
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We can’t use Eyedropper to sample the look of a dimension object and apply it to another selected one
The dimension disappears when using the Eyedropper tool.
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Smooth Tool Interferes with Touch Ring Zoom Function on Wacom Tablet
The Smooth tool pop up conflicts with the touch ring on a Wacom tablet. I have the touch ring set to zoom and when using a brush, the Smooth tool annoyingly pops up every time a zoom in or out using the touch ring. Cant find a way to disable it. HELP!
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Column graph rounding issue
When using %00 template in graph design decimal figures are not rounded up/down correctly. Eg. Figure 4.9 should display as 5 but actually displays as 4
See attached illustrator file.3 votes -
AI HAVE THE WORST DIMENSION TOOL OF THE WORLD
You have to follow Rhino quote tool. There's a lot of mistakes in AI quote tool.
- I don't want to see "mm" after my quote.
I MUST have a snap on every elements of my drawing for quote my dimensions
I MUST have the possibility to snap different quotes to a single point
I MUST have the possibility to have orthogonal quote from oblique points
PLESE DO IT QUICKLY!!!! WITH THE LATEST VERSION OF AI CAD TOOLS NO LONGER WORK...I LOST 1500 EUROS OF SOFTWARE BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE3 votes -
Center of rotation changes position after rotating with a dialog
Trying to rotate a path from a custom rotation location by entering the rotation as a value, not manually.
I'd expect that you can rotate from any given position by entering rotational values. As it is, your selected rotation position will instead default to center.
When you select a custom position to rotate a shape from, it only works if you manually rotate the object. You can't select a custom position and then type in a rotational value via enter or double-clicking on the rotate tool.
Win 11, Version 28.1
Video attached.3 votes -
直線ツールで線を描画してから、線の色をコード入力すると白になる
（１）塗りと線の色指定をともに「なし」の状態にする。
（２）直線ツールで線を描画する。
（３）（２）の描画後（線が選択された状態で）線の色のメニューをダブルクリックすると、「カラーピッカー」のメニューが表示される。
（４）（３）で表示されたカラーピッカーの色コード（＃）の箇所に、黒のコード「000000」を手入力すると、線が黒にならずに「FFFFFF」の白になってしまう。3 votes -
Image Trace (Make and Expand) has changed default settings
When following the Object>Image Trace>Make and Expand, the action used to just convert the image to a black and white cutout, but since the last update it's changed to "logo" preset like in the advanced settings. Now I have to enter the advanced settings every time to use the black and white option, rendering the menu option useless, and taking a few extra steps to get the result I want. Is there a way to change it back to the old settings? Or actually be able to choose what the default setting in the menu option is?
3 votesNo longer happens in latest versions
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Illustrator 2023 often force close when drawing with the pencil tool
Illustrator 2023 version 27.2 freezes when I try to draw using the pencil tool for about 5-10 minutes with a pen tablet, and then immediately force close itself. and this keeps repeating several times and I even tried restarting my PC, changing the graphics performance for the Illustrator app to "High Performance", updating the latest drivers and software. but the problem is still not resolved.
I really need your help for this issue so that it can be resolved quickly. very annoying when I'm working and suddenly force close by itself.
additional information I use hardware: CPU AMD Ryzen 5…
3 votes
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