Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
When reporting a bug, please provide a detailed description with the following:
- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
- The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues
- Your expected result and the actual result
- Upload your Illustrator file or a video (screen recording or gif, this helps us most to reproduce the issue and resolve it)
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Shaping tool
Details of your operating system and version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues - I attempted to use the tool, my workspace is in grey and was white, when I opened it. There is a cursor over the tool and nothing works
Your expected result to be able to select the tool and options.
Your actual result - nothing
[Optional] Upload your Illustrator file or a video3 votes -
Live corners are stretching
The corners are supposed to be live, but yet they stretch/distort when transforming. Objects with round corners should retain their radii, or I should have the option/keyboard modifier to change this behavior. The radio button in the transform palette is not working.
The options should be scale, distort, or retain current value.
Illustrator 25.2
CadTools 12.2.3
AstuteGraphics plugins, manyiMac 5K, 27" 2019, OS X 11.2
Core i9, 32GB RAM
AMD Radeon Pro 580X, 8GB RAM3 votes -
Smooth Blend Tool Broken
On the Mac OS, when blending between two shapes using the smooth blend tool, 7/10 times the blend will not be smooth but have one step between the shapes. I can instead create lots of steps as a work-around, but the designated tool does not work. If the shapes are separated far enough, more (but few) steps will appear.
In the images below, you will see an attempted blend between a dark green gradient square, and a light green square. I am using the smooth blend tool.
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Warped Object moves up artboard when changing Bend or Distortion
- Using Windows 10, latest version, and Adobe Illustrator V 25.1 (but this has occurred in every version of AI I've ever owned)
- After I warp an object, if I change the Bend or Distortion amount in the Top Toolbar the object shifts up the artboard. This happens whether I input an amount and hit enter, or if I just use the arrow keys to increase or decrease an amount. Additionally, if I go into the Object>Envelope Distort>Reset with Warp menu, it shifts up.
- I would expect the object to remain in the same place on the artboard, and change the…
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Eyedropper tool disappears - Illustrator 25.1 on Windows 10
So after updating and opening Illustrator for the first time, the eyedropper tool is there, but after closing Illustrator and opening it back up, the tool is gone. I've rolled back Illustrator, re-updated it, reset the preferences and it still happens.
3 votes -
Image trace does not limit colors in grayscale
When using the grayscale mode in image trace and limiting the number of colors image trace creates an unlimited range of grays. I selected ten grays, expanded, and when clicking "re-color artwork", more grays than I would waste time counting are shown (at least 50, but maybe more).
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Dragging a bounding box corner rotates instead of scaling
I recently updated to the latest version and at the same time discovered this issue. When moving my mouse over to the corner or center of an object, to grab those white scaling boxes, i am given the icon to scale said object, however when i click and drag the object rotates instead. its very frustrating as all icons and tool use indicates it should scale but surprise it rotates.
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The Stacked Bar Graph tool doesn’t add up correctly in Illustrator 2021.
I’m designing a publication with lots of data. These figures have to be absolutely correct, since they’re economical and official. I noticed that the Stacked Bar Graph tool doesn’t produce bars of equal length and doesn’t align on the right. There are notable differences even though all my data add up to 100 and have three decimals.
What a shock, if anything should be correct this is it.
It’s not about this utterly backward graph tools which are unchanged over the last 20 odd years, it’s not about Illustrator not being able to use multicore on the Mac. None of…
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left toolbox missing
updated to version 24.3 and left toolbox missing. got a message before programme starts that many plugins missing in a dialog box. went to search at window>tools but tools is not at the dropdown menu
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direct selection tool causes broken anchor points to snap to same angle???
Since 24.3 the direct selection tool causes absolutely unwanted snapping of broken anchor points while moving one of the anchor points. That's absolutely wired and stops any workflow. Please fix this quickly again!
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Bug with end of line - Convert selected anchor point to smooth
When you have a line in illustrator where you:
Select using the direct selection tool (A)
Convert the point to smooth using (B)
And get the fabulus result (C).
BUT you also end up with point D where the alignment of the line is always vertical.3 votes -
Individual anchor points fail to move with direct selection tool, and cannot add, delete or modify anchor points.
Individual anchor points fail to move with direct selection tool, and cannot add, delete or modify anchor points. It happens only after a period of time working in a file. If I cut and paste the shape, the ability to manipulate the anchors returns for a time. If I close and reopen the file, the same is true. Working in the print industry, this is a big waste of time dealing with this bug. Happening on all systems in the department. Also just updated to 24.2.3, no change.
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Simplify Path flags points incorrectly as smooth
When using Simplify... on a path with several corner points, the resulting simplified path will have several of its corner points flagged as "smooth". As soon as you try to move one of the tangents of the incorrectly flagged corner point, the opposite tangent will snap into a colinear position.
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No Rotate arrow for shapes
When creating shapes with the shape tool, the rotate arrow no longer shows up. If I click in the area where the rotate arrow would normally be, the shape will rotate and the rotate arrow then appears. Any other object other that shapes work as usual when rotating. I end up scaling objects trying to guess where the rotate arrow would be.
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My knife tool is missing
The knife tool has been below the scissors before, but now its gone ... Why?
(see image below)3 votesThe tool is still there, but he team decided to hide the Knife tool from the Basic toolbar, based on the usage statistics, aiming to reduce clutter for new users.
You can still access it. There are two options:
1. Go to Window > Toolbars and pick Advanced, to view the classic tool layout, including all plugin tools added.
2. Press Edit Toolbar button at the bottom of your current toolbar (with three dots), find the Knife there (it’s the last one in the Modify section), and drag it into the panel in the slot you find fitting (be careful not to insert it into a tool-group by mistake, it’s a tight wiggle).
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Anchor Points Automatically Go Back When Moved
If I create a shape such as using the Rectangle tool then I click on a single anchor point and move it with the Direct selection tool, it goes automatically back to the position that it was at instead of where I moved it. However, if I move the shape then select the single anchor point and move it then it will go to the position to where I moved it.
Here's the kicker. This happens some of the time and not all of the time so there is no consistancy to it. I mean I can completely bypass this…
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Extrude not working as expected in AI 2020
The extrude and bevel tool, is not working at all, compared to prior versions. Shading is not working, the full extrusion only works when adding perspective degrees to the bevel... It's all a broken mess, and the rotation tool is not working either. Rotating a square chops off a corners, puts it inside a mask, and needs to be pulled out of the layer to get the desired outcome.
What happened?
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Can´t add anchor point with "Delete anchor point" tool + alt.
In illustrator v. 24.0.1: When the "Delete anchor point" tool is active and alt is pressed down to toggle for the "Add anchor point tool", an anchor point can't be added to a line.
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Colors disappear when moving a Live Paint object
I have been illustrating vector images on iPad Pro Adobe Fresco. When exported to PDF (why can't I export as illustrator file and keep the layers? 1st missing thing (not really bug but just irritating)) and opened in Illustrator, I fill the line drawings with Live Paint bucket. When just moving this fully painted image from its place, some colors disappear in this image? Becomes transparent again: 2nd bug
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XP-PEN Deco Pro Medium drawing tablet not working on Illustrator
So I just got a new XP-Pen Deco Pro Medium. I have the latest drivers and the latest version of Illustrator CC as of 18-10-2019.
It seems to working fine on all interface elements. But on Illustrator It won't let me use the drawing pen anywhere on the canvas.
3 votes
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