Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
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734 results found
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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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Free Transform tool scales in steps instead of smoothly
When using the Free Transform tool to resize a text box, the transform isn't smooth, it jumps by huge amounts when dragging, and produces completely unpredictable results. After that, the outline of the text box disappears, but is still selected.
Adobe Illustrator 2020
MacOS 10.15.13 votes -
When I resize an object, it gets rotated instead
I think the new update did this. If I work very carefully I can eventually get it to resize.
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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.
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Change to dimension in properties panel applies to wrong object in certain situation...
Minor bug. To reproduce:
Have at least two objects on screen.
Select one.
In the properties panel, change the width or height but do not press enter or tab.
Select the other object.Result: The change in dimension is applied to the second object, not the first.
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Changing values in Move dialog immediately applies them
There appears to be another bug crept into the latest version of Illustrator when selecting an object and using the Object > Transform > Move dialogue.
When you change values it commits those values rather than previews them, even if you cancel the operation. Ie. if you type 100mm into the x-coordinate box then change it to 150mm it will move your object 100mm then a further 150mm (250mm in total) rather than honouring the last value and only moving it 150mm.
Illustrator is becoming all but unusable of late.
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Eyedropper tool is not allowing me to change the color of text
Eyedropper tool is not allowing me to change the color of text... super annoying!
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Shape Builder Crash
When attempting to use shape builder tool and attempt to click on shape fails fill. An additional attempt to click and use the shape builder tool results in a crash. How do you fix this? I keep getting this crash 3 times a day.
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Ellipse Tool has disappeared completely in latest update
Ellipse Tool has disappeared completely in latest update
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handles
- Version 23.0.1
- I was working as usual but suddenly kept closing and running slowly. I had lost what I was doing once. Then opened up again and couldn't extend lines anymore, there wasn't centre handles nor white anchors in any object I draw.
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Have to zoom a lot to reveal middle handles with small objects
MacOS Mojave 10.14.2 (18C54) and Illustrator CC2019 23.0.1
MBP 2018, i9, 32 Gb, Radeon Pro Vega 20, 4080 MtIt seems like Illustrator CC2019 has an issue with handles vanishing (at least on my system)
If you have a long and narrow (either horizontally or vertically), or otherwise small object, you have to zoom very very close to reveal the middle handle. Makes changing lengths of said objects pretty hard when matching with other objects with, for example, snapping etc.3 votes -
illustrator brushtool NOT displaying brush stoke in realtime
I'm using quadro 2000 + 24GB Ram + dual xeon x5650.
But when i using brush tool, turn on GPU performance.
illustrator brush tool NOT displaying brush stoke in real times when i drawing. It work when i turn off GPU performance.ps: my system work fine AI 2018
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Scale tool bug with Shift+Alt
Scale tool selected
Press Shift+Alt
Click anywhere on the work areaThis sends illustrator nuts: the scaling cursor doesn't stick to the place you click, nor it goes away. No other tool is selectable, no action can be taken. After minutes (actual minutes) the scaling tool popup window appears, then you can close it and go on with the work.
I know this tool is not supposed to do anything with Shift+Alt+click but often I keep those keys by mistake. This would be easily solved with an exception catch and an error message as many other tools have for mispressed…
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Microsoft Surface pro 5 pen + Adobe illustrator cc2018 pen tool issues
Hello..
I installed Adobe CC 2018 and some other softwares on Miscrosoft Surface Pro 5.
But, I found an issues in the Adobe Illustrator cc2018 and cc2017 when I used a surface pro 5 pen + "pen tool", it is often unable to click. This issues sometime also occurs when using surface pro 5 pen + the "brush tool" and "hand tool".
But somehow, when using a mouse, everything becomes normal.Then I tried to use the surface pro pen on Adobe Photoshop + pen tool, and it's all normal.
Even I also tried in Adobe Illustrator CS6, the surface…3 votes -
Clipping mask not working
When I try to create a clipping mask with a photo and a vector shape nothing happens. I draw a circle over the photo and use shortcut Ctrl+7 and absolutely nothing happens.
3 votesPlease accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
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