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  1. Text gets pasted when objects get copied or selected

    I have iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019), the latest OS BigSur 11.2, memory 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, video card Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB. The latest regularly updated version of Illustrator (25.1) and since last year or some I noticed that once in a while there were problems with clipboard memory.

    Whenever you copy or just select some object on artboard, immediately you get a garbled text box pasted. Very nasty, and after the latest update it has gotten considerably worse. Now I literally cannot simultaneously select several objects without having this garbled block pasted. So I cannot align…

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  2. Projecting Cap for zero length path dissapears

    A convenient way to create dots is to make a zero length path and give it a capped stroke. With Round Caps, this still works, but with Projecting Caps it doesn't.
    (More: in early versions of Ai, this trick even worked with single vertices! - Bring that back please! Its a real data saver whenn working with lots of dots)

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  3. surface dial

    surface dial is not adjusting brush size, all other functions work

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  4. Make Free Transform Tool (E) duplicate objects with Alt held

    Windows 10 64bit... every version.
    AI version... 22, 23, 24, 25...

    Actual behavior: having the Free Transform Tool (E) on the screen disables the function of the 'Alt' key (duplicate) when holding and dragging artwork.

    Expected behavior: the Alt key function should duplicate artwork art as usual.

    It's one of those silent but infuriating bugs that has been around through all the versions for years now.

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  5. 2021 Workspace isn't working

    Workspace is not showing up and automatically defaults to the "tracing" workspace when I try to change the workspace at all. Illustrator 2021 on windows is up to date.

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  6. Apple M1 Illustrator tool problem

    I am using the new iMac mini with M1 chip and I am trying to use illustrator for the first time. Photoshop works great, InDesign works fine...but illustrator has issues. All of the tools in the tool bar, when I try to select a line, type, point, etc. are shaky and flashing other tool symbols in a strobe-like effect. I need to use this app! Please help!

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  7. Enregistrement de mon travail

    Lorsque je travail sur un dessin, je ne trouve aucun lien pou l’enregistrer. apparement cela devrait se faire autan magiquement au moment où je ferme le fichier. Mais ce n’est pas le cas. A chaque fois que je ferme, je revient à mon dessin initiale. Aucune modification n’a été enregistrée. Comment puis je sauvegarder mes modification???

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  8. Blob tool freezes Adobe Illustartor

    I'm trying to use the blob tool to outline a drawing in order to complete part of my final for my college class. My expectation when using it is that it simply outlines the drawing, but every time I use it, all of adobe illustrator freezes (the times it does happens varies, it's never at the exact same time. Sometimes I can do it for 5 minuets others it's for 30 seconds). Things are still happening, but I can't see it happen on screen. If an answer can be provided as to why this is happening it would be much…

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  9. Copy Bezier pen behavior from After Effects

    In AE, we can hold down the alt/option key to instantly break smooth anchor points. In other words: Dragging a control point while alt/option is down, enables separate manipulation of the control point (breaking it).

    This is way more effective than selecting a separate tool. Maybe this can be added, since alt/option has no function at the momen. (and because in a suite - one would expect similar tools to work the same ;-)

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  10. blob brush

    Any idea what is causing these weird color boxes? not having issues with the blob brush but these are annoying

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  11. 塗りブラシツールで使用しているブラシが勝手に切り替わる仕様について

    adobe illustrator2020
    塗りブラシツールにて
    ユーザー定義のライブラリから設定したブラシを使用して線を描画

    選択ツールなどに切り替えて移動などを行う

    もう一度塗りブラシツールに切り替えると、基本ブラシや別のユーザー定義ブラシに勝手に切り替わる

    この仕様かバグの修正をお願いしたいです。

    illustrator2018にはこの仕様はありません。

    環境はmacbook pro 2016 OS10.15.5 です。

    イラストの仕事で一番頻繁に使うのが塗りブラシツールなので
    これが修正されないとillustrator2020にいつまでも移行できずにいます。

    ご対応していただける事を願っております。

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  12. It's 2020. Why is it still impossible to scale a graph with the free transform tool.

    It's an insult to designers, especially in the age of data, that we can't properly use the graph tool without having to enter the data and officially break it before having the ability to scale it like any other vector object. Please get with the program and make it a scalable vector with data intact and editable.

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  13. Align to dropdown not working

    Version: 24.3 (64-bit)

    Expected behaviour: Change the 'Align to' dropdown between 'Selection' and 'Artboard'

    Actual behaviour: The 'Align to' dropdown in the Align panel only updates when multiple objects are selected.

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  14. Text locks after resizing

    When I resize a single line text object with the selection tool, the text becomes immediately locked, and I'm unable to click on it to move or resize it further. The only way to select the object is to CMD+2 every other object and then select all. Even then, the text can't be moved/resized, just deleted.

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  15. Edit Multiple Gaps at once not possible

    When a selection contains Dashed Lines with different Dash lengths, but equal Gaps, the Gaps can not be edited together.

    Ai copies the entered Gap value to the Dash size.

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  16. magic wand nonfunctional

    The magic wand tool has never worked. It does nothing. No matter what option is enabled or what I click on, it is non functional.

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  17. Direct Selection tool duplicating when trying to drag

    Ill 24.2.1
    Catalina 10.15.5
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)

    Illustrator shut down so I rebooted. After reboot when I try to drag something with the Direct Select tool, it makes a duplicate and drags it instead.

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  18. One object in a selection is always a key object

    Previous Ai update came with an issue where I can't fully hide edges unless objects are grouped which, to me, is an inefficiency. There were other glitches as well, which appear to have been resolved with the closely-following most recent update.

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  19. White selection tool: getting an error message that the entire item must be selected.

    When I use the white selection tool, to grab an edge of shape to nudge it, I'm getting an error message that the entire item along a path must be selected.

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  20. The lines appear to be drawn when touching on the screen, but once pen is released the lines disperse

    The lines appear to be drawn when touching on the screen, but once brush is released from the surface, the lines disperse as if they were never drawn,

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