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  1. Eyedrop multiple fills

    Please allow there to be an option on the eyedropper tool to select multiple fills on appearances to apply to another object. Example; with pattern design, we create a top transparent pattern than a second fill with a solid color to create the final pattern. We would like to be able to easily apply those two fills to another object

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  2. Color Theme Window isn't Expanding

    I have Windows 10 and Illustrator 2020 and 2021 installed on my desktop. When I click on Color Themes I get a narrow window that doesn't open up all the way and there is no way of trying to expand it on the sides. I can expand it horizontally, but not vertically. How can I fix this problem

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  3. Unexpected fills when editing a pattern swatch

    I manually created a pattern swatch and discovered I had an error. When I pull the pattern tile onto the artboard to edit I have fills where there were none. The motifs and lettering were created in Illustrator on iPad with the blob brush tool and then arranged into a repeating tile on the desktop -- most current CC release. I suspect the path orientation is reversed as when I try to remove the fill I still have a filled shape.

    macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Illustrator Beta 25.0 78@21978

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  4. Falsche nummer übername beim Option "Neu färben"

    Wält man mehrere Objekten mit unterschiedlichen Farben im Illustrator und will die ändern mit Option "Neu färben".
    Neu färben > Erweiterte Optionen...
    Danach schalte ich auf "Zuweisen" (rechts von "Bearbeiten"). Damit sehe ich alle benutze Farben als liste. Unten gibst 3 Scrollbalken "H", "S", "B". Zu jede Scrolbalke steht ein Eingabefeld für präzise Zahlen Eingabe.

    Wen man wählt einen von dieser Feld "H", "S", "B".
    Schreibt dort ein neues Zahl
    Danach wechselt Fokus auf ein andere Feld "H", "S", "B". damit Eingabe übernommen wird.
    Jetzt nähme ich ein andere Farbe aus der Liste
    Der Feld wo ich mein Maus Fokus…

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  5. Gradient colour not following path of curved line

    When I go to colour the gradient after applying it to a thicker curved line a new shape is made and takes the colour and gradient that I chose. This shape appears to be connected by the same anchors as the curve but is just a straight line.

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  6. Colour Hex Cut / Copy Error

    I'm switching between AE and Illustrator. Copying Hex codes from Illustrator and pasting them into AE.

    If I accidentally press Ctrl+X it starts misbehaving.

    It stops copying any codes and the clipboard has some SVG export code. I can't copy anything else unless I close and reopen Illustrator.

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  7. Multiple selections for converting to greyscale not working

    After selecting multiple objects, and choosing Edit - Edit Colors - Convert to Greyscale, it no longer works. Objects must be selected one at a time for the command to work. Win10, Illustrator 24.2.1

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  8. Links panel shows wrong colour space

    In a CMYK document the Links panel shows RGB images as CMYK. In the example image a PNG, which can never be CMYK, is incorrectly reported as being CMYK.

    This is in a CMYK Illustrator file. In an RGB file the image is correctly reported as being RGB. Placed CMYK images are correctly reported as CMYK.

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  9. Although the color is selected, when I quickly select the area I select on my page, the color is not applied to the selected area.

    When I quickly select the area I select on my page from the swatches, although the color is selected, it does not apply the color to the selected area.
    Sometimes he never chooses. But it is necessary to choose very slowly.
    It slows down my working speed and drags it to error.
    We have 5 users here, we all ask for this problem to be corrected. This problem has not been before for the last 1 year, this event is driving us crazy.ediyoruz. Daha önce bu problem yoktu son 1 senedir bu olay bizi çıldırtıyor.

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  10. Everything gets converted to RGB

    I can't create a file in CMYK color format... everything, even previous files, have been converted to RGB. HELP!

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  11. Select same fill color does not take into account tints

    When I select "same fill color" or "same appearance" it selects all items using that particular pantone regardless of whether I am using that pantone at 100% or a tint (ex 40%, 50%, 60%).

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  12. v24.2 swatches / pattern issues - either one or the other - different from fill drop down

    in the latest version v24.2 (june2020) my swatches dissapeared and if i go to defaults RGB and click on the first (white) and last and then the last pattern in the block then click ADD TO SWATCHES and nothing happens or it only adds the last pattern.

    i added one by one and it worked UNTIL i added a pattern and it erased all colour swatches and only left the patterns. this IS happening with the new update.

    and in the upper left hand (menu bar) if on the fill drop down, it does link to shows the swatches and…

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  13. Transparency

    When I select a line of type with the Type Tool it shows as 100% Normal Transparency, however if I select that same line of type with the Selection Tool it displays as Normal 100%. How is this possible?

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  14. RGB black from Indesign translates to CMYK black in Illustrator upon Copy + Paste

    This is a bug and not an idea:

    What I copy RGB black (0,0,0) vector artwork from Indesign to paste into Illustrator, the artwork always pastes in with a value equivalent to CMYK black (0,0,0,100). The copy/pasting is happening from one RGB document to another ("Web" document in Indesign / "RGB" document setup in Illustrator).

    Please fix!

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  15. White

    In. my company we can print the color White as a spot color. Our printer reacts on the name of the color "White".

    Until a while ago it was no problem to add a White color swatch to Illustrator.
    Now I get an error (see image).

    I don't know why it worked before and doesn't anymore.
    May be it's possible to make Illustrator work like Indesign and change the name of the original white-swatch to Paper?
    My problem would be solved :)

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  16. Impossible to apply graphic style to text background by moment

    I use lot of graphic style in my work, and I've to use it on text bloc (to create map mind per example)

    But sometimes, the style (or the color directly) doesn't work on the background (selected with the white arrow). The color appears in the properties but nothing happen… I have to create a new bloc and It works normally (or not sometimes)… I really think it's a bug it will be very nice to correct it because I often use this trick in my work!

    I use 24.0.2 on mac OSX Mojave

    Thx

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  17. Unable to apply gradient on Rectangle Box

    Hi,
    I am unable to apply a gradient color for my rectangle box when I use the Fill tool, I tried changing to a solid color to see if the problem lies with only the gradient, but i isn't setting a color at all.

    Could you please solve this bug issue as soon as possible as I am using Illustrator 2020.

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  18. Fill & Stroke colors & gradients selective but only previous fill visible on object

    Latest Windows PC Version 10 64-bit. Adobe 2020 (24.0.2).
    Everything was normal until I began drawing a regular 5-point star with green fill & black stroke (fill color doesn't really matter). Layer shows correct colors of star in layers panel but the layer folder and what's visible on screen show no change in red fill result (which was set previously). In other words, choosing different fill colors made no difference. However, stroke color can be changed. Tried other shapes with same results. (Even restarted Illustrator.)
    Putting another shape on top of a previous shape caused the stroke of 2nd shape…

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  19. White disappears and Colour change on export

    White disappears and colours change on export.
    INSANE.

    Mac 0S 10.13.06
    Illustrator 24

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  20. White disappears on export

    White disappears on export. Trying to save a jpeg.

    This is not the first time I've experienced this.

    I HATE that you insist on calling BUGS — IDEAS.

    Adobe is the buggiest software on the planet.

    Mac 0S 10.13.06
    Illustrator 24

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