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  1. Version 4 ICC profiles were converted to version 2 ICC profiles.

    I get this message:
    "Version 4 ICC profiles were converted to version 2 ICC profiles."
    whenever I save a PDF when using the GRACoL_CRPC6.icc profile. I get it regardless of whether an image has been placed in the document or not.

    It is very inconvenient to have to click to dismiss this message every time I make a PDF, which over the course of job will amount to 100s of times. Also it means our automation of PDF making is interrupted and requires an operator to pay attention the whole time.

    Thanks
    Dave

    2 votes

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  2. Exporting from AI to Jpg/PNG - Thin line at bottom of photo.

    When exporting and AI file (Logo in this case) to a JPG/PNG format from AI, each image had a thin black line at the frame of the image on the bottom. There was nothing on the artboards that would have caused this. I had to open the exported images in photoshop and remove the line manually. Image attached.

    2 votes

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  3. Save for Web Preview

    This has bugged me for a very long time. When exporting, often the image looks like it will be missing a pixel width along the edge unless you increase the image size to go over the artboard vs. exactly fitting the artboard.
    I check the dimensions of the art and, for example, it's 1920x1080 perfectly aligned in the corner at x=0 and y=0, yet you can see the missing pixel along the left edge. And, if I export it, it indeed is missing the pixel.

    2 votes

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  4. Illustrator crashes when saving as CC (legacy)

    1- MacOs Mojave 10.14.6, Illustrator 25.0
    2- I need to send a file to a friend with an older version of illustrator that can't update due to his operating system not being compatible with latest versions.
    3- I expect an illustrator CC compatible file to be saved.
    4- Illustrator suddenly crashes without warning.

    2 votes

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  5. SVG Text Export - multilayer bug

    I am having an issue with text on a path and after SVG export the code shows the text now broken to multiple layers - this does not translate appropriately to web. This happens specifically if the text path is an angle interval of 45 degrees; intervals of 90 degrees work fine, all other degrees break this text path apart during export.

    I am wondering if there is a way around this, or a different manner in which I should place text so that it may still be placed at a specific angle but remain all on the same layer…

    2 votes

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  6. 2 votes

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  7. Issues with using Assets Export in Isolation mode

    If you enter the isolation mode of any objects and try to export any artboard by using Assets Export, it will eventually generate the wrong assets. However, if you exit the Isolation mode and try again to the same process, it will be all fine.

    2 votes

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  8. SVG paste truncating curves

    Pasting SVG seems a bit broken. I have 1778 curves that I've copied from Rhino 3D WIP (it copies as SVG). I paste it to Illustrator, and Most of the curves automatically change to straight. Not only that, but it's automatically merging some of the points that are close together.

    This leads me to believe that Illustrator is rounding the points lower than it should.

    Enter Inkscape. I pasted there, and it's fine. I wanted to check to see if it was a failure of Rhino. So copied from Inkscape and paste to Illustrator... same issue.

    Copy only a Little…

    2 votes

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  9. SVG EXPORT DOES NOT WORK!!!!

    This is not a feature request this is a BUG. SVG import does not work at all.

    2 votes

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  10. Background Save does not work

    Background Save does not work in Illustrator unless very specific conditions are met (must be a PDF-compatible AI file). Many users prefer to work with PDF switched off - and background save should also work when saving the file as a PDF document. It's basically a half-finished feature and should work under all circumstances and conditions.

    2 votes

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  11. Transparent PNG exporting fine but gives black background when importing

    I used Illustrator 24.1.1 to export transparent PNG images. I can use these images in other programs and as web images but when I want to use them in Illustrator again it opens with a black background. I've tried to copy and paste the images, I've tried to place it and even to open it and then drag it to my workspace. Nothing works. I'm using Windows 10.

    2 votes

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  12. Error while exporting to DWG format

    I am using Adobe Illustrator CC 2017
    Operation cannot be performed due to unknown error. [PARM]
    I get this error every time i trying to export my Ilustrator file in Dwg format.

    2 votes

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  13. アートボード名が保存されない

    1.Illustrator 2020(Illustrator 2019)

    複数のアートボードを作成し、アートボードパネルにてリネームし保存をして閉じる。
    そのデータを開いて再度アートボードパネルにてリネームし
    書き出しjpgやpngをすると(アートボードごとに)、パネルの1番目(アートボードの1)のみリネームが反映されず元のネームで書き出されてしまいます。

    2 votes

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  14. Asset Export does NOT retain the layer name

    When selecting two or more elements in a layer named "A" for instance, and adding to the Asset Export panel with the single plus button, it renames it 'Asset1' or something random.

    HOWEVER, if that same layer is nested one level deep, clicking the multiple + add button adds it as a SINGLE object, WITH the proper name.

    Very funky indeed.

    Need the single add button to just simply add it with the name of the layer.

    Here's a notion of what I mean (includes several long standing bugs in Asset Export)
    https://www.notion.so/Illustrator-Bug-fecf7e5fd65c4d6681f541e699b0cf96

    2 votes

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  15. When importing PSD files with layers into AI, if you 'outline', masks get deleted and transparency made 100%

    When importing PSD files containing smart objects into AI, the masks get deleted and opacity reverts to 100% when you create outlines (and it is really dangerous cos I only export to AI as a last step before i print, so this can be easy to miss!!!!).

    You can rasterize smart objects before exporting them as a work around, but that's not a great solution really, and means you are best creating a copy of the layer if you don't want to lose fidelity.

    2 votes

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  16. Cannot save .AI files - Presets are empty

    Cannot save .AI file or any file type in Illustrator. Error returns "File not found. Check the file name and try again"

    2 votes

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  17. SVG files not properly being displayed in Adobe Illustrator

    SVG files are not opening properly in Adobe Illustrator. I can open them in browsers or in Inkscape with no issue. When I open them up in Adobe Illustrator, they are rendered and displayed incorrectly.

    2 votes

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  18. save change

    I opened an existing Illustrator .ai file. Changed the colour of an object's stroke. Saved. Closed. Then I noticed the change was not there.
    Repeated several times. Kept trying to make the change and command-s. 
    I could see the colour change when I changed the value, but saving did nothing. I noticed that after making the change, the red circle at the top left of the window did not get a black dot to indicate an unsaved change.
    I finally did a Save As to make it remember the change. Using Illustrator 24.2 on Mac OS 10.13.6

    2 votes

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  19. Objects missing when exporting JPEG

    Objects/vectors on my art board are missing when exporting file to jpeg. Issue started happening in new Ai 2020 update.

    2 votes

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  20. Saving a piece in PSD format

    Every time i try to export my file into a photoshop format, the 'writing photoshop file' bar doesn't move and illustrator crashes for a couple of minutes then "Photoshop file could not be saved' pops up and the piece doesn't export. Ive tried exporting at lower ppis but that doesn't see to help the issue. The only way I was able to get past it was exporting it as a flat image. Which is quite inconvenient. I didn't have this issue yesterday, when i exported a similar piece. I also re-tried exporting a piece that i was able to do…

    2 votes

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