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  1. Unusual GPU clock usage

    after the recent update, i am experiencing an unusual bug with the Nvidia control panel.
    its setting the power management to maximum no matter how i tried to change it to normal state.
    its overiding the nvidia command

    3 votes

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  2. Retype not very accurate

    Retype is not very accurate yet. It misses details in characters. Please add some more user guidance possibilities. E.g. focus on specific characters to force Retype to look twice.

    3 votes

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  3. テキストボックスのリンク  テキストの内容が重複するエラーが起きる

    Adobe Illustrator 30.8.1で同様の現象が発生しています。

    日本語の縦書きで、エリア内文字のテキストボックス同士をリンクして使用しています。

    作成直後は正常に文章が次のテキストボックスへ流れていますが、編集作業や保存を続けていると、1つ目のテキストボックスの内容が2つ目のリンク先テキストボックスに重複して表示されることがあります。

    重複した文章によって、本来2つ目に入っていた文章が後ろへ押し出され、オーバーフローも発生します。

    制作途中では正常に見えていても、編集・保存後に突然文章が重複するため、印刷物などの実制作では非常に危険な不具合です。

    環境:

    Adobe Illustrator 30.8.1
    日本語
    縦書き
    エリア内文字
    テキストボックスをスレッドでリンク
    通常の編集・保存作業中に発生

    添付画像では、上段の文章が下段のリンク先テキストボックスにも重複して表示されています。

    日本語縦書きのリンクテキストについて調査・修正をお願いします。

    3 votes

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  4. Illustrator 30.3+ silently substitutes installed fonts without reporting them missing (prepress risk on macOS)

    This is reproducible with a single existing AI file by opening it in 30.2.1 and then opening the identical file in 30.3+ on the same Mac without changing any fonts.

    Starting with Illustrator 30.3 on macOS, Illustrator silently renders some installed fonts as Myriad while continuing to report "Missing Fonts: 0." This creates a serious prepress issue because converting text to outlines permanently outlines the wrong font with no warning.

    I am using Monotype Connect Fonts to manage fonts.

    Versions tested on the same Mac with the same AI file and same font environment:

    29.8.10 - WORKS CORRECTLY
    30.2 -…

    3 votes

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  5. Broken Link / Gaussian Blur dialogs displayed together make Illustrator UI disabled

    I’ve been experiencing this Illustrator bug for years, and it has consistently behaved the same way.

    It only happens when I already have one or more Illustrator documents open and then open another file with a broken/missing linked image. If a Gaussian Blur progress window appears in front of the missing-link warning, Illustrator becomes stuck afterward: the dialogs disappear, but the canvas can no longer be interacted with and nearly all menu commands are grayed out. I can still save using cmd+s, and switch between documents, but can’t interact with anything on the canvas. Can click the toolbar too, but…

    3 votes

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  6. Strange behaviour when outlining COLRv1 fonts

    I have been running into some issues with COLRv1 fonts when turning them into outlines: The normal font renders as intended, when outlined some colours turn off one of the RGB channels (turning white to yellow). See the example in the screenshots where the white (circled) is turned into yellow. This is independent from the "yellow palette" of the letter, in other COLRv1 fonts white also turns into full RGB yellow.

    See Nabla as an example:
    https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nabla

    I don't believe this is caused by the "white" (as the error also turns, for instance, black into blue, removing a single RGB…

    3 votes

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  7. Color of font randomly changes when opening file

    Tahoe 26.6.1
    Illustrator v 30.7
    I open a file I was just working on only 5 minutes prior to find that more than 75% of my text has changed color to a random color in my swatch panel. This has been happening consistently since updating to the latest version about 15 days ago. I can even see the color change when I hit space bar to preview the file before opening it. The PDF versions of the files remain fine, no random color changes.

    3 votes

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  8. Eyedropper with Shift held doesn’t pick the rendered stroke color unless clicked very precisely into path

    If I have an outside stroke (thick enough for clarity, like in the GIF), I can’t use Shift-mode with the Eyedropper tool to pick the color from the actually rendered stroke — I have to click very precisely the path itself, or I get the fill color. Same with the inside stroke.

    With a normal center-aligned stroke the half within the path gives the fill’s color, and the outside half gives the stroke’s one.

    All three are wrong. Shift should force the tool to pick the color directly under the cursor, the one that is rendered.

    Thanks to Oleg Krasnov…

    3 votes

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  9. Repeat makes some objects without a stroke loose fill

    When several objects with no stroke get selected and then converted into a Repeat Grid object, all but the first object vanish.
    Thanks to Ashraful Islam for spotting this.

    3 votes

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  10. Pasting a single CMYK channel value modifies all CMYK channels

    Illustrator version: 29.8.9
    Operating System: Windows 11

    Description:
    When I copy a single CMYK percentage value (for example, the K/Black percentage) from one object using the Color panel and paste it into the corresponding CMYK field of another object, Illustrator also changes the other CMYK channel values automatically.

    Expected result:
    Only the pasted CMYK channel (for example, K) should change, while the remaining CMYK values should remain unchanged.

    Actual result:
    Illustrator modifies the other CMYK channel values as well, even though I only pasted a value into a single channel.

    Question:
    Is this the expected behavior (a feature), or is…

    3 votes

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  11. Text changes colour at random

    A file appears correct in Illustrator 2026 and correctly produces a PDF (save a copy) when the original Illustrator file is still open. Yet when the Illustrator file is then saved, closed and then reopened, the Illustrator file has errors with the colour of text changing at random. This is happening on multiple computers running MacOS (Silicon). This error only happens in Illustrator 2026 and not 2025.

    The text that changes varies, even within one document. Sometimes it is a single piece of text that changes, sometimes it is all of the text. The colour it changes to is random,…

    3 votes

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  12. GPU Preview Displays Incorrect Colors and Transparency in Illustrator

    I am experiencing two related display problems in Adobe Illustrator when GPU Preview is enabled. Both problems disappear when I switch to Preview on CPU, but CPU Preview disables Animated Zoom and makes Illustrator less pleasant to use.

    Issue 1: Colors displayed in Illustrator do not match exported files

    While working in Illustrator, the colors shown on the artboard look noticeably different from the colors in the exported artwork.

    This occurs with both:

    PNG files exported through Export As
    PDF files saved from Illustrator

    The exported PNG and PDF match each other. When the Illustrator artwork is copied and pasted…

    3 votes

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  13. Freeform Gradient fails to apply / disappears on existing objects

    I have a problem with the Freeform Gradient tool in Illustrator. When I apply it — whether in linear (lines) or points mode — the fill appears empty, the gradient never actually applies. It's even affecting other objects that already had this type of gradient applied in previous documents; when I open them in Illustrator and try to copy or move them, the gradient disappears and the shape turns transparent.

    3 votes

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  14. Content of Dynamic Symbols moves when moved with the Selection tool.

    It was recently mentioned on the Illustrator forum that the content of Dynamic Symbols is shifting when the symbol is moved with the black selection tool. Changing the type to Static seems to solve the problem.
    From the forum:
    https://community.adobe.com/questions-652/critical-bug-objects-inside-symbol-shift-out-of-place-when-moved-with-selection-tool-cannot-undo-1633605?tid=1633605&postid=7715146#post7715146
    and an older one with an example file:
    https://community.adobe.com/questions%2D652/symbols%2Dbreaking%2Dapart%2Dwhen%2Dmoved%2Din%2Dillustrator%2D817905?tid=817905&fid=652

    3 votes

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  15. Memory error after exporting in EPS (ID -108)

    On Illustrator 30.6 every time I export a multipage file to eps format, every artboard as a single file, the file exported are ok, but if I return to the original AI file to save the changes I receive a memory error (see the screenshot) then is not possible to save the AI file no more, and I have to use the SAVE AS command to save a new AI document from the original.
    This bug appeared in Illustrator 30.6

    iMac PRO 2017 3.2 GHZ
    MacOS 15.7.7
    Radeon Pro Vega 56 8 GB

    3 votes

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  16. Latest update (30.6) = Extreme Slowdown

    Since the latest update (30.6), with latest MacOS, Illustrator has become almost unusable. Clicking on anything takes about 2-3 seconds and if you move or try to double-click – heaven help you...

    Needs an urgent fix!

    3 votes

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  17. Hidden Characters remain visible when exporting in PNG

    Windows 11 Pro Version 25H2

    I work with Hidden Characters on, and when I export a PNG (export for Screens), they remain visible. Hidden Characters aren't supposed to remain visible after a PNG export. The only way that I could resolve the issue is to turn them off. But when I try to disable hidden characters, it looks like they are already off (even though I can still see them), and I have to turn them on, then off again, to make sure they are completely disabled.

    3 votes

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  18. Freeform Gradient stops vanish, can’t be placed or edited

    When trying to "edit gradient" in the Freeform Gradient tool I found that the handles disappear/glitch and don't allow me to place or change any of the values. I have tried in both positions (the top toolbar and right-side menus) but both times, even upon a restart and reset of performance, that the handles are not responding at all. I also cannot add stops in the tool window, I can only change the (new) "Method" dropdown box, which, in either setting, does not fix anything.

    I am on the latest version of illustrator (30.5.1) on Desktop Mac.

    3 votes

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  19. COMMAND F (PASTE IN PLACE) NOT WORKING!!!

    paste in place is not working all of a sudden. Command F acts like command V. It just pastes randomly. Even selecting paste in place from the menu doesn't work. This is incredibly annoying and the enemy of precision. PLEASE RESTORE!!!!

    3 votes

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  20. Live dimensions expand when pasted or duplicated using any method

    If you want to make a copy of existing artwork with dimensions, you have to remember to lock the layer (which gets unlocked anytime you create a new dimension), and select only the artwork, or these live dimensions just die...

    ...but the dimensions don’t get copied over if you copy something with move dialog! There is no such an option in the dialog! And Opt/Alt moving won’t create these! And even duplicating an artboard!!!

    Same deal with Copy and Paste commands.

    Infuriating.

    3 votes

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