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  1. 2 votes

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  2. PARM Error after switching from Illustrator CC2023 to Illustrator CC2025

    ILLUSTRATOR PARM ERROR MESSAGE
    Hello everyone,
    I am trying to resolve a PARM issue that users have been facing since migrating from CC 2023 (27.9) to CC 2025 (29.8.2).
    System: macOS 15.6.1
    Apple M1 Max
    64 GB
    The error message appears on many files, significantly slowing down file editing and making Illustrator extremely slow.
    The only solution I have found is to reset the Illustrator preferences. This solution temporarily fixes the issue, but then it switches back.
    When this happens (regularly), Illustrator becomes impossible to use.
    I am looking for information on this issue. Is it a hardware issue, RAM,…

    2 votes

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  3. Images and Shadows Not Rendering Correctly

    I am having issues with build 29.8.2.
    When I link photos to my artboards and add drop shadows to shapes or objects, the display is not rendering them. It will show them, but if I move or zoom out, sometimes they go away. And if I export my artboards, these issues carry over. The images dont export, there is just a grey circle where that masked image is supposed to be. And shadows from one object to the next are different, just not even there. How can I fix this?

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  4. Home and End buttons in Find and Replace misbehave

    Pressing Home and End buttons in all Find and Replace input fields should properly place the cursor at the start and the end of the text, instead of picking first and last values from the dropdown lists (like in happens in the Font Browser).
    Home and End should pick the first/last items ONLY when the dropdowns are expanded!

    2 votes

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  5. A width profile that is uneditable and rendered wrong

    Take a look at these two path; Illustrator says they have the same width profile, but it’s obviously not correct.
    If saved as Graphic styles — these do match.
    Paths match.
    Directions match (and simple reversing still looks different).
    The left-hand path cannot be edited with the native Width tool.

    I can edit these with Width Selector tool by Astute Graphics, but it makes the width changed in a different spot. Saving the style, clearing the appearance, reapplying the style — heals the bug. Deleting a leftmost segment... this keep the look the same (almost), but the bug gets healed…

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  6. Artboard label not included in exported image's name

    In the past when I export just an artboard the image name had both the file name and artboard name in it's name. Now it stopped. FIX THIS PLEASE

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  7. Not Getting "Overwrite notification" when exporting using "File/Export/Export as..."

    This only started happening recently and I'm not sure what to do to fix it. Whenever I export a file using the "Export as..." feature, I'll navigate to the location where it was previously exported and click the "Export" button. I used to get an overwrite notification asking if I wished to do so and I'd just click yes or no. Now, for some reason, that notification isn't triggering and Adobe Illustrator is just overwriting. I tried using Windows Explorer to copy and paste a file to the same location, and Windows "does" give the standard notification to confirm overwrite.…

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  8. Linked images (with embedded profiles) shift color when embedded

    Embedding an Adobe RGB (or any profile that is different than the current document profile) image (jpeg, png, tiff) in an sRGB Illustrator 2025 document gives a different result than with an Illustrator 2024 document.
    When Profile warnings are checked in the Color Settings, the warning dialogs are different between 2024 and 2025
    2024 warns for a Paste Profile Mismatch and allows to “Convert.(preserve color appearance)”
    2025 warns for an Embedded Profile Mismatch and wants to “Use the embedded profile (instead of the working space)”.
    When embedding in 2024 the default is “Convert” (which tries to keep the color appearance…

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  9. Rotating an object with 3D Extrude & Bevel causes pixelation in v29.8.2

    I don't know if any user has raised this before, but the 3D Extrude and Bevel in Illustrator (29.8.2) has an issue. When trying to manipulate an object by rotating it, the object completely pixelates as it is adjusted. It's impossible to ascertain the positioning as it just becomes a massed blob of pixels whilst I am trying to position it. Whether positioning it manually, or by using the X,Y, Z sliders, the problem still persists. Zooming in doesn't work either (the pixellation just increases in size). See screen grab- as you can see, the item I am trying to…

    2 votes

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  10. Values in W / H fields in Transform dropdown from Control don’t get updated while editing another field with Constrain Proportions enabled

    When editing an object, click in the Height or Width input box and use the arrow keys on the keyboard to decrease the value. When changing one value (e.g. height), the other value is not updated. You must exit the window and return to it to see the value.

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  11. High GPU load on macOS 26 Tahoe

    Laggy performance and high GPU load.
    Upon investigation, issue isolated to WindowServer when Adobe Illustrator is running, with or without a document open.

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  12. Image in clipping mask moves when I open the file in Acrobat or Preview

    Illustrator 29.8.2 on Mac Ventura 13.7.8

    I have images in clipping masks. When I open the .ai document in Adobe Acrobat or Preview, the images have moved.
    The workaround I have for now is to print to .ps to generate a .pdf.

    (I just updated Illustrator but it happened yesterday too before the update with another file)

    2 votes

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  13. Files won't actually save until closed.

    Illustrator 29.8.1

    When either choosing the 'save' command from the file menu, or hitting 'command+s' the saving text flashes in the filename of the tab, but the file does not actually save and it continues to have the unsaved changes asterisk there as well.

    The only way to save and get the currently open file to save/update is to try and close the file, and then save through the 'you have unsaved changes' window that pops up before closing.

    Please fix this, I have several operations in my workflow that require uploading a file I'm currently working on to an…

    2 votes

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  14. Variables Panel columns don't resize

    Variables Panel interface columns don't move in case variables names are long. This is a problem that is still not fixed. I know that it worked in old version of illustrator CS2 and CS3 you can modify the columns in de the panel interface so you can read all variables names better. Today we need to restrict the text length of the variables names so we can read in de panel interface. This is not an ideal alternative. Can you please fix this so that the panel works again like Illustrator CS3 ?

    2 votes

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  15. Action batch in Ai 2025 is slow

    illustrator CC2025 actions batch with data sets is slower then previous version CC2024.
    In Illustrator CC2024 it is not so fast but now in CC2025 is even more slower for the same template and datasets and action. Data sets with action save PDF in batch process is slower dat for example InDesign’s Datamerge to PDFfiles.

    2 votes

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  16. No me funciona el contornear trazados

    al momento de realizar de darle a la opción de contornear trazado se agrega como efecto en el objeto pero no abre la ventana de opciones y edición de ese efecto.

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  17. Spell check error - changes language to Bulgarian

    Spell Check starts in English for the first few then always changes to Bulgarian! This renders spell check absolutely useless, unless I happen to type in Bulgarian... which I haven't had the need to so far.

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  18. "Pattern Options" window keeps closing

    Bug. "Pattern Options" window/tab always closes itself after I'm done editing a pattern. See attached video.

    Illustrator 29.8.1
    Mac 15.5

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  19. Mouse cursor highlight disappeared/not showing up?

    That's it. It just disappeared. Reset computer - didn't fix it. I'm on Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2. I'm updated to the latest Windows 11 version, and the latest Adobe Illustrator CC version (v 29.8.1)

    2 votes

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  20. Selection Tool grabbing top layer rather than selected object in Layers panel

    I’m aware that there are workarounds to this issue, but being something I have always done through habit, I don't like that this has suddenly changed on me. I reset my settings to default, but cannot find anything that goes back to how I used to select objects.

    Okay into the issue... I usually would select objects in the Layer panel, I use overlapping objects of the EXACT same size, ones with pattern vectors and gaps and lower layers of gradient colours, and if I want to edit this colour layer or move it around my canvas, I would normally…

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