Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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White looks gray in Overprint Preview
The recent update to 29.8.1 now shows whites as grays in overprint preview. This changed feature now added leaving users unable to turn it off creates a massive problem when building anything containing white elements that are mixed or overprinting with or near grey elements. It is also a huge issue when sharing PDFs created in the new 29.8.1 with users who may not have the wherewithal to open their settings and start changing overprint settings.
Having been an artworker using Illustrator for over 20 years now, in which time I have seen some real clangers get through, but this for anyone in working print and design or any end user viewing a shared file, is a complete and utter disaster which when combined with the recent adobe Acrobat issues with the new ui being implemented against thousands of complaints and comments on the adobe forums really is the final straw.
The bigest issue is that it white in overprint preview is no longer white and becomes a gray which when working with other greys some of which are overprinting with overprinting whites set into the artworks due to print process requirements, shows tints close to 10% or light gray pantones as the same visually as a white as can bee seen in the attached.
I will now potentially be advising my employer to investigate alternatives to adobe cc as it is now across the board becoming too unstable a software to reply upon. We have already moved away from acrobat company wide due to increasing costs, but these sort of issues fast become a game changer for who's software we are able to use.
I have to assume that you are not researching any of these changes with your users as they are seemingly only consistent in their lack of research to them.
The recent update to 29.8.1 now shows whites as grays in overprint preview. This changed feature now added leaving users unable to turn it off creates a massive problem when building anything containing white elements that are mixed or overprinting with or near grey elements. It is also a huge issue when sharing PDFs created in the new 29.8.1 with users who may not have the wherewithal to open their settings and start changing overprint settings.
Having been an artworker using Illustrator for over 20 years now, in which time I have seen some real clangers get through, but this…
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App crashes shortly after launch
It keeps quitting unexpectedly after a short time
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Create Outlines shortcut not working (Shift + Ctrl + O)
Keyboard command Ctrl + Shift + O does not "create outlines" for text. I have to manually go to Type > Create Outlines
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Spotlight search breaks when Illustrator is open on macOS 26
Operating System:
macOS Tahoe 26 – MacBook Air M2Illustrator Version:
Tested on 2024 release and 2025 release (latest)Steps to Reproduce:
Start macOS.
Launch Adobe Illustrator (either 2024 or 2025 version).
Attempt to search for any file or folder using Spotlight.
Observe that Spotlight shows no results.
Perform a full Quit of Illustrator.
Try Spotlight search again.Expected Result:
Spotlight should function normally and display search results even while Illustrator is running.Actual Result:
Spotlight fails to display any results while Illustrator is running, and only resumes working after quitting Illustrator.Additional Note:
Apple has reviewed this issue and marked Spotlight as “working as designed”, which strongly suggests the conflict originates from Illustrator’s side and needs to be addressed within the application.
Operating System:
macOS Tahoe 26 – MacBook Air M2Illustrator Version:
Tested on 2024 release and 2025 release (latest)Steps to Reproduce:
Start macOS.
Launch Adobe Illustrator (either 2024 or 2025 version).
Attempt to search for any file or folder using Spotlight.
Observe that Spotlight shows no results.
Perform a full Quit of Illustrator.
Try Spotlight search again.Expected Result:
Spotlight should function normally and display search results even while Illustrator is running.Actual Result:
Spotlight fails to display any results while Illustrator is running, and only resumes working after quitting Illustrator.Additional Note:
Apple has reviewed this issue and…
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Se borro todo
Estuve trabajando bastante tiempo con archivo recuperado porque ya se había trabado el sistema pero logre recuperarlo, y ahora voy a entrar a ese archivo que tenia guardado y todo, y no tiene NADA osea mi laburo de meses desapareció de la nada.
Que hago???????2 votes -
Embedded Grayscale Image Inverts When Unembedded from Illustrator 29.8.1 and Opened in Photoshop
I’m encountering a consistent issue with Adobe Illustrator version 29.8.1 on Windows 10 (64-bit) involving grayscale images.
When I unembed a grayscale image from an Illustrator file and open it in Photoshop, the image appears inverted (as a negative — colors reversed). This only occurs when the embedded image is in grayscale mode. Color images do not seem to exhibit this problem.
This behavior did not occur in previous versions of Illustrator and seems to be specific to version 29.8.1.
Steps to Reproduce:
Open an Illustrator file (v29.8.1) with an embedded grayscale image.
Unembed the image.
Open the resulting file in Photoshop.
Observe that the image is displayed with inverted (negative) colors.
This issue is interrupting my workflow, especially when working with grayscale assets. I would appreciate your assistance in identifying a fix or workaround, or confirmation if this is a known issue under investigation.
Please let me know if you require further information or sample files for troubleshooting.
Thank you for your support.
I’m encountering a consistent issue with Adobe Illustrator version 29.8.1 on Windows 10 (64-bit) involving grayscale images.
When I unembed a grayscale image from an Illustrator file and open it in Photoshop, the image appears inverted (as a negative — colors reversed). This only occurs when the embedded image is in grayscale mode. Color images do not seem to exhibit this problem.
This behavior did not occur in previous versions of Illustrator and seems to be specific to version 29.8.1.
Steps to Reproduce:
Open an Illustrator file (v29.8.1) with an embedded grayscale image.
Unembed the image.
Open the resulting file…
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Can’t edit colors in a selection
When going to edit a color CMYK mixture the mixtures go blank and then it acts as if their is no fill color. I am trying to edit the CMYK mix to match the PMS mix and it keeps glitching after my latest update. You can see in my image that even though the color is slected it shows no color in the fill or a question mark.
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Lorem ipsum placeholder text spelled incorrectly
This is silly, but the placeholder word "consectetur" is spelled incorrectly as "consectetuer"
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With no documents opened, clicking New doesn’t do anything
Once I close all the artworks, I click on "New", nothing seems opening. I think it's bug
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「プリント」を実行した直後に Illustrator がクラッシュして終了する
Illustratorのバージョン: Illustrator 29.4 日本語版
OS: macOS Sonoma 14.7.7
ハードウェア環境:
・機種名：iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020
・CPU：3.3 GHz 6コア Intel Core i5
・メモリ：8 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
・GPU：AMD Radeon Pro 5300 4GB
プリンター: Fuji Xerox DocuColor 1450 GA（Wi-Fi接続）再現手順:
1. Illustrator で任意のドキュメントを開く
2. メニュー「ファイル」＞「プリント」を選択
3. プリントダイアログで用紙サイズや設定を変更
4. 「プリント」をクリック実際の結果:
・「プリント」を実行した直後に Illustrator がクラッシュして終了する
期待する結果:
・「プリント」を実行しても落ちずに、正常にプリント処理が行われる補足情報:
・データの複雑さやIllustratorの起動時間は関係ないように感じる
・他の EPSON 製プリンターでは同じ操作を行ってもクラッシュは発生しない
・DocuColor 1450 GA のプリンタードライバーを再インストールしたが、問題は改善しなかったクラッシュレポートのスクリーンショットを添付します。
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グラフのサイズや位置が表示されない
１．Windows11Pro Illustrator29.6
２．グラフツールでグラフを作成
３．変形パネル（ウインドウ＞変形）に値が表示され、編集できる
４．何も表示されない2 votes -
円グラフ作成でサイズが指定した値と異なる
１．Windows11Pro
２．グラフツールを使って円グラフを作成
３．指定サイズの円グラフ
４．50㎜の円グラフが43.287㎜になる2 votes -
The blue "new feature" dot on the Pencil tool isn't going away in a secondary toolbar.
I have a tiny little toolbar that is nothing but the Draw Above/Below/Inside indicator and the current tool. It'd just be the Draw Location widget but apparently you have to show the current tool in every toolbar. A lot of the time I work with the main toolbar off and just this up.
Switching to another tool and back doesn't clear the blue dot, even though I've checked the Pencil's settings and seen the new options, and the dot's vanished from the main toolbar.
The blue dot does go away if I close and restart Illustrator so it's not like this is a major bug but it just makes me feel itchy.
I have a tiny little toolbar that is nothing but the Draw Above/Below/Inside indicator and the current tool. It'd just be the Draw Location widget but apparently you have to show the current tool in every toolbar. A lot of the time I work with the main toolbar off and just this up.
Switching to another tool and back doesn't clear the blue dot, even though I've checked the Pencil's settings and seen the new options, and the dot's vanished from the main toolbar.
The blue dot does go away if I close and restart Illustrator so it's not like…
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Can’t drag an element to a different layer
All of a sudden i cant move an element from one layer to a different one. Only if i manually open the whole layer and drag exact element to a different one.
Saving - quitting - opening again - does not help
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Disabling "Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open" corrupts custom workspace
When "Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open" in General Preferences is disabled, the next time Illustrator is run, my custom workspace is corrupted, for lack of a better word. The toolbar and all panels are missing, and the Control Panel has become floating.
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I can't Knockout in a clip mask
After asking my friend, I found that this problem seems to only exist on Mac systems.
[p1] Establish a clipping mask group, check Knockout;
[p2] Drawing shapes within the clipping mask group reduces transparency, but does not have the knockout effect.
[p3] But if I remove the clipping group and change it to a regular group, I can achieve knockout effect.
[p4] But previewing in the navigator panel is normal, and Transparency Flattener is also normal.
This is what I discovered while knockout in the combining group, which made me very distressed because if combining and knockout at the same time, it would be very convenient to achieve this kind of overlapping effect on a Windows computer, but I'm Mac😭
[p5] Can this problem be solved by modifying the settings?
After asking my friend, I found that this problem seems to only exist on Mac systems.
[p1] Establish a clipping mask group, check Knockout;
[p2] Drawing shapes within the clipping mask group reduces transparency, but does not have the knockout effect.
[p3] But if I remove the clipping group and change it to a regular group, I can achieve knockout effect.
[p4] But previewing in the navigator panel is normal, and Transparency Flattener is also normal.
This is what I discovered while knockout in the combining group, which made me very distressed because if combining and knockout at the same…
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Cannot resize objects and artboard using handles
Possible new bug in Illustrator as of 9/3/25. Cannot resize objects and artboard. No handles appear for me to freely resize. Any solution to this issue?
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定規の設定を0にすると次回開いた時にズレる / If you set the ruler to 0, it will be misaligned the next time you open it
最新リリースバージョン「ver.26.2.1」にて、定規の0基準の設定されていないファイルを開いて、その中で0基準を設定後、保存してファイルを閉じた後、そのファイルを開くとデータの一部がズレた状態（トンボなどとそれ以外のいくつかのオブジェクトだけ勝手に動いた状態になってしまいます。
途中の段階で別名保存したPDFは問題なく開けます。
入稿データ等の場合かなりマズい状態です。2 votesThe issue has been reported to be fixed in 29.8.1 build. Please update, test, and comment back if it truly is
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TIFF画像が反転した色で配置される / TIFF image get placed with inverted colors
OS: Windows 10
Illustrator: 29.7.1(64-bit)画像(TIF)を読み込んだ際に、白黒が反転してしまう。
以前は問題なく読み込めていた。2 votes -
Printer and settings won't stay selected
Every other update makes the default printer not stay saved and selected. I also use a custom setting to make the PDF shrink to fit and that does not stay selected either. With my job of designing proofs and sending them out, this makes a huge time waster to have to select the printer each time, click done and then click print again to get the printer settings to come up.
2 votes
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