Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
- The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues
- Your expected result and the actual result
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493 results found
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Type on Path Broken - Can't Resize
Not sure if this has been reported yet or not. When I use the type on path tool and try to resize it the type's center point is moved and/or the kerning is thrown way off. See the video for an example of what's happening.
The only way I can get around this is making a copy of the object so I can save an editable version, then outline the text on the other version so I can resize. This is a MASSIVE pain.
Using Ai version 25.4.1
16 votesHi,
Apologies for the inconvenience due to this issue.Please help by sharing some details:
1.) Is this Issue still happening on your machine in the latest version 27.5.0 ?
2.) If yes, please provide .ai file.Share the above details at ShareWithAI@adobe.com in a Zip file and mention the title of this issue as the subject of mail.
Thanks and Regards
Rohit Jain
(Illustrator Team)
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Home screen is empty or almost empty
After update of Windows 10, my Adobe Illustrator looks like a screenshot in the attachment. I need help. PLEASE.
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16 votesIf you are still running into this issue, we would like to connect with you and see the issue at your machine.
Please reply on this thread if you are still experiencing this issue.
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Illustrator crashes using copy command
Everytime I use the copy shortcut or from the edit drop down, Illustrator crashes. I'm on Windows 11. It just started today.
15 votesWe have confirmation from multiple users that copy paste crash issue is resolved after updating to latest MS Windows Defender security intelligence update - 1.435.148.
Request everyone in this thread to update to the latest MS Windows Defender security intelligence update - 1.435.148 and share if this resolved this issue.
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A blank white popup window opens over a file when opening.
Closing the window gets it out of the way & I can continue. It only happens the first time I launch AI and then open a file.
I'm on a 2016 MacBook Pro running Catalina & Illustrator 24.0.
Screenshot attached.15 votesSpin dump created from Activity Monitor will help in our investigation. Please create a spin dump for Illustrator when this blank dialog is shown and send it to sharewithai@adobe.com with Illustrator version used.
-Rama
Illustrator Team -
Wrong raster exported with combination of mask, gradient and brush
I have path with a stroke applied to it.
Stroke is gradient, applied 'within'
One point of this gradient has opacity 0.
This path has mask.
Mask applied as inverted and clipping.
Inside this mask I have path with dash brush applied to it.All of this looks fine inside AI.
When I export a picture with Save for web (try other exports yourself, I don't use them) — AI doesn't see mask.See animation and artwork attached.
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Dashed line not working
I have the latest build of Illustrator 2021 for macOS Big Sur. When I try to apply the dashed line feature to lines or shapes, the effect does not show up. It’s as if I never clicked it. What’s going on here? I’ve never experienced this in past versions of Illustrator. I even tried deleting my preferences. Still nothing. This is so frustrating!
14 votesHi,
Thanks for reporting this issue.
Unfortunately we are not able to reproduce this issue.
Could you please provide a video, test file or steps of the workflow with which you are facing this issue and share with us. Kindly share the above with us in a Zip file at sharewithai@adobe.com . Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail.Regards,
Ankit Goyal
Illustrator Team -
Mouse/Tablet issues when using Hej Stylus! in combination with Ai
Operating system: macOS 10.15.6
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2 GB
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
Wacom Tablet, Intros Pro, or Cintiq 24 HD f.i.Broken: Ai CS6+
Eilert from Hej Stylus! writing. Hej Stylus! is a tool that smoothes tablet output amongst other features.
Hej Stylus! pulls live tablet event data and re-infuses altered events back into the macOS event stream using:CGEvent.tapCreate(tap: .cgSessionEventTap,
place: .headInsertEventTap,
options: .defaultTap,
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Using any of Hej Stylus!' position smoothing algos creates cursor issues in Ai - on tablet use only. Mouse is not affected.
Using Tablet devices causes blender to 'use'…14 votesHi All,
Thanks for reporting the issue .
We are not able to reproduce this issue in house. ,Kindly provide following info to nail down this issue:1)Kindly provide some video showing how in Illustrator issue is observed, Test file(Via File→Package) & elaborated steps with which you are facing issue and share with us at ShareWithAI@adobe.com .
Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail.
Warm regards
Aishwarya G Gadodia
Illustrator Team -
Font Height Options misbehave with rounded fonts
Recently I started to notice that some of the fonts I use make wrong result when x-height or cap-height is used to set a font size.
I clearly see that the height is of, by eye and the underlying grid, but Character palette says otherwise. I outline the font, I measure glyphs and I get smaller dimensions.
Take a look at the file and the picture attached.
When fonts with straight terminals are used, everything is fine. Visual dimensions match metrics precisely.
But when a font with rounded terminals is used, like two examples at the bottom, things go weird.
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13 votesHi All,
Thanks for reporting the issue .
We are not able to reproduce this issue in house. ,Kindly provide following info to nail down this issue:1)Kindly provide a video recording , Test file(Via File→Package) & some steps with which you are facing issue and share with us at ShareWithAI@adobe.com .
Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail.
Warm regards
Aishwarya G Gadodia
Illustrator Team -
font finder/Missing font box keeps loading and unable to activate missing fonts
Find Font box not working. Example i am missing fonts and when i open that menu it shows the fonts used in the document but the missing ones just have a loading circle next to it and it never stops.
Also the Missing font box. When i do have the fonts and want to Activate them they will never activate, It just loads for 10mins and stops with out loading the fonts.
13 votesHi All,
We are not able to reproduce this issue at our end. Can you please let us know if you are still facing this issue? Also, is the Creative Cloud running fine on your machine when this issue happens?
Thanks
Anish -
The operation cannot be completed because of an unknown error [PARM]
Not sure why this keeps happening...
13 votesHi, Thanks for reporting this issue. Unfortunately we are not able to reproduce this issue. Could you please provide a video, test file or steps of the workflow with which you are facing this issue and share with us. Kindly share the above with us in a Zip file at sharewithai@adobe.com . Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail. Thanks & Regards, Ankit Goyal Illustrator Team -
Reflect Tool doesn’t keep the last used value
The Reflect Tool doesn't remember the last setting, (e.g. vertical 90º) and instead puts in a random angle.
(Mac OS 10.15.4)12 votes -
Save/Save As doesn't work in Action
- Make a new document
- Record a new Action for Save (CMD+S) and Save As (Shift+CMD+S), stop Action
- Do something in the document - Draw the rectangle for example
- Play Save/Save As Action
- Close the document (Attention!!! No warning about Save Changes!!!)
- Open the document
Result: Opened document doesn't contain the rectangle.
That means nothing happened with this document while Play ActionsIllustrator ver. 24.0.2
It is the critical issue and my suggestion to downgrade Illustrator to 24.0.1, if you use "Save/Save as" and "Close" commands in Actions in your work12 votesHi
Apologies for the inconvenience caused to you due to this issue.
We are unable to reproduce this issue at our end.Please help by providing the below information:
1) Is it reproducible on the latest illustrator version 25.4.1?
2) Kindly share some video, Action recorded script (.aia), the Test file(Via File→Package) & some steps with which you are facing the issue and share with us at
ShareWithAI@adobe.com in a Zip file.Please mention the title of this issue as the subject of the mail.
Thanks and Regards
Rohit Jain
Illustrator Team -
New text box appearing on clicking in current text box
When you click in a text box with the type tool, it'll create a new text box unless you click on the actual word you want to modify. Or if you are trying to add something to the end of your text and click like a millimeter off the letter, it'll create a new text box.
This is super annoying and I'm not quite sure why this function is necessary. It didn't use to be like this until the last update. Please look at this for the next update for those who use a lot of text in Illustrator.
Thank…
12 votesHi,
Apologies for the inconvenience caused to you due to this issue and getting back to you this late.
We are unable to reproduce this issue in house.Can you help the Illustrator team to isolate this issue further so that we can nail this down?
If yes, then please let me know the following:
1)Is this Issue still happening on your machine on Latest version 23.0.3 ?
2)Can you kindly provide Test File via (File→Package)and open Info Panel & provide some video while repeating steps with which you are facing this issue and share with us.
It will help us to understand your issue more clearly and we can investigate this further.Kindly share the requested information at ShareWithAI@adobe.com in a Zip file.
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Zoom to mouse location
Prevously when you zoom with the Mouse (magic Mouse 2) it would zoom to the location of the pointer. Now it seems to just zoom to a random point. I move the mouse pointer and it still zooms to the random point. I want to hover my mouse somewhere and then zoom to that position like previous.
12 votesPlease try to disable Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display > Zoom to Selection option and see if it solves the problem.
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PNG import broken
Illustrator 25.4.8. (on macOS 10.14.6) can't import PNG files any more. For PNG files that have already been placed in previous versions, Illustrator reports a broken link and doesn't allow to relink. (PNG import worked fine in the previous version of Illustrator.)
11 votesIf this issue still happens for you, please share a PNG image that Ai fail to place. You can do this directly in the comment or send it over to sharewithai@adobe.com if you are not allowed to share it publicly.
There is a separate report on failing specifically with 1-bit PNGs you can upvote also, if it’s your case.
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Enabling Rulers or entering Outline or Isolation mode completely disables GPU Preview
Illustrator Version: 25.2.1
Mac OS: 11.2.3 Big Sur
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
CPU: 2.3GH-z 8-Core i9
Memory 664 GB 2667MHz DDR4
Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8GBDisplays: 2x LG UN850 4K Displays (Connected via Thunderbolt) + Built in MBP Display
Reproduce steps:
Restart Machine
Launch Illustrator upon startup
Create New Blank Document
Press Cmd+R to enable Rulers
Click "view" under main menu and see "View Using GPU" grayed outDid not have this issue with prior versions of Illustrator or Mac OS
Temporary Fix:
Save file with rulers hidden
Re-Open document
Should default to having GPU on
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11 votesHi All,
Thanks for reporting this issue, but as we are unable to reproduce the same inhouse, we would need some more information
- Please share the details of the Ai version (desktop) you are using.
- If possible , it would be helpful for us to reproduce the issue if you could share the files with which you constantly face the issue.
- Please share system details and GPU details for the machine you are using.
Warm regards,
Aishwarya G Gadodia
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Fills rendered not accurate compared to edges when using GPU mode
I noticed a small rendering issue with strokes in GPU mode. The boundaries seem to be somewhat inaccurate, to the point that in certain situations (regardless of whether or not they're joined and by any method), suck as a tee shape, a small bulge of one stroke can appear beyond the edge of another, even though they shouldn't.
See attached pictures, the problem area is circled. It is subtle, but visible. There is a slight bulge extending outwards towards the right, presumably from the horizontal path at that junction. This is incorrect, the paths are joined and have identical stroke…
11 votesIf you have documents that have this behavior, please share the them so that the team can review the bug and make it fixed. Screenshots help, but this can’t be reproduced without the test files. Thank you!
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AI CC2017 open slow, lags, slow response while while working in Windows 10
AI CC2017 open slow, lags, slow response while while working in Windows 10
11 votesHi,
Thanks for reporting the issue and sorry for the inconvenience caused .
I would be needing your help in isolating the issue, request you to be co-operative and patient. Please let me know few details-Version of illustrator you are currently working on
Your hardware specs
Is this specific to some file?
If yes will it be possible for you to share the file with us at sharewithai@adobe.comPlease mention the link to this issue as the subject while mailing us. Ritika from our team will help you on this.
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Lasso tool not selecting
Since updating Illustrator a month or so ago, the lasso tool rarely works. No vector points are selected and I'm having to use the direct select tool instead.
10 votesDoes it happen all the time for you, or occasionally? in any file, or a specific one? If a certain one — can you share it?
What is your exact OS details and version used?
Can you record a short video demonstrating the issue?
Please comment back, the team lack details on this issues and can’t really start investigations this.
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Deleting Effect Causes Crash
Any time I try to delete an effect from an object, illustrator crashes.
10 votesPlease tell more.
Does it still happen for you in the latest build?
Does it happen when you use Properties?
Does it happen when you use the dedicated Appearance panel?
Is it only Drop Shadow or any effect is a problem?
- Don't see your idea?