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  1. edge lossy and distorted after exporting AI file as PSD

    When I export file as a PSD, no matter, what size I export as, 150psi or 400psi, or CMYK or RGB….
    There is allways loss on the edges, and if my design is stripes for instance, each stripe as loss, and also appears slightly distorted with colour variation down one edge. See screenshot

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  2. export as artboard does not work

    when i open illustrator and do my work lets say like 8 artboards and i want to save them one by one different pdf files when i do save as and say only artboard number 1 it does not save only 1 it saves whole other artboards with it too i notice that only because it consumes too much space and i can only see the other hidden artboards if i open the saved pdf with illustrator only

    i'll Leave a example file for the issue in down below

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  3. Exporting SVG file with Preserve Editing Capabilities checked issue

    I have a doc with multiple artboards. When I export the SVG file, I select the individual artboard and export like usual, but recently it's been exporting the entire doc, with all the other artboards as well. Even previewing doesn't show all of the boards, I can only tell when I open the SVG file back up or look at the file size.

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  4. reflection tool

    AI 21.1
    create a hollow compound path with two rectangles

    round one of the corners
    make an off-centre reflection with either tool palette or from transform menu
    the inner path gets reflected but the outer path only gets moved to where it is expected
    the 'preview' is correct but when I release the mouse any path having at least one rounded corner gets rotated 90º clockwise

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  5. Layers get messed up when exporting

    Export JPG and PNG, the layers messed up, the hidden layers show up, and the layers on top showed being covered by the objects from the layers down.

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  6. 17 votes

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  7. Transform Each always uses visible preview bounds instead of expected geometric bounds, ignoring the state of Use Preview Bounds option

    Rotate via Transform Each incorrectly places reference point.
    1. Version: AI-CC 22.0.0
    2. Steps taken:
    Objects: Triangles with 1:1 height/width ratios. Stroked with stroke centered on vector and sharp corners.
    Operation: Rotation via Transform Each command with a centered reference point.

    1. Expected result:
      Since the vector was contained within a square bounding box (1:1 H:W), I expected the triangles to rotate without changing XY location.

    2. Actual result:
      Rotations happened off-center, slightly moving the triangle toward the point that did not align with one of the bounding-box corners.

    Additional Testing:
    I tested the behavior of both the Rotate tool and the…

    8 votes

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  8. Line breaks can be included in artboard names, causing errors

    I'm using Illustrator 26.0.2 on Mac OS Catalina.

    I often copy titles from the art and paste them into the artboard name box. If the copied title has a line break in it, the line break character will exist within the artboard name, but will not display. (You can tell it's there when moving the cursor via the arrow key, because the cursor will not move when passing the line break character.)

    If there is a line break character in an artboard name and you attempt to export the artboard, you will get a generic error. ("Unable to export the…

    5 votes

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  9. Rotate dialog box should have value highlighted by default, or be highlighted by Tab

    When you press R then Return on the keyboard to pull up the Rotate dialog box, the value of the angle should be highlighted by default like it used to be.

    Formerly when I wanted to rotate an object at a specific angle, like 122°, I would type R - <Return> - 122 - <Return>

    Now to do the same thing I have to type R - <Return> - <Tab> - <Shift-Tab> - 122 - Return – a much more cumbersome keystroke combination.

    At the very least, the first Tab should highlight the value, NOT the Preview checkbox.

    7 votes

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  10. Back with a vengeance: Constrain (holding Shift key) doesn't work with Smart Guides turned on, for Scale, Rotate, Reflect

    This is an older bug that was fixed a while ago but seems to be back with a vengeance.

    It is now happening in Adobe Illustrator 28.4 on Mac OS Sonoma 14.4.1.

    See this link:

    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/36247978-constrain-shift-key-doesn-t-work-with-smart-guid

    When smart guides are on none of the constrain features (holding down shift) work properly, whether it's rotating, reflecting, etc. It just sort of jumps back to one position, often the original position, and won't move. The little magenta text that lets you know the angle etc. also goes a little crazy and looks like it's trying to display a few different words on…

    15 votes

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    A current 'workaround' is to disable Transform Tools option in Preferences > Smart Guides. This removes the 'uniform' guide, making the smart guides less useful, but it stops it from jittering.

  11. home screen keeps loading

    When starting Illustrator after the splash screen the Home screen keeps loading. It never loads, even after hours. Your man from the support center couldnt fix it either. You may disable the home screen in the prefs but thats a workaround I dont prefer. I found deleting your temp in users/username/appdata/local/temp works but thats plain ******** if you ask me. Solution? Please?

    9 votes

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    Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.

  12. Calligraphic Brush Rotation Preview Bug

    I have the Wacom Art Pen with the latest drivers installed with the latest version of Adobe Illustrator. When I change the rotation variation for an angle in Photoshop I get a preview of where the angle of my brush is headed, In Illustrator I get the same preview of the brush tip even when rotating it. I know it is working because I can see the paint rotating but the preview of the brush is not. This makes it extremely difficult to know in what angle my brush is going.

    3 votes

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  13. Problème Export 3D dans Illustrator: fichier .OBJ et USDZ

    Dans illustrator, après avoir appliqué l'effet 3D, je l'exporte en fichier .OBJ et .USDZ.
    Les problèmes sont:
    - Bug de luminosité (trop forte et non corrigeable) du fichier .OBJ dans After effect (Image ci jointe)
    - Bug du fichier .USDZ (absence de texture) lors de l'affichage en réalité augmentée sur Iphone (derniere version IOS 17.4.1) (image ci jointe)

    Pouvez-vous corriger ces bugs svp? trop nombreux à mon gout pour un logiciel payant..

    Merci d'avance,

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  14. Illustrator v26.0.1 will not Save, Save As to Computer or Export (macOS Monterey v12.0.1)

    I have tried:
    - Full Disk Access
    - Deselect Save in Background
    - Uninstall and reinstall
    - Fully updated
    - And the rest.

    4 votes

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  15. Right click pop-up context menu box stuck in the bottom left corner of the screen

    This issue started when I upgraded to Mac OS Monterey. Unfortunately, I cannot downgrade. I am using a 2018 MacBook Pro 15.6 laptop. I use a 27" 4k external monitor, but the issue occurs with the monitor and the laptop screen. The right-click menu box issue does not happen with any of the other Adobe programs. I have deleted prefs, uninstalled and installed illustrator, zapped the PRAM, and installed an older version of illustrator with no change. I understand Monterey is a beta now but is there a fix or setting to fix this problem? I appreciate your help in…

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  16. Can't save illustration .278

    Cannot save any file, whether it is .ai or any other format. cannot export any format either. Keep getting error that says "Can't save the illustration. .278"

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  17. Blends with 3D objects do not retain rotation values when expanded

    When creating blends with 3D objects, Illustrator does a decent job of calculating the rotation within 3D space. However, when the blend is expanded, rotation values are not retained. Trying to edit the effect resets the values to that of the base objects used to create the blend.

    5 votes

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  18. black screen problem

    When creating a new document or opening an existing document in Illustrator, I get a black screen (see attached). I have to resize the window to be able to work. This is not ok.
    Version 22.1, MacOS 10.13.3, MacBook Pro with external monitor as main screen.

    8 votes

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    Thanks for confirming that it is working fine in 23.0.3
    I am closing the issue now. If you still face the issue please send am email to sharewithai@adobe.com and mention this thread and my name in the mail.

    Thanks
    Anish Kumar
    Illustrator Team

  19. Scale or rotate when using preview does not work

    When scaling any object in Illustrator 2019 when using the preview checkbox the scale percentage is immediately applied to the object. So, for instance, if I enter 110% and decide that is not enough, I enter 115%. The object is actually transformed 100% AND 115%! If I press cancel, the two transformations are applied to the object, and I need to click undo twice to get back to the original.

    This happens for the rotate, reflect, and shear tools too.

    6 votes

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  20. Film and Video presets have an unnecessary Artboard 2

    Every new document created has 2 artboards (At least when creating from the 1920x1080 HD video template) Every time I go to export a jpg or png via save for web, it slows to a crawl because of a huge unnecessary artboard. I only want to export the size artboard I created, the HD size. But I have to wait for it to catch up and then cancel, delete the useless artboard, then go back to exporting. The whole process takes several minutes and is infuriating.

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    This artboard has a purpose.

    As mentioned here in comments and in several discussions (here or here), this artboard is needed when importing the file as a composition into After Effects.

    Quoting Ton Frederiks (thanks):

    With a single artboard, After Effects clips the content outside the artboard even when Retain Layer Sizes is selected.

    With the second large artboard, AE will show the contents of layers when Retain Layer Sizes is selected.

    Another way to solve it is to create a single large artboard that has the size of all the artwork.

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