Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
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1348 results found
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Menus aren't opening, or opening and closing fast. Isn't possible click and anything.
On opening screen, it's not open Preferences menu or choose any options at document presets. The tab open and closes very fast.
It's not access swatches, write the name of the file, access export menus, nothing.This problem started at version 22. Seem corrected, but the issue back after some minutes or hours of use. It's totally random.
See videos below. Since september 2021.
The issue is happening with other people at Adobe Community forum.
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Buggy blue screen redraw
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017). 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5. 40 GB 2400 MHz DDR4. Radeon Pro 580 8 GB. (Adobe Ai - 24.0.1) Note: App Was working perfectly prior to this latest update this evening 11.12.2019)
- Holding down space bar (Hand tool) to move canvas around.
- Clean refresh/redraw of page.
- Buggy blue screen redraw
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Black png
my png transparent images are showing up as total black images after export . They show fine for a few seconds and in the viewer window but the png it self is totally black. Works sometimes and others not I would say 2 out of 25 show up black.
1 voteThe case was solved by reinstalling the app.
If the same thing happens to you — please share details below in comments.
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Recent file history missing on app launch
Since updating to the latest version, on starting Illustrator I just get the "start a new file fast" section but no recent file history icons.
Once I've opened and then closed a file the app returns to the home screen and then my recent history is showing but the Start A New File Fast bit has gone.
Once I close illustrator down and re-open it the history disappears again :(
Using Illustrator v24 via a Creative Cloud Suite account on Windows 10. I've tried uninstalling, rebooting and re-installing. No change.
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Colour Hex Cut / Copy Error
I'm switching between AE and Illustrator. Copying Hex codes from Illustrator and pasting them into AE.
If I accidentally press Ctrl+X it starts misbehaving.
It stops copying any codes and the clipboard has some SVG export code. I can't copy anything else unless I close and reopen Illustrator.
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Edit Toolbar menu gets hidden when a toolbar is too close to the bottom edge of the screen
If you have a custom toolbar and it’s positioned too close to the bottom of your screen, and you press the Edit Toolbar button — the portion of the 'drawer' with all the tool icons is positioned from the top of the toolbar, and it’s bottom half is missing... you can’t move it, scroll it, reach to the icons hidden — you have to close it, move the toolbar, and start editing it again.
Please position this 'dropdown menu' in a way it’s seen in full, or resized to fit into the screen, no matter where the toolbar is on…
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When I open Illustrator files the screen is filled with black and grey lines.
I have been working on a project on illustrator and after a few days of working on it I open the file to see this screen filled with gray and black lines. None of the options on the top are visible and all the tools and properties windows are missing.
Windows 10 Pro - Illustrator 24.1.2
I tried opening the file from the illustrator menu, from file explorer and tried creating a new .ai file as well.
I expected to resume working on my project.
The screen was filled with black grey and white lines and I couldn't find any…
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Giant splash screen ads in paid for, professional subscription is a BUG
I am sick to death of the huge, intrusive, non-cancelable, and occasionally completely incapacitating ads popping up in a very expensive, professional, enterprise-level paid-for subscription. This is so unbelievably unprofessional and unconscionable in a paid subscription.
I have been working for 10+ hours today in Illustrator and Photoshop, and have had several pop ups. But this one was the last straw. It nearly covered the whole screen. I can't close it and tell it never ask me this again, oh no, I can only request that it defer the annoying shill until the middle of another, future, equally tense deadline…
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Scaling segment scales another segment handle
I want to scale a segment of a path, so it's handles would have more length. I select this segment with Direct Selection, then pick Scale tool, hit Enter and set uniform scale. Strangely, this scale not only handles of my segment, but one handle of the segment NEXT TO ADJACENT, one segment away. I don't need it.
Attached screen recording shows this unselected handle anchor in pink circle. After I scale my segment, position of the handle changes, although my actions should not have affect it.
8 votesSadly, the issue must have been a very specific one and can’t be reproduced anymore by the description only, and the recording seems to be lost. So it’s either fixed or extremely rare. If you can replicate it, please share the case again.
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AI 24 freezes on startup (Mac OS Catalina)
Illustrator 24 (2020) will not launch on my MacBook Pro Retina.
- I'm running Catalina 10.15.1 and Illustrator 2020.
- The applications is installed and launched
- I expect the app to open
- It freezes upon startup
I had the same issue with InDesign 2020 freezing up (causing me to have to Force Quit the stalled app), but Photoshop 2020 did not have any issues.
I was able to get InDesign 2020 to launch by restarting in Safe Mode, then disabling the "Show Home screen when no documents are open" Preference, then restarting normally.
The bug seem related to not being able to…
7 votesPlease 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.
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Objects vanish when a PDF is exported
The PDF document is not being saved correctly. I have tried saving it in different ways, changing the elements and it still isn't working. I believe it is a problem in Acrobat itself perhaps?
3 votesMateus, please File > Package the document, save the PDF preset used into a file, and send these over to the team for investigation, to sharewithai@adobe.com
Put the link to this report in the body of the email as well: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49687994
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Aligning doesn’t work for groups with strange empty unselectable objects inside, imported from SVGs (originally made with Illustrator)
Several objects were made in Illustrator and exported to SVGs.
Later they were imported back into Illustrator.
Please take a look at both the GIF and the file atached.When one tries to select all the top-level groups and align them to left — it doesn’t work.
Aligning to center and to right works, but once these get aligned to right — aligning to center stops working too.When exploring layers, it’s clear that these groups have something else inside besides rectangles — but only in Layers, not on canvas. These can’t be selected or changed, only rearranged, renamed,…
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Version 23.0.3 Adobe PDF Preset / Transparency Flattener Preset "Convert All Text to Outlines" Not Working
In all previous versions of Illustrator and InDesign, when saving a PDF, I have been able to set my PDF settings to convert all text to outlines by checking "Convert All Text To Outlines" in my Adobe PDF preset. Since my recent update to 23.0.3, this feature is no longer working properly. The setting is still an option, however, upon save/export of the PDF, text is not converted to outlines as it previously was.
I have reached out to customer support for this issue and have been informed that this issue is "expected behavior of the software".
How is…
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3D RGB vector object pasted via clipboard in Photoshop becomes CMYK when editing its content
Hello! I encountered this error: a vector RGB object with 3D effect, pasted as a smart object from Illustrator to Photoshop via clipboard, opens as CMYK when its contents are edited. Screen recording attached.
Windows 11 23H2
Illustrator 28.5
Photoshop 25.77 votesThe team is going to address the issue.
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AI 2019 No Text on Home Screen
Please help, text in home screen and UI in general is not showing up (photos attached)
Adobe illustrator 2019 (23.1)
HP ProBook 440 G6
Windows 10 Home
i7-8G-2562 votes -
Tabs captions are missing, Home screen is visible through the hole
Above the top ruler I should be able to see a tab, or multiple tabs when several files are open. However all that is shown is a cropped "Ai" ident. This means the only way I can flick between files is by through "Window" in the top panel.
4 votesPlease 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.
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Receive PDF-X4 compatible PDFs when exporting X4 compatible
Files exported with X4 PDF standard do not get the X4 approval by the Acrobat preflight. It always mocks transparency color settings. Is there a setting that I'm missing or is it a built-in bug?
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Bleed settings are not saving with document
Since I updated Illustrator, all of my print documents are not saving the bleed settings. Here is how to replicate the problem:
1) I open an existing print document (.ai format) in Illustrator
2) Go to File --> Document Setup. I have always had the bleed set to 0.125" (or 3.175 mm) for all borders (top, bottom, left, right), but now they all show zero (0).
3) I change the bleed to 0.125" on all edges again, then click OK.
4) I save the document, close the document, then re-open the document
5) I go to File --> Document Setup,…3 votes -
GPU preview = poor quality in 22.1
Image quality is poor with GPU performance activated in 22.1: lines appear too thick, anchor points are left on screen when they should have cleared, random artifacts appear on screen for no apparent reason. Solution is either deactivated GPU performance (not acceptable) or toggling to CPU preview on every document every single time the document is opened (also not acceptable). Please work on a fix for this before releasing 22.1 to the public.
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Exported TIFF files not showing layers
When exporting TIFF files as different art boards only one layer displays.
I found the cause was that one of the layers was selected. This is the only item that was showing in the exported files.
By simply deselecting the layer the whole file exports properly as expected.
The two exported files are from the same document…
The one with just the blue background is the one with the background selected making it the only thing showing.
The other file was from the same document with nothing selected displaying both flags and background.
1 vote
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