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  1. アートボード左上の角に丸が表示される / Brush tip shape appears in top-left corner of the artboard

    再現手順
    1. Illustratorを起動して新規ドキュメントを作成する
    2. ブラシパネルでカリグラフィブラシのサムネイルをクリックする
    3. アートボードの左上の角を確認すると、ブラシの先端形状の丸が表示される

    回避策
    - ブラシツールに切り替えてからカリグラフィブラシのサムネイルをクリックすると丸は表示されない
    - 丸が表示された後でも、ブラシツールに切り替えると消える

    一度でもブラシツールに切り替えれば、その後はIllustratorを終了するまで、新たな別のドキュメントを作成してもこの丸は出現しません。

    • MacOS14(Sonoma)+Illustrator2025(29.5)で確認
    • Windowsでも同様の手順で再現するそう
    • これまで再現条件が分からず報告出来なかったが、2022年の時点で既に発生しており、現在まで改善されないままである

    表示が煩わしいのみで特に大きな実害はありませんが、さらに古いバージョンでは発生しなかった不具合です。できるだけ早い解消が望まれます。


    Steps to reproduce:

    1. Create a new document in Illustrator.
    2. In the Brushes panel, click a Calligraphic Brush thumbnail.
    3. A round shape appears in the top-left corner of the artboard.

    Workaround:
    - Switching to the Brush Tool before clicking the brush prevents this.
    - Switching to the Brush Tool after the shape appears will remove it.

    After switching to the Brush Tool once, it won’t appear again during the session.

    Notes:
    - Reproduced on macOS 14 (Sonoma) + Illustrator 2025 (v29.5).
    - Also confirmed…

    14 votes

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  2. Mixed stroke colors become white when changing fills using CMYK spectrum in an RGB document

    There is a way to make objects loose their stroke colors in specific conditions.
    1. Create an RGB document
    2. Create two shapes
    3. Make them have same fill color, but different stroke colors
    4. Select both
    5. In Control panel Shift+click the arrow button next to the fill chip, to call the alternate UI with sliders and spectrum instead of Swatches view
    6. In this dropdown panel’s menu pick CMYK

    Strokes become white.

    This does not happen if the color mode in this panel is left RGB or HSB.
    Also, strokes become white if you pick a color in…

    14 votes

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  3. Reflect and Rotate tools don’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)

    14 votes

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  4. Action using "save as" location not keep settings after restart of Illustrator

    I created action that use the "save as" to defined location, when closing and restarting Illustrator the action doesn't save location of "save as" action.

    Windows 10 pro ver. 1803

    Illustrator ver. 23.0.1

    14 votes

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  5. Illustrator window shrinks, size not big enough, can't open the illustration

    When I try to open a document from my drive, I get a pop-up window that says: Can't open the illustration. There is not enough room for the window; increase document area and try again.

    I've only had this issue since the last update. What can I do to fix this?

    14 votes

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  6. Ultra-slow cycling through font names with arrows and focus in Font Family field

    When I try to cycle through font family list with focus set in Font Family field, it takes about 1-2 second for AI CC2018 to change both name and actual font for selected object (but it does it as ultra-fast when you drop down this field!) AI CC2017 does it a bit faster (0.5-1 second).

    14 votes

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  7. The Search field is missing on the Home Screen in Your Files section

    Having a search bar would save us a lot of time.
    Basically when I want a specific file and I know the name I have to swipe and look thru almost a thousand of my files to find it… if there was a search bar I would be able to type in the project name and access my files in seconds vs 10-15 minutes… I have a lot of projects…

    13 votes

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  8. Clip groups snap to grid by their clipped contents and not the mask

    Snap to Grid option doesn't work properly for Clipping Masks.
    Instead of snapping the boundaries of the Clipping Mask to the grid, Illustrator snaps to the grid the bounding box of the masked object hidden under the mask.

    13 votes

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    2 comments  ·  Snapping  ·  Admin →
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  9. Deselect All command is not active in Artboard mode and the hotkey select all instead

    When you pick the Artboard Tool, you enter a special 'artboard mode', and it modifies the behavior of standard 'object mode' commands.

    For example, pressing Cmd/Ctrl + A (Select All) will select all artboards instead of objects.

    But for some reason pressing Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + A (Deselect All) does not deselect all artboards, but selects them all instead.
    And if I try to call it from the menu, it will deselect objects instead of artboards (if I have any object selected) or just be inactive (if I have no object selected).

    This is hardly consistent and makes deselecting artboards…

    13 votes

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  10. Coordinates label rendering problem in Overprint Preview mode

    1. Open the file and make sure Overprint Preview mode is on (thus GPU is off)
    2. Pick Direct Selection tool, grab the point and move it The gray label with current coordinates get smeared, like the GIF shows.
    13 votes

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  11. Problems with scripts and BridgeTalk using Illustrator 25.3.1 on M1 Mac

    I have a handful of scripts that have stopped working after switching from an Intel Mac mini to an M1 Mac mini. The scripts will run as expected if I use the Intel version of Illustrator on the M1 Mac mini, but they return this error when run using the M1 version of Illustrator on the same machine "TARGET COULD NOT BE LAUNCHED(59)". The current culprit seems to be BridgeTalk. Any help would be appreciated, thx!

    13 votes

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  12. Blending paths with Width profiles works wrong

    Create two lines.
    Apply width profiles to both of them.
    Blend them.
    Ai will generate steps that have uniform profiles instead of intermediate.

    13 votes

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    6 comments  ·  Strokes  ·  Admin →
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    Hi,

    Based on the information provided by Margaret in the last comment, the issue is not specific to Illustrator but related to Astute's Dynamic Sketch tool. Thus closing the issue for now.

    Warm regards,

    Aishwarya G Gadodia

    Illustrator Team

  13. SVG Tiny 1.2 :: x/y attributes in svg element

    It looks like Illustrator believes that x/y are valid attributes for the 'svg' element when exporting as Tiny 1.2. Based on reading the spec, I'm not entirely sure this is true.

    13 votes

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  14. Selection tool not working with Text

    Intermittently, the selection tool isn't working with my text. For area type, the bounding box will disappear (and "show bounding box" is enabled). When it re-appears, often there is a lag between when I move the text and when the bounding box follows it. If there is no lag, it is not uncommon for the bounding box not to move at all.

    OR my selection tool will (on area type) act only like a direct selection tool. And the transformation controls on each side of a rectangle of the type box will disappear. All I can do is use the…

    13 votes

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    Hi All,

    Thanks for reporting this issue.
    We are getting response from users that they are facing this issue no more on Latest Illustrator released version .Hence marking this issue as resolved.

    In case you are still encountering this issue.
    Kindly provide some video and Test file(Via File→Package) with some steps with which you are facing issue and share 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

  15. 12 votes

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    6 comments  ·  Blends  ·  Admin →
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  16. Select and Unlock objects on canvas option breaks Direct Selection

    With 'Select and Unlock objects on canvas' enabled (and at least one object locked) Direct selection no longer can move points (and select them with single clicks).

    12 votes

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  17. Create Gradient and Create Swatch Info don’t get played in actions

    Swatches panel’s flyout menu now has two new commands, Create Gradient and Create Swatch Info.
    When we try to record these into actions, they get added fine — but once played, nothing happens at all: no gradient gets built, no color legend appears on canvas.
    As always, these new additions don’t get integrated into the application enough... Please don’t abandon them!

    12 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Actions  ·  Admin →
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  18. Unable to catch error that occurs when exporting empty artboard to PSD

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    When exporting Illustrator artboards to PSD using ExtendScript's exportFile, if the artboard does not contain valid PageItems, an error occurs and two alerts are displayed.

    ![error1.png](error1.png)
    ![error2.png](error2.png)

    The problem is that this error cannot be caught by a try syntax. It will stop the batch process with alerts.

    Also, if app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS is used to prevent the alert, it is not possible to provide detailed information to the script user as to why the artboard was not exported.

    Ideally, the design should be changed so that the error can be caught, or even an empty artboard can be…

    12 votes

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  19. A size of a selection with a certain object inside is calculated wrong

    Take a look at the GIF attached and the document.
    When the text object is selected, Illustrator fails to calculate the size and coordinates of the selection and uses the previous values.

    1. Open the file and display both Transform and Control panel (I don’t know if Properties panel does the same, because it’s just completely empty for me — another bug)
    2. Select the object with numbers — both panels display all zeroes (but Control has editable fields, while Transform have them disabled)
    3. Select any of two rectangles the document — panels display correct size (150×450 mm) and proper coordinates
    4. Select…
    12 votes

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  20. broken: Save Variable Library

    since Ai 26.3.1

    saving variable library from the variables panels result in this error:
    'The filter cannot complete because of an unknown error.'

    Also a related issue is that scripts using 'exportVariables' function will fail

    12 votes

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