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  1. Bad precision of the mouse/cursor

    I am using Illustrator CC2018 on a MAC OX Sierra.

    There is a huge issue with the precision of the cursor. It is super shaky, keeps on appearing/disappearing. It's worst when you hit Alt, cmd, or space. I can't see the tools I am using, for example, the cursor is always black, even if I am using the white cursor ( "A" tool).
    This is really annoying, even more when I try to work with my Intuos pen and tablet... It is simply impossible.
    Am I the only one experiencing that ?

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  2. Holding Alt while dragging an object to copy / duplicate it doesn’t works

    I am curious if anyone has ran into the same problem or even knows how to fix this problem.
    I am using illustrator 2018 and I can not use the Alt-click-drag method to duplicate.
    I can not find out how to fix this issue.

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  3. 'Can't save some resource data, but artwork was saved successfully. AN I/O error occurred. Id:-36'

    'Can't save some resource data, but artwork was saved successfully. AN I/O error occurred. Id:-36'

    This happens when saving an illustrator doc now.

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    Need More Info  ·  Anish Kumar responded

    Hi,

    Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Is this happening even now with the latest Illustrator version. Please revert back if you are facing this even now.

  4. Smart Guides not working in Illustrator CC 2018 even after I turn on snap to pixel

    Smart Guides had not worked for me in a long time now. I update illustrator regulary and have snap to pixel turned off.

    I have been using illustrator for over 13 years so I know all the tricks and methods and this drives me nuts.

    In Sketchapp for example I select the object, hold the alt key and it will show me all the margins and distances around the selected object. That is a time saver.

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  5. Units won't display properly, shows inches instead of pixels or vice versa

    Even though I change the units under preferences to display pixels, if a document was previously setup to display inches, it will not change to display pixels. It just shows inches.

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  6. Drawing with calligraphic brush adds blobs on sharp turns

    Drawing with touch calligraphic brush, most obvious at 1 pt size, there will be funny filled in blobs along the path. Playing with the points and curves doesn't get rid of it. If the object is resized by 200% or so the "blobs" will go away, but this is not a good fix if the lines need to stay editable.

    Has been reproduced using CC 2017 on an HP Spectre 360 with a stylus, AND a Mac (OS 10.12.6 Sierra & CS5) with a Wacom.

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  7. graphic style library don't load at startup

    Hello,

    Even with the option "persistent" ticked, custom graphic Style libraries don't reopen automatically.

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  8. Charts and Graphs: x-axis number values shift when revising data in a bar graph

    When reconfiguring a bar chart with new data (as opposed to creating a new chart), the values at the bottom x-axis will shift on their y-axis, or in other words, their baseline will shift.

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  9. Properties panel contents scaling and freezing

    The contents of the Properties panel is scaling down to tiny sizes. It doesn't reset until you quit and reopen Illustrator (CC 2018).

    The scaling happens with ⌘+scroll while hovering on the panel. The contents will scale up or down as long as you are holding the ⌘, but if you let it go while the contents are scaled down the panel with freeze at that scale and won't respond to ⌘+scroll anymore. The panel's functions still seem to work fine after this.

    5 votes

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  10. placed images resolution wrong

    When you place a 300ppi .jpeg or .png into illustrator it shows at 72ppi.
    When you place the same image but saved in .psd it shows correctly at 3000ppi

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  11. Polish translation TERRIBLE QUIRKS

    ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
    POLISH TRANSLATION

    1)

    WHERE
    Right click on typographic object

    ENG
    Create Outlines

    PL current
    ZmieĠna krzywe

    PL proper
    Zmień na krzywe

    REASON
    A terrible, ugly typo - present for many editions of Illustrator!!!
    Ġ character does not exist in Polish language
    IT MAKES ME SICK EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT!!!

    2)

    WHERE
    Illustrator CC -> Preferencje -> Jednostki
    Illustrator CC - > Preferences -> Units

    ENG
    Type

    PL current
    Typ

    PL proper
    Tekst

    REASON
    Translator didn’t give a **** about the context

    3)

    WHERE
    Nazwa palety narzędziowej: Odnajdywanie ścieżek
    Tool palette name: Pathfinder
    MENU: Okno -> Odnajdywanie…

    5 votes

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  12. Can't reset the bounding box of a square that's been rotated 45 degrees

    I can't reset the bounding box of a square that's been rotated 45 degrees. I feel like I should be able to.

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  13. Spelling mistake in the touchbar Arrange option

    On the newer MacBook Pros with touchbar, there's a spelling mistake if you go to the arrange option on the touchbar. It says "Bring Froward" instead of the usual: "Bring Forward"

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  14. Illustrator CC (2018) will run out of memory and/or crash

    Will sip every mb of your memory and won't let me zoom in after that, changes to CPU preview and will tell that there's no memory left and crash.
    Happened to me several times in one day alone and with only 2 files open (light vector only). I have a 24Gb RAM workstation and it swallows 20GB in 1/2 hour.

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  15. Opacity bug

    AI CC 2018
    I turned the opacity down on a selection to see below layers. Then I went to work on below layers. Upon returning to original layer and re-selecting the object to return it to 100% opacity it showed I was already at 100%. I could not get it back to 100% until I copied and pasted the object to a new layer.

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    Need More Info  ·  Anish Kumar responded

    Hi,

    It seems like opacity is applied on the Layer and not on the object inside that layer. It is possible that the user is selecting object inside the layer and not the layer itself. Hence the user is able to see the opacity of object which is 100% in this case and not the changed opacity of layer.

  16. AI 2018 slow, unresponsive - unusable - Downgrade to 2017 instructions please

    Jerky, unresponsive, unbearable lag time, clicks buggy. Simply unusable

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  17. Can't Delete Empty Artboards

    I can no longer "delete empty artboards." The feature is there and not grayed out, but when I try to use it, it simply does nothing. My empty artboards remain. This is very inconvenient as I sometimes need to alter documents with several artboards and I have found it to be extremely helpful in the past.

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  18. Export As... in Actions Panel doesn't show dialog even if " show dialog" toggle is selected.

    OS X version 10.12.6; Illustrator version 22.0.0
    Previous versions of Illustrator worked correctly.

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    We have the fix available in the latest release. Please update Illustrator using Adobe Creative Cloud application to the latest build for version Illustrator CC 23.0.
    Please refer to our knowledge base FAQhttps://illustrator.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/1844590 if you face difficulty in update.
    Or get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html

    Warm Regards,
    Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
    Adobe. Make It an Experience.

  19. Graphics glitch

    I am not super advanced when dealing with the inner details of rendering, though I've never had an issue until I upgraded to 2018. attached is screenshot of what I'm seeing and the exported graphics

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  20. Scrubby Zoom - GPU View greyed out

    I'm unable to toggle GPU Preview.

    This is a new concern since I was able to toggle it on/off a few weeks ago.

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