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  1. Views not updating, tabs not updating.

    Views will simply stop updating in Illustrator. Outline view shows geometry that does not display in GPU preview mode.

    Similarly, when changing from document tab to tab, the window will "freeze" on one document and refuse to show the newly-selected document.

    None of this is remotely acceptable. I pay for and use the Adobe Suite as a professional tool, and I can't have daily failures. Trust in your products is swiftly eroding.

    Please advise a quick and permanent fix for these issues.

    System:

    Illustrator 24.2.1

    MacBook Pro
    2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
    32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
    AMD Radeon…

    3 votes

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  2. "show images in outline mode" doesn't work (Document Setup)

    Image doesn't show when option is on. It used to a while ago...

    3 votes

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    This option only works when you are viewing your documents as outline using CPU mode only, not GPU. While this is a known problem, voting for this issue is important for the team to estimate the importance of this limitation.

  3. Artwork disappearing / Framework in Outline Mode Glitching

    Illustrator artboard disappearing and turning to outline mode if I zoom in/out OR try and move an object. Everything seems to be repeating itself in these weird wire frames. I have to save, exit out, then reenter that file. This is happening often and multiple times a day.
    I'm working on a PC, Windows 10 Pro, Intel Core i9-9900 CPU

    3 votes

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  4. NOT RESPONDING

    The program works fine whenever im doing line work for my portraits but as soon as I highlight it and merge it together the program starts acting really slow and not responding which makes it impossible to work

    3 votes

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  5. Display not being refreshed, scrolling through Artwork while zoomed in and dragging an object

    When I have zoomed into my artwork and drag an object - for example draw a rectangle or line that reaches the end of the window while dragging, the artboard scrolls, but the image is not refreshed. Only the ruler shows me, that I am scrolling... Even when I stop dragging and release the mousebutton, the image is not fully refreshed. Otherwise: when I drag the Marquee-Tool to the end of the window, scrolling starts and the image gets constantly refreshed while dragging. This is the way I would normally expect it to be, regardless of the the Tool I…

    3 votes

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  6. Illustrator laggy and slow on when using CPU. Colours not accurate on GPU

    Hello, I'm using a MacOs 10.14.6 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 and I have Illustrator 23.1.1.
    I've been having the following issue (even before updating to this version).
    Every time I use the CPU view Illustrator becomes really slow and laggy.
    I mostly use GPU mode for this reason but the colours are not accurate in this view. Colours look more opaque.
    I tried resetting my preferences, disabling GPU performance, disabling dictation on my mac, change my document raster effects settings to screen (which made a little bit better), but nothing quite work.

    I can't continue with the workaround of…

    3 votes

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  7. GPU Issue in Touch Mode on Surface Pro (2017)

    Hello,
    I have been having a repeated issue with Illustrator leaving checkerboard artifacts onscreen when drawing in Touch Mode on my Surface Pro. After drawing for a while, Illustrator will crash. I've included a clip displaying the artifacts I'm talking about.

    A related issue happens at random when drawing, where the outline will display in red while I'm drawing it, then the line won't actually get drawn. Sometimes when selecting or scaling objects they will similarly display the scale happening, but then nothing actually happens. Usually Illustrator crashes after that.

    3 votes

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  8. Transparency on PNG not supported when imported or replaced

    Transparency mask on the png file shows as white when imported or replaced into illustrator data created last week.

    Transparency on the original png file on the illustrator is intact. The problem is seen only when the new png file is uploaded.

    I thought it may be the png file, but the problem occurs only on the illustrator.

    The problem started after updating both Photoshop 2019 and Illustrator 2019.

    3 votes

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  9. GPU continues to randomly turn only white to black (not inverting!)

    an ongoing issue with CC is the random and unprovoked flipping of Black to white on screen. Only the color white does this. This is not a case of color being inverted. It is only white in a file that suddenly turns black and then needs to be closed and reopened to fix.

    3 votes

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  10. GPU preview glitch

    I encounter this glitch since introduction of GPU preview.
    Only now I managed to narrow down the conditions to replicate it.

    When the Control pane is switched off (Window > Control), and Screen Mode is in Fullscreen Mode with Menu Bar, then when the working area is scrolled down, black horisontal lines appear. As if they are somehow traced by the top edge of the working area. Once I zoom out/in, they disappear. Also switching to CPU preview removes the glitch all together. This appears on both retina and non-retina displays.

    This does not happen when the Control pane is…

    3 votes

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  11. Uneven stroke

    Newest version of Illustrator has now changed my .001 cut size of a stroke in some places from a clean thin line to a jagged mess. Some of the former .001 lines are still unchanged? These are shared with clients and look horrible!
    Running on Windows 10.

    3 votes

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  12. New preview mode

    BUG in the new CC 2019 Version. Preview mode forces it's way for some reason during use. Screen becomes blank- only a restart brings back document.

    3 votes

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  13. GPU Preview displaying hidden shapes

    In GPU Preview, turning off the visibility of a shape in the layers panel doesn't always hide the shape - it still remains on screen.
    If I switch to Outline view the shape is hidden correctly.
    If I switch back to GPU Preview the shape is still being displayed.
    I have to reboot Illustrator to get GPU Preview to work correctly again.
    And then it goes wrong again very soon afterwards.

    This has now happened several times.
    I've also had shape fills showing as incorrect colors in GPU Preview, eg. a square with a white fill, suddenly started displaying as…

    3 votes

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  14. Phantom lines at 315° are drawn in Outline mode at large zoom levels

    Illustrator CC 22.0.1 This has happened occasionally in the past few versions.
    I'll create an object with the pen tool, and close the object. When I zoom to make modifications on the path I sometimes see a path shoot off to the right at ~315° from one of the anchor points and it looks like the path connecting two anchor points isn't there. As I move it around or zoom out it'll disappear, but if I move back it comes back. Editing the object isn't affected, but it is highly visually distracting. Attached video file illustrates.

    3 votes

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  15. Visual Bug

    Updated to latest release of Illustrator, opened a PDF to encounter the bug shown in attached screenshot.

    Windows 10
    NVidia 980

    Hasn't appeared in any other file.

    Bug is related to text that appears missing at bottom of PDF (three lines worth is blank), and disappears when I zoom into 300%.

    3 votes

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  16. Opacity and Mask Define Knockout Shape - not working with GPU Preview

    Opacity and Mask Define Knockout Shape - This option does not work if GPU Preview is enabled.

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  17. Zoom to Selection Doesn't Work within Text

    When I zoom in on Illustrator CC (21.1.0) it works great, zooming in on the object I have selected. The problem occurs when I have a bit of text within a larger textbox selected. When I zoom in, instead of centering around the object, it zooms in on the center of my screen, often putting the selected type out of sight.

    (If I have the textbox itself selected, it's fine. It's just if I'm using the type tool to select and edit type.)

    3 votes

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  18. Zoom artefact

    Illustrator 21.1.0

    When I use a very high zoom (25 500 %), paths appear distorded or even disappear.

    It happens when GPU rendering is off as well as when it's on.

    3 votes

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  19. Fliped lettter raster

    When text is flipped (horizontally or vertically) it appears pixelated / rasterized / aliased.

    2 votes

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  20. 填充转描边问题

    同一个图形在大画布中填充转描边出现异常;在常规画布中正常。
    如视频及文件。
    这里无法上传AI文件,文件在下面评论区。

    2 votes

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