17 Replies Latest reply: Jun 26, 2008 7:34 PM by (Marla) RSS

    AI CS3 Bug List

    Skullmaker Community Member
      All the problems with Adobe Illustrator CS3 are constantly frustrating me and make my job a lot more difficult. Why is CS2 is a lot better than CS3?
      Maybe some one can help me to fix all these bugs that I have encountered:
      1) Preview does not work.
      I cannot understand why AI CS2 can display Preview before you open a document, but is impossible to do it using CS3. I think is a waste of time using a second program just to view a document file. Using Bridge is just a waste of time because display lot of information that you do not need and the view options are so limited.
      2) Strokes display incorrectly.
      Any stroke under .12 pt is display uneven which makes working with the pen tool frustrating.
      3) Pantone Pallette Window.
      This window still represents a problem even when you select Persistent option, due to the fact that when you select a PMS color, the selection jumps to the bottom of the list. So you have scroll back up to select the next PMS color.
      4) Mesh Tool
      The mesh tool works Ok as long as you do not re-size the artwork. If you re-size the artwork everything is distorted. In other words, your work is useless and you just wasted time. I have to use CS2 to solve the problem. That is right, you have to use the OLD version that works better than the new version.
      5) Outline Stroke.
      If you convert a path into outline, you end up with excessive extra anchor points. Yes, you can reduce the amount of the anchor points by using the Add to Shape Area option on Pathfinder feature. But still is not as good as CS2, and can cost delays on your work.
      6) Tiff files
      CS3 crashes every time you open or place a tiff file. CS2 did not have this problem.
      7) Text Editing
      Every time you have a text with indicator ending on the next line without text, it displays the indicator on the second to the last line. This can cost costly mistakes when you are editing text, spacing, etc.
      8) Selecting text
      If you editing different text sentences, you have to be careful that the programs actually takes the text that you are selecting with the text tool. Some times it takes double click for the program to understand that you are not working with the previous sentence. And sometimes you have to select the Black arrow to click on the text you want to edit and then select the text tool to make the editing. This problem is very annoying.

      The main complaint is that I use these tools every day and with almost every project. So I am constantly reminded that CS2 is way better than the NEW version CS3 and there is not a word from Adobe if they are working on a patch or revised version to fix these very annoying bugs (that I have to deal with them every day). So if someone have a good solution for these bugs please let me know. Feel free to add bugs you have encountered with CS3. May be Adobe can have one good list of everything that is wrong with this very disappointed version. Thank you!
        • 1. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
          Community Member
          After I use Export (TIFF, PSD, JPEG, etc.) from Illustrator CS3 on my G4 PowerBook 17" (1.67GHz) running Tiger (10.4.11), only Illustrator's menus work, the drawing and palette UI is dead until I hide and show a palette, i.e., click Window>Appearance (assuming Appearance is currently visible). It's as if a modal dialog is open off screen somewhere, so when I try to click in the artwork or on a palette, I just get a beep. Focus is on the main app window and floating palettes is lost until l hide/show the palettes. This is very annoying. Maybe it works better in Leopard? Note that I don't have my palettes docked to the side of the display as I find that new feature in CS3 annoying.

          I also noticed that the Hue option in Transparency blending modes often causes color corruption in the selected artwork such as banding and moiré problems. Adobe should rehire the local AIQA team! (With bonuses and stock options...!)
          • 2. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
            typegirly Community Member
            The hand tool appearing and then not being able to change the tool!
            • 3. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
              KC29 Community Member
              6) Tiff files
              CS3 crashes every time you open or place a tiff file. CS2 did not have this problem.

              I don't have that problem and never have had it
              • 4. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                Skullmaker Community Member
                I forgot to mention the Navigator Window does not display anything that is not inside the page.
                • 5. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                  Kurt Gold Community Member
                  Hans,

                  no doubt, there are a lot of serious bugs in Illustrator CS 3, but I'd be a bit more careful and first check if a preference turned on or off may explain some unwanted behaviours.

                  For example, in the Navigator Palette menu there is an option called View Artboard Only. I bet you've turned that option on.
                  • 6. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                    Skullmaker Community Member
                    Hi Kurt,

                    Yes, you are right!. I am looking for answers to the problems, and you solved one of them. Thank you! Thank you very much!
                    Do you have any good solution for the rest of the bugs?

                    The one that really makes me mad is the lack of preview. I have over 9,000 illustrator files plus some 50 files that are called shapes: "Splashed Liquids" shapes,"Dry Brushes" shapes, Splashed Paint" shapes, "Snow Flakes" shapes, etc. And is a pain to guess which one is the one I want to use. Please let me know.

                    Once again, Thank you for your help! You made a difference!
                    • 7. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                      9. We have a fun one, we you select a load of things and Copy and Paste, the images change. Very handy.

                      10. DCS with Tiff previews don't work. so printing that old job is a no-no.

                      11. Triple click on type "sometimes" works
                      • 8. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                        I hate it when things come out NEW and you feel like your actually going backwards. People at our company are having problems selecting text in Illustrator CS3. You can select it with the Black Arrow (V) but when you try to highlight any part of it you can't. Not one letter, or word or whatever. Does anyone know a way around this because it's happening on at least 2 machines. I'm not sure if it could be a setting issue, but we've never had issues like this with CS2.
                        • 9. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                          I want to make a Print Landscape Mode,Is it in the Bug List ?
                          If it have some solution please let me know abt the same.
                          • 10. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                            Can anybody help me??? In Transparance Panel The Overlay Mode don't work for me why?? When I Choose The Overlay Mode it don't change the apparance, it stay like normal mode. Why is it so??
                            • 11. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                              Is anybody experiencing unexpected quits when copying an object using shift+opt+click/drag?
                              • 12. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                                Community Member
                                All-in-all, I think this edition is pretty bug free. Yes, I see the export Tiff one with regularity. Though in my case, it crashes the program half of the time.

                                You can fix the preview , but it'll coast a few bucks.

                                Sneak Peak pro will make Leopard's quickview work well with Illustrator pdf-based files.
                                • 13. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                                  KC29 Community Member
                                  "Is anybody experiencing unexpected quits when copying an object using shift+opt+click/drag?"

                                  I'm definitely not experiencing this. It may be because the shortcut for copying is actually opt+click. If you are putting a 'shift' in there, you could be getting all kinds of strange behaviour
                                  • 14. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                                    Community Member
                                    Kev. Actually the addition of shift in that key combo is what constrains the movement of the duplicated object. So, for example, when I perform the operation I may wish to drag the dupe to the right of the original. The shift keeps it at the exact same "latitude". It is a combo I have used for as long as I have been using AI.

                                    Aside from that I am happy to report that upon quitting all apps and rebooting, the problem disappeared. This embarrasses me somewhat as what I did is a fairly basic thing to try when troubleshooting. It must have been something in the system or memory which was out of whack and righted itself upon startup. Sorry to have wasted space in this forum.

                                    On the other hand, it was a glitch which somewhere, somehow manifested. If it happens to somebody else maybe they'll read this and it will halt the panic.

                                    I am glad I found this little site so I can keep myself better informed as to other possible issues.
                                    • 15. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                                      Copying and pasting a symbol instance creates a duplicate of that symbol in the symbols palette. Looks like it doesn't happen to everyone but the behavior is consistent for me.
                                      • 16. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                                        Community Member
                                        Symbol duplication bug confirmed.

                                        "...a reproducible bug in conjunction with raster elements and/or raster effects inside symbol definitions..."-Kurt Gold
                                        • 17. Re: AI CS3 Bug List
                                          Is anyone else getting unexpected quits since the latest adobe update? I can't even open a new illustrator file without a quit following the document set-up dialogue box. Sometimes I get as far as trying to save and it quits.