AI 29.8 Real-Time Drawing and Editing - Preference Setting and Related Bugs

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September 3, 2025
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With the Real-Time Drawing and Editing preference checked my grouped objects do not drag correctly. Masked images remain static until the drag is finished then they return to their correct spot within the mask at the new location. This happens when one of the grouped elements in the object is on top of the masked image and set to multiply.

This preference setting also creates issues when dragging a grouped asset to the Asset Export panel. It fails to add the asset to the panel and leaves some stray anchor points after dropping the object in a new location on the artboard. Sometimes it also rearranges the individual objects within the group as it fails to add it.

Unchecking the Real-Time Drawing and Editing preference setting resolves these issues.

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c.v38232357

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I have the same problem with asset export panel and group of shapes, image with mask. A mess !
If I disable GPU performance the problem is solved. Why buy an expensive graphic card if Adobe product force you not to use the performance boost it gives you 😞

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @c.v38232357,

I'm sorry to hear you're having similar trouble with Illustrator. Would you mind confirming the exact version of the OS/Illustrator installed, and share a small screen recording of the problem, so we can better assist you?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

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c.v38232357

Participating Frequently

I reversed to version 29.71, so it's going to be difficult to make a screen recording...
I'm on an Asus Proart laptop 15", OS: Windows 11 v.24H2. GPU: Nvidia geforce RTX 4070

On v29.8.1, hen I dragged (ALT+drag) complex objects (pictures with clipping mask as background, other layers with clipping masks, text,...) on the Asset panel window, the ensemble were not added to the panel, instead it stay stuck on the working area.

I had a lot of problems with the asset export panel in v. 29.8.1. (png option item and others disappeared in the settings). I try to delete the preferences, it didn't worked, then I uninstalled and reinstalled Illustrator without keeping the preferences, to have a clean install, and it seemed to solve the png settings problem, but once I customized the interface (and changed the preferences), the problem reappeared.
I uninstalled the 29.8.1 and reinstall the 29.71 version of illustrator and it solved these problems, but the but I described with the drag and drop stuck on the working area appeared. I had uncheck the GPU performance and zoom animation options in performance tab in the preferences to solve the Asset export panel "drag" issue.
A real mess 😞

Regards.

creative explorer

Community Expert

@5ko2za You could even take it one step further and turning off GPU Performance and Animated Zoom might definitely help. These settings are often the source of performance issues, especially when working with complex files that include effects, clipping masks, and grouped objects.

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