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July 1, 2014
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How do I turn off scrubby zoom in Illustrator CC2014?

  • July 1, 2014
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It's bloody annoying, and I'd just like the marquee style highlight area to zoom back

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    Correct answer zaTs-A-s

    it is in Preferences -> GPU Performance, you have to uncheck "Enable Animated Zoom"

    25 replies

    design113
    Participant
    June 15, 2016

    bien...

    Participant
    April 20, 2016

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was immediately hit with regret after updating my Illustrator. I cannot stand scrubby zoom. Thanks for the tip!

    Inspiring
    April 25, 2016

    Thanks tons. Now that's a horrible hidden slug.

    jht123
    Participant
    April 8, 2016

    I agree, friggin annoying...

    verbalunderbelly
    Participant
    September 12, 2015

    Thank you so much!!!

    mitchellt47864302
    Participant
    September 7, 2015

    AWESOME!  That was easy.

    Participant
    July 20, 2015

    Turn it off under GPU Settings (the status still shows "unanswered").

    It seems like Adobe would set this up just like the other tools: double-click the zoom tool in the toolbar to access the settings for it. Let us decide if we hate this terrible feature or not.

    Participant
    June 24, 2015

    Thanks for the fix! So aggravating when Adobe turns features on like this, calls them differently than Photoshop and the solution to turn it off is different than Photoshop. SO annoying!

    It's crap like this that makes me not want to update, which is the whole point of having CC. Gah!

    Participating Frequently
    June 24, 2015

    I'm glad it's not just me who found this wholly unnecessary change aggravating.

    And then switching it on by default, burying deactivation under GPU and giving it another name than is commonly used in PS. So logical, so intuitive!  It's as if an update isn't an update without something that pisses people off.

    I hear that CC2016 will change the UI colour to cerise, and group all the tools in on the belt of a gremlin anim that follows the mouse. There will be no Export option option, only 'Cast Spell' and Undo will be voice-activated by bellowing 'BAD ILLUSTRATOR!' into the mic.

    Thanks to everyone for digging out how this can be turned off! You are collectively splendid.

    Known Participant
    June 21, 2015

    dear adobe,

    why would you call it animated zoom when it's called scrubby zoom in photoshop.

    seriously people. do you not have someone there that checks for consistency?

    Participant
    June 22, 2015

    Seriously. Thanks for posting this fix!

    Participant
    June 16, 2015

    Same issue in the new 2015, and its under GPU Performance > Animated Zoom.

    Unchecked that steaming pile as soon as I could find it.

    PrestigeTeam
    Participant
    June 17, 2015

    Thank you! That was driving me crazy.