Dropshadows appear lighter after updating to 28.1

[Hannah24105]

I just updated to 28.1. I re-opened the file I was working in right before, and now all the dropshadows I had in the file are lighter (some almost invisible). Did the settings change or something? The dropshadow values are all the same as they were. This is happening in all files.

[Ton Frederiks]

How is your color management setup?

[Hannah24105]

I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question correctly. Could you clarify?

EDIT: I understand now, this is referring to "Color Settings".

[Hannah24105]

I rolled back a version, and it is displaying correctly, so I think it does have something to do with 28.1.

[Monika Gause]

As Ton already guessed: your color management might be set up differently which could explain this.

[Hannah24105]

I'm not sure how it would be different in 28.1 if it's working fine in every other version though. My settings have not changed.

[Doug A Roberts]

Have you compared your colour management settings between versions?

Edit > Colour Settings

[Hannah24105]

The settings are identical between versions.

[Ton Frederiks]

You can have multiple versions installed. Do they still look different if you open them in both the old and the new version and compare them side by side?

[Hannah24105]

I did not install them at the same time, but I checked the color settings in both versions separately and verified that they are the same. I have also compared screenshots from both versions and I know the dropshadows are very different. In the newest version I can barely see them.

[Ton Frederiks]

You can try with two versions and compare to find what settings make the difference.

[Hannah24105]

At this point, I believe I have checked every setting that I can think of and they are identical. I will stay on the older version for now.

[Ton Frederiks]

That's ok. If you want at some point in the future update Illustrator, you can choose to leave this version instaled for comparison.

[Doug A Roberts]

I've been testing this today and found a definite difference. This is side-by-side on the same monitor:

Colour settings/profiles identical (as it's the same file):

I've asked the question in prerelease, will see if they respond.

[Doug A Roberts]

There was an existing uservoice report from a Japanese user. I have added an English version:

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/47566373-drop-s...

[brendanc54961228]

I'm also gettingthis issue. If I make a PDF from illustrator the PDF will display dropshadows (and objects with opacity adjustments) as far darker in Acrobat than in illustrator.