Illustrator starts flashing on and off on screen?

[Fontand]

I have noticed this flashing occurring on the last 2 updates of Illustrator (Currently 25.3), and it usually stops if I quit one of my more memory intensive programs like Photoshop, InDesign or Excel, I have 40 GB of additiopnal ram installed. Are the updated Illustrator much more memory intensive or is this some kind of bug? Please help.

[uesix]

Can you attach a screenshot which popup (panel?) you mean. I don't know wich element in shiwch program you are talking about... All the best, uesix

[IngmarSpit · Accepted solution]

Ive attached a screenshot, but it is in Dutch, sorry. Apparanlty I have to completely reinstall my apps to switch to the english international UI. Bizarre.

[IngmarSpit]

These are the animated popups that cause the flickering on my system: windows 10, illustrator 20.0.3 64 bit

[IngmarSpit]

[uesix]

Oh that'S great! Yes I turned it off and it looks like the issue has gone!... I have to check it out for a while but I think it's really gone! Oh it was so annoying...  expecially while edditing a text e.g.

I know this language bizzare procedure... but it's just one of so much Adobe software wiardness.

the pop ups ar called "Rich-Quickinfos" or "Rich-Tooltips" ... annoying and useless, too...

[OtisBirdy]

This is AMAZING! It works! 
(I'm using a Macbook Pro M2 Max - Ventura 13.2 + extended Samsung screen)

No more flickering!

Thank you so much ❤️

[seanh2134020]

This is NOT a correct answer. I turned off those popups months ago. it may work for a short time but the issue always returns.

[sarab90643066]

I was having this issue with Mac OS Big Sur 11.6.8 and Illustrator 2022 - only on my external Acer XR382CQK monitor. What seemed to work was using View>View using CPU (which made it super laggy), and then switching back to View using GPU. 

[totaison2]

Hi, I have been experiencing the same issue on Illustrator 27.3.1. Macbook Pro 14" M2 Max and Ventura.

But I have tested one important thing.

If I take the entire artwork and copy/paste into a new document and save it, this new document opens fine, no pink blinking. So it seems to be related only with old Illustrator documents when opens in latest illustrator version.

Example: One document created on Illustrator 24, opened in 27.3.1 blinks. If I resave it in 27.3.1 it still blinks. It I copy/paste the entire artwork in a new document and save it, it stop blinking when opened. 

Hope it helps Adobe for isolate and resolve the issue. 

[jeffhalmos]

Same here. Stunning. Ugh.

[OtisBirdy]

Thank you so much for sharing!

Sounds very interesting. I'll try that the next time I have this issue on
my computer.

Cheers!