How do I turn off scrubby zoom in Illustrator CC2014?

[FibreFabMarketing3]

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

[rcraighead]

Not sure I understand what the "Scrubby zoom" is. Is that when holding option/alt and scrolling with center mouse wheel?

I just cmd/spacebar drag. Seems to work the same as always for me.

[Kris Hunt]

Are you sure you're not talking about Photoshop? I wasn't aware Illustrator had scrubby zoom.

[Larry G. Schneider]

Seems like it's a new experimental feature in AICC2014. Look in Preferences/Experimental Feature.

[762MM]

KrisHunt‌ Of Course AI CC 2015 has scrubby zoom. Otherwise this thread wouldn't be here. Stop commenting if you don't know what you're talking about. People like you make forums painful.

[Doug A Roberts]

762MM wrote:

KrisHunt Of Course AI CC 2015 has scrubby zoom. Otherwise this thread wouldn't be here. Stop commenting if you don't know what you're talking about. People like you make forums painful.

when Kris posted that, we were talking about CC2014, which had only been out two weeks, and introduced scrubby zoom as an 'experimental' feature, under a different name. it would not be unreasonable under those circumstances to think a user might be talking about PS, since that's what it's actually called there.

[jotasprout]

It's spreading like a cancer.

[caitlanb23916936]

Mine started after I did an update on Illustrator! I hate it!

[dryssss]

For anyone else looking for the solution:

go to >edit > Preferences > Experimental Feature

Uncheck "Enable Animated Zoom" - this is "scrubby zoom" as photoshop users know it.

Uber annoying.

[PRINKT]

What about Mac users, Experimental Feature is not available?

[Assennato]

Best Answer. Works for me.

[rtorbochkin]

I'm on Windows 8 and I don't have Experimental Features under Preferences either! This is driving me nuts!

[zaTs-A-s · Accepted solution]

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

[vLoon]

Yes, that's the answer right here!

[honion]

Thanks, that was making me crazy!

[JoeDu22]

Thank you!!!! I HATE that so many new features are turned on by default. Fricken annoying as hell!!!

[jarrgeerligs]

I notice that my overall workflow is slowed down extremely by all these new features that I need to bypass.

[captaintownsend]

You sir are a god. Thank you very much!

[KBS-Turner]

Thank you! It saved what was left of my sanity

[lisajhoward]

Thanks for posting the solution - silly feature, particularly given that it disabled the window zoom! 

Meanwhile I once asked Adobe why Illustrator and Photoshop didn't have the same shortcuts (leading on from why do they call scrubby zoom 'animated') - the response was that they were two completely different departments within Adobe - I got the feeling they don't talk to each other. At all.

[Patrick_Stadler]

Thank you zaTs-A-s

You Rock!

[juliann25217529]

THANK YOU LORD! Ain't nobody got time for the scrubby zoom!

[jamesbickerton]

zaTs-A-s wrote:

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

Boom. Bravo and thank you!

[Silver Creative Group]

When I turn off this feature I started having issues with the rules / lines and how they are being rendered - then I turned off the "GPU Performance" . . end result is utter crap - all my rules look jagged at any resolution (100%, 200%, etc) . . Adobe is working on the issue - anyone experience the same issue ? . . add to that the fact that when I installed 2015 CC, if removed my 2014 CC so now if I want to work on my file under the previous version I have to find a way to re-install CC2014

[Dynamike]

When I turn off this feature I started having issues with the rules / lines and how they are being rendered - then I turned off the "GPU Performance" . . end result is utter crap - all my rules look jagged at any resolution (100%, 200%, etc) . . Adobe is working on the issue - anyone experience the same issue ? . . add to that the fact that when I installed 2015 CC, if removed my 2014 CC so now if I want to work on my file under the previous version I have to find a way to re-install CC2014

Oh that's weird. I had issues with the GPU settings on the 2014 release, I turned them off to get my lines looking normal again. But it sounds like you're having the opposite result.