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February 4, 2020
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Eraser not working

  • February 4, 2020
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I'm new to illustrator and I've been struggling with the eraser tool recently. This is probably simple but the resources online just confuse me. Basically, I'm trying to color and shade a drawing, but when I try to touch up edges the eraser tool either deletes whole strokes(which eliminates whole sections of the drawing rather than cleaning up the edge) or warps the strokes it touches. 

Can the eraser tool only erase entire strokes? How can I fix this? It's practically unusable if I can't do this.

Thanks!

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    rchristAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    February 5, 2020

    Here are a couple of gifs of what I'm referring to. 

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 5, 2020

      Not sure what exactly youare erasing there.

       

      Have you tried making some simple shapes and then erasing them in order to get a feeling of how the eraser works?

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      rchristAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      February 5, 2020

      Here is the same issue with basic shapes and lines(paintbrush tool). It appears to be warping the lines instead of erasing them. It does the same with the box tool and the pen tool. None of the shapes in the gif are filled. Is this normal?

      Ashutosh_Mishra
      Ashutosh_Mishra
      Inspiring
      February 4, 2020

      Hi there,

       

      Thanks for reaching out. I agree with earlier responses about more information. In addition to that, you may find how eraser tool works on help article https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/using/editing-paths.html#erase_artwork
      Hope it helps.

       

      Regards,

      Ashutosh

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      rchristAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      February 5, 2020

      Thanks for the article. Maybe the path eraser is more what I'm looking for? I can't seem to find it. Also, I posted some gifs of the issue, is this normal, or am I screwing something up? Thanks again!

      Kurt Gold
      Community Expert
      Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 4, 2020

      Can you show some screenshots that may explain your issue?

       

      Also, which version of Illustrator are you using?

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      rchristAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      February 5, 2020

      I'm using the latest version, Illustrator 24.0.2.

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      SJRiegel
      Legend
      February 4, 2020

      Can you post screen shots of what you are trying to do - it may be that the eraser tool is not the best suited for your task. (It has a different use and functionality from the eraser in Photoshop.)

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