Illustrator pathfinder trapping effect misbehavior

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March 30, 2023
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I can't use the trapping effect correctly
- the trap is wrong if the path have a stroke (it is created by the fill) see 1
- the trap is wrong if there is more than 1 fill color (it is created by the top fill) see 4
- the trap is wrong if fill is modified in the apparence panel, for example if you lower the opacity only of the fill, the trap remain full. see 4
- the trap doesn't work with images and gradients and despite the order of objects in the group is drawn on top of them (this is the worst thing)

am i doing something wrong?

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Ton Frederiks

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If all else fails, maybe consider reaching out to their support or user forums.

By @App31521563b124

That is some very good advice!

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

You probably expect too much of Pathfinder Trap. It is meant for simple objects, not for images and gradients and strokes have to be outlined before they can be used with the effect.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/trapping.html

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mario16B818836689Author

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Thanks for the reply
But it doesn't say in the documentation that it only works with simple and solid paths, also I understand that it doesn't work with images and gradients, but it could at least take this into account when create the traces and not creating them above