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Gareth_Williams
Gareth_Williams
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March 19, 2025
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Multiple Layers of the Same Shape?

  • March 19, 2025
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Hi everybody, I have a logo which was text but I turned the text into shapes. I am trying to modify the points on the shapes but I have found that the anchor points are in fact not just one shape! It’s hard to explain but when you move or delete an actor point you have to move three layers of it. The shape is repeated underneath twice. You can change the colour of one of them so I have turned it red in this example. The grey bits appear to be two shapes stuck together. Can anyone explain what is happening and how to make it just one shape? Thanks.

Correct answer Mike_Gondek10189183

With direct select tool Option click to select one group. Cut that , select all, delete then paste.

Add your colored strokes and fills in appearance, then you can move just one point.

 

May Odin be with you.

 

 

 

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Mike_Gondek10189183
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Mike_Gondek10189183Community ExpertCorrect answer
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March 26, 2025

With direct select tool Option click to select one group. Cut that , select all, delete then paste.

Add your colored strokes and fills in appearance, then you can move just one point.

 

May Odin be with you.

 

 

 

    Gareth_Williams
    Gareth_WilliamsAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 26, 2025

    Thanks guys. I don’t think it had any effects when I converted the text to a shape, and there is no stroke on it. It is just a fill but many shapes over the top of each other.

    Anyway, using the direct selection tool and option clicking I have managed to copy and paste four different shapes. The white square in the middle is a separate shape rather than a hole in the main shape! That came out red when I pasted it! So basically it’s made of these four shapes all combined together.

    I will experiment with the direct selection tool and option clicking. I should be able to sort it out so it’s just one shape. I’ll update the thread later! Thanks again.

    Rene Andritsch
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    Rene AndritschCommunity Expert
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    March 25, 2025

    Did you have effects applied to that text before converting? Have you tried to use the Direct selection Tool and marquee select over an anchor point? That should select all anchor points underneath it.

    The shape should just be grey with a red outline, correct?

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