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May 3, 2025
Question

Outline tool not working/glitching

  • May 3, 2025
  • 6 replies
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Hi! Whenever I try to outline an object or something it goes outside the lines, the fill tool is completely fine idk how to fix it

6 replies

Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2025

upneet,

 

Based on another (mis)interpretation of what we see, what happens if you Ctrl/Cmd+E (hold Ctrl or Cmd and press E), toggling between GPU and CPU (you can untoggle if the issue remains)?

 

Community Expert
May 4, 2025

Are you completing the path before its outlined? it sound like you are trying to flatten the path. if your working in live paint first you will need to expand the live paint.

 

Illustrator is open almost 24/7 and just about the same for Bridge and Photoshop
Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2025

upneet,

 

And please show the images by using the Insert Photos button (looks like moon over mountains) at the top of the reply box which makes it appear right there in your post together with your text, rather than the more conspicuous Drag&drop attachment which requires helpers to open a new tab and wait for its showing, then go back and forth; and if they just click it and wait for its showing and press the X to get back to the text the image is gone so they have to open it again and wait to see it again.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2025

Please tell us step by step what you are doing.

Please use the precise commands as they are named in the menus.

Please tell us what is wrong with the result and how it is supposed to look like.

 

Please use system tools for taking screenshots and not your phone.

pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2025

Just to be on the safe side:
You know that offset Path creates a new additional path with a (positive or negative) offset/distance to the selected path?

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2025

what app?

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2025

@upneet_6085 

 

Based on your screenshot, I've moved your post from Using the Community to the Adobe Illustrator forum

 

 

Jane