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November 12, 2023
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AI to PDF convertion

  • November 12, 2023
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I have a problem, I'm creating a logo with Illustrator and I have paths with colored filling with the paint bucket and live paint that are one above the other, however when I change to PDF or SVG the parts of the path underneath are visible as a trace on the objects superior.

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Monika Gause
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Community Expert
November 12, 2023

Live paint is a live object, which is expanded automatically in a PDF or an SVG. So there are shapes, Live paint does not automatically unite them. In the PDF this is most likely just an antialiasing issue. In the SVG the reduced precision can lead to paths actually shifting. What you might want to do:

- copy the AI drawing

- Expand the live trace

- Unite the same colored neighboring  shapes

- export.

Participant
November 12, 2023

Hi i am new to illustrator i try but i think i dont understant properly

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 12, 2023

This is what happens when you live paint and then expand and then use the Pathfinder panel on it. https://youtu.be/81Z-yaC33Pg