Cut continuous shape/compound path into smaller objects

Question

I have this shape (a line, really) that is one compound path.

I'd like to be able to cut it at specific places so that I can make each individual circle it's own color and control it independently.

Can someone suggest the best approach? Thanks!

Ton Frederiks · Accepted Answer

Great tips. I was working with someone else on this and sure enough there were fractional pixels. Also, all shapes got slighly pushed around and I was individually selecting and trying to reallign to the frame of the artboard. Snapping to the artboard frame was a big of a challenge but eventually I got there- thanks for the help!

Good to hear you've got it solved.

Doug A Roberts · Answer

You'd need to draw in no stroke boundary lines where you want the shapes to end, then use live paint or shape builder to isolate and/or fill the areas.

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