Deleting a layer

[ravinder5E93]

I imported a puppet from Graphic Mama and was wondering if I could edit it. I wanted to remove the glasses and change some colos.

[Doug A Roberts]

What file type do you have? Can you show us a screenshot of the layers panel if you open it?

[ravinder5E93]

Yes, here it is.

[Doug A Roberts]

Have you tried selecting different parts and editing or deleting them?

[ravinder5E93]

I selected the glasses and deleted them using the trash bin but it didn't work.I'm just beginning so I'm not sure I'm doing it right. The glasses should be removed as soon as I delete them, right? Or is there another step after?

[Mohammad.Harb]

Select the "Direct selection Tool " , then click on the object , Press delete button, Or change the color by selecting one from the swatches 

[ravinder5E93]

Thanks, I'll try that.

[ravinder5E93]

Yes, so I tried the direct selection tool, but the trash bin option isn't given to me when I selected the glasses. Is there another way to delete?

[ravinder5E93]

Yes, so I tried the direct selection tool, but the trash bin option wasn't available to me when I selected the glasses. The bin wasn't highlighted anymore. Is there another way to delete?

[tromboniator]

I'm assuming that your reference to the "trash bin option" is here in the Layers panel. It is not available when the object is normally selected, nor, obviously, when the Layers panel is closed. As Mohammad suggested, press the Delete (backspace?) key.

Otherwise, the trash can (bin) is only available in the Layers panel when an object is highlighted (not selected) in the panel. the object can then be deleted by clicking on the trash icon or by dragging the item onto it.

Peter

[ravinder5E93]

Yes, thank you. That worked. I have a couple of other issues. When I use him in Character Animator and turn his head, the glasses re-appear and same for the hair color that I changed. I think I have to edit those seperately but I am unsure how. I also want to add a business suit jacket and change his eyebrows and mouth.

[michelew83603738]

I think you have to dig down further into the layers. I think there are the turnarounds for the character within the file (different head poses) and you need to make what ever changes to all of the versions - so delete the glasses for the right and left side views, change the hair color for all head views, etc.

[ravinder5E93]

That's the issue I am having. I don't know how to select the layer. It is there and I clicked on it but nothing happens and I don't know how to go further.

[Doug A Roberts]

In your first screenshot, the different poses are hidden layers (click on the eye icon next to a layer name to hide and show it). If they are still hidden, you need to make them visible to edit them.

I think you should read at least some of the manual; you will find most of your questions answered:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/user-guide.html/illustrator/using/selecting-objects.ug.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/user-guide.html/illustrator/using/layers.ug.html

[ravinder5E93]

Dragging it doesn't work either.