Duplicate object (stroke) when saving to PDF

[Francesco Stefanini]

Hello guys,

I have a new strange situation in Illustrator when I'm saving file into PDF. 

I recorded a video https://capture.dropbox.com/dVf8f2p7buyxJiGF  as you can see the stroke that I selected are coloured by spot colour (CutContour), but after saving it into PDF format the same object it duplicate itself into another object with CMYK color stroke.... you can see that in the Acrobat window.

It's something without any logic to me.... Do you any idea?

Best

Francesco

[Francesco Stefanini]

I attached here the file

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

There is something weird about the layer you have your Contour on. It seems to have a default Appearance of a .25 pt 100M (Hence the filled grey circle on the layer panel)

I can't seem to clear it, but I found the easiest thing to do now is to select your Contour objects and move them to a NEW layer, and then delete the old one.

Don't forget to make your Contour objects to Overprint Stroke if the vendor needs it that way.

[Francesco Stefanini]

Hello Brad,

Thank you for your help, yes it seems work well on a new layer! Thanks, maybe some weird settings on layer properties.

Best,

Francesco

[Monika Gause]

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@Francesco Stefanini  schrieb:

maybe some weird settings on layer properties.

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The objects themselves have a stroke.

And then the layers has a stroke as well. 

All in all that makes two strokes.

[Francesco Stefanini]

Hi Monika,

Do you mean layer could be a stroke property? Where can I found this preference? Just to know, it's a feature that I didn't know

Best

Francesco

[Monika Gause]

A layer can not be a stroke property, but a layer can have a stroke.

Basically it's this problem: https://youtu.be/YZooJyG2UT4

To apply this sort of thing (and to get rid of it) you need to get the concept of targeting layers: https://youtu.be/jMDpnI5i7M0 

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse · Accepted solution]

If you double-click on the filled grey circle on the layer panel, you can see what's assigned to it (Appearance Panel). You can then pull down Clear Appearance and the filled grey circle should go away, along with the errant .25pt magenta line.

[Francesco Stefanini]

Oh great Brad! Thank you very much 

I didn't know that

Best

Francesco

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

How it got there in the first place is a mystery to me! 😉

[Monika Gause]

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Brad @ Roaring Mouse  schrieb:

How it got there in the first place is a mystery to me! 😉

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Often happens when people click on the layer's target symbol in order to select all objects on the layer (this technique is recommended in many tutorials)