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April 21, 2018
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Faint, weightless lines appearing on the edge of overlapping shapes

  • April 21, 2018
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These faint lines keep appearing when I create overlapping shapes, as can be seen at the very bottom and top of the image. It should be completely white like the sides. They change slightly when I zoom in/out. The paths are completely lined up and the only stroke is on the inside of the path. I don't know how to get rid/not see them. Is this a bug? I can fix it by making my shapes slightly smaller although it seems like there should be a better way. Running Adobe Illustrator CC 2018, GPU Preview. Any help would be appreciated!!

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    Inspiring
    September 26, 2024

    Yeah I am also having this issue. I usually use premiere and try to stay far away from illustrator because the UI is so terrible, but I need to use if for a similar project and I keep getting these stupid little overlap lines. How do I fix it?

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2024

    You could try if selecting both white and blue shapes and clicking Window > Pathfinder > Divide (in the lower left corner of the panel) works.

    MSAi
    Participating Frequently
    April 22, 2018

    A mask will help here, you can be as finite as you want with the bleed. Draw a square over all the squares, select all, command / ctrl + 7.

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 21, 2018

    I am not sure what is exactly overlapping in your screendump.

    What happens if you turn off Anti-aliased Artwork in Preferences General?

    Participant
    April 21, 2018

    So for example, in the image below, there is a purple square and a zero-fill, 8 inside-stroke rectangle. Their paths line up in the corner, but as you can see some unwanted purple lines are appearing on the outsides of the paths.

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 21, 2018

    It's probably better if you share an example Illustrator file.

    You can use the CC files sharing, Dropbox, or other sharing method.

    Bill Silbert
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 21, 2018

    Try turning off GPU Performance. Click on the rocket ship in Illustrator's top menu bar to access it.

    Participant
    April 21, 2018

    Unfortunately that did not work. Thanks for the suggestion though.