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Illustrator blend tool + eraser turns straight lines into wobbly lines?

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
October 21, 2019
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Hello community,

after extending a blend between 2 parallel lines,

my eraser turns these straight lines into wobble lines.

Does anyone know a solution to this problem? Would be much appreciated.

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danielmillerAuthor

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I finally found a good solution!

You just need to make the canvas bigger ( 2000x2000+ ) it will add anchor points here and there, but most of the times it works now.

Thank you everybody for your participation.

DougKatz17096006

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In AICC2017 and Sierra 10.12.6, I'm unable to reproduce the wobble. I make a blend of two paths (no fills), expand the blend (Object>Blend>Expand), then use the eraser (shift-E) to remove segments at random angles. My resulting path segments are not distorted. What am I missing?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Use the direct selection tool and drag a selection rectangle over the paths. Then you should see additional anchor points and handles on formerly perfect straight lines.

DougKatz17096006

Inspiring

Thanks, Monika. I see the added anchor points and handles. But the OP's graphic shows warping ("wobbling") of the resulting paths, as if something like a Tweak Effect has been applied. My lines after the procedure I describe above remain perfectly horizontal, added points and handles and all. That's what confuses me.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Since you don't want to outline strokes, I would suggest you draw the shape that you want to erase, fill it with a different color than the stroke color and then apply the pathfinder "Outline". The part you don't want, can be selected by stroke color and then deleted.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Unfortunately that is a known issue.

Can you give us the big picture of what you want to do?

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danielmillerAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thank you for your fast reply.

I want to shade using parallel contour lines, be able to erase parts ( in this case the top of the ball )

and be able to edit every single line after i´ve cut them. for example make them tapered etc. .

I used now the brush in the same colour as the background to simulate it.

I have a course on this drawing technique and many people on there have this issue... but as my tutor is doing the exact same process, it works for him. Unfortunately the course is too old, for him to respond anymore....

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

I get similar results with stroked paths.

If I outline strokes (as you would need to if you want to achieve your second image) I get rather less noticeably bad results, but its still apparent.

Haven't noticed this bug before.

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