Image Trace bug. Can't merge selected after.

Question

Hello,I'm trying to convert my black and white ink drawings to vecotrs.I'm using image trace to do it, but after I expand the image trace I end up with a million individual paths as sublayers.I just want ONE clean layer to tweak and work with but the "merge selected" option is greyed out even after I ungroup everything.When I release the sublayers to layers it just creates more groups when I try to merge them. If anyone knows a workaround please help. My goal is to have ONE layer of clean black vector to work with. I don't want groups, sublayers, or compound pats.I feel like it shouldn't be this comoplicated lol.

Doug A Roberts · Accepted Answer

Just to show what I mean and to clarify:

This is a previous file where I accomplished getting all of the black linework onto a single layer (even though they aren't connected paths).

I know I used image trace before, and I believe that I was able to just use "merge selected" to get all of the separate paths onto a single layer but for some reason it's greyed out this time around. I'm sure it's something I forgot, but I figured I see if anyone else knew.

I'm not sure what you mean by "neighbored" but thanks anyway.

I appreciate you taking the time to try and help.

If something is listed in the layers panel as a single object, then it is either a single contiguous path or a compound path. Perhaps you want to make a compound path from your trace?

Monika Gause · Answer

What you probably want to use is the pathfinder panel. Left most button in the top row.

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