Magic wand won't select anything?

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November 7, 2016
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I'm using Illustrator for the first time in general and the first time on a new computer incase any of that applies. The magic wand tool won't select anything, the layer is in RGB mode and I've tried many different color tolerances but nothing happens. Please help, the only reason I got a new computer was cause my old one couldn't handle Illustrator so I hope it wasn't a huge waste.

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Correct answer Kelsey Reichenbach

I'm also new to Illustrator (6 years after this post was made...) and was having the same issue using the magic wand and vector images. I was able to fix my issue by going to View>Show Edges. The magic wand was selecting the matching fill-color items, but because the edges were turned off it looked like it wasn't selecting anything.

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Kelsey ReichenbachCorrect answer

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I'm also new to Illustrator (6 years after this post was made...) and was having the same issue using the magic wand and vector images. I was able to fix my issue by going to View>Show Edges. The magic wand was selecting the matching fill-color items, but because the edges were turned off it looked like it wasn't selecting anything.

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When selecting with the Magic Wand you need to be clicking on a fill and or stroke vector. You may be able to better see if you are clicking the wand on a vector by entering Outline View.

Select with the Magic Wand | Adobe Illustrator CC tutorials