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May 2, 2024
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Not understanding Fill or Live Paint

  • May 2, 2024
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Hi, I'm trying to Fill in the space between the object and the box (if you look carfully, both "tails" don't lead to each other, should be a cool effect.) But nothing I do seems to fill things like I expect.

 

It might be that I just don't understand Illustrator enough, but would you have any clues as to what I'm doing wrong?

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Beste Antwort von Ares Hovhannesyan

Not shure. But may be you are in "Outline Mode"? Please check it in View Menu and turn on "Preview on GPU"... or Ctrl+Y

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Doug A Roberts
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Community Expert
May 2, 2024

There's no need for live paint here -- it should be a single closed shape if created correctly:

What happens when you give it a fill?

Participating Frequently
May 2, 2024

That's the outcome I want except the reverse, with the colour filling until the surrouding box, and the section you made red still white.
When I select it all then try to choose a Fill colour, nothing happens.

Ares Hovhannesyan
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 2, 2024

Not shure. But may be you are in "Outline Mode"? Please check it in View Menu and turn on "Preview on GPU"... or Ctrl+Y

Monika Gause
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Community Expert
May 2, 2024

What happens when you do?

 

If you want us to try that out, please provide the file. You can change the file extension to PDF and then you can upload it.

Participating Frequently
May 2, 2024

If I select the section I want to fill, then choose a fill, nothing happens. Really not sure what I'm doing here! I think my Photoshop brain is messing me up. (Though I'm really an audio guy!)

Here's the file attached.

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 2, 2024

Since you've already made it a live paint group, select the live paint tool and choose the [None] swatch, then click on the inner shape.