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Pattern maker in CS6: always have line and gap. How do I fix it?

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July 16, 2012
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Whenever I make a pattern in CS6 and repeat it there is always a line showing up on the initial boundary box. The objects are over the boundary line and should not be a problem. Anyone know how I can fix this? Below you can see the line break in the pattern.

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Anonymous

More possible solutions here:

vector - Why does Illustrator add white lines to my pattern when exporting? - Graphic Design Stack Exchange

Following one of the replies, I exported my pattern to tiff. with art optimised, and the problem is solved

bippidiiboppidii

Participant

I was having this problem but I seem to have solved it very easily. Double click on the swatch to bring up the pattern options and choose 'Size Tile to Art'. This has removed all nasty hairlines in my swatches. I am indeed rejoicing!

Seeone

Participant

Tried your solution. This just messed up my entire pattern when clicking Size Tile to art. When I try to make the pattern elements bigger the tile gets smailler. Which then creates gaps in the background color. This solution just caused more problems

Monika Gause

Community Expert

In most ases it's just a screen redraw problem.

So: what exactly do you need the pattern for that the hairlines cause trouble for you?

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C_Hauger

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I recently had this same problem. Where I wanted to take my pattern from Illustrator to PS as a smart object and the tiny hairlines showed through my art.

Make sure you create your pattern on a new layer it will make this process much easier -- after you have done so you can paste it back where you want it, etc...

NOTE: all of this can be done with out ever unselecting your art, best if you don't unselect it.

Here is what I did to overcome this annoying issue:

Select the pattern then Object > Expand click OK on the dialog (Fill should be checked by default if not check it)
Select your pattern (if not already selected) then Right mouse click and ungroup
Now Right click and select release clipping mask (this will reveal the pattern Illustrator creates)
Open Pathfinder (Window > Pathfinder), Select your pattern (if for some reason it got unselected) and click Merge in Pathfinder window. (This can be intense based on the complexity of your pattern, could take a while.)

Now all the lines are gone. And the People Rejoice!

To bad you have to go through all this just to remove hairlines but at least patterns are easier.

Hope this helps!

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dinnys

Participant

This solution finally worked for me. The others did not. Thanks C_Hauger!

However, I did remove the boxes with no fill before merging - not sure if that was neccessary, but I did it anyway.

I am working with a fairly simple pattern, but a repeat to fill an area 12x32 inches for a 300 ppi Photoshop document. Not sure if the large area created additional problems.

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ArtMonkey1979

Participant

Thankyou for putting this issue up on the board. I to washaving the same issue. It drived me nuts. Nothing worse then seeing something like a white line and haveing no idea how it got there. The big reason I like Adobe is the high level of control they give me.

I found the turn off auto anaylising in preferences when I go to make a export for web to work well for me. Thankyou for suggesting that, Scott w.

Ignacio Lirio

Participant

I think I found a solution, or at least a workaround.

I made a pattern with Illustrator that showed this annoying hairlines. Then, instead of copy+paste as Smart Object inside Photoshop (where I get the hairlines anyway, and it prints out!) I export my illustration as PSD , choosing not anti-aliasing in the exporting options. Then I use File > Place... inside Photoshop and the pattern appears without hairlines.

Hope it helps!

Ignacio

carriestephens

Known Participant

Thank you so very much Ignacio! That worked best for me!

Ignacio Lirio

Participant

Happy to hear that! Then, I think you wouldn't mind to click on the link "This answer was helpful" in the comment, right? ^_^

Have a fantastic day!

Ignacio

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

ogopogo,

I see no line in the image, apart from the black one round the whole thing, and that seems to belong to the forum.

Are you sure this is more than a screen artifact?

What happens if you Save As/Print to PDF, or just print from Illy?

_scott__

Legend

If you are referrign to the hairline white line which appears on screen, it's due ot on-screen anti-aliasing.

You can safely ignore the white hairline if the file is destined for print. As Jaccob suggests, print the file to a postscript device to verify this.

If you need the remove the hairline for on-screen work, you might try turning off anti-aliasing in the preferences.

Another solution is to add an appropriate color fill below the pattern fill so the pattern anti-aliases to something other than white.

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Scott,

As Jaccob suggests, print the file to a postscript device to verify this.

If only I had been bright enough to state it expressly, instead of just assuming its implication, confident that Illy would refuse to print to anything less. I tend to forget the threads showing that it is not always the case.

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