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Stefanie Langwerden
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September 19, 2024
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Petal Anchor Points Not Snapping Correctly for Live Paint Bucket in Illustrator

  • September 19, 2024
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Hello, i really need your help with this. I have to draw a flower, but everytime when i place the anchor point on one flower petal, then duplicate the flower petals and choose the Live Paint Bucket to fill in all the petals it will not close on the anchor point. Anybody know how I can fix this?
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Correct answer Jacob Bugge

Hi Jacob,

 

Today i solved the problem with the white lines:

I tried Object > Rasterize > and i changed the dpi from 300 to 72 + anti aliasing on. I did the same with the Object and Raster Effect settings. And i changed some things in Live Paint Options. This works for me!

 


Stefanie,

 

My suggestions on the avoidance of the white lines have been shaped by your mentioning PDF and SVG as end uses ("I Export the artwork to SVG, but the white lines are showing up on all my exports, also the PDF,").

 

I am afraid that rasterizing, especially at 72 PPI, will lead to unnecessary deterioration of quality, and limit the usability of the artwork.

 

If you go back to the original vector artwork:

 

What happens if you untick Anti-Aliased artwork in the General Preferences

 

Are the white lines still showing when you use Art Optimized in the settings in connexion with exporting (to raster formats)?

 

And how do you save/export to PDF and SVG?

 

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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September 19, 2024

If you zoom in closer and then roll over  with the Live paint tool ,do you then get additional highlights there that indicate areas you can fill?

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    Stefanie LangwerdenAuthor
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    September 20, 2024

    No the petals are not closed tho each other, and every petal is filled.

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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    September 24, 2024

    Hello Jacob,

     

    Thankyou for your message.

    It's fine!

    I applied your method as you described, with View > Snap to Pixel and Smart Guides on. But this doesn't work, they are still crooked. I opened the Preferences menu > Selection & Anchor Display. Maybe something is wrong here?:

     

     

     


    Stefanie,

     

    Now I apologize for my failing to mention this:

     

    If either of Snap To Grid and Snap to Pixels is on, Smart Guides will fail to guide you, however smart they are.

     

    Without knowing the scale of your screenshots with the issue, I looked at the pattern of positions and believed the Anchor Points were too close to one another to fit a pattern corresponding to Snap to Pixels.

     

    Was Snap to Pixels turned on from the start?

     

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