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Phantom strokes on all objects. Why??

New Here ,
Mar 23, 2024 Mar 23, 2024

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I feel like I'm losing it...I was working on a file tonight and setting up some guide layers and then I noticed that all of the objects in my file had thin cyan lines - text and shapes. These objects are on their own normal layer. There are no strokes applied to any shapes or text. I don't think I accidentally hit anything that would cause this, yet all new objects have these lines. They show up when I export as jpg or PDF.  Any ideas of what these are and how to remove them?

 

 I'm at a loss.

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Community Expert , Mar 23, 2024 Mar 23, 2024

I took a look at the PDF you uploaded. When I selected the layer labled "Artwork" and checked it in the Appearance panel, there was a line stroke .0069" in width applied to the layer. Any new objects created in that layer or any other existing objects moved into that layer would inherit the blue line stroke assigned to that layer.

That .0069" line stroke value is kind of odd too. I've seen that as a default stroke in artwork from some older versions of CorelDRAW. The app would intend a .007" stro

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Community Expert , Mar 24, 2024 Mar 24, 2024

Strokes or fills applied to the layer and how to solve it:  https://youtu.be/YZooJyG2UT4 

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Mar 23, 2024 Mar 23, 2024

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Can you share this Illustrator file for inspection?

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Mar 23, 2024 Mar 23, 2024

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Yup! Attaching a copy with placeholders.

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Mar 23, 2024 Mar 23, 2024

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This is the first time posting to the community. I didn't see the attachment after posting the reply, so I'm trying again. It may show up twice, sorry about that!

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Mar 23, 2024 Mar 23, 2024

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UPDATE: I ended up rebuilding the file and the new file did not have the mystery lines. I guess maybe the original file got corrupted? sigh. 

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Mar 23, 2024 Mar 23, 2024

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I took a look at the PDF you uploaded. When I selected the layer labled "Artwork" and checked it in the Appearance panel, there was a line stroke .0069" in width applied to the layer. Any new objects created in that layer or any other existing objects moved into that layer would inherit the blue line stroke assigned to that layer.

That .0069" line stroke value is kind of odd too. I've seen that as a default stroke in artwork from some older versions of CorelDRAW. The app would intend a .007" stroke, but it would come out as .0069".

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Mar 24, 2024 Mar 24, 2024

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.0069 in. expressed in points is .5, so there's nothing particularly odd about it as a stroke weight.

 

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Mar 24, 2024 Mar 24, 2024

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Strokes or fills applied to the layer and how to solve it:  https://youtu.be/YZooJyG2UT4 

Have you ever clicked on the circle in Illustrator's Appearance panel in order to select all the object on the same layer? In this video I'll explain what this has to do with rebellious strokes and why you should select differently. Learn more about the Appearance panel ...

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Mar 24, 2024 Mar 24, 2024

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Another huge thank you!! I opened the file to check what Bobby mentioned and could not find the issue. I had gone thru the file checking each object but never saw the "layer" in the appearance panel or even knew I could do that to a whole layer. I must have accidentally selected the target of that layer at some point. Wow. I really appreciate you sending this video. 

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You're very welcome! I'm glad you could solve the issue.

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oh my goodness! I don't remember doing that, but I was in the layers panel moving things around a lot more than I normally do last night. After all this time, I had no idea you could do that. I really appreciate the reply! Even though I rebuilt the file I really wanted to know what the heck happened. Thank you again.

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