Question: how to merge multiple paths into one layer without reducing to 1 color

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July 1, 2020
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Dear all,

I am trying to as stated in my question to merge multiple paths into one layer, without losing the multiple colors in the illustration. I have tried pathfinder, but then it reduces the illustration to one color.

Is there someone who can help me out?

Underneath is a screenshot to guidance the question.

Thank you!

How to

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Correct answer Doug A Roberts

Hi, thank you for your response.

The complete image is a vector image and they aren't clipping paths.

What I need the layer to be is a object with outlines which doesn't loose the colors.

In the example you linked to, they use SVG clipping paths over an image.

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

That is a single layer.

If you mean one object, that would be a contradiction in terms: you can't have a single shape with multiple discrete colours.

Why do you think that you need it that way? What are you trying to achieve?

R

rf42942416Author

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Thank you for your reply.

I need the layer to be like that so the 'object' has an outline which can be animated

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

Can you go into detail about your whole workflow here? Without knowing what this outline is for it is hard to know how you would need it created.

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