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January 8, 2020
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selection unusually large in Illustrator

  • January 8, 2020
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hello

I am a novice when it comes to Illustrator so my explanation to my problem may fall short so please bear with me.

i have an icon that i have grouped. however, the selection is unusually large - blue frame around. so when i select other elements on the page, it gets all distorted.

attached is the screenprint. any informaiton on how to fix this would be appreciated.

 

 

Thank you

    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    ashimg,

     

    In both cases, I believe you may have (accidentally) grouped the your objects with a large nofill/nostroke rectangle, maybe forming a Clipping Mask with the rectangle as the Clipping Path, in which case you may release/ungroup/delete.

     

    I believe the expanded Layer in the Layers palette will show whatever it is, and you can make changes there.

     

     

    Edit: Hi Sam.

     

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 8, 2020

    For my part you are welcome, ashimg.

     

    There are different possible causes for the creation of unneeded and unwanted Clipping Masks, different versions just to mention one; and sometimes Illy (job description Adobe Illustrator) moves in mysterious ways (some would say most of the time).

     

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 8, 2020

    ashimg,

     

    In both cases, I believe you may have (accidentally) grouped the your objects with a large nofill/nostroke rectangle, maybe forming a Clipping Mask with the rectangle as the Clipping Path, in which case you may release/ungroup/delete.

     

    I believe the expanded Layer in the Layers palette will show whatever it is, and you can make changes there.

     

     

    Edit: Hi Sam.

     

      ashimg23377171
      ashimg23377171Author
      Inspiring
      January 8, 2020

      thanks Jacob. i did look up the layers panel. i was able to select and delete the blue selection without it affecting anything on the image.

      i think that is what i was looking for. thanks everyone.

      ashimg23377171
      ashimg23377171Author
      Inspiring
      January 8, 2020

      the illustration in the screenprint below is from an existing file... i was wondering why would someone do that though

       

      sishamIAGD
      Community Expert
      sishamIAGDCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 8, 2020

      If you have a look in outline view (PC: Ctrl+Y Mac: Opt+Y) does it show if your icon has a foreign object within it's group? If so use the direct selection tool to delete this.

      ashimg23377171
      ashimg23377171Author
      Inspiring
      January 8, 2020

      Hi Sisham

      All i see is the following:

       

      ashimg23377171
      ashimg23377171Author
      Inspiring
      January 8, 2020

      i have an existing illustration and some of the elements in the illustration have disproportionate selections spanning the entire page. for example, in the page below:

      the mobile icon has a large selection. so i am having a hard time working with other elements, coz when i select other elements the mobile icon also gets selected.

       

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